Artist's Statement
Our intrinsic and complicated connections to the wider community of animals and to the landscape are the center of my artwork. I am interested in the persistence and interplay of visual symbols and myths from various cultures and across time. As part of this investigation, the work often combines images from the lexicon of art history with direct observations of nature. Using encaustic, oil, and collage allows me to leave traces of my physical interaction with the art. The layering of images records my understanding of these connections and is one way to contemplate the importance of the relationship to the earth in contemporary society.
Biography
Linda Chappel’s formal studies in art began at the University of Madison, Wisconsin where she was fortunate to study in the sculpture department with Dan Reitz, George Cramer, and Truman Lowe. She graduated from Madison with a bachelor degree in the Fine Arts in 1986. After graduation, she worked in various fields and as a fine artist in Santa Fe and Seattle and showed in a number of galleries, including the OK Hotel and FLN in Seattle. In 1992 Linda decided to further her studies and came to the University of Arizona at Tucson for a Graduate degree in Art History and was awarded a Master’s Degree in Art History, specializing in Mexican Art History. She is currently a full-time instructor at Tohono O'odham Community College and shows her work throughout the Southwest.
Exhibitions
Arts Exchange, January 2015, College Arts Association Conference, Juried Group Exhibition, New York, New York
Lost and Found, August 2014, Raices Taller 222, Juried Group Exhibition, Tucson Arizona
Cycles, Jewish Community Center, September 2014, Juried Group Exhibition, Tucson Arizona
Refractions, April 2014, Tucson Pima Arts Council, three person exhibit, Tucson Arizona
Love Your Mother (Earth) April 2014 The Drawing Studio, Juried Group Exhibition, Tucson Arizona
Neo-Mimbreno, August 2013, Juried group exhibition, Western New Mexico University Museum and Silver City Museum, Silver City New Mexico
Mujeres, Mujeres, April 2013, Raices Taller 222, Juried Group Exhibition, Tucson Arizona
Utopian Dreams, September 2012, juried by Kathryn Hratko, STEP Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix Arizona
Neo-Mimbreno, August 2012, Juried group exhibition, Western New Mexico University Museum, Silver City New Mexico
Recollections, November 2011, solo exhibition, Arts Marketplace Gallery, Tucson Arizona
1st- 5th Annual Staff and Faculty Shows, May 2009-13, juried group shows, Art Institute of Tucson, Tucson Arizona
Polos de Pueblo, April 2009, group show, Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson Arizona
Twenty-Eight Bowls, November 1990, group show, AFLN Gallery, Seattle Washington
Environments, June 1990, O.K. Hotel Gallery, juried exhibition, Seattle Washington
Choose, June 1989, solo exhibition, AFLN Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Outdoor Sculpture, August 1988, group show, AFLN Gallery, Seattle Washington
Incubator, April 1988, group show, Main Plant, Seattle Washington
Projectors and Receptors, May 1987, Solo exhibition, Reller/Beffle Studios, Seattle Washington
Group Show, February 1987,Reller/Beffle Studios, Seattle Washington
Cathedral Park Art Show, August 1986,open group show, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Peace Park, May 1986, juried group show, Madison, Wisconsin
Academic Positions
- 2016-present Faculty & Instructor, Tohono O'odham Community College
- 2007-2016 Lead Instructor, Foundation Arts, Art Institute of Tucson
- 2001-2007 Instructor of Art and Art History, Tucson Design College
- 1997-2000 Instructor of Art and Art History, Art Center Design College, Tucson, Arizona
Publications
- Off The Wall, issue #1 and #2, 1991-92, an award for local literary publication, Bumbershoot Festival Opinion Rag, Winter 1998
- Possessed, 1988-1989, issues #1-#4
Linda L. Chappel