LINDA K. ROBINSON
Born in Wichita, Kansas.
EDUCATION
MFA, Photography, San Francisco Art Institute, 2005.
BFA, Graphic Design, Wichita State University, 1993.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
Assistant Professor of Photography, Program Director of Photography Department, Wichita State University.
GALLERY AFFILIATION
Gallery Director, Center Gallery, Wichita, Kansas.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Front and Center, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2010;
Destination, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2009;
Horizon, Jones Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2009;
Thirty-Five Years, Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS, 2007;
Landscape, Wellspring, Stinson Beach, CA, 2006;
Idealized Notions, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2006;
Collective Distance, Fisch Haus, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Urban Landscape, Stillights, San Francisco, CA, 2003;
Transitions, Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS, 2002;
Transitions, Stillights, San Francisco, CA, 2002;
Multitude, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2001;
Personal Effects, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 1999;
Documented Structures; City Arts, Wichita, KS, 1999;
Travels, Watermark, Wichita, KS, 1998;
Cyanotype, Yako Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 1995;
Still Life, Yako Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 1994;
Exhibition of Photographs, McFarland Gallery, Wichita, KS, 1993.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Substance of Medium, Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS, 2010;
Ten X Ten, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2010;
Relative Closeness, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2009;
End of an Era Polaroid Exhibition, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2009;
17th Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS, 2009;
Photo Exhibition, Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS, 2009;
Ten X Ten, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2008;
Big Deal XV, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2008;
Left of Center, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2008;
Photo Exhibition, Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS, 2008;
Ten Conversations, College Hill, Wichita, KS, 2008;
Texture, Gallery XII, Wichita, KS, 2007;
Big Deal XIV, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007;
More Postage Please, Shift Space, Wichita, KS, 2007;
Shrinking Planet, Erman B. White Gallery, El Dorado, KS, 2007;
9 Takes, Walnut Street Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2007;
16th Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS, 2007;
Chromophelia, Fisch Haus, Wichita, KS, 2006;
Leftovers, Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS, 2006;
Big Deal XIII, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2006;
Art for the Cure, City Arts, Wichita, KS, 2006;
General Store, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS, 2006;
Image/Movement/Object Explored, Shift Space, Wichita, KS, 2006;
Big Deal XII, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2005;
Photoscopic, Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Vernissage, Herbst Pavillion - Ft. Mason Center, San Francisco, CA, 2005;
15th Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Aesthetica ‘05, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Some-Art Sem-Antics, Steckline Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Pro-Am Photography, City Arts, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Big Deal XI, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004;
101 Artists, City Arts, Wichita, KS, 2004;
Summer Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004;
Eight Takes, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004;
Continuum, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004;
Terra Incognito, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004;
Big Deal X, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2003;
25th Annual Benefit, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, 2003;
National Juried Exhibition, Best of Show, Erman B. White Gallery, El Dorado, KS, 2003;
Gang of Five, Linesight Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2003;
UnoAnnum, Art Coop, St. Louis, MO, 2003;
Summer Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2003;
Greater Midwest International, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO, 2003;
14th Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS, 2003;
24th Annual Benefit, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, 2002;
Hair of the Dog, City Arts, Wichita, KS, 2002;
Regular, Lee Shiney Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2001;
Art Relief, Lee Shiney Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2001;
Tiny Works - Who Do You Appreciate, Project, Wichita, KS, 2001;
23rd Annual Benefit, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, 2001;
Three Circle, Lee Shiney Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2001;
Full Exposure, Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS, 2001;
Pro-Am Photography Show, City Arts, Wichita, KS, 2001;
13th Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS, 2001;
80th Year Exhibition Gala, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, 2000;
Tiny Works - Art for the Ages, Project, Wichita, KS, 2000;
22nd Annual Benefit, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, 2000;
Wide Open Lens, Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS, 2000;
52 Artists and a Couple of Jokers, City Arts, Wichita, KS, 2000;
Tiny Works - 6” X 6”, Project, Wichita, KS, 1999;
21st Annual Benefit, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, 1999;
Automatic, Ottomans, Wichita, KS, 1999;
12th Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS, 1999;
20th Annual Benefit, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, 1998;
Landscape Interpretations, Watermark, Wichita, KS, 1998;
City Arts '97, City Arts, Wichita, KS, 1997;
WAM After Hours, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS, 1997.
FILM SCREENINGS
Endure, City Arts, Wichita, KS, 2006;
Chaos/Landlocked, Fisch Haus Studios, Wichita, KS, 2005;
MFA Film Screening, Cowell Theater, Ft. Mason, San Francisco, CA, 2005;
MFA Film Screening, San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall, San Francisco, CA, 2005;
Aesthetica '05, Wichita Center for the Arts Theater, Wichita, KS, 2005.
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
Larry Schwarm, Early Work Late Work, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2010;
Ten X Ten, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2010;
Dan Farnum, Growing Up, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2010;
2 1/4" Medium Format, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2009;
Relative Closeness, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2009;
Dorothy Grinolds, Recollection, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2009;
End of an Era Polaroid Exhibition, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2009;
Eve Morgenstern, Foreclosure and Abandonment, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2009;
Ten X Ten, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2008;
Left of Center, Center Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2008;
Photography Invitational 10 - Collective, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2007;
Photography Invitational 9 - Identity, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2007;
Displace, Fisch Haus, Wichita, KS, 2007;
Photography Invitational 8 - Intermedia, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2006;
Photography Invitational 7 - Reclaim, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Photography Invitational 6 - Visual Narrative, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Photography Invitational 5 - Fashion, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2004;
Summer Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004;
Continuum, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004;
Photography Invitational 4 - Digital and Traditional Methods, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2004;
Photography Invitational 3, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2003;
Summer Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2003;
Photography Invitational 2, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2003;
Photography Invitational, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2002;
Transitions, Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS, 2002;
Transitions, Stillights, San Francisco, CA, 2002;
Photo Essay, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2002;
The Realm of Photography - Genre and Process, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2001;
Regular, Lee Shiney Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2001;
Multitude, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 2001;
Automatic, Ottomans, Wichita, KS, 1999;
Personal Effects, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS, 1999;
Documented Structures, City Arts, Wichita, KS, 1999;
Travels, Watermark, Wichita, KS, 1998.
Landscape Interpretations, Watermark, Wichita, KS, 1998.
PUBLIC LECTURES
Artist Talk, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS, 2007;
Thirty-Five Years Artist Talk, Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS, 2007;
Genres in Contemporary Photography, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Artist Talk, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Modernism and Post Modernism in Photography, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS, 2003;
Artist Talk, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS, 2003;
Contemporary Fashion Photography, Wichita State University, 2001;
Ansel Adams Photography, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS, 1999.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Best of Wichita, 2, Linda K. Robinson opens Center Gallery, Wichita Magazine, Wichita, KS, 2009;
Muses, Linda K. Robinson Photography Review, Wichita Magazine, Wichita, KS, 2008;
Art in the Attic, 9 Takes Exhibition Review, Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS, 2007;
Robinson Celebrates Life at Tangent Lab, Thirty-Five Years Exhibition Review, Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS, 2007;
Out of the Classroom, into the Gallery, Faculty Biennial Exhibition Review, Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS, 2007;
Deja vu, But Not Really the Same, Collective Distance Exhibition Review, Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Wichita Center for the Arts "Aesthetica", Exhibition Review, Review, Kansas City, MO, 2005;
The Center's "Aesthetica" Surprisingly Expansive, Exhibition Review, F5 Publication, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Art that is Happening Now, Exhibition Review, Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Visual Artists, Photographic Portraits, Wichita, KS, 2003;
Killer with a Camera, Editorial Article, F5 Publication, Wichita, KS, 2003;
Project Tiny Works Editorial Article, Exhibition Review, Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS, 1998;
Linda Robinson to show a Multitude of Works, Exhibition Review, Inside WSU, Wichita, KS, 2001;
Personal Effects, Exhibition Review, Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS, 1998.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Mikrokosmos, Wichita, KS, 2005;
Graphis Photography Annual, New York, NY, 2004;
Best of Photography Annual, Photographer's Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, 1994.
Best of Photography Annual, Photographer's Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, 1993.
Wichita - Images from the Heartland,Towery Publishing, Memphis, TN, 1993.
Best of Photography Annual, Photographer's Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, 1992.
Best of Photography Annual, Photographer's Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, 1991.
Best of Photography Annual, Photographer's Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, 1990.
Best of Photography Annual, Photographer's Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, 1989.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Tangent Lab, #2 in Photography, 2009;
Tangent Lab, #1 in Photography, 2008;
White Gallery Fellowship, 2003;
Clayton Staples Fellowship, 2001;
ADDY Award, Best of Photography, 1995.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY;
Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY;
Valley Community, Portland, OR;
Emprise Bank Collection, Wichita, KS.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
United States:
New York, New York;
San Francisco, California;
Los Angeles, California;
San Diego, California;
Portland, Oregon;
Seattle, Washington;
Vail, Colorado;
Kansas City, Missouri;
Wichita, Kansas;
Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
Charleston, South Carolina.
Canada:
Toronto, Ontario;
Calgary, Alberta.
Europe:
Brussels, Belgium.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Dolphin, Kansas City, MO.