Linda Hoffman - Biography

linda hoffman - artist

BIOGRAPHY EDUCATION
	Japanese Noh Theater, Kyoto, Japan A.B. Bryn Mawr College, Honors in Fine Arts, Bryn Mawr, PA Ecole Jacques Lecoq, International School of Masks, Movement & Theater, Paris France La Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France

CURRENT EXHIBITS

Zen Dust: a solo exhibit inspired by the artist’s
training in Japanese Noh Theater
Fruitlands Museum
102 Prospect Hill Road
Harvard, MA 01451
January 14, 2012 - May 13, 2012
Opening Reception January 15; 1-3 pm
Closing Reception May 13; 3-5 pm
www.fruitlands.org

Art and Spiritualty Entwined: A group exhibit curated by Pamela Cochrane.

Concord Art Association
Lexington Road
Concord, MA 01742

March 29 - May 5, 2012

www.concordart.org

It's in the Grain, a group exhibit
Millbrook Gallery
236 Hopkinton Road
Concord, NH 03301
April, 2012 - August 19, 2012

www.themillbrookgallery.com

Riding the Ox: Work of Linda Hoffman
Sculptural works based on the Zen Buddhist Ox Herding Series about the spiritual journey to discover one's true self. Exhibit will include poetry and other reflections.

Opens April 29, 2012 at 4 pm following the Art and Spirituality Forum: The Journey of the Artist from 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm.
Marie Louise Trichet Gallery
Wisdom House
229 East Litchfield Road
Litchfield, CT 06759

April 29 - August 15, 2012

www.wisdomhouse.org

UPCOMING EXHIBITS

The Zen of Contemplation, a group exhibit with Charles Cajori, Loren Connors, Sally Hazalet Jinga Drummond, Linda Shinji Hoffman, William Kando Johnston, Jody Hojin Kimmel, John Daido Loori Roashi, Tajana Myoko v. Prittwitz, Michael Roe Skop, and Michelle, Seigei Sparkk.

Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT

www.washingtonartassociation.org

May 5 - June 17, 2012

Opening Reception: Sunday May 6, 2012 4 -6 pm.

Big Art 3 - Outdoor Invitational Exhibit at the Emerson Umbrealla
40 Stow Street 01742
Concord, MA 06759
www.emersonumbrella.org

May 12, 2012 through April 1, 2014

Opening Reception: Thursday, May 24, 2012

GALLERIES

Kouros Sculpture Center
Ridgefield, Ct
Call for appt. 212 288-5888
www.kourosgallery.com

L'Attitude Gallery
218 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
617-927-4400
www.lattitudegallery.com

Canvas Fine Arts Gallery
Suzanne Schultz
www.canvasfinearts.com

FINE ART BOOKSELLERS

Joshua Heller Rare Books Washington D.C.
202-966-9411
www.joshuahellerrarebooks.com

Vamp & Tramp Booksellers and Art
2805 Second Avenue South, #100
Birmingham, AL 35233-2811
205-321-9974
www.califiabooks.com

EXHIBITION HISTORY
2011	Composing a Life in Bronze, Cloth, and Wood: A Retrospective exhibit of Sculpture and Poems in Cloth, Conant Gallery, Lawrence Academy, Groton, MA Acton-Boxborough 'Art of Recycling' exhibit at Sargent Memorial Library, Boxborough, MA Riding the Ox, Solo Exhibit, Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA Kouros Gallery, Accrochage, Summer 2011, New York, NY Fruitlands Museum, Durga Studio, Riding the Ox, Ten Sculptures depicting the Zen Buddhist Ox Herding Series, Harvard, MA
2010	Kouros Scutlpure Center, Ridgefield, CT Powers Gallery, Acton, MA Mancala, Art in the Park, Worcester, MA Copley Place Center Court, Boston, MA L'attitude Gallery, Group Exhibit, Boston, MA Thos. Moser Fine Furniture, Boston, MA Musquetaquid, 2010, Blanchard Trust Gallery, Concord, MA
2009	L'attitude Gallery, Group Exhibit, Boston, MA Thomas Moser Fine Furniture, Boston, MA Musquetaquid, 2009, Blanchard Trust Gallery, Concord, MA Chairs, Powers Gallery ,Acton MA Sculpture at D Scale, 520 Harrison Avenue, Bostonn, MA
2008	Clark Gallery, Outdoor Exhibit, Harvard, MA Artists and the Book, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA Mancala, Outdoor Installation for Nature and Balance, Aresenal for the Arts, Watertown, MA Mobility, L'attitude gallery, Group Exhibit, Boston, MA Canvas Gallery, Group Exhibit, Acton, MA Thomas Moser Fine Furniture, Boston, MA Moon Viewing, Solo Exhibit, Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary, Belmont, MA
2007	Canvas Gallery, Acton, MA Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA Fire Lotus Temple, Brooklyn, NY Art Etcetera, Newton, MA Common Ground - The Artwork of Andy Newman and Linda Hoffman Powers Gallery, Acton, MA
2006	2006 Rock On- Eight Sculptors at New England Wildflower Society's Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA Outdoor Sculpture, Millbrook Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH Sculpture: Trees and Other Species, Solo Exhibit, Atelier 19, Maynard MA An Agrarian Circus, Solo Installation, Stone Hill Art Quarry Park, Cazenovia, NY Deep Roots - Open Sky, Prouty Woods Gallery, New England Forestry Foundation, Littleton, MA Musquetaquid, 2006, Blanchard Trust Gallery, Concord, MA
2005	The Journey Home, A solo exhibition of Stations of the Heart and The Ox Herding Series, Andover Newton Theological School, Newton, MA Mother Nature, Atelier 10 Gallery, Group Exhibit, Maynard, MA Regeneration, Solo Multi-media Installation, Regis College, Weston, MA New Sculpture, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT "A Circus Returns to Fruitlands" Twenty-five sculptures inspired by the circus using old agricultural tools, Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA Wings, Feathers, Flight, Birds of Artists and Poets, Millbrook Gallery, Concord, MA Branching Out, Indoor and Outdoor Sculpture, New England Forestry Foundation, Littleton, MA Powers Gallery, New Sculpture, Acton, MA Musketaquid, 2004, Group Exhibit, Blanchard Trust Gallery, Concord, MA Sculpture Pasture, Two-Person Exhibit, Bedford, MA St. Paul's & Millbrook Gallery Invitational Sculpture Show, Concord, NH "New Sculpture", Two Person Exhibit, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
2004	"An Agricultural Circus", Twenty-five new Sculptures, Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA Sculpture Walk, The Faucet, Concord, MA Sculpture in and By the River, The Water Carrier, Stockbridge, MA "An Agricultural Circus", Solo Exhibit, Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA Musketaquid, 2004, Blanchard Trust Gallery, Concord, MA Baak Gallery, Group Exhibit, Cambridge, MA "Cloth," The Harvard Public Library, Harvard, MA
2003	The Art of the Word, Bedford Public Library, Bedford, MA Reclamation Artists, Nun's Field, Roxbury, MA New England Biolabs, Two Person Show, Beverly, MA Harvard Historical Society, Harvard, MA Riverside Sculpture Walk, Concord, MA The Art Walk, Outdoor Sculpture, The Way of Peace, Lawrence MA Haverford College, Stations of the Heart, Haverford, PA Haverford College, Alumnae Exhibit, Haverford, PA Musketaquid 2003, Blanchard Trust Gallery, Concord, MA Indian Hill Music, Fiber Work, Littleton, MA Lawrence Academy, Stations of the Heart, Solo Exhibit, Groton, MA Center for Book Arts, Letterpress Showcase, New York, NY Millbrook Gallery, Bikini, Concord, NH "Beyond the Door" Installation for Wonders of the World, The Revolving Museum, Lowell, MA NOA Gallery, Groton, MA
2002	Claiming the Spirit, Juried Exhibit, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Extraordinary Things, University of Indiana Envisioned in a Pastoral Setting, Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT Balance/Imbalance, Sculpture Fest 2002, Woodstock, VT Indian Hill Music, Digital Prints, Littleton, MA
2001	Parkarts, 2001, The Oracle of Savin Hill, Boston Common, Boston, MA Acton Public Library, Seahorse Prints and Poems, Acton, MA Mill Brook Gallery, Solo Exhibit, Concord, NH Franklin Pierce College, Thoreau Gallery, Rindge, NH Fuller Museum 2001 Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Brockton, MA Musketaquid 2001, Blanchard Trust Gallery, Concord, MA Powers Gallery, Contemporary Visions, Acton, MA
2000	Mill Brook Gallery, Concord, NH Musketaquid 2000, Blanchard Trust Gallery, Concord, MA Acton Public Library, Sculpture, Acton, MA The Rivers School, Solo Installation, Weston, MA The Ralls Collection, Winter Group Exhibit, Washington, DC
1999	Illuminations, Cambridge Arts Council Invitational Exhibit for Cambridge Cares about Aids, Cambridge, MA The Ralls Collection, Solo Exhibit, Washington, DC Kaos Gallery, Exhibit of Angels Invitational, Wilmington, VT Bromfield Gallery, Fragments of the Heart, Solo Show, Boston, MA Art in the Round Barn, Juried Group Exhibit, Waitsfield, VT Voices for Thoreau's Wild New England, Concord Library, Concord, MA Kaos Gallery, Two-Person Show, Wilmington, VT Fuller Museum 1999 Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Brockton, MA Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood '99, Stockbridge, MA Musketaquid 1999, Blanchard Trust Gallery, Concord, MA "The Agricultural Tool Series", Wisdom House, Litchfield, CT Voices of the Earth, Musketaquid, Blanchard Trust Gallery, Concord, MA
1998	Attleboro Museum, Bronze Figures Juried Exhibit, Attleboro, MA State House Exhibit celebrating Women's History Month, Boston, MA "Plop Art" Public Art on the Common, "The Way of Signs", Boston, MA Attleboro Museum, "Fire and Ice", Attleboro, MA Boston Art in the Parks, "The Way of Signs", Brighton, MA Shelburne Farms Museum, Invitational Show, Shelburne VT No Bias Gallery, National Juried Competition, Bennington, VT Fuller Museum Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Brockton, MA Spirit of Place, Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Huntington, VT Haverford College, Alumni Exhibition, Haverford, PA Contemporary Visions '98, juried by Ivan Karp, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, CT A Sense of Balance, Musketaquid, Blanchard Trust Gallery, Concord, MA Seeing Red, Juried Exhibit, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI Cambridge Art Association (CAA), National Prize Show juried by Malcolm Rogers, Cambridge, MA Image & Verse, CAA group show juried by Carl Belz, Cambridge, MA The Agricultural Tool Series, Solo Show, Groton School, Groton, MA
1997	The Design of Nature - The Nature of Design, Conant Gallery, Groton, MA "Stone by Stone", for Acton Boxborough's Second Environmental Sculpture Exhibition at the Acton Arboretum, Acton MA Gallery on the Green, juried sculpture show, Canton CT Fin de Siecle, CAA, Juried by Barbara Krakow, Cambridge, MA "The Way of Signs" Outdoor Installation for Look Both Ways, Conant Gallery, Groton, MA
1996	The Parrish Art Museum, 35th Juried Exhibition, Southhampton, NY Bauhaus Contemporary Art Gallery, Found Objects, Wilmington, NC Musketaquid 1996, Blanchard Trust Gallery, Concord, MA The Way of Cloth, Solo Show, Wisdom House, Litchfield, CT Montserrat College of Art, The Deep Heart's Core, Beverly, MA Walks on a Wintry Path, Conant Gallery, Groton, MA
1995	Howard Yezerski Gallery, Imagining Angels, Boston, MA "Forest Stones" for the Acton Boxborough Environmental Sculpture Exhibition, Acton Arboretum, Acton, MA Cloth, Metal and Wood: The Art and Poetry of Linda Hoffman and Paul Matisse, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA Wichita Center for the Arts, Juried Show, The 1995 Wichita National, Wichita, KS Arts Experiment Station, Juried Traveling Show, In Praise of Fields, Tifton, GA
1994	Beaverton Arts Commission, Showcase '94, Juried Show, Beaverton, OR Sea Cliff Gallery, Divine Visions, Juried Show, Sea Cliff, NY Walks on the Wooded Path, Conant Gallery, Invitational Show, Groton, MA Sharon Arts Center, Group Show, Sharon, NH
1993	Autumn Koans, Solo Show, Conant Gallery, Groton, MA The Ties that Bind, Invitational Show, Conant Gallery, Groton, MA The Northeast Open, Juried Show, Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, MA
1991 1988 1987 1985 1984 1983 1981	Fitchburg Art Museum, Group Show, Fitchburg, MA Suzanne Carver Associates, Winchester, MA Lawrence Library, Solo Show, Pepperell, MA Fitchburg Art Museum, Group Show, Fitchburg, MA Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, MA Conant Gallery, Solo Show, Groton, MA Henri IV Gallery, Two-Person Show, Cambridge, MA First "Poem in Cloth", Cambridge, MA
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
1995 1994 1987 1985 1979	Forest Stones - Outdoor Installation, Acton Arboretum, Acton MA Heron Evening and Meadow Morning - two "Poems in Cloth" for New England Business Services corporate headquarters in Groton, MA Watershed Light, 12 part "Poem in Cloth" for Nashua River Watershed Association's River Resource Center, Groton, MA Clear Moon, "Poem in Cloth", Nashoba-Deaconess Hospital, Ayer, MA A Poem Stone for the Common, Outdoor Installation, Groton, MA Masks for the Furies in Aeschylus' Oresteia, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
PRIVATE COMMISSIONS
1998 1997 1996 1994 1992 1991	Loose Reins, Dunstable, MA Night Barn, Merrimac, MA Oak Shelter, Triptych, Lunenberg, MA Laughter - Eternity, San Francisco, CA Shaker Light - Tapestry, Groton, MA Night Awakens Day - 12 part "Poem in Cloth", Groton, MA Kyoto, "Poem in Cloth" - Hamilton, New Zealand Lily Blossom, "Poem in Cloth" - New York, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
	The Library of Congress, Washington, DC Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA Houghton Library, Harvard University, Boston, MA Hechinger Tool Collection, Washington, D.C. The Boston Public Library, Boston, MA New York University, New York, NY Bates College, Lewiston, ME The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY The University of Texas, Austin, TX Smith College, Northampton, MA University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA The University of California at Irvine, CA The University of Tulsa, OK
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1998 1997 1986 1985 1979-81	First Prize for Solace, Cambridge Art Association National Juried Show Juried by Malcolm Rogers, Director, Boston MFA Third Prize for Repetition of Days, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT Honorable Mention for Marked Trees, CAA, Fin de Siecle Exhibition juried by Barbara Krakow, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA Groton Conservation Trust Environmental Award for "The Common Project"; design and creation of a small park, Groton, MA Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant for Poem Stone Watson Traveling Fellowship, Kyoto, Japan
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2005 2004 2003 2001 1999 1998	The Ox Herding Seriers, Ten bronze sculptures and commentary of the Zen Buddhist Stages of the path of Enlightenment. A Circus Comes to Fruitlands, Twenty-five new sculptures with an introduction by Director, Maud Ayson Stations of the Heart, Fourteen Poems and Sculptures Winter Air, Fine Art Letterpress Book with Prose, Poems and Prints Fragments of the Heart, Fourteen poems and sculptures Language and Landscape, The Agricultural Tool Series, Fourteen poems and sculptures
SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
2005 2004 2002 1999 1997 1995	Orion Magazin, Sept/Oct; The Agricultural Tool Series The Boston Globe, Linda Hoffman, Regeneration, Cate McWade The New York Times, Art in Review, Sculpture Now: In and By the River, Norman Rockwell Museum Bay State Parent Magazine, Artist Conjures Circus Magic from Farming Cast-offs, August Issue, Marguerite Paolino The Boston Globe, Museum Livens up its Image, Sally Heaney, June The Philadelphia Inquirer, College’s Alumni Show Diverse Talent, Virginia Donahue Winter Air, The Journey and the Journal, Middlesex Beat, January The Dorchester Beat, November, Oracle Sculpture to be Unveiled atop Savin Hill The Boston Globe, December, ParkARTS Sculpture The Middlesex Beat, March, Linda Hoffman – Ordinary Objects Extraordinary Lives The Boston Globe, October, Linda Hoffman: Fragments of the Heart, Poems and Sculpture, Cait McWade The Boston Globe, August, Art Al Fresco: Outdoor sculpture in Brockton, Christine Temin Fiberarts Magazine, Summer, Vol. 24 No. 1 - Featured in New Works Cloth, Metal and Wood: The Art and Poetry of Paul Matisse and Linda Hoffman Fitchburg Art Museum Catalogue
POEMS ARRANGED FOR MUSIC
1994 1993 1991 1989	"Among the Leaves" for Three Songs for the Forest, music by Robert Griffin, premiered in Mason, New Hampshire, November 1994 "Japanese Silk", music composed by Paul Steg, premiered at Northern Illinois University, April, 1994 "Early Spring", commissioned for Montage Chorale, music composed by Harry Chalmiers "Boundless Waves", Songs of Young Poets, music by Harry Chalmiers

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