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Artist Statement:
"Nature is not only all that
is visible to the eye, it also
includes the inner pictures of
the soul."
Edward Munch
My first memory of painting
was at four years of age and
it has continued as my
life’s dedication. My goal
as an artist has been to
consolidate multiple,
international influences
gained from a life of study
and travel throughout Europe,
the United States and Mexico.
My creative influences are
many and varied. They include
the surreal, violent, and
spiritual images of Picasso,
Goya, and Dali, Turner’s
mysterious and glorious skies
and cloud formations,
Rothko’s distant horizons
and soft edges, the monumental
forms and brilliant coloration
of the Mexican muralists
Rivera and Siqueros, and the
sensual power of Georgia
O’Keefe’s landscapes. I
have also been deeply
influenced by international
contemporary artists such as
Kaoru Arima’s (Japan)
haunting manipulated newspaper
collages, Ana Mendieta’s
(USA) uncanny use of nature
and natural materials combined
with photography, Lee
Bontecou’s (USA)
nature-inspired, mixed media
“crystalline” sculptural
forms, Harum Farocki’s
(Czechoslovakia) monumental
digital photographs and
videos, Isa Genzken’s
(Germany) complex
digitally-based mixed media
sculpture, and Mangelos’
(Croatia) postproduction
digital paintings and
sculptures...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2009
An Evening with Linda Vallejo.
FOCUS ON THE MASTERS, Tuesday
Talk Series. Technology
Development Center, 5200
Valentine Dr., Ventura, April
7, 2009
Women Artists on Immigration:
Crossing Borders, Confronting
Barriers, Bridging Identities.
Korean Cultural Center of Los
Angeles. February 20-March 7,
2009
(re)cycle at L2kontemporary.
January 3-...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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Reviews for Linda Vallejo:
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"Linda Vallejo" by John Mendelsohn.
"Linda Vallejo" by Ann Landi.
"What makes Linda Vallejos art so compelling and relevant to contemporary life?" by William Moreno, 2007.
"Linda Vallejo: Environmental Art," Downtown LA Life, June 2007.
Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art. Bi-lingual Press, Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University, 2002.
"Linda Vallejo y Su Visin de los Cielos," Nuestra Gente,
Nov./Dec. 2001.
"Celebrating Art, Life, and El Dia De Los Muertos with Artist Linda Vallejo,"
Latin Style, Issue 41, Oct./Nov. 2001.
"Two of a Kind," Inland Empire Calendar, Feb. 2001.
"Chicana artists speak on their work," University Times, 167, No. 14.
November 20, 2000.
"Celebrating Life Forces: Linda Vallejo," Los Angeles Times Calendar,
Oct. 2000.
Los Cielos 2000: The Work of Linda Vallejo -
Sybil Venegas, art historian, writer, and professor of Chicano Studies, East Los Angeles College; September 2000.
"Oxnard Museum Readies First Exhibit of New Artworks," Los Angeles Times,
August 21, 2000.
" Notes from the Living Room Couch: A Collector Speaks Out -
Armando Duron, major contemporary art collector, president of the Artes de Mexico Festival Committee in 1991 and ex-president of the Board of SPARC; 2000.
"Linda Vallejo: Los Cielos/The Heavens," Saludos Hispanos, May/June 1999.
Henkes, Robert. Latin American Women Artists of the United States. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1999.
"Arte de las Americas 1996," Latin Style. Vol. II, No. 3.
Mavor, Anne. Strong Hearts, Inspired Minds. Portland, OR: Rowanberry Books, 1996.
"Vallejo and the Art of the Americas," The Hispanic Reporter. April, 1995.
"United: All the Continent, Galerias Las Americas," ARTNews. February, 1994.
"Collecting Collectors," Los Angeles Downtown News. Volume 22, number 6.
February 8, 1993.
Rosas, Alejandro. Chicano and Latino Artists of Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA:
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, 1990.
"Linda Vallejo," Caminos, October 1980. Vol. 1, No. 6.
"Urban Prayers: The Celestial Imagery of Linda Vallejo" -
Reina Prado, cultural activist, educator, and curator in Tucson, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
"Linda Vallejo and Los Cielos: Reaching for the Heavens" -
Susan Rinderle, journalist.
"Linda Vallejo," Artweek. Vol. 25, No. 7.
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