Born in Los Angeles, California USA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 - 6 Open Studio Exhibits, Venice, CA
1994 Judith Samuel Fine Art, Venice CA
1993 Whittier College, Whittier CA
1988 Rose Cafe, Venice, CA
1986 La Maison du Caviar, Beverly Hills, CA
1985 Gianni Versace, Beverly Hills, CA
1985 "Abstract Landscapes," Rose Cafe, Venice, CA
1983 Orlando Gallery, Encino, CA
1983 Arizona Southwestern College, Yuma, AZ
1982 Murphy/Lancaster Associates, Los Angeles, CA
1979 Bolen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1977 Seventh Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Pillow Talk, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
2001-6 Caldera Gallery, Greece (change existing)
2002-6 Various Group Exhibits, SPARC, Venice, CA (change existing)
2004 California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA
2002 "Group Show" SPARC, Venice, CA
2001-2 Caldera Gallery, Greece
1999 “Myth & Matter” Gallery West, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Rose Café, Venice CA
1999 “Luminous Secrets,: Artforum Gallery, Encino, CA,
1998 “Inner Works II,” Available Light Gallery
“ Landscapes of the Mind,” Mt. San Jacinto College
1997 “Inner Works,” Available Light, Burbank, CA
1996 Rose Cafe, Venice, CA
Gallery Illuminati, Internet Gallery
Art on Washington Gallery, Los Angeles
1995 Cal State University Los Angeles, Luckman Fine Art
Gallery, Four Person Exhibition
Rose Cafe, Venice, CA
Sunquest Gallery, Big Sur, CA
Gallery Illuminati, Internet Gallery
1994 California State University Gallery, Northridge
1993 Nemiroff-Deutsch Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992 "Life on Earth,"Mt. St. Mary's College, Los Angeles
1996 "Religions and Rituals," South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art,
Torrance, CA
1990 "L.A. Open Festival" Los Angeles Central Library
1989 "Caracen Art Auction," Fred Hoffman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Art and Soul" Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Valerie Miller, Palm Desert, CA
1988 "Venice Art Walk," curated by Mary Jane Jacobs & Tressa Miller, Beyond Baroque Gallery, Venice,CA
1987 "Caracen Art Auction," Turske-Whitney Gallery, L.A curated by Howard Fox & Mary Jane Jacobs
Whitely Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Theatre Gallery, Design Center of Los Angeles
1985 "Drawings," Gallery K, Washington D.C.
"The New Abstract," curated by Bill Wheeler, Brand Art Library, Glendale, CA
1984 Metro Rail Transit Consultants, LAVA Sponsored, L.A., CA
Simard Gallery, Los Angeles
"Six from Downtown" Rose Cafe, Venice, CA
"LACE Open Studio Tour," Los Angeles, CA
Studio 1617, Silverlake, CA
1983 "New Acquisitions," University of Michigan, Dearborn
Orlando Gallery, Encino, CA
Studio 1617, Silverlake, Ca
"LACE Open Studio Tour," Los Angeles, CA
1982 "Interiors," California State University, Los Angeles
"LAVA '82," (Los Angeles Visual Arts)
"Selected Works of Permanent Collection," Palm Springs
Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Orlando Gallery, Encino, CA
Brand Art Library, Glendale, CA
Zenith Gallery, Washington D.C.
1980 Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, N.Y.
"A Fine Line," Loyola©Marymount University, Los Angeles
Collectors Choice Gallery, Corona Del Mar, CA
Venable©Neslage Gallery, Washington D.C.
"Los Angeles Bi©Centennial Celebration," California
Museum of Science & Industry, Los Angeles
Bradley Gallery, Montecito, CA
Gallery du Theatre, Geneva, Switzerland
Kathryn Markel, New York, NY
1979 Galerie Marquet, Paris, France
1977 Image and the Myth Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
PERFORMANCE/INSTALLATIONS
1999 Performance & Exhibition for One World Millennium Symposium, Monterey, CA
1998 Los Angeles Municpal Art Gallery Barnsdall, “The Elements,” Ritual Invocation to the Four Elements
SELECTED PUBLIC/PRIVATE/CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
The Permanent Collection of Luckman Fine Arts Complex, CSULA, Los Angeles
The Permanent Collection of the South Bay Museum of Art, CA
The Permanent Collection of the University of Michigan
The Permanent Collection of the Palm Springs Desert Museum, CA
The Permanent Collection of the Queens Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
IBM Corporate Collection, Los Angeles, CA
MGM Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Computer Sciences, Newport Beach, CA
Bank of the Golden Pacific, Los Angeles, CA
Irell and Manella Permanent Collection, Century City, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Chernick
Mr. Edward Sublett
Mr. Burt Lancaster
Mr. & Mrs. Billy Crystal, Pacific Palisades, CA
Mr. Vicenzo La Bella, Beverly Hills, CA
Ms. Simone Isen, Brentwood, CA
Mr. Gary Hakman, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. Scot Tepper, Pacific Palisades, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Kaufman, Los Angeles
Mr. & Mrs. James Hite, Incline Village, NV
Mr. & Mrs. James Traut, Laguna Hills, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Wolas, Studio City, CA
Ms. Diana Zlotnick, Studio City, Ca
Mme. Moncade, Gallery du Theatre, Geneva, Switzerland
Ms. Dominique Menez, French Consulate, Tokyo, Japan
Northrop Corporate Collection, Los Angeles, CA
The Faulkner Company, Los Angeles, CA
Westco Savings, Culver City, CA
Mr. Steve Hasenberg, Pacific Palisades, CA
Ms. Kelli Fisher, Venice, CA
Ms. Sussie Aller, Century City, CA
Mr. Wolfgang Kovacek, Vienna, Austria
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jacobson, Linda "Art and Transformation, A Journey to Creativity" book in process
Cover Art, Whole Life Times, North Carolina (2002)
Zakian, Michael, Essay, Director of Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University (2000)
Entypon Publishers, "Santorini Dreamscapes," Calendar for 2001
Woodward, Josef, “Landscape Visions,” Los Angeles Times (June, 1998)
Jessup-Woodlin, Dr. Patricia, Multi-Cultural Approaches to the Visual Arts,
Kendall/Hunt Cover image, text (Fall 1996)
Williamson, Katya, Visions Magazine Review (Spring 1994)
Duryee, Maria, Whittier Daily News, Review (October 1993)
Jacobson, Linda, "Drawing the Shadow," in Meeting the Shadow,
ed. by Zweig & Abrams, pub. by Jeremy Tarcher 1991
Rauschenbush, Marylou, "Women of Consequence" Photo essay, 1986
Pincus, Robert, Los Angeles Times, (July 1983) Review
Eshleman, Clayton, "Court of the Wind's Eye," Artweek, (July 16, 1983) Review
Jacobson, Linda "Jack Reilly," Arts Magazine, 1982
Jacobson, Linda, "New Spatial Concepts, 1980," catalog, 1980
Bolen Gallery, Exhibition Catalog, 1979
Sanchez, Stephanie, Artweek, (March 31, 1979), p.14
Jacobson, Linda, The Complete Book of Photographers, edited by Partnow & Brown,
published by Macmillan, 1977
Review, Pasadena Guardian, April, 1977
Gordon, Phillip, "Jacobson's World," Los Angeles Free Press, 1977
Jacobson, Linda, Los Angeles co-editor & staff writer for Artweek,
articles on Hans Burkhardt, Lorser Feitelson, Simone Gad & others, 1973-75
Jacobson, Linda, "Drawings of Harry Carmean,” Master Draughtsman Series,
Borden Publishing Co.
Jacobson, Linda "Leslie Labowitz-Starus,” High Performance
Jacobson, Linda, "Seventh Street Gallery," Pasadena Guardian, 1974
AWARDS & HONORS
Awarded "Instructor of the Year," UCLA Extension, 1992
Artist in Residency Fellowship, Dorland Artists' Colony, 1990
PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Interview: “Talk With Spirit,” Radio, 1999
Interview: Century Cable, Videotape, 1996
Interview: Ukrainian TV,Videotape, 1993
Interview: FNN Cable TV, Videotape, 1991
Interview: "Nite Side L.A.," Radio, 1989
Lecture, Healing Arts Coalition, Torrance Memorial Hospital, 1998
Lecture, Artsreach Program, California Institute for Women, 1989
Lecture, Palisades Art Association, Los Angeles, 1990
Lecture, Surface Design Conference, CSUN, Northridge, CA 1988
Lecture, Arizona Southwestern College, Yuma 1983
Lecture, "A Fine Line" Loyola-Marymount University, 1980
EDUCATION
1973-75 Post graduate studies with Lorser Feitelson
1971-73 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA BFA Degree, Summa cum laude
1968-70 California State University, Northridge, CA BA Degree
1967-68 Otis Art Institute
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1987-05 Instructor & Coordinator, UCLA Extension
1992-05 Instructor & Coordinator for “Art & Spirit” Art Retreats & Seminars in
Europe and the United States
1999-01 Instructor, Otis Art Institute
2000 Seminar,University of British Columbia, Canada
1996-97 Esalen Institute, Instructor
Instructor of Drawing, Art Center College of Design