ARTIST

Linda Ruzga

Chicago Studio

LR.LOve Rope-MM.2016

Love Rope

LR.Flowers-MM.2017

Flowers

LR.Mom-22x14-AC.2016

Mom

About


Linda was born in 1953, and has maintained a strong connection to her family throughout her life.  After having worked at Arts of Life for 16 years, Linda moved to Minnesota in December of 2018 to be closer to her family. While working at Arts of Life she developed a rich practice as a mixed media artist.  Linda chooses her medium based on its ability to best express and bring alive her subject matter.

Linda treats her work playfully, open to and amused by what others see within her composition. Linda freely mixes abstract drawing and painting with representative images of animals, people, and plant life.

“I use paint – it gets messy, I like to use the brush with it. I like acrylic paint. I like watercolors. They’re pretty. I draw with colored pencils and sharpies. People say they’re nice. Horses, houses, windows, flowers, cakes.”

In addition to her solo work, Linda has developed collaborative projects with WomanMade Gallery and the 20 Neighborhoods Project.  She exhibited at Dock 6 for Art and Design 11. Most recently, she was featured in the Chicago Cultural Center exhibition In Good Company, and the Circle Contemporary exhibition Entrelazar, curated by Edra Soto.

Check out Linda’s 2018 Artist of the Month interview here.

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Exhibitions

Design & Art 11
Dock 6 2018
Et Tu, Art Brut
Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, New York 2017
A is for Artist
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago IL 2017

Portfolio work

Love Rope, 2016

Flowers, 2017

Mom, 2016

Sunday, 2016

Sunday, 2017

The Church, 2016

Red, 2016

Night Sky Deer, 2014

Flower Lily, 2014

Flower Bouqet with a Bow, 2017

Flower, 2016

Africa Swimming,

Explosion, 2017

Dragon Sparkle Fire, 2014

Grass, 2016

House Cats,

Mommy Alien, 2017

Snow Flurry, 2017

Solar System, 2014

A Church, 2016

Bare Moon, 2011

Blue Tree, 2014

My House, 2015

Summer Sunset Storm, 2014

Yell Wild, 2014

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