Linda M. Vinson

P.O. Box 1525

Brea, California 92822

(714) 990-2359

Email: lmvinson@earthlink.com

 EDUCATION

University of Kentucky, BA, Business, Textile and Design, 1970

Post graduate art studies

       California State University Fullerton 1994-1995, 1996-1997

       Selected classes with nationally accomplished fiber artists

EXHIBITIONS AND COMPETITIONS

2002  Hillcrest Festival of Arts, Judges Award:, La Habra Heights, California

2002  Featured Artist, Let’s Imagine, Seal Beach, California

2001  Hillcrest Festival of Arts, Judges Award:, La Habra Heights, California

2000  Annual Hilton Fashion Show, Long Beach California

2000  “Rakkasah 2000” San Francisco, California

2000  Hillcrest Festival of Arts, Award: 2^nd Place, La Habra Heights, California

1999  Featured Designer, Junior League of Long Beach Annual Fashion Event, Long Beach, California

1999  12^th Invitational National Fiber Arts Exhibit, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky

1999  Featured Artist, Elizabeth Markman Gallery, Fullerton , California

1998  World Silk Painting Congress “ Gala Fashion Show,” George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

1998  “Fabric Fantasies” Award:  Best Painted and Dyed Wearable, 18^th Annual fabric Festival, Bazaar Del  Mundo, San Diego, California

1998   Featured Artist, “Golden Garment Gala” Fashion Show, Placentia, California

1998  Featured Artist, Fashionable Art Spring Showcase, Brea Mall, Brea, California

1998  Artist in Residence, Brea Mall, Brea, California

1998  “Wearable Expressions ‘98” Beckstrand Gallery, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California

1998  “Art Wrap” World Quilt and Textile Convention, Pasadena, California

1997  “Silk Images” California Silk Group, Cypress Gallery, Cypress, California

1997  “Art Today” Judges Award, open juried competition California Council of Art Leagues, Art Angles

Gallery, Orange, California

1997  “Fabric Fantasies” Award:  Best Painted and Surface Design, 17th Annual Fabric Festival, Bazaar del Mundo, San Diego, California

1997  “Art Wrap” World Quilt and Textile Convention, Pasadena, California

1997  “Art of Adorning” Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California

1997  Featured artist, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Gallery Shop, Santa Ana, California

1996  Featured artist, Brea Fest, Brea Civic and Cultural Center, Brea, California

1996  “Fabric Fantasies” 16th Annual Fabric Festival, Bazaar del Mundo, San Diego, California

1996  Featured artist, Muckenthaler Cultural Art Center Gallery Shop, Fullerton, California

1996  “Walking Canvas” A Wearable Art Fashion Show, Fullerton Museum Center, Textile and Costume Guild, Fullerton, California

1996  Featured Artist, Brea Civic and Cultural Center, Gallery Gift Shop, Brea, California

1995  Featured artist, Brea Fest,  Brea Civic and Cultural Center, Brea, California

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Muckenthaler Cultural Art Center, Museum Shop, Fullerton, California

Brea Civic and Cultural Center, Gift Shop, Brea, California

Bowers Museum of Cultural Arts, Museum Shop, Santa Ana, California

The Gallery Upstairs, Claremont, California

California Fashion Mart, Ellen Quay Silks, Los Angeles, California

San Francisco Fashion Mart, Ellen Quay Silks, San Francisco, California

Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, California

Let’s Imagine, Seal Beach, California

Elizabeth Markman Gallery, Fullerton, California

TriArt Gallerty, Louisville, Kentucky