Linda Wandt
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Bio
Linda Wandt is a representational oil painter based out of Austin, TX. Her studio is located at the iconic East Austin studio complex Pump Project, located at 702 Shady Lane, Austin Tx 78702, upstairs in studio 212, where she is available by appointment. Linda is available for commissions as well as lectures about oil painting materials and lessons on canvas stretching.
Linda Wandt was born on Long Island, NY in 1981 and moved to Texas in 2000. As a child, her artistic mother encouraged her creative endeavors and active imagination with a constant supply of watercolors and pencils. After moving to Texas, she studied oil painting at The University of Texas at Austin and obtained a BA in studio art in 2006. In addition to painting, her studies focused heavily on literature and philosophy, which have both greatly informed her subject matter. Linda learned a great deal more about oil painting materials while selling them in an art supply store, which spurned years of intensive self-study. The urge to paint both alla-prima, (wet on wet) and indirectly in traditional glaze layers, is something she simply can not resist.
Education
April 2018 - Present - Figure Drawing Classes with instructors Joe Molloy, Annie Nealson-Sweet, Sam Woodfin and Danny Grant at Atelier Dojo, Austin TX
Oct 2016 - 3 day portrait painting workshop with David Kassan, Coppini Academy of Fine Arts, San Antonio Tx
May-June 2016 Intermediate Figure Painting with Jennifer Balkin
2006 B.A. Studio Art - University of Texas at Austin
Exhibitions
2018
May - WEST Austin Studio Tour at The Neill-Cochran House Museum
May - Pecan Street Festival, Austin TX
April - M2 Gallery, Little Rock AK
April - Art City Austin, The Palmer Events Center, Austin TX
2017
December - Cherrywood Art Fair - Austin, TX
November - East Austin Studio Tour - Pump Project, Austin TX
October - Build Hope Not Walls - Big Medium, Austin TX
September - Georgetown Art Hop, Statewide Competition, Georgetown TX
September - Art Outside - Apache Pass, Thornsdale TX
April - Art City Austin - Palmer Events Center, Austin TX
March - "The Female Form" Neofauve Gallery, Austin TX
2016
Nov - East Austin Studio Tour, Pump Project, Austin TX
May - Raising Artists via Generous Art during West Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX
April - Sunset Valley ArtFest, Sunset Valley TX
April - Midtown Art in the Park, Houston TX
2015
Nov - East Austin Studio Tour, Pump Project
Oct - Georgetown Art Hop, Tx Statewide Juried Show
June - The Austonian, Austin Tx
July - Austin Visual Artists Association, Austin Art Space
Feb - Gallery 702 (Goodnight Gallery) Austin, Tx
2014
May - Mindzai Monthly Showcase
2013
April - Austin Pets Alive Benefit at Bay 6 Studios
2012
Nov - East Austin Studio Tour, Home Studio
July Phoenix Trades Depot, Austin Tx
May - Springboard at Pigoata Studios, Austin Tx
May - Teenage Wasteland at Co-lab, Austin TX
2011
Jan-Sept - Through the Looking Glass Gallery, Georgetown Tx
2010
Nov - East Austin Studio Tour at Bay 6
East Austin Art Gallery, Austin Tx
Feb - Up to Something, Bay 6 Studios, Austin Tx
Jan - Snarko!+Wandt Two Woman Show, Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Tx
2009
Dec - Austin Figurative Gallery, USAA (Now Spiderhouse Ballroom) Austin, Tx
Dec - 12x12 Holiday Box Show at Miranda Pleasant Gallery, Austin Tx
Nov - East Austin Studio Tour, Pigoata Studios
May - Arthouse 5x7 Annual Benefit Show, Austin Tx
2008
Abstract Figure Show, Austin Figurative Gallery
Self Portrait Show, Austin Figurative Gallery
2007
Nov - East Austin Studio Tour, Pine Street Station
2006
Senior Studio Exhibit Juried Show, University of Texas at Austin, Creative Research Lab
Attachments, The New Gallery at The University of Texas at Austin (Two Woman Show)
Publications, Features and Media
- Almost Real Things, September 2018 Issue "Top 10 to Watch" https://almostrealthings.com/2018/09/06/top-10-artists-to-watch-september-2018/
- Ekletikos with John Aielli 98.9 KUTX, April 9th 2018
- Art of Austin, July 2017 - http://artofaustin.com/linda-wandt/
- Studio Visit Magazine, Vol 33 July 2016
- Brian Paul Scipione, "The Path of the Aspiring Artist", Nu Magazine, Issue #4, April 2008, www.krossmedia.net/wandt.pdf
Awards
2017 - Art City Austin Juried Art Fair - Juror's Choice Award