LINDA WERVEY VITAMVAS
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 | Feast, An Artist in Residence installation at the Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
2012 | Passionibus Mulierum Curandorum, James Watrous Gallery, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Madison, WI
2011 | The Winter Chapel, Portrait Society Gallery, solo exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
2011 | Formed, Villa Terrace Art Museum, side by side exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
2010 | Inside/Outside, Lynden Sculpture Garden, two-person exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
2007 | One From Wisconsin, solo exhibition, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 | arts/Industry, At and After The Factory, ARTspace Gallery, Kohler, WI
2014 | arts/INDUSTRY /COLLABORATION AND REVELATION, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2014 | Species and Specimens, Villa Terrace Art Museum, Exhibition of Alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for NCECA, Milwaukee, WI
2014 | Milwaukee Clay Pop Up Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2014 | Quartz Inversion, Concordia University, Mequon, Wi
2012 | Wisconsin Visual Art 2012, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Gallery, Kenosha, WI
2012 | Continuum 2012, Art & Design Alumni Exhibition, UWM Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2012 | Our Gardens Inside and Out, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2012 | Back to the Future, Texas A&M International University Art Gallery, Laredo, TX
2012 | Food for Thought, Gallery 224, Port Washington, WI
2010 | Art of the Table, Milwaukee Art Museum, by invitation, Milwaukee, WI
2010 | Annual Members Show, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2010 | Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2010 | Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2010 | Eight Counties Regional Exhibition, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2009 | 2009 Manifestations, Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2009 | 2009 Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Rahr-West Art Museum, Juried by Mark Pascale of the Chicago Art Institute. West Bend,WI
2008 | All Fired Up: Contemporary Wisconsin Ceramics, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2008 | China Unfolded, Special Collections of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Golda Meir Library, Milwaukee, WI
2008 | Beyond Titillation, Ceramic Sculpture and the Body, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI
2007 | Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Institute of Visual Arts (INOVA), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee,WI
2007 | China Cuts, Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China
2006 | Second Skin, Inova/Arts Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, works in progress by Visual Arts graduate students, Milwaukee, WI
2006 | Continuum 5(0), Inova/Arts Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee,WI
2006 | Clay Bodies for Student Bodies, Gustavus Aldolphus College, Saint Peter, MN
2005 | Woodfire Milwaukee, Gallery Paradiso, Milwaukee, WI
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler WI
Golda Meir Library, Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, NC
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & RESIDENCIES
Present | Teaching classes at Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2015 | Adjunct faculty at Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI
2014-2015 | Taught porcelain workshops at The Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
2014| Collaboration with University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Art Ed. Institute: Living Matter
2014 | Co-curator of The Mingei Tradition in the Midwest: Warren MacKenzie and Beyond,
an exhibition in conjunction with NCECA 2014, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
2013 | June 2013- May 2014, Artist in Residence at the Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee,WI
2012-2013 | Taught ceramics at Murray Hill Pottery Works, Milwaukee, WI
2011 | Taught ceramics at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield,WI
2011 | April 2011, Taught workshops at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in conjunction with
Arts/Industry Residency Program. Sheboygan, WI
2011 | Selected for Arts/Industry Residency Program, three month residency in the Pottery
of the Kohler Corporation, Sheboygan, WI, John Michael Kohler Center for the Arts
2010-2015 | Member WPCA (Walker’s Point Center for The Arts), Milwaukee, WI
2010 | June 23, 2010, (Lecture at Discovery World Museum in conjunction with the
2010 Wisconsin Triennial.), Milwaukee, WI
2010 | July 25, 2010, Artist talk at the Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
2010 | Spring 2010, Volunteer for AWE (Artists Working in Education), Milwaukee, WI
2008-2015 | WVA (Wisconsin Visual Artists), Milwaukee, WI
2007 | Issue 69, Published article in Ceramics Art and Perception. Verne Funk:Continuum
2006-present | ISC (International Sculpture Center)
2004-present | NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts)
AWARDS
2010 | Friends of the Charles Allis Grand Prize, Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now. Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2010 | John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Twelfth Eight Counties Exhibition Award, Sheboygan, WI
2009 | 2009 Wisconsin Visual Artists Biennial Award
2005 | Layton Professional Development Award from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
2005 | John Michael Kohler Art Center, Eleventh Eight Counties: Exhibition Award, Sheboygan, WI
PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
2014 | arts/INDUSTRY: Collaboration and Revelation, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, book, Sheboygan, WI
2014 | Species and Specimens, Catalog, Villa Terrace Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2012 | Inside/Outside, Catalog, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
2010 | Wisconsin Triennial 2010, Catalog, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison,
WI, Catalog: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Page 11. Essay by Curator J. Simon
2008 | Beyond Titillation, Ceramic Sculpture and the Body, Catalog, Lawton Gallery,
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Essay by S. Perkins and S. Zickerfoose
2011 | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Gallery Night Picks, by S. Williams-Ng, April 12, 2011
2011 | Third Coast Digest, Bones of Truth, By J. Moriarty, January 3rd, 2011
2010 | Arts Without Borders, Magic Happens at the Lynden Sculpture Garden, by E. Daniel, September 3, 2010
2010 | Inside/Outside at the Lynden Sculpture Garden, by E. Daniel, Aug. 6, 2010
2010 | Shepherd Express, Inside/Outside, by P.S. Dunigan, July 22-July 28, 2010
2010 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Review of Forward Exhibition, by S. Mulloy, Mar. 21, 2010
2010 | Shepherd Express, Charles Allis’ Winning ‘Survey of Wisconsin Art’, by P.S.Dunigan,Apr.15
2008 | Shepherd Express Upcoming Wisconsin Artists, by P.S. Dunigan, Dec. 27-Jan. 2, 2008
EDUCATION
2006-2007 | Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2004-2006 | Master of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1972-1976 | Bachelor of Science-Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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