Becky Linhardt
Artist/Photographer/Writer/Designer
www.beckylinhardt.com arts@beckylinhardt.com
Member: Women’s Art Club of Cincinnati, Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry (OOVAR)
ARTIST STATEMENTS 2019
PAINTING: The oil paint is applied and moved by hand on the canvas in a rather shamanic process. My preference is to paint landscape-like abstract images. Over the years my concept of landscape painting has evolved. I am now more inclined to paint just a hint of the terrain, the weather, the atmosphere. I want this newer style to engage the viewer in ways that encourage them to layer in their own experiences and imagination – to see beyond the canvas, the paint, and what their mind records – to feel with their heart the emotions that landscape can evoke.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Vistas and details; the large and the small – both extremes capture my attention but my greatest joy is my Light Studies, those still life arrangements that I make when the low angle of natural winter sunlight provides such interesting patterns of refraction through glass, reflection from gloss surfaces – sometimes both in one image.
ARTS RESUME
Education: BS Design. University of Cincinnati, 1974
Public Art/Commissions:
Ohio Arts Council – Percent for Art Program – 1994 – Southeast Mental Health Center, Athens, OH – 33 Limited Edition Photographic Prints for the Permanent Collection
Ohio Arts Council – Percent for Arts Program – 2013 – Gillham Hall at the University of Toledo – 2 Limited Edition Photographic Prints for the Permanent Collection
Competitions/Juried Exhibitions
Art North 2018, Sharonville Cultural Arts Center, Sharonville, OH, November 9 – December 15, 2018
Art North 2017, Sharonville Cultural Arts Center, Sharonville, OH, November 17, 2017 – January 20, 2018
ArtPrize Nine: venue: Spectrum Health Meijer Heart Center, Grand Rapids, MI, September 20-October 8, 2017
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Competition 2017: Professional Division, Columbus, OH July-August 2017
Ohio Governor’s Offices – Ohio Artists Exhibition: Riffe Tower, Columbus, OH, June 2017 – January 2019
Nature’s Corner: Gayle Cobb, Illustrator; Becky Linhardt, Artist/Photographer, Sharonville Cultural Arts Center, January-February 2017
DAAP Made: the exhibition, Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH March 17 – April 16, 2016
Ohio Governor’s Office Art Exhibition, Riffe Tower, Columbus, OH, June 2015 – May 2017
Ohio State Fair Fine Art Competition 2015, Professional Division, Columbus, OH July-August 2015
Art In and Around the Barn, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH March 2015
The Golden Ticket, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, August 29 -October 1, 2014
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Competition 2014: Professional Division, Columbus, OH, July 23 -August 3
Women’s Work, Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, April 26-May 31, 2014
Hear Me Roar UC Women’s Health Center, West Chester, OH, November 2013 – October 2014
OH+5 2013 Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, OH: October 5- November 24, 2013
OHIO GOVERNOR’S OFFICE ART EXHIBITION Riffe Tower, Columbus, OH, June 2013 – May 2015
All Things Majestic, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH – Photographic images selected by CETconnect for visual portion of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra performance. May 3 -4, 2013
Gravity’s Daughter: Nine Abstract Painters “Walk on Woodburn,” pop-up exhibition curated by Kip Eagen, Cincinnati, OH – April 19-20, 2013
ALONG 71 Cleveland West Art League, Cleveland, OH: July 20 – August 17, 2012 and Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH: September 6 – 28, 2012
OHIO GOVERNOR’S OFFICE ART EXHIBITION Riffe Tower, Columbus, OH, June 2011-April 2013
FLORA & FAUNA, The 930 Art Center, Louisville, KY, April 23-June 5, 2011
ALL OHIO JURIED COMPETITION, Pearl Conrad Gallery, Mansfield, OH, March 1994
STATE OF THE ART, New England Fine Arts Institute, Boston, MA, Spring 1993
CONTEMPORARY WORKS OF FAITH: National Biennial, Schumaker Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH, March 1993
1992 ANNUAL JURIED COMPETITION, IMAGES: A Gallery of Fine Photographers, Cincinnati, OH, November 1992
FINE ARTS COMPETITION/PROFESSIONAL DIVISION – OHIO STATE FAIR, Columbus, OH, August 1992
WOMEN’S EYE, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY, April 1992
COLUMBUS ART LEAGUE FALL SHOW, Upper Arlington Municipal Center, November 1991
LAGRANGE NATIONAL XVI, LaMar Dodd Art Gallery, LaGrange, GA, April-May 1991
SALON D’OEUVRES SUR PAPIER DE MONTREAL, Gallerie Art-Jeunesse, Montreal, Canada, November-December 1990
FINE ARTS COMPETITION/PROFESSIONAL DIVISION – OHIO STATE FAIR, Award Winner – Special Award for Excellence, Columbus, OH, August 1990
HUNTINGTON 280, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, March-April 1990
DAWES ARBORETUM ART COMPETITION, Naturalist’s Award, Dawes Arboretum, Newark, OH, February 1990
DAWES ARBORETUM ART COMPETITION, Dawes Arboretum, Newark, OH, March 1989
COLUMBUS ART LEAGUE FALL SHOW, Upper Arlington Municipal Center, November 1988
FINE ARTS COMPETITION/PROFESSIONAL DIVISION – OHIO STATE FAIR, Columbus, OH, August 1988
POVERTY/PLENTY EXHIBITION, Columbus, OH, October-November 1987
COLUMBUS ART LEAGUE FALL SHOW, Upper Arlington Municipal Center, November 1987
IMAGES 1987, Trumbull Art Guild, Warren, OH May-June 1987
77th ANNUAL COLUMBUS ART LEAGUE EXHIBITION, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH May-June 1987
RE-VISION: Photographic Competition, Award Winner – Honorable Mention, Greater Columbus Arts Festival – June 1986
Invitational Exhibitions
The Art We Make, The Barn, Mariemont, OH, January-February 2019
Sharonville +5: Then, Now, and Interpreted, FOTOFOCUS 2018 Bienniel: Open Archives, Sharonville Cultural Arts Center, October 2018
Swap Meet, The Carnegie, Covington, KY, June-July 2018
Art AWOL, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH – February 2015
Art In Bloom, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH – November 7-10, 2013
Illuminating Art IV, German Village Meeting Haus, Columbus, OH – December 2012
Illuminating Art III, Gallery 831, 831 Front Street, Columbus, OH – December 2011
THE LANGUAGE OF ART, High Road Gallery, Worthington, OH, – June 2011
PRIMARY COLORS, Carnegie Arts Center, Scott Boulevard, Covington, KY, October/November 1998
LIGHT QUALITY, Solo Exhibition, Carnegie Arts Center, Corner Gallery, Scott Boulevard, Covington, KY, May 1998
CONTRASTS & COMPLIMENTS, Columbus Art League, First Avenue Office Center, Columbus, OH March-April 1993
SUMMER INVITATIONAL, Billy Hork Galleries, Arlington Heights/Chicago, IL August 1992
FLORAL FANTASIES, Reynoldsburg Municipal Center, Reynoldsburg, OH, May-August 1992
PHOTOGRAPHERS SEVEN, Collectors Gallery, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, April-May 1990
BARN APPETIT, The Dairy Barn art Center, Athens, OH, April-May 1990
WOMEN’S STORIES, Columbus Art League, First Avenue Office Complex, Columbus, OH, March-April 1990
THE FOCUSED EYE: Recent Work by Ohio Photographers, Fort Hayes Visual Arts Gallery, Columbus, OH, August-September 1989
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS ‘88: Photographic Images of B. Linhardt and Robert Metzger, Artreach Gallery, Columbus, OH, May 1988
GLASS & GLOSS (Photography in Group Show), Spangler Cummings Galleries, Columbus, OH, April-May 1986
Collections
The Hart Systems, Inc., The State of Ohio (Percent for Arts), and private collections
Past Memberships
Columbus Art League/Ohio Art League: 1982-1995/2011-13
Midwest Travel Journalists Association: 2003-present
Stock Photography
Freelance, June 1988 – Present
Exposed Images, Inc., Worthington, OH, Stock Photography Contract: June 1986 – April 1988
Published Photography
Creative Voices: University of Cincinnati 2010
Over the Back Fence, Sept/Oct. 2009 – photos associated with Riverboat Cruising assignment.
The Heartlands Today IV: A Sense of Community. Bottom Dog Press, 1994
In Buckeye Country: Photos and Essays. Bottom Dog Press, 1993
PrinTech 1991 Ohio Artists Calendar - 1991
Columbus Symphony Orchestra Columbus Calendar - 1992, 1991, 1990
Arts Management
Sharonville Cultural Arts Center, Sharonville, OH, August 2017 to December 2018 – Curatorial Assistant to the Board
DAAP Made: the exhibition – March-April 2016 – Malton Gallery – Curatorial Assistant
Reynoldsburg Municipal Building Art Gallery – 1992-1995 – Curator/Manager/PR
Columbus Art League – 1980s and 1990s – Member, Board Member, Public Relations
WRITING RESUME
Book Publication
Kelleys Island: An Island for All Seasons Publisher: Kelleys Cove, Inc. 1995 – Author, Primary Photographer, Book Design, and Archival Research (now out of print)
Writing Awards
NFPW/Ohio Professional Writers – May 2012 – FIRST PLACE Specialty Articles, Travel
MTWA Mark Twain Competition 2010 – Second Place, Short copy
MTWA Mark Twain Competition 2004 – Third Place, Photojournalism
Journalism/Photojournalism
The Cincinnati Enquirer: Contributing Travel Writer/Photographer, June 1999 to June 2011 (Newspaper discontinued travel coverage)
Magazine publications have included articles in Ohio Magazine, Long Weekends, Over the Back Fence, Country Living (Buckeye Power), Midwest Foodservice News, AirFare: The Magazine of the WOSU Stations: Contributing Writer and Photographer 1991, 1992. Special Projects: February 1992, An Island in Winter (story and photo essay); August 1992, Cover Photograph and Photo Essay to compliment Feature Article, Columbus Art: Feature Writer, Art Critic 1982-85, 1990, Columbus Homes & Lifestyles: Contributing Writer, 1985 (details and links to some articles at More Information tab)