7ª Bienal do Mercosul

Linda Matalon nasceu no Brooklyn, Nova York, em 1958, onde reside e trabalha. Em 1977 abandona os estudos formais de arte para realizar uma viagem de conhecimento pela Colômbia. Em 1991 recebeu uma bolsa da Cintas Foundation, instituição criada por um diplomata cubano que outorga ajuda a criação artística. Entre suas exposições individuais, pode-se destacar: 1 6 7 , Gray Kapernekas Gallery, Nova York (2005); Middle Falls, Wynn Kramarsky /Fifth Floor Foundation, Nova York (2005); Open Gates: Recent Sculpture and Drawings, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts (2003); Project Room installation, Cohan Leslie and Browne, Nova York (2001); What Remains, Van Every Smith Galleries, Davidson College Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC (1997). Exposições coletivas destacam-se: 41^st National Artists' Salon, Cali, Colômbia (2008); Revolutionary! Romanticism! Contemporary Art from New York, 1 Lily Terrace, Dorset, Inglaterra (2005); In the Making: Contemporary Drawings from a Private Collection, University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts (2003); Ethereal and Material, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware (2000); Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensborough, NC (1998); Material Girls...Gender, Process and Abstract Art Since 1970, Gallery 128, New York (1996). Recebeu os seguintes prêmios: New York Foundation for the Arts, Nova York (1999); Art Matters, Nova York (1993); Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, Provincetown, Massachusetts (1992/3) e Cintas Foundation Inc, Nova York (1991).

Linda Matalon nació en el Brooklyn, Nueva York, en 1958, donde vive y trabaja. Hija de padres cubanos, en 1977 abandona los estudios formales de arte para realizar un viaje a Colombia. En 1991 recibe una beca de la Cintas Foundation, institución creada por un diplomático cubano que otorga ayuda a la creación artística. En 1994 participó de las exposiciones In a Different Light, University Art Museum, Berkerley, y In the lineage of Eva Hesse, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut. Expuso individualmente en SFA Gallery al Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas (1996) y en Wolfson Campus InterAmerican Art Gallery of Miami-Dade Community College in Miami (1997). Entre sus exposiciones individuales más recientes se encuentran: 1 6 7, Gray Kapernekas Gallery, Nueva York (2005); Middle Falls, Wynn Kramarsky, Fifth Floor Foundation, Nueva York (2005); Open Gates: Recent Sculpture and Drawings, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2003); Project Room installation, Cohan Leslie and Browne, Nueva York (2001); What Remains, Van Every Smith Galleries, Davidson College Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC (1997). Su obra ha sido incluida en numerosas exposiciones colectivas tales como: Urgente! 41º Salón Nacional de Artistas de Colombia, Cali (2008); Revolutionary! Romanticism! Contemporary Art from New York, 1 Lily Terrace, Dorset (2005); In the Making: Contemporary Drawings from a Private Collection, University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2003); Ethereal and Material, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington (2000); Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensborough, NC (1998); Material Girls...Gender, Process and Abstract Art Since 1970, Gallery 128, Nueva York (1996). También ha obtenido becas de estudio otorgadas por la New York Foundation for the Arts, New York (1999); Art Matters, New York (1993); y Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, Provincetown, MA (1992-1993).

Linda Matalon was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1958, where she lives and works. In 1977, she abandoned her formal education in order to travel to Colombia. In 1991 she received a scholarship from the Cintas Foundation, an institution created by a Cuban diplomat to support the work of artists of Cuban lineage living outside Cuba. Among her solo exhibitions, the most important are: 1 6 7, Gray Kapernekas Gallery, New York (2005); Middle Falls, Wynn Kramarsky/Fifth Floor Foundation, New York (2005); Open Gates: Recent Sculpture and Drawings, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts (2003); Project Room installation, Cohan Leslie and Browne, New York (2001); What Remains, Van Every Smith Galleries, Davidson College Visual Arts Center, Davidson, North Carolina (1997). The following group exhibitions are significant: 41^st National Artists' Salon, Cali, Colombia (2008); Revolutionary! Romanticism! Contemporary Art from New York, 1 Lily Terrace, Dorset, England (2005); In the Making: Contemporary Drawings from a Private Collection, University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts (2003); Ethereal and Material, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware (2000); Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensborough, North Carolina (1998); and Material Girls...Gender, Process and Abstract Art Since 1970, Gallery 128, New York (1996). She has received the following awards: New York Foundation for the Arts, New York (1999); Art Matters, New York (1993); Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, Provincetown, Massachusetts (1992/3) and from the Cintas Foundation Inc, New York (1991).