Linda Berkowitz is a Brooklyn-based artist who teaches art to older adults. She was awarded the “Catalyzing Creativity” grant for her project “Symbolic Self Portraits” for her work with older adults at Hanac Senior Center through Lifetime Arts, funded by the Samuels Foundation.
In addition to teaching art at HANAC, she collaborated with visiting artists, Brice Garret and dancer, Ian Wen in Su Casa programs. In 2017, she completed a painting residency in Crete, The Mudhouse Residency.
After graduation from the Illustration program at Parsons School of Design in New York, she Illustrated and wrote children’s books, published by Crown/Knopf worked as a designer for dinnerware and home and ventured into film and photography.
Her work, inspired by nature, has been shown and sold through Arts Gowanus, 440 Gallery, Ground Floor Gallery, LaBodega Gallery as well as commissioned portraits of animals and people.
Linda’s work is in private collections in the US and Canada.
She has one son and 2 cats.
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Gowanus Open Studios at Strong Rope Brewery, Oct 18-19, 2023
Antoine Dutot Museum, Plein Air 2023
Recycle, juried show at BWAC, Brooklyn Sept 2023
Musings From the Garden, Solo Show at Coconana, Brooklyn, Sept-November 2022
Time And Place, 2 person show at Gowanus Dredgers, Brooklyn NY 2023
Atlantic Ave Artwalk, 2022
Gowanus Open Studios, Gowanus Neighborhood Arts, 540 President Street 2021
Antoine Dutot Museum, Plein Air 2022
Antoine Dutot Museum, Plein Air 2021
We’re Still Here, portraits Arts Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2020
Recent Watercolors, Sotto Voce, Atlantic Ave ArtWalk, Brooklyn, NY
Atlantic Ave Art Walk, Select group show 472 Atlantic, Brooklyn NY
There’s No Place Like… Ground Floor Gallery, Virtual show on Artsy
Arts Gowanus virtual show on Artsy
Annual Small Works Show, 4040 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2019
Rendering Likeness, LaBodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Priority Mail, Mail Art Biennial, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Small/Mighty, LaBodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2018
Ghost in the Machine, prints, Shoestring Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Gowanus Open Studios, Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn, NY 2017
Tastemakers 3, Food and Art Exhibit, Courttree Collective, Brooklyn, NY 2015
Weekend at the Old Gem, acrylic painting, Brooklyn, NY 2011
Convergence, Oil Pastels, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY 2011
Wide Open, Watercolors and Drawings, BWAC Brooklyn, NY 2011
2018 Symbolic Self Portraits, Lifetime Arts, Catalyzing Creativity, HANAC Harmony JVL Innovative Senior Center, Astoria, NY
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The Figure, Jan. 2010
Publishers Weekly, Author Interview Jan 1996
School Library Journal, Children’s Book Review
Kirkus, Children’s Book Review
Publishers Weekly, Children’s Book Review 1996, 1998
Little Bird and the Moon Sandwich, Crown/Knopf Books for Young Readers 1998
Alfonse Where Are You?, Crown/ Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1996
Alfonse Where Are You? (paper) Dragonfly Books, 1998
HANAC Harmony JVL Innovative Senior Center Queens, NY 2014- on going
Art Teacher/Coordinator of Art Program
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY 2014-on going
Gallery Studio -Special Needs Teaching Assistant
Painting/Drawing Tutor 2013-on-going
Court Tree Collective, Brooklyn, NY 2013- 2014
Watercolor, Drawing teacher for children and adults
Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn 2011-2014
Figure Drawing admin
Children’s School, Brooklyn, NY 2010
Teaching Aritst- Watercolor 1st-5th grade
Ex-Cell Home Fashions, NY, NY 2008
Designer, Bath Accessories and Table Linens
Macy’s Merchandising Group, NY, NY 2005-2008
Designer for Tabletop and Decorative House Wares
Lifetime Brands, Westbury, NY 2004-2005
Designer for Dinnerware and Ceramics
Gear Holdings Inc., New York, NY 1993-2004
Home Furnishings Designer