About
BIO
Linda Streicher is an artist whose paintings and installations study two-dimension representations of architectural spaces. Linda received her Masters in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and worked in architecture in Philadelphia, San Francisco and New Jersey while continuing her painting practice for over twenty years. She has curated art exhibits for Studio Montclair, ArtSpace in Morristown and Mondo Contemporary in Summit and has shown her work throughout the NY metropolitan area. Currently, Linda is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts and will graduate this May.
STATEMENT
My concerns lie with nonrational spaces, with architectural structures free from gravity and reality that unground and destabilize us. I try to create surreal worlds in my paintings and in my installations. By shifting the ground plane and creating a nonsensical structural reality, we are forced to traverse through a conceptual space that is abstractly two-dimensional and representationally three-dimensional.
Generated from memories of a childhood treehouse, I construct spaces similarly and metaphorically based on three levels. Below us the "earth" grounds us, nurtures life and supports structures ranging from the hut to the skyscraper. Beyond the tangible, the "metaphysical" exists in our mind and embodies the imaginary, spiritual, future and unknown. In between these two levels, the “environment” is the narrow slice that humanity inhabits visually and physically. It ranges from the grass under our feet to the sky above and represents reality.
Unexplored territories, seemingly beyond our reach, draw us in and ask us how we can chart a course from our present viewpoint to a future we choose. Obstacles hinder while also creating paths that guide us toward an unknown. In my paintings, I offer a deep space and consistently undermine it with the use of two-dimensional shapes and the flatness of the canvas. Conversely my installations, built in actual space, utilize perspectival lines and the flatness of the wall. Light sources and shifting shadows constantly change the environment and accentuate the divide between real and false spaces. Travel between reality and the metaphysical then becomes a visual and mental journey.
SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Spaces: Real and Imagined, with Allan Gorman, Curator: Michael Endy, Chashama, Matawan, NJ, 2019
Radunarsi: Collection of Works, with Eileen Ferara, Curator: Peter Delman, Casa Colombo, Jersey City, NJ, 2018
Internal/External Worlds, Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ 2016
Surreal Spaces, Hyatt at Headquarters Plaza, Morristown, NJ, 2015
New Art Work, Park Ave Club, Florham Park, NJ, 2014
GROUP EXHIBITIONS and AWARD
The Center Cannot Hold, Facilitator: Eric Sutphin, Equity Gallery, New York, NY, 2020
Wonder Women 11: Eye of the Storm, Curators: Doris Cacoilo and Eileen Ferara, Hostetter Gallery, The Pingry School, Basking Ridge, NJ, 2019
Gleam, Curator: Diane Dwyer and Jim Clark, Aura Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2019
Art in Odd Places: Facade, group organizer: Perry Bard, New York, NY, 2019
Art Fair 14C 2019 Juried invite, JCAST HQ, Jersey City, NJ, 2019
Jerseyscapes, Curator: Midori Yoshimoto, Lemmerman Gallery, NJCU, Jersey City, NJ, 2019
Ten, South Avenue Arts, Garwood, NJ, 2019
Art Fair 14C Juried Show, Curators: Ivy Brown, Jonathon Levine and Susan Mumford, Jersey City Arts Council, Hyatt Regency, Jersey City, NJ, 2019
Pro Arts Wander, Curator: Masha Maskina, Art Fair 14C, Hyatt Regency, Jersey City, NJ, 2019
Wherefore Art, Curator: Robinson Holloway, Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, 2019
Shared Visions SMI, Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ, 2018
ProArts Salon "Unmasked", Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ, 2018
Curators' Show, Mondo Contemporary, Summit, NJ, 2018
Wonder Women 11: Eye of the Storm, _gaia studio, Lemmerman Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, 2018
2018 Winter Invitational, J. Cacciola Gallery W, Bernardsville, NJ, 2018
What's Next, Pro Arts JCAST, The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ, 2018
What's Next, Pro Arts JCAST, Harborside Building, Jersey City, NJ, 2017
NJ and You: Perfect Together, Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, 2017
Solstice, ProArts Member Show, City Hall, Jersey City, NJ 2017
Good Works, SMI Virginia S. Block Gallery, Montclair, NJ, 2017
Cathedral Arts Festival, Jersey City, NJ, 2017
Under the Influence, Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, 2016
Pro Arts JCAST, Flagship Building & City Life Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, 2016
Barebrush Nude of the Day December 3, Online, Curators Choice, 2016
15th Anniversary Invitational Art Show, Park Ave Club, Florham Park, NJ, 2016
Curators Choice Exhibit (Evonne Davis), Pro Arts & Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, 2016
Barebrush Nude of the Day November 5, Online, Curators Choice, 2016
It's All About Time, City Life Gallery, Pro Arts, Jersey City, NJ, 2015
Profiles of New Jersey, Juried Art Show, Park Ave Club, Florham Park, NJ, 1st prize, 2015
Members’ Juried Exhibit, Center for Contemporary Art, Wallflowers, Bernardsville, NJ, 2015
Alumni Homecoming Show, Burrison Gallery, University Club at Penn, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
Barebrush Nude of the Day June 29, Online, Curators Choice, 2015
Spirit of the Human Family, Morris Arts Council, Temple B’Nai Or, Morristown, NJ, 2015
Red Dot Exhibit, Art Students League, New York, NY, 2014
Class Concours, Art Students League, New York, NY, Red Dot Award, 2014
Barebrush Nude of the Day October 1, Online, Curators Choice, 2nd place, 2013
Light and Dark, Juried Art Show, Park Ave Club, Florham Park, NJ, 1st prize, 2013