Linda Kosoff

I was born in Boston, Massachusetts and moved to Los Angeles after college. I received a B.F.A. in Painting at Rhode Island School of Design. I am married and have 2 children in college.
I have always been interested in the distance between people, the separateness that can exist in relationships. Physical and emotional space between people can be complicated; people can inhabit very different realities even when they share the same space. To explore this, I paint narratives where the figures seem to be alone in their own worlds or unaware of each other’s presence. Sometimes I will use a diptych or a triptych to make the separation more literal. The images I am drawn to are ones that spark memories from my past; self-conscious, lonely, and stoic moments from childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Subtle body language reveals hidden tension. These images are inspired by personal and family photographs, newspaper, or magazine images that conjure up emotions and situations that I have experienced, but believe to be universal.

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 'Mod Squad' Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, CA
2016 'Boobs!'Show, The Gallery Presents, Curated by Dulce Stein
2015 Co-Lab Gallery, Anniversary Show, Los Angeles, CA
bG Gallery Bergamot Station, “Spectrum-Gestalt 2” Santa Monica, CA
Juror: Airom
2014 Gallery 825/ Los Angeles Artist Association “Aurora” Los Angeles, CA
haleARTS S P A C E 3-Person Show, Santa
Monica, CA
2013 Gallery 825, “Open Show 2013”, Los Angeles Artist Association,
Juror: Jenny Gheith, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Arc Gallery, “Masquerade”, Juror: Jack Fischer, San Francisco, CA
Long Beach Arts, “Pastiche” Honorable Mention,
Juror: Ron Linden, Los Angeles Harbor College
1997   Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
1996-  2000 LACMA Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995   Westside Art Forum, Santa Monica, CA
1987   Richard/Bennet Gallery, “LA Emerging Artists Salon” Los Angeles, CA
1982   Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI

PRINT
2014 Artist Portfolio Magazine, Volume 15, “Los Angeles vs. New York”
2014 ArtBuzz “The 2014 Collection”, Honorable Mention


PRESS
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