Linda Atkinson

Linda Atkinson is Virginia artist, living and working in Botetourt County, Virginia. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the country, in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Atlanta among others. She moved to California to pursue a masters degree in sculpture, and after graduation was invited to teach sculpture and women’s studies at the University of California/Santa Cruz.
Returning to her native Virginia 15 years later, she taught studio courses and art history for universities and colleges in southwestern Virginia. She was Gallery Director at Roanoke College for 14 years, providing regional and national artists exhibition opportunities, as well as multi-cultural collaborations with other arts organizations such as the Roanoke Symphony and Mill Mountain Theatre.
Now retired from teaching, Linda maintains a full-time sculpture studio and gallery, and is represented by Zenith Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Virginia Commonwealth University, BFA in Sculpture, 1975
Philadelphia Academy of Art, summer 1976.
California College of Art, MFA in Sculpture, 1976 - 1978

Select Exhibitions:
Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C. 2022-current
The Market Gallery, Roanoke, VA 2019-2022
Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC, 2020
artspace Gallery, Richmond, Virginia 2017
Dorothy McRae Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2007
Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2005
Taubman Museum, Roanoke, VA, 2003
j.b.spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY, 1999, 2001
Fayetteville Museum, Fayetteville, NC, 1996
Summerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 1995
Blue Spiral Gallery, Ashville, NC 1993
Cudahy's Gallery, Richmond, VA 1992
Olin Gallery, Roanoke College, Salem, VA, 1984, 1988, 2004
Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Ill 1982
Vantage Gallery, Ithaca, NY 1980
Arnot Museum, San Jose, CA, 1980
Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA. 1979
Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA1979
Allport Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1978