Rosalinda Kolb
Santa Fe, NM, United States
About Rosalinda Kolb
I work on paper, using simple materials in order to create a softly natural effect as of rust, earth, moss, bark, the forest floor, et. Each new series shoots for a re-shuffling of the psychic deck. There are several currents that run consistently through my work, one carries the question, "What does it mean to be a human being? I identify Universal Human Foibles; explore the anatomy/physiology of body and mind; ponder our evolution.
I recently published "Leave 'Em Hungry, A Love Story and Cautionary Tale," a deeply personal recounting shot through with the heartbreak of addiction and codependency, about my life with saxophonist Frank Morgan.
"Sound of Redemption, The Frank Morgan Story" a documentary produced by crime fiction writer Michael Connelly, in which I play my small part, may now be downloaded.
My earliest "morality," you might say, was shaped by grand opera and musical theater. My knowledge of the American Songbook prepared me for my appreciation of the jewel in the crown of American culture, which I discovered quite by chance: I stumbled upon John Coltrane playing "My Favorite Things."
Education:
B.A. U.C.L.A. 1974
M.F.A. The School Of The Art Institute of Chicago 1976
I was privileged to work with the elegant William Brice and the enigmatic Charles Garabedian at U.C.L.A. in the early Seventies.
I then traveled to Chicago for graduate work at The School of the Art Institute.
When I returned to my home town, Los Angeles, in 1976, I began working and selling independently. Then I met Mr. Frank Morgan, legendary alto saxophonist and confirmed heroin addict and my life completely skipped its track.
I travelled in the small world of jazz performance escorting Frank to the Village Vanguard for his New York debut in December 1986 and accompanying him through the wirlwind of his comeback, and beyond- though not always together- to his deathbed in Minneapolis, December 14, 2007.
Events:
June 23-29, 2017 at the Center For Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, pick up a smokin' Coltrane poster courtesy of Rosalinda Kolb when you view the new documentary
Chasing 'Trane.
Exhibitions:
2015 Brooklyn, New York at the Peninsula Art Space. The show featured works by many artists living in Red Hook during the Nineties.
I was very proud when an original drawing was chosen by the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce to honor departing consul general Masatoshi Muto and his wife.
My works are in the collection of Bank Of America; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Iconography Collection; Saint Andrew's Cathedral in Honolulu; White and Case at Rockefeller Center, and many private collections.
My personal website holds a selected list of exhibitions dating back to 1976.
