About Linda
Bio

The artistic life of Linda Berger began in a village incongruously placed in the center of the urban landscape with open spacious lawns and trees. This environment was a wellspring for the budding artist, a place to explore the depths of solitude, the heights of imagination, the limits of physical strength and the province of creativity.

I had to find some special occupation, some kind of work that would not force me to turn away from the sky and the stars that would allow me to discover the meaning of life. –Marc Chagall

The milestone was during high school when she received numerous awards. She attended Temple University's Tyler School of Art and spent a year abroad in Rome, Italy. It was in Rome that her interest in historic building conservation was born. After earning her B.F.A., she returned to Tyler to create a photography and graphic design portfolio. She freelanced as a graphic designer, muralist /faux finishes, and earned her living primarily in painting and historical restoration/renovation. Since 1985, Linda has supported her art as a building manager and painting restoration engineer for a historic garden complex. One of many projects that consisted of paint removal, painting, and application of gold guilt to a cartouche to a 1893 cottage designed by the architect, Wilson Eyre. Linda's art is her Life. In 1992, she designed a raw warehouse loft space into her home and studio.

“Her flexibility in any medium, be it photography, crafts, painting, sculptures, and mixed media drawings, shows her natural curiosity not only with these materials, but in her ability to incorporate her environment in a unique, stylized expression.” -Mt. Airy Express, March 1, 1988
Linda D. Berger
Artist Statement
My creative process is to flexibly and openly respond to diverse mediums to accomplish a unique visual language. Utilizing many tools to express an idea, my lifelong process has been to integrate my experiences of the built environment, nature, and personal relationships into autobiographical stories. The surprising element of fantasy and imagination in my wooden totems and paintings reflect themes of living, dying, birth, love, angels, warriors, priestesses, and spirits. Fantasy, humor, and imagination enhance my spiritual connection and symbolically coalesce into silent soulful communication.
My photography is an avenue of expression apart from sculpture and painting because light, color, composition and texture can be captured almost immediately. I choose subject matter that evokes the ancient values of seeing forms emerge from darkness into light whether enclosed or vast spaces. All images are a discovery.
“Berger’s whimsical painted wood constructions of figures and masks are an expression of contemporary primitivism, borrowing traditional native and tribal concepts while simultaneously bringing forth cubist and post-modern influences. Conceptually intriguing, her work remains enchanting and lighthearted, reminding us that while symbols may have serious intent, the joy and celebration of our very humanness are just cause for enjoying life.” Langman Gallery, Emerging Talent ’90.
Online Affiliations
Additional collections of Linda's work may be viewed at InLiquid.com and on Sophie B. Hawkins' Fan Foto Gallery (and news page) . She is also a member of the Greene Street Artists Corporation.
Slide photographs of Linda’s artwork were handled by Michael J. Joniec, Inc.
Resume
Exhibitions
  • 2006: Philadelphia Open Studio Tours. Philadelphia, PA
  • 2006: Mainline Art Center, Art: The Essential Experience. Haverford, PA
  • 2006: North 3rd Street. Philadelphia, PA
  • 2005: Balance Gallery, Healing Art through Color and Expression . Philadelphia, PA
  • 2004: Tyme Gallery, Inner Essence . Havertown, PA
  • 2004: Philadelphia Open Studio Tour. Philadelphia, PA
  • 2003: Widener Gallery, Seasonal Views of the Morris Arboretum. Philadelphia, PA
  • 2003: William Penn Charter School. Philadelphia, PA.
  • 2003: Philadelphia Open Studio Tour. Philadelphia, PA.
  • 2001: International Group Show for the SYDA Foundation, Believe in Love. Atlanta, Georgia.
  • 1997: Institute of Contemporary Art, Manna, A Show of Hands VI. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1996: Moore College of Art, Manna, A Show of Hands, A Night in the Land of Enchantment. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1996: Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Abstraction II. Harrisburg, PA
  • 1996: Highwire Gallery, 9th Annual Fine Arts Exhibit. Philadelphia, PA.
  • 1995: Moore College of Art, Manna, A Show of Hands. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1995: Community Cultural Center, Unity Through Art . Philadelphia, PA.
  • 1995: State Museum , Art of the State:'95 . Harrisburg, PA.
  • 1994: Artforms Gallery, Small Works. Manayunk, PA.
  • 1994: William Penn Charter School. Philadelphia, PA.
  • 1993: Goldie Paley Design Center of the College of Textiles, Artist of Mount Airy and Germantown . Philadelphia, PA.
  • 1993: Vox Populi, Visual Artist '93 . Philadelphia, PA.
  • 1991: Third Street Gallery, Philadelphia is the Center of the World. Philadelphia, PA.
  • 1990: Langman Art Gallery. Willow Grove, PA.
  • 1988: Krait Memorial Library-Lutheran Theological Seminary of Mt. Airy, Solo Retrospective Exhibit. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1987: Limerance Art Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1987: Martinelli Art Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1984: Allen's Lane Art Center. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1983: Abington Art Center , 5 th Annual Photography Exhibit. Jenkintown, PA
  • 1980: Woodmere Art Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1981: Fred Wolfe Jr. Gallery, Klein Branch JYC, Summer Art . Philadelphia, PA
  • 1981: Woodmere Art Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1979: Woodmere Art Gallery, 39 th Annual Juried Exhibit. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1979: Doshi Art Gallery. Harrisburg, PA
Commissions and Work Experience
  • 1996: Artist for “More Than Just Scenery”. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1995: Residential Mural for Dr. Horn. Fort Washington, PA
  • 1995: Resin Sculptor for the “Tree House Exhibit.” The Philadelphia Zoo
  • 1994: Lettering and Logo for Dinosaur Trees. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1987: Mural Artist with Walnut Street Theater Company, The Philadelphia Flower and Garden Show, “Plants Under Glass Exhibit” Philadelphia, PA
  • 1986: Mural backdrop for Philadelphia Flower and Garden Show, “Back To the Native Exhibit” Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1983: Artist Assistant for Neighborhood Mural Project, Philadelphia Art Museum Community Programs. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1982: Mural for Kiefner Woodworking, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
  • 1979: Dinosaur Mural for “Please Touch, Museum” Academy of Natural Sciences. Philadelphia, PA
  • 1978: Artist for the “Philadelphia Art Museum Community Programs” Philadelphia, PA
Related Experience
  • 1988- Present:  Curatorial Documentation of exhibits, show hanging.
  • 1979- Present:  Historic Building Painting Restoration and Decorative Painter.
Education
  • 2000 Internship. University of Pennsylvania Masonry Conservation and Documentation of Cliff Palace . Mesa Verde , Colorado .
  • 1991: Certificate in Historic Preservation . University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia , PA.
  • 1979: Bachelor of Fine Arts . Tyler School of Art. Elkins Park , PA.
Works in Collection of
  • Hedy Melvin Designs, Inc., New York, NY.
  • Michael J. Joniec Photography, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
  • SYDA Foundation. South Fallsburg, NY
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Additional collections of Linda's work may be viewed at InLiquid.com.
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