Resume
Linda Armantrout has a BA in Studio Art from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she received an art history foundation from John Alcott and John Sloan and studied painting with Black Mountain College abstract expressionists.
Later, Linda studied with Edith Niblo, John Lencicki, Jim Valone, and Chuck Ceraso. Her lineage includes Maitland Graves, Hans Hofmann, Charles Hawthorne, Monet. Teaching, since 1989, compels Linda to think more deeply about art.
Linda taught at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design for nearly a decade. She has taught basic design for corporations, at Louisville Center for the Arts, and in her Studio. She is currently teaching in the Louisville Arts District.
Solo/Duo Exhibitions
2018 "Messengers, Guides, and Protectors" Spark Gallery, the Arts District on Santa Fe, Denver, Colorado
2016 "Reconnection to Spirit", Sellars Project Space, The Twitchell Bldg., Salida, Colorado July/August
2015 "Following the One who Knows the Way" Sellars Project Space, Salida, Colorado. May-June
2008, 2011, 2013, 2015,2017,2018, 2019 Creative Framing Art Gallery, Louisville Arts District
2009 NCAR Gallery 1, solo exhibition, Boulder, Colorado
2009 NCAR Gallery 1, solo exhibition, Boulder, Colorado
2008 “Horse Power as Spirit”, solo exhibition of Power Images and Glory Series
1999 Mary Williams Fine Arts, 2 Woman Show, Fall
1999 Silver Song Studio, Boulder, CO, 2 Woman Show, Spring
1997 University of Denver Law Library, solo exhibition
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 9 Colorado Artists, Sellars Project Space, June-Salida ArtWalk
2015 St. Julien Hotel November, December, January.
2015 Creative Framing Art Gallery, Louisville Arts District July and August
2014 Image and Word: Art and Poetry in Conversation, Louisville Center for the Arts, Artist and developer
2014 Colorado Horse Rescue, Equine Expressions, Chautaqua Dining Hall
2014 Pop up Gallery in the Louisville Arts District
2008 25th Annual Greenwood Village All Colorado Art Show, Juror Gwen Chanzit, (Denver Art Museum)
2007 Denver Modernism Show Art Gallery, Juror Gwen Chanzit, (Denver Art Museum)
1997-2010 National Juried Fall Festival of the Arts Show, Louisville Art Association
1996 13th Annual Greenwood Village All Colorado Art Show, Juror, Dianne Vanderlip (Denver Art Museum)
1993-94 Denver Botanic Gardens Plant Sale Fine Art Show, Juror, Steve Savageau
1993 ART ZONE 1993, Jewish Community Center, Denver
1992 10th Annual GVAHC- All Colorado Show, Juror, Sally Everett
1991 9th Annual GVAHC- All Colorado Show, Juror, Sally L Perisho
1990 Work introduced, Breckenridge Galleries, July/August
Selected Awards
2001 Judge’s Award, Jeanne MacKensie, Louisville Art Association Fall Members Show
1998 Juror’s Award, 15th Annual GVAHC, Debra Jordy (Director, Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities)
1994 Juror’s Award, Littleton Depot’s Annual Show, Sally L. Perisho (Curator, Visual Arts Center)
1993 Two awards, Tri-City Fine Arts Show, Jurors, Rich Hilker and Virginia Maitland
Professional Affiliations
2019-present Eldorado Arts & Crafts Association, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2011-2019 Louisville Arts District
2001-2019Boulder County Arts Alliance, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder Artists Register
2011-2019 Louisville Arts District
2001-2019Boulder County Arts Alliance, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder Artists Register
1994-2019 Member Louisville Art Association,
1999-2001 Founding Member, East Boulder County Studio Tour
Gallery Affiliations
2015, 2016 Sellars Project Space, Salida, Colorado
2009-2011 The Carla Wright Gallery, 870 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO
2008/2019 Creative Framing/Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, CO
2003-2007 Showing only in the studio by appointment.
1999-2003 Mary Williams Fine Arts, Boulder, CO
1990-1999 Breckenridge Galleries, Savageau Galleries, other galleries throughout Colorado
Teaching
2014-2018 Advanced Art Process, Creative Framing Art Gallery
2013 Published The Art Process WorkBook and PlayBook
2009-present “The Art Process” offered as an on-line class
1998-Present Armantrout Studio, Creative Framing Art Gallery
1998-Present Louisville Center for the Arts
1989-1998 Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design Faculty
Education
BA Studio Art, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1977-1979 Edith Niblo, basic design and color theory
1986-1987 Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, John Lencicki
1987, 1988 Art Students League of Denver
1988, 89, 90 Coloritalia Workshops, John Lencicki, who studied with Maitland Graves
1996 Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Jim Valone, who studied with Hans Hofmann
2001, 2002 Chuck Ceraso, who studied with Henry Hensche, student of Charles Hawthorne