Education

• 2020s: On-going 3rd year Fine Art courses at Thompson Rivers University BFA
• 2000: 2nd year Drawing, 2nd year Painting,1st year Lithography at Okanagan University College
• 19..: London College of Furniture: Diploma in Art and Design with Honours
• 19..: Chelsea School of Art: pre-diploma year, England
• 19..: Heatherlies School of Fine Art, England

Employment

• 20..: Self employed: Architectural Designer, designing and drafting full working drawings for single family dwellings.
• 1972-19..: Self employed: Romni Wools, importing and retailing raw wool, yarn and dyes in Vancouver and Toronto.
• 19..: Self-employed: Interior Design
• 19..: Design Team Erickson-Massey Architects

Exhibitions

• 25: - SAAG- Curated -"Kúme" *
• 25: KPMS Gallery Kamloops- "Equanimity in a Time of Chaos"- SWI
• 25: Gallery 635 Kamloops -Summer Show - group
• 25: Revelstoke Arts Centre- Printmaking- 12 works
• 24: Atelier Gallery: AWOB -Group show -"Where Are You?"
• 24: SAAG-Le7-en k tucw ? Member's Show -July-August -6 works
• 24: Courtyard Gallery-Guest Artist 10 works-"WETLANDS: AT MY FEET "
• '24: SAAG- "Tsrep"- Trees and Plants - 7 collages *
• '23: Armstrong Public Art Gallery - Solo -"WET LANDS"- 50+ works November.
• '23: KAC Gallery -Group Show with SWI -" WHERE DID YOU GET THAT IDEA?"
• '23: SAAG-" Le7 Tmicw" - curated- 4 paintings & collaborative piece KPMS
• ''23: SAAG-" Spot" - Members Show - 4 prints
• '23: TRU Gallery -BLUE - Juried Group Show-
• '22: SAAG-" In Dialogue with Vivian " *
• '21: SAAG-" PULL: Printing in the Time of Covid" -Curated -with KPMS
• '18: TRU Gallery-Group Show - " Into the Abbys"
• '17: SAAG -Curated - " Winter"
• '17: SAAG - Curated - " Blue Trail "
• '16: SAAG- SOLO SHOW - " Bodies of Work "
• '16: FCA OASIS -Juried Show Kelowna
• '15: Revelstoke Arts Centre LAZULINE -"Sky Blue Waters" - Revelstoke Public Art Gallery
• '15: SAAG- Curated - " Trail Mix "-
• '14: Vernon Public Art Gallery- LAZULINE - " Sky Blue Waters "
• '14: SAAG - Curated - "Peak Year "
• '14: FCA TNSC - Juried National Show -
• 14: FCA TNSC - Juried Chapter Show - First Prize
• '14: SAAG -juried-" Book Covers"
• '13: FCA TNSC Juried National Show
• '13: FCA TNSC Juried Chapter Show
• 13: FCA Federation Gallery -juried-5 works ( Award of Excellence )
• '12: FCA TNSC Juried Chapter Show
• '12: SAAG- LAZULINE - "Historiscapes "
• '12: FCA Federation Gallery - Juried -7 works
• '12: SAAG Juried Member's Show -
• '11: SAAG Member's Show
• '10: Gallery at Artisan Square-LAZULINE- "Alterscapes"
• '10: Station House Gallery- LAZULINE -"Alterscapes"- Station House Gallery, Williams Lake, BC
• '10: SAAG -Juried Member's Show
• '09: Two GROUP SHOWS in private galleries in Salmon Arm
• '08: Two GROUP SHOWS in private galleries in Salmon Arm
• '08: SAAG SOLO SHOW - " Painting Mount Ida "
• '00: SAAG - "Still Lives, Moving Pictures", with Mike Young, SAAG
• 90s: Various GROUP SHOWS in and around Salmon Arm
• '94: Vernon Public Art Gallery- "Private Spaces " 4 artists
• 80's: Various GROUP SHOWS in and around Salmon Arm

Biography

Linda Franklin was born in the Shuswap to a family of landscape painters. She was involved in making art from childhood, at the easel of her grandfather and her uncle. She has studied fine arts in England and Canada and has studied art at UBCO and within the BFA program at TRU.
She had an architectural design studio, now devoted to painting and printmaking. She is a member of Scholars Without Institutions and the Kamloops Printmakers Society.
Linda thinks that whoever said "as boring as watching paint dry" had no understanding of the immense satisfaction of watching a work unfold on the canvas or in the printing process . For her, making art is a wonderous adventure of discovery, using shape, colour and value as her vehicle.
Linda has been working on themes of wetland restoration, preservation and water quality , all relating to the local Secwpemculecw area.
In 2020 she joined the Kamloops Printmaking Studio to pursue her interest in Copper Plate etching. She learned Lino printing at home during the Covid isolation and continues to explore different forms of printmaking and collage.
She continues to show her work in public galleries.
Linda’s Instagram account is llinda_ffranklin Her website is linda franklin.ca