Linda Whitney

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FTP's edition with North Dakota native, Linda Whitney worked a bit differently than our usual guests. Linda, an internationally known mezzotinter, worked from her home studio to complete the edition.

Linda states that she is primarily a  narrative artist. "Images are appropriated from either the Powwow interlaced with Hollywood or from the indigenous people of Turtle Island and filtered through my point of view to tell the tale of the coming of the Europeans, small pox, and the near annihilation of the people of this region. These historic and grand cultures were all but decimated in a few short years and those left standing were cheated of their traditions, religion, and freedoms. But, the ancient voices were not silenced and the drumbeats are strong again. The celebration of the Powwow is one public declaration of the strength and tenacity of the indigenous cultures of this continent. Hollywood finds a place in the images but as an interloper and with tongue-in-cheek humor."

Whitney is professor emeritus of art and was the chair of the department at Valley City State University in Valley City, ND. Her mezzotints have traveled throughout the North America, Europe and to Australia, New Zealand, Serbia, Nicaragua, Taiwan, and Russia. Her work has recently been on exhibit at the 2016 DNSPE, Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, AR; Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Clemson University, SC; Pacific League Pressing Matters, Palo Alto, CA; Ink Press Repeat National Printmaking Exhibition, William Patterson University, Wayne, New Jersey; Americas 2013, America’s 2014 and America’s 2015 National Works on Paper, Minot State University; Parkside Small Print Exhibition, Parkside, WI; IPE Greendoor Studios, Derby, UK; National Small Works Exhibition, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring, MD; Saddleback Art Gallery Exhibition, Mission Viejo, CA; 34th Annual Juried Exhibition, Custer County Art and Heritage Center, Miles City, MT; First, Second and Third International Mezzotint Festival, Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Art, Yekaterinburg, Russia; Free Town Studios, Lafayette, LA; Managua, Nicaragua; and Novi Sad, Serbia; and over 250 other exhibitions.