CV
Linda Finn CV
705 848-3855
15 Benner Place
Elliot Lake, ON P5A 1T5
www.lindafinn.com • lmfinn@eastlink.ca
Education
1964 Ontario College of Art
1975 University of Waterloo (part time studies, Fine Art)
2006 White Mountain Academy of the Arts (part-time studies 2001 - 2006)
Selected Solo and Dual Exhibitions
2021 The War Letters; Timmins National Exhibition Centre, Timmins ON
2017 The War Letters Project; Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, ON
2015 Bugs to Rugs; Gallery at the Centre, Elliot Lake, ON
2013 The War Letters Project, Timber Village Museum, Blind River, ON
2012 Objects of Affection, Artists on Elgin, Sudbury, ON
2011 The War Letters, Gore Bay Museum, Gore Bay, ON
Faces of War, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON
2010 Distinctly Canadian, Aurora Cultural Centre,Aurora,ON
Cause & Effect, John Black Aird Gallery,Toronto,ON
Burlington/Sudbury Exchange,Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington,ON; Art Gallery of
Sudbury,ON
All-Ontario Juried Exhibition,Orillia Museum of Art & History.Orillia,ON
2009 Reading the Landscape, WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, ON
Igneous Corpus, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, ON 2008
Transforming Environments, Artists on Elgin, Sudbury, ON
Letters Home; Lindsay Art Gallery, Lindsay, ON; St. James Cathedral, Toronto, ON;
Craighurst Gallery, Craighurst, ON
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 OSA Members Exhibition, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto ON
Breath.Heart. Spirit.Juried Exhibition, Glenhyrst Gallery, Brantford ON
On the Edge, CSPWC Online Exhibition
SCA Open Juried Exhibition, Paper Mill Gallery, Toronto ON
2020 NOAA 64th Annual, online exhibition
OSA, Temiskaming Art Gallery, Hailybury, ON
2019 Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia ON
2018 Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia ON
Au-Dela des Mers: Between Friends; Cloitre St. Louis, Avignon, France
SCA Members Online Exhibition
NOAA Juried Exhibition,various galleries in Northeastern Ontario
2017 1917- Canada Comes of Age; Wakefield,QC, Halifax NS,2017;
Ottawa, Cornwall, Aurora,ON
OSA Members Exhibition,Carrier Gallery,Toronto,ON
Mosaic; Aurora Cultural Centre,Aurora,ON
NOAA Juried Exhibition,various galleries in Northeastern Ontario
2016 Be Square; Leyton Gallery St.Johns,NFLD
2015 Where I’m Coming From; Aird Gallery,Toronto ON
2014 La Cloche Exhibition, Whitefish Falls,ON
PoeArtyJuriedExhibition,ClassicTheatre Gallery,Cobalt,ON
2013 NOAA Juried Exhibition,various galleries inNortheastern Ontario
La Cloche Juried Exhibition,Whitefish Falls,ON
Elements,Juried Exhibition, Vale Living with Lakes Centre, Sudbury,ON
2012 SCA Juried Exhibition,Halifax Club,Halifax NS
OSA140thAnniversary,Aurora Cultural Centre,Aurora,ON
All-Ontario Juried Exhibition,Orillia Museum of Art & History. Orillia,ON
2011 Bruno Capolongo Invitational, Hamilton Conservancy,Hamilton ON
Water, Juried Exhibition,Vale Living with Lakes Centre,Sudbury,ON
2010 Distinctly Canadian, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora,ON
Cause & Effect, John Black Aird Gallery,Toronto,ON
Burlington/Sudbury Exchange,Burlington Arts Centre,Burlington,ON
Art Galleryof Sudbury, Sudbury,ON
All-Ontario Juried Exhibition,Orillia Museum of Art & History.Orillia,ON
Selected Awards and Honours
2021 President's Award CSPWC
2021 Framemaker's Award NOAA
2018 Caisse Populaire Corp Award, NOAA
2018 Best Portrait, SCA Online Exhibition
2017 OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant
2015 Best in Mixed media, La Cloche Exhibition
2014 Best in Mixed Media, La Cloche juried exhibition
2013 Sheila Langlois Award, NOAA juried show, Northeastern ON
2013 Ontario Arts Council, Northern Artists Grant
2013 Mixed Media, La Cloche Juried Exhibition
2011 Ontario Arts Council, Northern Artists Grant
2012 Eleonore Meisner Award, NOAA juried show, Northeastern ON
2010 Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist Mid-Career Grant
2009 Lifetime Achievement, Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
2009 Award of Merit, ODAC/OMAH juried show
Related Activities
2018 Rotary International Youth Mural Project
2018 Member of Advisory Arts & Culture Committee since 2016, City of Elliot Lake
2015 Designed and painted mural for Downtown Art Project, Elliot Lake
2013 Juror for Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist (Established) grant panel
2011 Instructor for NOAA, Cobalt Artists' Colony,Cobalt, ON
2010 Artist of Distinction, La Cloche Art Show
2009 Member, Cambrian College Visual Arts Program Advisory Comm. until 2014
2009 Helped establish Gallery at the Centre, a co-op gallery for Elliot Lake artists
2008 ARIEL (Arts Council) Board member until 2014
2007 Remembrance Day Art project, Esten School, Elliot Lake
2007 Convenor, Hand & Spirit Crafts Conference & Juried Exhibition, Elliot Lake
2005 Organized Nelson Kreko Film Series, Elliot Lake until 2013
2001 Organized CSPWC Watercolour Symposia, Elliot Lake 2001,1996
2000 Artist-in-Residence, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland
Ongoing and Past Activities
• Organize exhibits for local Museum
• Organize juried and group art exhibitions for Arts Groups in Elliot Lake
• Teach arts workshops for schools, art groups, & colleges throughout Ontario
• Director, Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour 1985 - 2006
• Design posters, logos, banners, & brochures for many community groups
• Juror for La Cloche Art Show, CSPWC , SCA and Sault Fall Festival