*1947 in Minneapolis (USA)

Education

1965-67 Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (USA)
1968 The Sorbonne, University of Paris (F)
1968-69 The Slade, University College, London (GB)

 

Solo / duo

2015
- Satellite Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Prints by Linda Karshan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Selection, ART 3 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- A display of prints just acquired by The Metropolitan Museum, curated by Mark McDonald, New York, NY
- Signs of Men, and Drawings and prints by Linda Karshan from the collection of
Victor Skipp, Redfern Gallery, London, UK

2014
- The International Fine Print Dealers Association, represented by Redfern Gallery and by Niels Borch Jensen, New York, NY
- Presentation at The Intelligent Hand, 1500-1800. Sixth Early Modern Symposium, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
- Footfalls, Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst, The Netherlands
- Linda Karshan: New Forms, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany

2013
- Linda Karshan: Lines and Movement 1984-2012, Museum Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Linda Karshan – Drawings, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne, Germany

2012
- Light-Points, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
- Measure for Measure, Niels Borch Jensen, Berlin, Germany
- New Drawings, Redfern Gallery, London, UK

2011
- New Works – Measure without Measure, Cain Schulte Contemporary, San Francisco, CA

2010
- Strich fur Strich, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne, Germany
- Movements, and their Images, Rhode Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Movements, and their Images, Redfern Gallery, London, UK
- Movements, and their Images, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
- It's a Greek Thing: New Edition of 10 Drypoints and Jottings, Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst, The Netherlands
- The Greek Thing, Cain Schulte Galerie, Berlin (D)
- New Work, Rhode Contemporary, Denmark
- Overview, Redfern Gallery, London (GB)

2008
- Drawing as Process, Folkwang Museum, Essen (D)
- Early drawings, Galerie Werner Klein, Köln (D)
- Linda Karshan: Time Being, A Fifteen Year Retrospective, Cain Shulte Gallery, San Francisco (USA)
- Forms of Time II, Redfern Gallery, London (GB)

2007
- Two Clear Days, Redfern Gallery, London (GB)

2004
- Constellation and Chance, Redfern Gallery, London (GB)
- Riflemaker, London (GB)

2003
- Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (GB)
- Galerie Biedermann, München (D)

2002
- Sir John Soane Museum, London (GB)
- Linda Karshan, IVAM - Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Valencia (S)
- Grids, Stacks and Other Moves, Redfern Gallery, London (GB)

2001
- Dee-Glasoe Gallery, New York (USA)

2000
- Michael Martin Gallery, San Francisco, California (USA)

1999
- Galerie Biedermann, München (D)

1998
- Linda Karshan Prints and Drawings, Redfern Gallery, London (GB)
- National Theatre, Bucarest (RO)
- Museo Nacional de Arte, Cluj (RO)
- Museo Contemporaneo, Baia Mare (RO)
- National Museum of Art, Bistritzia (RO)

1997
- Galerie Biedermann, London (GB)
- Linda Karshan: Marks and Traces, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York (USA)
- Galerie Biedermann, München (D)

1995
- Linda Karshan: New Works, Montgomery-Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

1994
- Galerie Biedermann, München (D)

1993
- Montgomery-Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

1992
- Galerie Biedermann, London (GB)
- ASB Galley, London (GB)
- Galerie Biedermann, München (D)

1986
- ASB Galley, London (GB)

1985
- ASB Galley, London (GB)

1984
- ASB Galley, London (GB)
- Clarendon Gallery, London (GB)

Group

2011
- Salon du Dessin Contemporain / Drawing Now Paris, Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst
- Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst
- Art Amsterdam, Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst
- Drawing Now Staphorst, Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst
2010
- Folkwang Museum, Essen (D)
2009
- Presence of the Line, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, München (D)
- L'artistes de Nunc, Brussel (B)
- A Winter Salon, Gallery Björn Ressle, New York (USA)
2008
- A Winter Salon, Gallery Björn Ressle, New York (USA)
2007
- Portraiture: Tom Fecht, Linda Karshan, Paul Raguenes, Eyestorm Gallery, London (GB)
2001
- Unexpected Encounters, Galleria Prisma, Bolzano (I)
2000
- Underlying Perfection, Gallery Fine, London (GB)
1999
- White Out, Gallery Fine, London (GB)
1997
- Redfern Gallery, London (GB)
- Contemporary British Drawings, Edward Tyler-Nahem Fine Art, New York (USA)
- Montgomery-Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)
1995
- Redfern Gallery, London (GB)
1990
- Runkel-Hue-Williams Gallery, London
1988
- The Legacy of Surrealism in Contemporary Art, Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey (USA)
1986
- Drawings, Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York (USA)
1985
- New Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York (USA)

Collections

USA
- Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
- Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

UK
- Arts Council Collection, London
- The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
- The British Library, London
- The British Museum, London
- Contemporary Art Society, London
- The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
- Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
- Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA), Middlesbrough
- Sir John Soane's Museum, London

Germany
- Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
- die Lyrik Kabinett, Munich
- Museum Folkwang, Essen
- Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munich
- Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Spain
- Institut Valencia d'Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia

France
- La Biblioteque Nationale, Paris

 

Publications

2010
- Linda Karshan, movements and their images 1992-2010, The Redfern Gallery, London, 2010.

2008
- Haase, Amine, Brücken zwischen Bewusstem und Unbewusstem / Bridges between the Conscious and the Unconscious, in: Zeichnung als Prozess / Drawing as Process, Folkwang Museum, Essen, 2008.
- 3. biennale der zeichnung. was ist hier zu sehen?, Kunstverein Eislingen, Eislingen, 2008.

2007
- Harrison, Michael, Victor Skipp, Linda Karshan. The Self-Portrait at Sixty, 2007.
- Kirschbaum, Alexis, Thomas Karshan (ed.), Linda Karshan: Essays & Poems on Her Work on the Occasion of Her 60th Birthday, [London], 2007.
- Carey, Frances, Two Clear Days, The Redfern Gallery, London, 2007.

2004
- Lloyd, Jill, Linda Karshan, Linda Karshan. Constellation and Chance, The Redfern Gallery, London, 2004.

2003
- Bärmann, Matthias, Linda Karshan august form 2002, Galerie Werner Klein, Köln, 2003.
- Linda Karshan marks and moves, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, 2003.

2002
- Linda Karshan, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern 16-V / 7-VII 2002, IVAM, Valencià, 2002.
- Linda Karshan at the Soane, prints and drawings 1997-2002, The Soane Gallery, London, 2002.

2001
- McCully, Marilyn, Measure Without Measure. The Art of Linda Karshan, Cacklegoose Press,Hammersmith, 2001.