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Introducing Linda Bond
Linda Bond’s drawings and installations have been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, including a 20 year retrospective at Drexel University in 2022. Her 2021 commission at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site and her 2009 commission for Boston University Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center remain on view. She has received awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Puffin Foundation, Chenven Foundation, Artist Resource Trust, Foundation for Contemporary Art and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Her work is included in the Feminist Art Base at the Brooklyn Museum. She was a Scholar at Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center from 2013-2024 and was on the faculty of the Massachusetts College of Art & Design for 25 years.
For over two decades my artwork has addressed issues of social concern. It primarily explores the mediated experience of global conflict. Recently my attention turned to an unexpected subject. Walking in the nearby woods I discovered a scattering of blue feathers on the forest floor, the evidence of a predator attack. The splendor of these bird feathers was a quiet reminder that beauty always exists. I began to explore this new imagery with small, then larger drawings of these and other feathers I’ve collected and have named this body of work “Turning Towards Beauty.” Rendering their diverse forms in detailed colored pencil drawings on Mylar is like a meditation. The translucent, silky surface of the Mylar allows me to apply color in thinly layered veils as I observe the detailed nuance of my subject. Making these drawings continues to be a retreat from the other challenging bodies of work I pursue in tandem.