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Linda Hutchins Makes Her Mark at Littlebigspace

The Portland-based artist will have her work shown at the Albany art gallery starting Saturday, April 6, from 3 to 6 p.m. and will have it shown through May 4, 2013.

Local art gallery littlebigspace will present the work of Portland-based artist Linda Hutchins, with an opening reception Saturday, April 6, from 3 to 6 p.m. and will continue through May 4, 2013.

Littlebigspace, located at 1341 Thousand Oaks Blvd., is an alternative space for the visual arts in Albany, which features work by artists from various locales.

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Hutchins’ approach to drawing is direct — her fingers become tools, communicating movement and intention.

The resulting compositions can be elegant, ghostlike apparitions, or gray-silver, rhythmic concentrations of energy made visible. She combines visual mark making with the inherent physicality of a musician or dancer.

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Hutchins earned her BFA in Drawing from Pacific Northwest College of Art and has received fellowships and grants from the Oregon Arts Commission, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, and The Ford Family Foundation, as well as the Jurors’ Prize in the Tacoma Art Museum’s 2009 Northwest Biennial. 

Her work has been exhibited internationally, reviewed in Art in America, and appeared on the cover of American Craft. Before attending art school, Hutchins received a BSE in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, and wrote operating system software for Intel Corporation.

For more information on littlebigspace, visit their website. For more information on artist Linda Hutchins, visit her website.


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