Linda Vallejo
Linda Vallejo (b. 1951, Los Angeles) creates imagery drawn from her beliefs about the cosmos, creation and the interlacing relationship between women and the earth. Her work is an amalgamation of aesthetics reflecting cultural memory, knowledge and her own life experiences of Latino, Chicano, and American indigenous culture and communities resulting in a Chicana feminist decolonial practice. Exploring relationships to nature and the spiritual legacy of her Mexican heritage, Vallejo creates works diverse in technique and style using a variety of media. Vallejo received her MFA in Printmaking from California State University, Long Beach in 1978. In 1975, Vallejo was one of the early art teachers at Self-Help Graphics Barrio Mobile Art Studio, an arts non-profit primarily serving the Latino community of East Los Angeles with arts education, printmaking and support, and an incubator of the Chicano art movement. Recent solo shows include Linda Vallejo: Brown Baroque, CSU San Bernardino Fullerton Museum, Santa Barbara, CA (2023); Linda Vallejo: Brown Belongings, La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angeles, CA (2019-2020); Keepin’ it Brown, Getty Foundation Initiative PST: LA/LA, CA (2017); and Make ‘Em All Mexican, Texas A&M University Reynolds Gallery, Collegetown, TX (2016). Permanent collections include the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach, CA; the Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA; Museo del Barrio, New York, NY; East Los Angeles College Vincent Price Museum, Los Angeles CA; National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL; Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA; UC Santa Barbara, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA), Santa Barbara, CA; and the UCLA Chicano Study Research Center (CSRC), Los Angeles, CA. Linda Vallejo is represented by parrasch heijnen, Los Angeles.
Select Works
Select Exhibitions
Common Ground, Brockman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
June 13, 1986 – July 19, 1986
Barrio Mobile Art Studio 1977 (Linda Vallejo bottom right), courtesy of Self Help Graphics & Art.
Select Press
2022
McGrath, Marianne, “WCA 50th Anniversary Interviews: Linda Vallejo.” Art Insights, January 2022.
Stromberg, Matt, “L.A. Memo Paints a Dynamic Picture of Chicana/o Art.” Hyperallergic, June, 2022.
Miranda, Carolina, “Newsletter: A show of Chicano art tells a story behind the story at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes.” Los Angeles Times, August 2022.
Chernick, Karen, “Canon in Drag: Female Artists Reimagine Famous Works by Men.” Artnews, December 2022.
2019
Cowan, Jill, “Visualizing Latino Populations Through Art.” The New York Times, November 2019.
Rubin, David, “Rethinking Brownness: Brown Belongings by Linda Vallejo.” Art and Cake LA, August 2019.
Stromberg, Matt, “Linda Vallejo and a decade of art that unapologetically embraces brownness.” Los Angeles Times, June 2019.
James, Falling, “Art Pick: Linda Vallejo Reimagines the Palette of Pop Culture at La Plaza.” LA Weekly, August 2019.
2017
Gipe, Lawrence, “Linda Vallejo ‘Keepin’ it Brown’.” Art and Cake, September 2017.
Osberg, Annabel, “Linda Vallejo.” Artillery, October 2017.
Recinos, Eva, “15 Female Artists Who’ve Shaped the L.A. Art Scene.” LA Weekly, April 2017.
2016
Dambrot, Shana Nys, “Linda Vallejo: Charge of the Soul.” Huffington Post, November 2016.
Miranda, Carolina, “In her series ‘Make ‘Em All Mexican,’ artist Linda Vallejo imagines #OscarsSoBrown.” Los Angeles Times, February 2016.
Durón, Maximilíano, “‘You Want to Be a Mexican, Here You Go’: Linda Vallejo on Her ‘Brown Oscars’.” ARTnews, February 2016.
Vargas, Andrew, “Linda Vallejo Brownwashed Past Oscars Winners in ‘Make ‘Em All Mexican’ Collection.” Remezcla, February 2016.
2014
Kinney, Tulsa, “Linda Vallejo Paints a New Color Scheme.” Artillery, November 2014.