Stolen generation survivor Valerie Linow
and her Portraitat the Sydney Opera House

EXHIBITIONS:

December 2010-March 2011 Solo Exhibit: "Faces of the World"
Atlantis Hotel's East Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Eriratis

October 2010 Solo Exhibit: "World Portraits Exhibit & United Nations Stamps"
Lobby Show Walls, New York, USA

October 2010 First Day of Issue: "Second of Series: Indigenous People Postage Stamps"
New Yorker Hotel, New York, USA

October 2009 First Day of Issue : "First of Series: Indigenous People Postage Stamps"
New Yorker Hotel, New York, USA

May 2009 Group Exhibition: "9th Annual Spring Unveiling"
Primary Elements Gallery, Oregon, USA

May 2009 Group Exhibition: "9th Annual Spring Unveiling"
United Nations, New York, USA

March 2009 Solo Exhibition: "Uniting Through Faces"
LAC Gallery, California, USA

January 2009 Solo Exhibition: "Uniting Through Faces"
United Nations, New York, USA

October 2008 Solo Exhibition: "South East Asia and Back"
Wolfe Gallery, Ohio, USA

September-October 2008 Group Exhibition: "Between Worlds: PTSD and Other Effects of War"
Red Bluff Art Gallery, California, USA

July-August 2008 Group Exhibition: "Friends and Family: Portraits"
Red Bluff Art Gallery, California, USA

June-July 2008 Lecture and Exhibition: "Our People Our Culture"
Sarawak Cultural Village, Malaysia

June-July 2008 Lecture and Exhibition: "Our People Our Culture"
Sarawak Cultural Village, Malaysia

May-June 2008 Solo exhibition: "KINSHIP"
Conde Nast, New York, USA

April-May 2008 Solo exhibition: "KINSHIP"
Lobby Gallery, New York, USA

March-April 2008 Solo exhibition: "Face Out"
Elliman Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, USA

November 2007 Solo exhibition: "FACE to FACE, Uniting Humanity"
James Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA

July 2007 Solo exhibition: "Into Their Eyes"
Planet Thailand, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, USA

July 2007 Solo exhibition: Indigenous Portraits
United Nations Visitor's Lobby, New York, USA

July 2006 Solo exhibition "Portraits of the World"
Sarawak Museum, Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia.

November 2005 Solo exhibition: "Portraits of the World"
Brunei, Empire Hotel and Country Club, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

April 2004 Solo exhibition: "Portraits of Australia and Namibia"
Toledo, Ohio The Wolfe Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, USA

Feburary 2004 Solo exhibition: "Portraits of the World"
Brunei Empire Hotel and Country Club, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

December 2002 Solo exhibition: "Prints of portraits from Tanzania, Namibia and the Seychelles"
Arusha, Tanzania South Street Seaport Mall, New York, USA

July 2002 Solo exhibition: "Portraits of Tanzania, Namibia and the Seychelles"
Arusha, Tanzania Cultural Heritage Centre, Arusha, Tanzania, Africa

October 2001 Solo exhibition: "Portraits of Tanzania and the Seychelles"
Toledo, Ohio The Wolfe Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, USA

June 2001 Solo exhibition: "Portraits of Tanzania and Seychelles"
Mahé, Seychelles National Art Gallery, Mahé, Seychelles

October 2000 Solo exhibition: "The Treasures of Polynesia"
Toledo, Ohio 20 North Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, USA

July 2000 Solo exhibition: "The Treasures of Polynesia"
Papeete, Tahiti City Hall, Papeete, French Polynesia

August 1999 Solo exhibition: "Portrait of the Americas"
Toledo, Ohio 20 North Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, USA

March 1999 Solo exhibition: "The Portrait Painter"
Mexico The Contemporary Gallery, Plaza Kulkulcan, Cancun, Mexico

February 1998 Solo exhibition: "In the Light of the Yucatan"
Mexico 100 % Natural Restaurant, Cancun, Mexico

April 1997 Exhibition with Denis Thuleau: "Women in Film" New York Benefit exhibition for AMFAR
Puck Building Gallery, New York, USA

December 1996 Solo portrait exhibition: "The Spirit of Panama"
Panama Atlapa Convention Center, Panama, Republic of Panama

November 1996 Group display: "Portraits of Panama"
Panama Bernheim Gallery, Panama, Republic of Panama

May 1996 Group fundraising exhibition for National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
New York The Puck Building Gallery, New York, USA

March 1996 Solo portrait exhibition: "L'habitation"
St-Martin Le Meridien, St. Martin, French West Indies

September 1995 Six Murals for American Express at the World Financial Center: "Portrait of New York"
New York New York, USA

October 1994 Two man show: "Denis Thuleau and Stephen Bennett"
Paris Procrear, Theater-Galerie: Le Lavoir Moderne Parisien, Paris, France

May 1994 Solo portrait exhibition: "Flower Self-Portraits"
Oregon Wild Thyme Farm Gallery, Olympia, Oregon, USA

March 1994 Solo portrait exhibition: "My Friends"
Mexico Casa de Cultura, Isla De Mujeres, Quintana-Roo, Mexico

June 1993 Group exhibition: "Salon Show"
New York Annie Heron Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA

July 1992 Solo exhibition: "Most Wanted"
New York Tribeca Group Gallery, New York City, USA

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

Michelle Pfeiffer , actress, Sharon Stone, actress; Ruben Blades , actor, Panama, Republic of Panama;

Portraits of the President of the Republic of Panama, S. E. President Ernesto Perez Balladares and his wife Dora Boyd Perez de Balladares; President Fidel Castro , Havana, Cuba; American Ambassador to Panama , William Hughes , Panama;

Marie Trintignant , actress, Paris, France ; Tom Brokaw , Television anchorman, New York, Senator Arlene Spector, American Senator to Pennsylvania; George Strait, Country & Western singer, Texas; Republic of Seychelles National Collection.

BOOKS : "El Spiritu de Panama" INAC Publications : Panama, 1997

EDUCATION : 1982 - Schenectady Community College: Fine art studies, 1983 - Russell Sage College: Fine art studies,

1984 to 1985 - State University of New York at New Paltz: Fine art studies.

Born in Amsterdam, New York on August 6, 1961. Based in New York