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LINDA CHIDO (American b. 1968)

Lives and works in Austin, TX

linda@lindachido.com | www.lindachido.com | 512.393.9747

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ART EXHIBITIONS​

2004 Revelry is Our Speciality, Art for the People Gallery, Austin, TX (group)

2024 Pop-Up Art Market/Austin Studio Tour, Creative Arts Society with Downtown Austin Alliance, Austin, TX (group)

2024 Fall Salon, International Guild of Realism, online (group)

2024 Grit to Greatness, Art for the People Gallery, Austin, TX (group)

2024 Evolving, Art for the People Gallery, Austin, TX (group)

2024 Good Dad Studios Artists, Good Dad Studios, Austin, TX (group)

2024 Metamorphosis, Art for the People Gallery, Austin, TX (group)

2023  Austin Studio Tour Group Exhibition, George Washington Carver Museum, TX (group)

2023  Austin Studio Tour EAST ,#410, Factory on 5th, Austin, TX (group)

2023  Falling Into Winter, Art For The People Gallery, Austin, TX (group)

2023  Vivarium, Pretty Girls Making Cool Shit, On-line exhibit (group)

2023  Creative Art Society Special Exhibit, Riverbend Inspirational Gallery, Austin, TX (group)

2023  Flowing Into Fall, Art for the People Gallery, Austin, TX (group)

2023  The Vision Train, Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (group)

2023  Vibrance of Summer, Art for the People Gallery, Austin, TX (group)

2023  Creative Art Society - Cypress Grill, Austin, TX (group)

2023  Earth Day Art Exhibit, ArtUs Co., Austin TX (group) 

2023  Springing Into Color, Art for the People Gallery, Austin, TX (group)

2022  Art in the Time of Corona | A Global Art Project, online exhibition, Dab Art Co., Austin, TX (group)

2022  Reemergence, Assemblage Contemporary Craftsman Gallery, Buda, TX (solo)

2021  Portrayed, National Juried Exhibition of Portraiture, d'Art Center, Norfolk, VA​ (group)

2020  Embrace, Inspired Minds Art Center, Buda, TX (group)

2020  The Educators of Inspired Minds Art Center, Inspired Minds Art Center, Buda, TX (group)

2004  Visual Interpretations of Don Quixote, Hofstra Museum, Hempstead, NY (group)

2004  Audubon Artists Inc, Oak Ridge, New York City, NY (group)

2003  Three Women Artists, InterArt Gallery, Chelsea, Manhattan, NY (group)

2003  Brave Destiny, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY (group)

2003  Art of Imagination Exhibition, Cork Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom (group)

2003  Art of Imagination Exhibition, Galleriart - Kirkcudbrignt, Scotland (group)

2003  Art of Imagination Exhibition, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center - Brooklyn, NY (group)

2003  Art of Imagination Exhibition, Diego Victorio Gallery - Miami, FL (group)

2003  The Mythic Quest, International Juried Online Symbolist Art Show (group)

2002  Art of The Season, Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY (group)

2002  New Visions, Castle Kuenburg, Payerbach, Austria (group)

2002  20AQA02.2, Alliance of Queens Artists Gallery, Forest Hills, NY (group)

2002  World Peace, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY (group)

2002  The Dreamer and the Dreamed, Online Symbolist Art Show (group)

2001  Visions Across Continents, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy (group)

2002  The ART Project, Online (group)

2002  The Arts Paper (TAP), Online (group)

2002  Joy Magazine, Online Exhibition Showcase (group)

2001  World Visions, Marien Hof, Reichenau, Austria (group)

2000 Flying Machines, International Icarus - Ghost Fleet Gallery, Naggs Head, NC (group)

1999  Geometry In Art, Explora Children's Museum, Albuquerque, NM (Featured Artist)

  

PUBLICATIONS / PRESS

2024 American Art Collector Magazine, October 2024 Edition

2024 Create! Magazine, Issue 44

2024 Art to Hearts Magazine, Issue 6

2023 100 Emerging Artworks: Women's Edition 2023, Arts To Hearts Project

2023 Fine Art Connoisseur, November/December Issue

2023 Art To Hearts Magazine, Issue 4

2022 New Visionary Magazine, Issue 4

2022 Canvas Rebel, artist interview

2022 World Wide Art Magazine #9

2021 Voyage Austin Magazine, artist interview

2021 Hays Free Press, 'Cultural Arts District Possible in Buda', artist interview

2021 Hays Free Press, 'Painted Rocks Created Art Culture in Buda', artist interview

2005 Rocky Mountain Dream Journal

2003 Mother Tongue Ink - We'Moon '04 datebook, Cover Art

2002 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market

2002 Creative Balance

2001 Diamonds of Great Wisdom

2001 QECE Zine, #13 - 5 Year Anniversary Issue

2001 One Spirit - website launch

2000 The Crossing Press, Book Cover Art

2000 Centerfold Art, QECE Zine, #12

2000 One Spirit Review, October issue, cover art

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PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

2021  Art Rocks, A Temporary Public Art Project, Buda, Texas (curator)

2020  Stained Glass Visions of the Hill Country, mural, Inspired Minds Art Center, Buda, Texas

1991  Earth Park Labyrinth, Collaborative project, School of Architecture, SUNY Buffalo.

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ART AWARDS

2021 Recipient Award, Jerry Goldstein Foundation & Jerry’s Artarama

2003 Brave Destiny Award of Excellence

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TEACHING

2024 Art Teacher, Inspired Minds Art Center, Buda, Texas

2024+2023 Artist Teacher, Art Spark Texas, Austin AISD

2022 Founder/art teacher - LINDA CHIDO ART, on-line art instruction

2020 to present - Art Teacher, Buda's Brightside, day-hab for adults with disabilities, Buda, Texas

2019+2020 Art Teacher, Inspired Minds Art Center, Buda, Texas

2010 to present Homeschool Educator

2010 to 2020 Art Teacher, various homeschool groups

2001 & 2002  Studio Assistant, Old Master's New Visions Seminar, Reichenau, Austria

1999 Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Education, University of New Mexico, School of Architecture and Planning, Albuquerque, NM

1999  Assistant Professor, Architecture and Children Program, University of New Mexico Institute of Environmental Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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MEMBER

2024-2025 International Guild of Realism

2024-2025 Netvvrk

2023-2024, board member, Buda's Brightside, day-hab for adults with disabilities

2023-2024, Creative Art Society, Austin TX

2022-2023, artNXTlevel with Sergio Gomez

2022 Visual Artists Association 

2019-2021 Buda Area Artists Collective (Chair 2020 + 2021)

2001 to present, The Society for Art of Imagination 


EDUCATION

2021 Fantastic Portraiture Master Class with Michael Fuchs

2020 Public Artist Training Program, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, TX

2003 Workshop with Ernst Fuchs, Vienna, Austria 

2002 Old Master's New Visions Seminar with Philip Rubinov Jacobson & Michael Fuchs, Reichenau, Austria

2001 Old Master's New Visions Seminar with Philip Rubinov Jacobson & Michael Fuchs, Reichenau, Austria

2001 Master's Classes with Philip Rubinov & Michael Fuchs, Santa Reparata School of Art, Florance, Italy

2000 Feng Shui Practitioner Program, Western School of Feng Shui, Encinitas, CA

1994 Masters of Architecture, State University of New York at Buffalo

1994 Masters of Urban Planning, State University of New York at Buffalo

1990 Bachelor of Professional Studies – Architecture, State University of New York at Buffalo

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ARCHITECTURE / URBAN PLANNING

1999-2000, Associate Architect, Anne Taylor and Associates, Albuquerque, NM

1999, Co-authored with Anne Taylor, “Alternative Learning Environments for Design Education’, Albuquerque, NM

1999-2000, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Education, University of New Mexico, School of Architecture and Planning, Albuquerque, NM

1999, Architect, Wemagination, Educational learning environment design, Albuquerque, NM

1999, Lead architect, Manzanita Child Care Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

1999, Author, “Exploring Manzanita, A Collaborative Project.  How staff’s and children’s ideas were incorporated into the design of the Manzanita Child Care Center", Albuquerque, NM

1998, Associate/City Planning Consultant, Hormann & Associates, San Francisco, CA

1996-1998, Project Manager and Emergency Planning & Operations Manager, Levi Strauss & Co., Corporate Headquarters, San Francisco, CA

1994-1996, Urban Designer, Compact Development Team, Greenbelt Alliance, San Francisco, CA

1994-1996, Urban Designer, Community Design Consulting Program, Urban Ecology, Inc, San Francisco, CA

1994, Team Architect, Collaborative, San Francisco, CA

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