Linda Vallejo

Linda Vallejo (b. 1951 - )is a Los Angeles based artist whose work spans time and space using mixed media to explore issues of history, spirituality, nature and indigenous cultures. Because her father was in the United States Air Force, Ms. Vallejo and her family traveled throughout her childhood, living in Germany, Spain and several states. Ms. Vallejo received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Whittier College in 1973, completed undergraduate studies in lithography from the University of Madrid, Spain, and received a Master of Fine Arts from Cal State University, Long Beach in 1978. In the late 1970s and early 1980s she studied Maya and Azteca dance with Las Flores de Aztlan Troupe. During these formative years, Las Flores de Aztlan presented teachings and workshops throughout the State of California at cultural centers, universities, and in traditional Native American and Chicano ceremonies that included Fiesta de Maiz and Dia de Los Muertos in Los Angeles, Fiesta de Colores in Sacramento, and Chicano Park Day in San Diego.

Over the past twenty years, Vallejo has participated in and supported traditional Native American ceremony in South Dakota, California and Arizona. She served as a community volunteer for the Native American Religious Society, California Rehabilitation Center, Norco, for fifteen years between 1986-2001. For the past twelve years she has hosted the All Nations Women's Tea Circle, providing a social celebration focusing on indigenous values and traditions for women to become familiar with and participate in traditional ceremony and culture. The All Nations Women's Circle has created and donated giveaway baskets for the Annual Many Winters Elder's Gathering in San Pedro for the past ten years, and hosted a dinner celebration for the Annual Ancestor's Walk, feeding over 200 dancers, supporters and their families for the past eight years. Linda has also supported the Southern Door men and women's monthly Inipi circle, and has been dedicated to this circle for eight years.

Linda Vallejo’s art spans both painting and mixed media installations including exhibitions A Prayer for the Earth, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, 2006; Tigers and Jaguars, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA 2006; A History of Conflict – A Future of Hope, Frazier Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, 2004; HOPE, In the Midst of War, Death and Destruction, Tropico Nopal, 2004; East of the River: Chicano Art Collectors Anonymous, Santa Monica Museum, CA, 2000; Los Cielos One Woman Show, SPARC, Los Angeles, 2000. Additionally, her work has been featured in the following museums: Armand Hammer Museum, Laguna Art Museum, Art Museum of South Texas, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, The Bronx Museum, Museum of Modern Art New York, San Antonio Museum, Mexico City Modem Art Museum, and Galeria de Las Americas. Vallejo’s work has been featured in major publications like Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art, Bi-Lingual Press, Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University; Los Angeles Times Artist Review, October 2000; “Art Business News,” Southwest Art; “Saludos Hispanos,” Hispanic Business Magazine; "Strong Hearts, Inspired Minds," Rowanbeny Books, Los Angeles Times, and Latin Style Magazine.

Vallejo has taught in many capacities including at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1992-1993-1994); Museum of Contemporary Art (1991-1992-1993); Fresno Metropolitan Art Museum; Cal State University Long Beach Art Department; University of California, Irvine, Art Department, and Santa Monica City College.