Solo and Small-group Exhibitions

2008
SOLO SHOW, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA (planned for November) (

2006
SOLO RETROSPECTIVE, “THE ELEMENTAL STITCH: PHOTOREALISM IN
THREAD,” Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA. Catalogued.

2004
SOLO SHOW, Mobilia Gallery

2000
SOLO SHOW, Mobilia Gallery

1997
SOLO SHOW, Mobilia Gallery
TWO-PERSON SHOW, Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CO
SOLO SHOW, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX

1996
THREE-PERSON SHOW, Alliance for the Varied Arts, Logan, UT
SOLO SHOW, Dana Art Gallery, Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA
FEATURED ARTIST, JAN. '96, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1995
SOLO SHOW, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
MATERIAL TRANSFORMATIONS: LINDA BEHAR / PRISCILLA HOLLINGSWORTH, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN

1995
LINDA BEHAR: QUILTS, solo show, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY

1994
LINDA BEHAR / TINA FUNG HOLDER, Vale Craft Gallery, Chicago, IL

Selected Group Exhibitions

1996 - 2008
S.O.F.A. CHICAGO, (Mobilia Gallery), Chicago, IL.

1998 - 2008
S.O.F.A. NEW YORK (Mobilia Gallery), New York, NY.

2006 - 2008
TWIST & SHOUT: THE NEW NEEDLE ARTS, Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.  Cataloged, traveling.

2006
MATERIAL DIFFERENCE TOO, Special Exhibition, S.O.F.A. Chicago, IL

2004
THE PERFECT COLLECTION: A SHARED VISION FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA.
FIBER ART: 2004, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.

2003
THREADS ON THE EDGE: THE DAPHNE FARAGO FIBER ART COLLECTION, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
ENHANCING THE SURFACE, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO.
STITCHED PAINTINGS: EMBROIDERY IN THE 21ST CENTURY, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE.
FIBER ARTS TODAY, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.

2002
INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS IN THREAD, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
THREADS ON THE EDGE: THE DAPHNE FARAGO FIBER ART COLLECTION, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
UNCOMMON THREADS: NEW TWISTS ON TEXTILE ART, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH.
FIBER ARTS TODAY, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
A MODERN BESTIARY: ARTISTS VIEW THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI.
THREADS OF MEMORY, Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO. Catalogued.

2001
NEW FORMS IN FIBER, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
REALITY CHECK, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.
DRAWING THE THREAD, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX.
PAINTED WITH THREAD, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.

2000
THE NATURE OF FIBER, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY. Catalogued.
UNCOMMON THREADS: EMBROIDERY AS A FINE ART, Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington, MD. Catalogued.
MINIATURE TEXTILES: 2000, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Invitational. Traveled to Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland.
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CRAFT SERIES: PART ONE, TEXTILES, ArtWorks! at Dover Street, New Bedford, MA.

1999
SPLENDID WORLD OF NEEDLE ARTS, touring Japan for 6 months.
THE STORYTELLER¹S ART, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT.
ART OF THE STITCH, Barbican Centre, London, England. Juried.

1988 - 1999
CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN CRAFTS, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. Annual invitational show.

1998
MINIATURE EMBROIDERIES, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI.
THREADSCAPES, Atlanta Financial Center, Atlanta, GA.
ARTIFACTS AND ARCHETYPES, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.

1997
FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD: ARTISTS AND EATING, Wustum Museum of FineArts, Racine, WI. Catalogued.
THREADS: FIBER ART IN THE 90'S, NJ Center for Visual Arts. Catalogued.
STITCHERS AND BEADERS: AMERICA'S BEST, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.

1996
COLLECTORS' CIRCLE, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
FANTASTIC FIBERS, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY. Catalogued.

1995
FIT TO BE TRIED: INTERNATIONAL FIBER, Acanthus Gallery, Portland, OR.
SAMPLER ART: OLD MEETS NEW, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, and touring exhibition.
THE ESSENTIAL TEXTILE, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT. Juried.
PAPER/FIBER XVIII, The Arts Center & Gallery, Iowa City, IA. Juried.
TEXTILE '95, Gallery North, Setauket, NY. Juried. Second Prize Award.

1994
AMONG FRIENDS, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA. Invitational.
THREADLORE, Teahouse Gallery at the NY Open Center, NY, NY. Invitational.
STILL LIFE REDEFINED, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ. Juried.
HIGH ON FIBER, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ. Juried. Purchase Award.

1993-1994
SKYWORKS, national touring exhibition.

prior to 1993
NEW ART FORMS, Chicago, IL. (with Mobilia Gallery of Cambridge, MA).
FIBER ARTS '93, Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA. Juried.
NEW TEXTILES, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA. Invitational.
NEEDLE EXPRESSIONS '92, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ, and national touring show. Juried, catalogued.
PAPER/FIBER XV, The Arts Center, Iowa City, IA. Juried.
SKYWORKS, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA.
ASIAN WOMEN AS ARTISTS, Chinese Cultural Inst., Boston, MA., invitational.
VISIONS - A NEW DECADE, Quilt San Diego, San Diego, CA. Juried, catalogued.
FIBER CELEBRATION, Artlink Contemporary Artspace, Fort Wayne, IN.
CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND AMERICAN QUILTS, Homer Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Invitational.
FIBER NATIONAL '89: QUILTS, Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY. Invitational.

Selected Bibliography

Fiberarts Design Books III (1987), V (1995), VI (2000), VII (2004)

“Threads on the Edge: The Daphne Farago Fiber Art Collection,” review by Patricia Harris and David Lyon, Fiberarts Magazine, Summer 2003.

“Bigger Isn’t Always Better,” article by Ayelet Lindenstrauss Larsen, Fiberarts Magazine, Summer 2003.

“Threads on the Edge,” article by Lauren Whitley, Preview Magazine ( Museum of Fine Arts , Boston ), Nov./Dec. 2002.

“Daphne Farago’s Fiber Art Collection,” article by Sunita Patterson, Fiberarts Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2002.

Threads on the Edge: The Daphne Farago Fiber Art Collection, exhibition brochure, Museum of Fine Arts , Boston .

“Techno Textiles,” article by Verna Suit, Embroidery Magazine, July 2002.

Threads of Memory: Contemporary Narrative Textiles, catalog of exhibition at Metropolitan State College of Denver, Center for the Visual Arts, 2002.

"Sampling History," review by Patricia Harris and David Lyon, Fiberarts Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2001.

"Stitches Across Time," review by Lisa Falco, Arts Media Magazine, June-July 2001.

Painted with Thread: The Art of American Embroidery, catalog of exhibition at Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA., 2000.

Uncommon Threads: Embroidery as a Fine Art, cat. of exhibition at Harmony Hall Regional Center.

"Book Arts," review by Patricia Harris and David Lyon, Fiberarts Magazine, Mar./Apr. 2000.

"The Art of the Stitch," review by Polly Leonard, Fiberarts Magazine, Nov./Dec. 1999.

"Linda Behar: Nature Compact," by Patricia Harris and David Lyon, American Craft Magazine, June/July 1998, pp. 42-45.

"Where Do We Go From Here?," by Louise Barco Allrich, Fiberarts Magazine, Summer 1998, article on textile arts.

Threads: Fiber Art in the Nineties, cat. of exhibition at New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, 1997.

"Sampler Art: Old Form Gives Inspiration for New Works," by Patricia Harris and David Lyon, Fiberarts Magazine, November/December 1995, review of group show.

"Coaxing the unearthly from terra firma," by Nancy Stapen, Boston Globe, Sept. 28, 1995, review of solo show.

Visions: Quilts of a New Decade, cat. of Quilt San Diego show. C&T Pub., Lafayette, CA, 1990.

Fellowships and Awards

RESIDENCY, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL, spring 1998
REGIONAL ARTISTS FELLOWSHIP, New England Foundation for the Arts/Massachusetts Cultural Council, 1995
RESIDENCY, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY, August 1993
SECOND PRIZE AWARD, Textile '95, Gallery North, Setauket, NY, 1995
JUROR'S PURCHASE AWARD, High on Fiber, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ, 1994

Collections

The Daphne Farago Collection
City of Mesa, AZ
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Collection of Beth and Anthony Terrana
Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY
Numerous private collections

Representation

Linda Behar is represented by Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, www.mobilia-gallery.com

Education

School of the Museum of Fine Arts: Continuing Education courses, 1994-99.
Massachusetts College of Art: Continuing Education courses, 1993-97.
Radcliffe College (Harvard University): B.A. cum laude in Architectural Sciences, 1968.