Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA, 2009
University of Alaska, Anchorage, Dept. of Art, 1999-2000
Viña del Mar School of Fine Arts, Chile, 1996-1998
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, BA 1977-1981
Permanent Collections
Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Museum of the North, Fairbanks, AK
Alaska Contemporary Art Bank, Anchorage, AK
Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak AK
Pratt Museum, Homer, AK
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage, AK
Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK
Boney Court House, Anchorage, AK
Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali, AK
Credit Union 1, Nome, AK
Tanana Valley Clinic, Fairbanks, AK
KANA-Wellness Center, Kodiak, AK
Princess Cruises/HA Group
Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Anchorage, AK
Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK
Awards/Grants
2023 Bennett Prize Finalist
2020 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant Recipient
2020 Rasmuson Foundation Artist Fellowship
2020 Cook Inlet Regional Inc., CIRI, Artist Grant
2018 Native Arts and Cultures Foundation National Artist Fellowship
2018 Atwood Foundation Artist Grant
2016 Rasmuson Foundation Artist Fellowship
2015-Santa Fe Arts Institute/Institute of American Indian Arts Fellowship
2015 NOAA-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Travel grant to participate in the Arctic Science Summit/Arts in Fairbanks, AK
2015 The Atwood Foundation Artist Grant
2014 Rarified Light Juried Photography Show-Honorable Mention Award and Anchorage Museum acquisition
2014 Alaska State Council on the Arts Grant-Funding attendance to the Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop.
2014 Alaska State Council on the Arts, Career Development Grant
2013 Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award, Project Grant
2009 Koniag Native Education Foundation, Vocational Development Grant-Art
2009 Alaska State Council on the Arts, Career Development Grant
2006 Juror’s Choice, Best of Show, Art for Alaska Parks Juried Competition
2001 Koniag Native Education Foundation, Vocational Development Grant-Art
Selected Exhibits
2024 Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Salmon Culture, Invitational
2023 Sea Alaska Heritage, Alaska Native Women’s Art, Juneau, AK Invitational
2023 Muskegon Art Museum, Rising Voices 3, Bennett Prize Finalists Exhibition
2022 Pratt Museum, Homer, AK, Salmon Culture, Invitational
2022 International Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2-person Exhibition
2022 Kenai Arts Center, Sites Unseen, 2-person Exhibition
2021 Bunnell Street Art Center, Homer, AK. Solo Exhibition
2020 Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Extra Tough. Invitational
2020 Alaska Pacific University, Voices of Change, An Indigenous Art Ceremony. Invitational
2019 Bunnell Street Art Center, Homer, AK New Work, Solo Exhibition
2018 Alaska State Museum, Juneau-Ebb and Flow, Solo Exhibition
2017 International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Intercurrents, Alaska Treaty of Cession Invitational
2017 Bunnell Street Arts Center, All Things Sacred, Solo Exhibition
2017 Voices of Change-Treaty of Cession Russia/Alaska, Invitational, Sitka , Alaska
2016 Alaska Arctic Science Summit, University of Alaska Fairbanks, arts and science collaboration, invitational
2016 International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK. Common Ground, 7 landscape painters group show
2016 Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer, AK, Juneau, AK, Portland, Oregon, Washington, DC, Decolonizing Alaska invitational
2015 Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Living Alaska, Recent Acquisitions, AK Contemporary Collection
2015 Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer Alaska, Open Space/Open Mind, Solo Exhibition
2015 Alaska Humanities Forum, Sites Unseen, two person show of paintings, Anchorage AK.
2014 Alaska Pacific University, Close at Hand, drawing invitational
2014 Alaska Pacific University, Denial, printmaking invitational.
2014 Valdez Museum, Valdez AK, Washington, Hawaii and Oregon, Communities, Disaster and Change, invitational
2014 Alaska Native Arts Foundation, Anchorage, AK. Solo Exhibition
2013 Alaska Humanities Forum, Anchorage, AK. Invitational
2013 International Gallery of Contemporary Art. Invitational
2013 Artique Gallery, Anchorage, AK. Invitational
2013 Alaska Contemporary Art Bank, Recent Acquisitions
2013 Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Recent Acquisitions
2012 Wells Street Art Center, Fairbanks, AK. Solo Exhibition
2011 Nolan Center Wrangell Museum, Wrangell, AK. Solo Exhibition
2011 Artique Gallery, Anchorage, AK. Solo Exhibition
2010 Artique Gallery, Solo Exhibition
2009 Artique Gallery, Solo Exhibition
2009 Bunnell Art Center, Homer, AK. Solo Exhibition
2009 Wells Street Gallery, Fairbanks, AK. Solo Exhibition
2008 Artique Gallery, Solo Exhibition
2007 Artique Gallery, Featured Artist, Solo Exhibition
2006 Artique Gallery, Featured Artist, Solo Exhibition
2006 The Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Alaska Contemporary Artists
2006 Stephan’s Fine Art Gallery, Anchorage, AK. Art for State Parks Juried Show
2002 Decker/Morris Gallery, Solo Exhibition
2000 Alaska Pacific University, Solo Exhibition
1999 Alaska Pacific University, Solo Exhibition
Selected Exhibits-Photography
2017 Alaska Humanities Forum, Epicenter-5 Views of Ship Creek, Group Photography Show
2016 Rarified Light, Juried Photography Exhibit, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
2015 International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK Invitational
2014 Rarified Light, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Juried Photography Exhibit, Honorable Mention Award
2013 Rarified Light, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Juried Photography Exhibit
2012 Rarified Light, Anchorage Museum, Juried Photography Exhibit
2012 Out North Gallery, Anchorage, AK. Solo Exhibit
2011 Artworks Gallery, Soldotna, AK. Solo Exhibit
Public Art
2020 Cook Inlet Housing Authority Mural, Healing Traditions
2019 Grow North Farm Mural, Anchorage Community Land Trust, Anchorage, AK
2018 Government Hill Commons Mural-14 x 100 ft. exterior mural, Common Ground, Anchorage, AK.
2017 Dumpster Pilot Project-Anchorage Downtown Partnership/Municipality of Anchorage
2016 Russian Mission, AK. Water is Life, Alaska Native Health Consortium, 8' x 16' canvas mural.
2015 Mt View Hispanic Culture Center, 20' x 40' exterior wall mural, Hummingbirds, Anchorage, AK
2014 Mat-Su Children and Adult Services, Matanuska Susitna, AK Large Format Painting
2014 Laugviik School, Kobuk, AK. Collaborative Mural
2014 Kingikmiut School Library, Wales, AK. Collaborative Mural
2013 Stewart’s Photo Shop, Anchorage, AK. Mural
2011 Credit Union 1 Bank, Nome, AK. Oil painting
2001 Russian Jack Elementary School Library, AK. State 1% for Art, Mural
2001 Government Hill Elementary School, AK. State 1% for Art, Oil paintings
Private Collections
Steve Henrikson, Curator of Collections, Alaska State Museum, Juneau
Chie Sakakibara, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Oberlin College, Ohio
Timothy Burgess, Judge U.S. District Court of Alaska
Charlotte Fox, Former Director of the Alaska State Council on the Arts
Ron Spatz, Head of the University of Alaska Anchorage Creative Writing Dept.
Christine Smith, Exhibits Curator, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Barbara Smith, Russia/Alaska Scholar, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Artist Residencies
2016 Denali Park/McKinley Chalet Artist Residency
2015 Santa Fe Arts Institute, Rasmuson Foundation Residency, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Mayer of Munich Architectural Glass Studio, Munich, Germany
2014 Denali National Park, Denali, AK.
2012 Stikine River National Park, Wrangell, AK.
Artist in Schools Residencies/Youth Art Activities
2019 Shishmaref, AK Collaborative Mural
2018 Shaktoolik, AK Collaborative Mural
2018 COL Spenard Art Camp, Anchorage, AK, Painting
2016 Old Harbor Elementary, Old Harbor, AK, Painting
2016 Main Elementary, Kodiak, AK, Collaborative Mural
2016 Karluk Village K-12, Kodiak Island, AK, Portrait Painting
2015 Kodiak Elementary, Kodiak, AK, Collaborative Mural
2015 Snow Shoe Elementary, Wasilla, AK, Collaborative Mural
2014 Infante Lyons Studio, Anchorage, AK. Spring Break Art Camp
2014 The Canvas Community Art Studio, Juneau, AK. Spring Break Art Camp
2014 Kobuk School, Kobuk, AK. Collaborative Mural
2014 Kingikmiut School,Wales, AK. Alaska State Council on the Art, Artist in Schools-Mural, Painting
2013 Gambell School, Gambell, AK. ASCA-AIS-Collaborative Mural
2012 Kingikmiut School, Wales, AK. ASCA-AIS-Collaborative Mural
2012 O'Malley Elementary, Anchorage, AK. ASCA-AIS, Collaborative Mural
2012 Willowaw Elementary, Anchorage, AK. ASCA-AIS Collaborative Mural
2011 Gambell School, Gambell, AK, ASCA-AIS.Collaborative Mural
2011 Aquarian Elementary, Anchorage, AK. ASCA-AIS. Collaborative Mural
2010 Selo Russian Old Believer School, Homer, AK, ASCA-AIS. Portrait Painting
2010 Evergreen School, Wrangell, AK. Bird Painting
2009 Northway Village, Northway, AK. Portrait Painting
2004 Chugiak Spanish Immersion, Chugiak, AK. Portraits/Collaborative Mural
Bibliography
print mediA
2023 American Art Collector, Bennett Prize 3.0, The 10 Finalists, February Edition
2023 First American Art Magazine, Salmon Culture, by Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, PhD, winter edition
2022 Inuit Art Quarterly, Chonky Taking Up Space, by Francesca Hebert-Spence
2020 First American Art Magazine, Anya Montiel PHD, Curator Shares her Top Seven List, July edition.
2020 Upend , by Claire Meuschke, Noemi Press, cover art
2020 Origen, by Jennifer Raff, Hachette Book Group, cover art
2019 Birds on the Edge, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, cover art and exhibit catalog
2018 Igaruacirpet-Our Way of Making Designs, Book of Alutiiq Graphic Design.
2016 Alaska Creative, 10 Years of Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Grants
2016 Alaska Women Speak, cover art
2016 Alaska Native Artist Resource Handbook, CIRI Foundation, Alaska State Council on the Arts
2016 De-Colonizing Alaska, Asia Freeman, Bunnell Street Arts Center, exhibit catalog
2015 The Anchorage Press, Linda's Labor of Love , cover and featured story
2014 Communities, Disaster and Change, Valdez Museum and Historical Archive, exhibit catalog
2014 Cirque Literary Journal of the Pacific Northwest Rim, Summer Solstice Issue
2013 Cirque Literary Journal of the Pacific Northwest Rim, Winter Solstice issue
2012 Alaska Home Magazine, featured artist
2012 Cirque Literary Journal of the Pacific Northwest Rim, 2012 Spring Issue
2005 The Nonprofit Quarterly, nationally distributed magazine, cover art
2003 Art Matters, Anchorage Daily News arts publication, cover and featured artist
2002 Conception of Sphinx, Novel by Paul Brynner, cover art
2001 The Anchorage Press , The Surreal World of Linda Infante Lyons, cover and feature story
video media
2016 Denali National Park and Preserve, Art and Inspiration, National Park Service Documentary
2015 SFAI 140, An Evening of Creativity and Conversation, Santa Fe Art Institute, Artist Talk Series, Vimeo
2015 Denali National Park and Preserve, Artist in Residence, Linda Infante Lyons, LiveStream Video Interview
2015 Alaska Teen Media Institute, Hummingbirds of Mt. View, Documentary, Vimeo
Radio/Television Media
2020 KNOR 106.1 FM, Our North Radio, Anchorage, AK. Art Matters, Interview with artist, Linda Infante Lyons
2016 KMXT 100.1 FM, Kodiak Alaska, Rasmuson Foundation Grant Funds Alutiiq Museum Painting Purchases -Interview with artist, Linda Infante Lyons
2015 KTVA Alaska Channel 11-AK Art: Travel enthusiast, painter shares her skills with students
2015 KSFR 101 FM Santa Fe Radio Cafe, NM. Sanjit Sethi Executive Director of the Santa Fe Art Institute, on SFAI 140, Kelli Clifton and Linda Infante Lyons Artists in Residence
2012 KNOM 96.1 FM, Nome, AK, Interview with Linda Infante Lyons, Artist in Residence at Wales, AK.
Film/Scenic Painting
2013 Set and Prop painter, VW Automotive, Rocket Joe and Piksik Productions, AK.
2013 Prop painter, Kashi Cereal commercial. Rocket Joe and Piksik Productions, AK.
2013 Set painter, ATT commercial, Rocket Joe and Piksik Productions, AK.
2012 Set painter, Audi Automotive commercial, Rocket Joe and Piksik Productions, AK.
2011 Set painter for the movie, “Big Miracle,” Universal Studios, CA
Lectures/Speaking Engagements/Artist Panels
2020 Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Artist Spotlight, Artist Talk.
2020 Oberlin College, Ohio, Guest Lecturer
2019 Kaufman Foundation, 1 Million Cups, Lecture Series, Anchorage Museum, Alaska
2019 Alaska Pacific University, Leah J Anderson Speaker Series-Alaska Native Artist Panel
2019 Alaska Watercolor Society, Guest Speaker
2019 Alaska Veterans Association, Keynote Speaker for the Hispanic Heritage Month. Anchorage, AK
2018 Pacific Northwest College of Art-Native American Voices Series, Where Sky Meets the Earth, Portland, Oregon
2018 Alaska State Museum, 360 North Lecture Series, Artist Talk, Juneau, AK
2017 International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Intercurrents, Alaska Treaty of Cession, Alaska Native Artist Panel, Anchorage, Alaska.
2015 Santa Fe Arts Institute, SFAI 140 , An Evening of Creativity and Conversation, Lecture Series. Santa Fe, New Mexico
2014 Alaska Native Federation, AFN Conference Alaska Native Artist Panel, Anchorage, AK
Professional Work Experience
2015 Art Instructor, University of Alaska, Continuing and Professional Development
2013-2015, Painting Instructor, Adult workshops, Kids Art Classes-The Canvas Community Art Center, Juneau, AK
2008-present,Teaching Artist, Alaska State Council on the Arts Artist in Schools Program
2012-present, Painting Instructor, Infante Lyons Studio, Anchorage, AK.
2011- Painting Instructor, Plein air painting workshop, Wrangell Mountains Center, McCarthy, AK.
2008-2018 Painting Instructor, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK.
Professional Associations
2023-present-Signature Member, National Association of Women Artists (NAWA)
2018- Board Member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alaska
2009-2017-Board Member, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK