HALI LINN
b. 1987, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
EDUCATION
MFA: Studio Art, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014
BFA: Painting and Sculpture, Oklahoma State University, 2010
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 “Pardon Me”, Solo Exhibition, I.M.A.G.E. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 “Petite Magnitude”, Solo Exhibition, Women’s Resources Center, Champaign, IL
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Carving Connections”, Virtual Exhibition, TAAS (The Alternative Art School)
2020 “DB3”, The Well, Brooklyn, NY
2017 “Transparency”, I.M.A.G.E. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 “Love Games”, a Planned Parenthood Benefit Exhibition, I.M.A.G.E. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 “The Dollar Bin”, The Well, Brooklyn, NY
2017 “Planet X”, Hosted by The Grind, Terra Firma-Gallery X, Brooklyn, NY
2017 “Holla Back!”, Studio 301, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “REVEAL”, RAW:Brooklyn, Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “Beauty, Trunk, and Funk”, Dorsett Venue, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “Hali Linn Whelan”, Art Zealous, Workville, New York, NY
2016 “Act One, Scene One”, presented by Cradiate, I.M.A.G.E. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 “MFA Exhibition”, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
2014 “Who We Aren’t”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 “Parsing Desire”, The Ugly Step Sister, Chicago, IL
2013 “Not Quite…”, Link Gallery, Champaign, IL
2013 “Healing Works”, Indi-Go Gallery, Champaign, IL
2013 “Wet Jeans in the Rain”, The Armory Theater, Champaign, IL
2013 “Post-Conceptual Glitter”, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, WI
2013 “Artificial Turf”, Peanut Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 “OMG, Kittens, Kittens, Kittens”, Figure One, Champaign, IL
2012 “Art Basil”, Link Gallery, Champaign, IL
2012 “You.I.You.See”, Graduate Exhibition, CoProsperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
2010 “OSU Student Annual Juried Competition”, Gardiner Art Gallery, Stillwater, OK
2010 “Oklahoma Friendly”, Juried Exhibition, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2010 “Studio Capstone Exhibition”, Gardiner Art Gallery, Stillwater, OK
2010 “OSU Student Exhibition”, Gilcrease Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
2009 “Artisti Locale”, Spannocchia, Siena, Italy
2008 “Right Here, Right Now”, Exhibit One, Stillwater, OK
2008 “Artisti Locale”, Spannocchia, Siena, Italy
2008 “La Mostra: Opere di Studenti e Artisti dell’Universita’ della Georgia”, Cortona, Italy
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
AUG 2018 - Present Adjunct Professor, Concordia College of New York
AUG 2011 – MAY 2014 Instructor of Record, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
INTERVIEWS + TALKS
2017 Womanish Doc, Samantha Fairfield Walsh, womanishdoc.tumblr.com
2016 "Girl, Uninterrupted – In Conversation With Hali Linn Whelan", Freya Stockford, Art Zealous, artzealous.com, June 7, 2016
2016 "Pardon Me", Cosimo, soundcloud.com/cosimoaudio/sets/pardon-me
2016 “Post-Election: Social Justice, Gender, & Art”, Panel Discussion, Women in Arts Initiative, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
2013 Women’s Resources Center, Champaign, IL
2012 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
2010 Oklahoma State University, OK
HONORS + AWARDS
2014 Teaching Excellence Award, School of Art and Design, UIUC
2014 Honorable Mention, “Who We Aren’t”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 ULAE Apprenticeship, selected by the Oklahoma State University Art Department, Universal Limited Arts Editions, Bay Shore, NY
2009 Honorable Mention, Oklahoma State University Student Annual Juried Competition
2009 Sarah Clark Memorial Scholarship, Stillwater, OK
2005 Talisman Scholarship, Talisman Gallery, Bartlesville, OK
CURATORIAL WORK
2017 Transparency, an exhibition on artists and mental health, co-curated with Demi Vera, I.M.A.G.E. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Artificial Turf, Peanut Gallery, Chicago, IL www.peanutgallerychicago.com
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2018 Installation, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, artist Rachel Marks, New York, NY www.rachel-marks.com | www.springbreakartshow.com
2017 Installation, SPRING/BREAK BKLYN | Immersive, artist Jason Peters, Brooklyn, NY | www.jasonpeters.com | www.springbreakartshow.com
2017 Installation, SPRING/BREAK | Black Mirror, artist Jason Peters, New York, NY | www.jasonpeters.com | www.springbreakartshow.com
2013 Lighting Board Technician, Wet Jeans in the Rain, The Armory, Champaign, IL
2013 Lighting Board Technician, WOLF, Unreliable Bestiary Series by Deke Weaver, dekeweaver.com
2012-13 Studio Assistant for Patrick Earl Hammie, patrickearlhammie.com
2011-14 3D Lab and Shop Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2009 Printmaking Apprenticeship, Universal Limited Arts Editions, Bay Shore, NY, ulae.com
2008 Study Abroad, Cortona, Italy
2008 Study Abroad, Landscape Painting in Tuscany, Siena, Italy
2007 Study Abroad, Landscape Painting in Tuscany, Siena, Italy
2005-10 Sculpture and 3D Studio Assistant and Lab Monitor, Oklahoma State University