C.V.
Lynda Young Kaffie
1954 Born in Corpus Christi, Texas
Currently living in Austin, Texas
Education
| 2001- 2006 | Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas MA in Pastoral Ministry |
| 1973-1976 | Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas BFA in Art History |
| 1975 | Instituto de Cultura Hispanica, Madrid, Spain |
| 1972-1973 | Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia |
Post Baccalaureate Work
| 1993 | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont |
| 1992–95, 97-02 | Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado |
| 1988-92 | Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, Texas |
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
| 2017 | Coming Home, Art Center of Corpus Christi, Texas Clouds and Time, The Seton Cove, Austin, Texas |
| 2007 | Water and Sky: Mysteries, 327 Congress, Austin, Texas |
| 2005 | Flowers in Muddy Water, The Seton Cove, Austin, Texas Austin Zen Center, Austin, Texas |
| 2002 | Garden Passages, The Seton Cove, Austin, Texas |
| 1997 | The Skye Suite , Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas (Museum Purchase) |
| 1993 | Colorado Scene, Parkway Presbyterian Church, Corpus Christi, Texas |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2021 | 2021 Austin Studio Tour, Big Medium, Austin, Texas |
| 2019 | Red Dot Art Space, Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas |
| 2018 | Reflector, A Summer Group Show, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas |
| 2017 | The People’s Gallery 2017 Exhibition, Austin City Hall, Austin, Texas |
| 2015 | Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio (purchase award) |
| 2011 | Revelations: Women’s Art From the Permanent Collection, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 2009 | Art in Bloom, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas Green Gala, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Texas 5 X 7 Exhibition and Tour, Arthouse, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Texas |
| 2008 | Spiritual Landscapes, The Seton Cove, Austin, Texas 5×7 Exhibition and Tour, Arthous, Austin, Dallas, Houston 2007 Water and Sky: Mysteries, Western Interiors Design Expo, San Francisco, California New Selections from the Permanent Collection, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 2005 | At the Water’s Edge, Austin Museum of Art/Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas 39th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas Is This Drawing?, Concordia University, Austin, Texas Sweet Mystery, Wilhelmi Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 2004 | HEB Foundation, Leakey, Texas 5 X 7 Exhibition, Arthouse, Austin, Texas Drawing from Perception V, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio Objects of Love, Guadalupe Arts Center, Austin, Texas |
| 2003 | Exhibition and Tour, Arthouse, Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Texas Celebrating the Creative Spirit, Dell Jewish Community Center, Austin, Texas |
| 2002 | Art and Ornament, Wilhelmi Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas Tragedy and Transformation: Artists Respond to September 11, The Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas Five by Seven by X, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas 36th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas (Cash award) Celebrating the Creative Spirit, Dell Jewish Community Center, Austin, Texas The 17th Annual Greater Midwest International, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri |
| 2001 | Works on Paper 2001, LSU Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2000 | The Main Event: An Exhibition, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas In The Pink, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas Artcapades, South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 1999 | Beginnings: Preview the New, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas Something for Everyone, MD Modern Gallery, Houston, Texas Small Works Exhibition, MD Modern Gallery, Houston, Texas Artists Among Us, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas Center of Attention, Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Invitational, Exhibition and Benefit Art Auction, Austin, Texas Coast to Coast, MD Modern Gallery, Houston, Texas 21st Annual Art on Paper, Gallery on the Circle, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland (Cash award) Crosscurrents/Recent Landscapes, Artists’ Gallery, San Antonio, Texas |
| 1997 | Great Expectations (Not the Book, Not the Play Not the Movie): The Exhibition, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas Twelve From Texas, MB Modern Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1996 | Present Perfect, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas With Respect to Painting, 1203 ArtSpace, San Antonio, Texas Corpus Christi Painters, The Artist’s Gallery, San Antonio, Texas |
| 1995 | Red Hot Show, Texas Fine Arts Association’s Annual Invitational, Exhibition & Benefit Art Auction, Austin, Texas The ID and I, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas 29th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Joseph A. Cain Memorial Art Gallery, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas Tenth Annual Exhibit: New American Talent, Art on Tour Program, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Corpus Christi, Midland/Odessa, Brownwood, Plano, Kilgore |
| 1994 | Room With A Few: (Artists), Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas Tenth Annual Exhibit: New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas |
| 1993 | Scene: Works by 15 South Texas Artists, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas Nature Comes Indoors, Bright Shawl Gallery, San Antonio, |
| 1992 | Oso Bay Print Survey II, Rockport Art Center, Rockport, Texas Wet Paint, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 1991 | Target: South Texas/The World Outside, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas |
Publications
| 2021 | What We Made of It, "Soul by Southwest", Literary and Visual Arts Journal, Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas |
| 2016-2019 | "Soul by Southwest", Literary and Visual Arts Journal, Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas |
| 2008 | ”Ultimate Bedrooms and Bathrooms”, Rhonda Lashley, Austin Monthly Home, Fall issue |
| 1999 | 36th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Marti Mayo, Director, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, April (exhibition catalog) The 17th Annual Greater Midwest International, Raechell Smith, Director H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, January (exhibition catalog) |
| 1998 | 21st Annual Art on Paper, Eliza Rathbone, Chief Curator, The Phillips Collection, March (exhibition catalog) “Inner Landscapes”, Dan R. Goddard, San Antonio Express News, February 18 |
| 1996 | “New Perspective on Painting” , Dan R. Goddard, San Antonio Express News, June 10 “Colors Imbue Canvas of Corpus Christi Artists”, Dan R. Goddard, San Antonio Express News, January 28 |
| 1995 | “A Quiet Place to Create”, Ellen Bernstein, Corpus Christi Caller Times, May 21 29th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Mark Pascale, Assistant Curator, The Art Institute of Chicago, March (exhibition catalog) “Following Dreams” , Ellen Bernstein, Corpus Christi Caller Times, January 19 |
| 1994 | New American Talent: The Tenth Exhibition, Adam Weinberg, Curator, Whitney Museum of Art, March (exhibition catalog) |
| 1991 | Target: South Texas / The World Outside, Margaret Gilham, Curator, Art Museum of South Texas, March (exhibition catalog) |
Selected Collections
Eagle Global Advisors, Houston, Tx
Kleberg Bank, Corpus Christi, Tx
Art Museum of South Texas
The Austonian Residences
Booher Library, Seminary of the Southwest
Oswald Company
Spring Island Trust
Texas Nature Conservancy
Ucross Foundation
Residencies
| 2021 | Estudio Corazon, Ghost Ranch Painters Residency, Abiquiu, New Mexico The Faraway Nearby, Ghost Ranch Writers Residency, Abiquiu, New Mexico |
| 2020 | Estudio Corazon, Ghost Ranch Painters and Writers Residency, Abiquiu, New Mexico |
| 2010 | HEB Foundation, Leakey, Texas |
| 2007 | HEB Foundation, Leakey, Texas |
| 2004 | The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Dolan Falls Preserve, Del Rio, Texas |
| 2003 | HEB Foundation, Leakey, Texas |
| 1999 | Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming |
| 1998 | Spring Island Visiting Artist Program, Spring Island, South Carolina |