Linda Tay'nahza'
Tay’nahza’ lived in Truckee, CA for many years where she raised her two children and established Tay’nahza’ Printmaking & Gallery. Home was Sundance, Utah from 1997-2016. Currently she is living in Minnetonka, MN.
Linda Tay'nahza'
painter • printmaker • instructor • wabi sabi
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1981-1976 UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, Reno, NV
35 units of graduate studies in art, education, and linguistics. No degree program available.
1972-1970 NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY, Flagstaff, AZ B.S. in Arts Education.
1969-1967 CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS, Oakland, CA.
1966-1965 NORTHERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Mason City, IA
SELECTED SHOWS, GALLERIES AND AWARDS
September 2024 UNDER A NEVADA SKY, benefit for Walker River Basin, Walker River Conservancy, Yerington & Reno NV
March - May 2024 THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS KAYENTA, “The Dessert Spirit”, RAVEN ON RED, lithograph, Jurors’ Choice Award, Kayenta, UT
March - May 2024 MakeSpace Exhibit, Saint George Art Museum, Saint George, UT
June 2023 Linda Taynahza POP UP @ Pottery Barn Teen, Galleria, Edina, MN
April-Oct 2018 "Harmony With Nature," Reedy Gallery, University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, MN
March 2018 Who DUNNIT?, Art Association, Jackson, WY
March 2017 Who DUNNIT?, Art Association, Jackson, WY
January 2017 PRINTS ON ICE, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
September 2016 STAND OUT PRINTS, International Print Award
Show, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
June 2016: Summer Display, Atelier Ortega, Jackson, WY.
March 2016: Tamarind Archives Collection, UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM.
August 2015: APEX of an ERA Jubilee, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
March 2015: WHODUNNIT?, The Art Association, Jackson Hole, WY.
Winter 2014-15: "ROCK STARS, HORSESHOE CANYON" shown at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
August - September 2013: Western Visions, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
October 2006: Work featured at "It's Yoga", Provo, UT
August - December 2006: Work feature at Spark-West Gallery, Driggs, ID
May 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2014: Participant in "whodunnit?" Benefit, Art Association, Jackson, WY
March 2006 Invitational Group Exhibit, Gallery at the Station, Ogden, UT
February 2006 Collaborative, Linda Taynahza/Fritz Scholder, “Dreamer” exhibited in REMEMBERING FRITZ SCHOLDER, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
December 2005 “The Manual Print Show” Cowan Gallery, Springville, UT
June-October 2005 Sundance Markets, Sundance, UT
June 2005 Tay'nahza' work featured, Amador Cellars Tasting Room, Plymouth, CA
May 2005 Brownstone Gallery, Provo, UT
January 2005 Featured artist for the John Trudell Premier Party, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT
December 2005 Holiday Event, Art Association, Jackson, WY
October 2004 - January 2005 Southwest Regional, St George, UT, award recipient
September 2004 Two Sisters Gallery, Heber, UT, one person show
August 2004 Ryrie’s, Tahoe City, CA, group show
August 2004 Juniper Sky Gallery, Kayenta, UT, one person exhibition
June-October 2004 Sundance Markets
June-August 2003 Visiting Artists’ Exhibit, Sierra Nevada College, Incline, NV
July 2003 Mountain Artists’, Jackson, WY
March 2003 Phoenix Gallery, Park City, UT gallery representation
December 2002 - April 2003 Mountain Gallery, Snowbird, UT gallery open only during ski season
October 2002 Featured artist, Utah Artist Hands, SLC, UT
September 2002 Splendor in the Sierras, Northstar at Tahoe, first place award over all
January 2002 Utah Artist Hands, Salt Lake City, Utah, new gallery representation
November 2001 Dakota Rose Gallery, Rapid City, South Dakota, new representation
May 2001 Exhibition with Dennis Zupan, Mayra Powell Gallery, at the Station, Ogden, Utah
December 2000-July 2002 Work included in traveling exhibit of art touring Utah; sponsored by the Utah Arts Council
September 2000 Selected for the Utah Women Artists Exhibition, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
September 1998 Fall Arts Festival, Northstar at Tahoe, CA
July 1998 Mountain Artist Rendezvous, Jackson Hole, WY
April 1998 Art Avenue Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, new representation
March-August 1998 Guest Artist, Sundance, UT
March 1998 “Paper & Pulp,” Group show, North Tahoe Fine Arts, Tahoe City, CA
December 1997 “All Things Great and Small,” Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV, group invitational
September 1997 “KNPR's ARTWORKS,” Invitational, Las Vegas, NV
August 1997 “Splendor in the Sierras,” Northstar at Tahoe, CA
December 1996 “Artists of Tahoe,” Incline Village, NV, new representation
December 1996 “All Things Great and Small,” Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV group invitational
October 1996 Southwest Gallery, Phoenix International Airport, Phoenix, AZ, new representation
September 1996 “Ten Year Celebration,” Great Basin Gallery, Carson City, NV
August 1996 “Splendor in the Sierras,” Northstar at Tahoe, CA
July 1996 Mountain Artist Rendezvous, Jackson Hole, WY
April 1996 Epitome, Edina, MN new representation
March 1996 Great Basin Gallery, Carson City, NV, new representation
November 1995 - January 1996 Tahoe Tree Company, Tahoe City, CA, featured showing
November 1995 “Group Christmas Show,” Backstreet Framers, Truckee, Ca
August 1995 “Splendor in the Sierras,” Northstar at Tahoe, CA, awarded BEST OF SHOW, MIXED MEDIA
August 1995 Es Posible Gallery, Center for Creative Design, Carefree, AZ
January 1995 Oasis Gift Show, Phoenix, AZ
December 1994 “All Things Great and Small,” Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV Group Show
September 1994 Alumni Show, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ
August 1994 Artsellers West, Scottsdale AZ representation
August 1994 Old Town Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ new representation
July 1994 “Three Views,” show featuring work by Tay'nahza', Celia Howe & Pam Krone, Cottonwood, Truckee, CA
May 1994 “A Night With Tay'nahza',” a retrospective of work from 1982-1994, Backstreet Framers, Truckee, CA
May 1994 “Destination Dallas,” regional invitational, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
December 1993 The Upstairs Gallery, Tahoe Tree Company, Tahoe City, CA, guest artist
November 1993 Hermitage & Company Gallery, Reno, NV, group show
October 1993 Representation, California & Northern Nevada, John Kidder Group Distributors, San Francisco, CA
September 1993 “Splendor in the Sierras,” Northstar at Tahoe, CA - awarded Best of Show
September 1993 National Endowments for the Arts/TOT recipient, Nevada County, California Arts, group project
August 1993 “Art in Public Places,” sponsored by North Tahoe Fine Arts Council, Truckee River Bank, Truckee, CA
July 1993 Fine Line Gallery, South Lake Tahoe, CA, three person show featuring Kathleen Curtis, Jack Malott and Linda Tay'nahza'
July 1993 Bradford Gallery, San Anselmo, CA, guest artist
July 1993 “Arts on the Green,” Caughlin Ranch, Reno, NV, guest artist
June 1993 Cannon Beach West, Cannon Beach, OR, guest artist
June 1993 Goose Tracks Fiber Studio, Sacramento, CA, fabric adaptations of designs
May 1993 “State of the Art '93,” National Invitational, New England Fine Art Institute, Boston, MA
April-May 1993 “A Night in the Valley of the Kings,” Regional Invitational, The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
October 1992 R & R Gallery of the Arts, Lake Havasu City, AZ, group show
Spring/Fall 1992 Royal Robins Clothing Company, Tay'nahza' designs featured in apparel line
June 1992 The Gallery at Hot Springs, Hot Springs, VA, group show
June 1992 Caughlin Ranch, Reno, NV, invitational show
May 1992 Sierra Pacific Power Company, Headquarters, Reno, NV, featured artist
April-May 1992 Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, museum benefit
March 1992 “Make Art, Not Landfill,” San Francisco State University, group show
1990-1992 Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID, representation
December 1991 Art Visions in Public Places, South Lake Tahoe, CA, group show
October 1991 Nevada County Arts Council, Micro Gallery, Nevada City, CA, featured artist
September 1991 Dome Gallery, New York, NY, Francis Witherspoon International Printmaking Award Exhibition
July-August 1991 Caughlin Ranch, Reno, NV, guest show
June 1991 Caughlin Ranch, Reno, NV, invitational
June 1991 North Tahoe Fine Arts Council, Tahoe City, CA, benefit
May 1991 Zola Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA “With Children in Mind,” group show
March 1991 College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, Monothon exhibit
October 1990 Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno, NV, featured artist
August 1990 Valhalla Summer Festival of Arts and Music, Tahoe-Tallac Historic Association, Pope Estates Fine Arts Gallery, Valhalla State Park, South Lake Tahoe, CA
June 1990 Caughlin Ranch, Reno NV, invitational
April 1990 Hermitage Gallery, Reno, NV, invitational
November 1989 Established Tay'nahza' Studio & Gallery, Truckee, CA
October 1989 ART EXPO CAL, Los Angeles, CA
September 1988 California Enrichment Fund, recipient
September 1988 Ryrie's, Tahoe City, CA, featured artist
1987 Ryrie's, Tahoe City, CA, Continual Representation until the present
August 1988 Nevada County Arts Council, Micro Gallery, Nevada City, CA
Fall 1987 Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno, NV, group show
Spring 1985 “P'nina,” Artruckee, Truckee, CA, 13 canvases, interpreting the poetry of David Phoenix
Fall 1985 Artruckee, Truckee, CA, group show
TAY'NAHZA' GALLERY SHOWS, PRODUCED BY LINDA TAY'NAHZA'
April 1993 Art for the Schools and Tay'nahza' host “All Truckee-Schools,” featuring children's art, grades K-12
November 1992 “House Blessing,” featuring traditional dream paintings by Standing Deer and sculptures by Arnold Aragone
November 1991 “Music and Art,” reception featuring the work of six artists with musical accompaniment by the Truckee Alliance for Musical Arts
November 1990 Reception Tay'nahza' lithographs, produced at Hand Graphics, Santa Fe, NM
August 1990 Reception for Douglas Taylor and his collagraphs
June 1990 Reception for Stephen McMillan and his etchings
March 1990 “Paper Magic,” handmade paper by 13 artists from Northern California and Nevada
February 1990 “Santa Fe and Sushi,” guest artist Eric Lindgren of Hand Graphics, Santa Fe, NM
December 1989 “Holiday Show,” featuring many artists
November 1989 “Six Printmakers and the Monotype,” opening reception for Tay'nahza' Studio and Gallery
SELECTED PURCHASES
October 2017 Formula Fitness Clubs, Chicago IL commissions “Blue Bears & Brown Bears & More”
October 2015 Town of Truckee, CA receives gift of TRUCKEE RIVER TRIPTYCH from Gayle Tonon.
July 2015 Formula Fitness Clubs, Chicago, IL commissions work for Oak Park location.
January 2015, Formula Fitness Clubs, Chicago, IL commissions "Birds and Blooms," 6 new images for the Flagship location, 1030 Clark Street.
June 2011 Formula Fitness Clubs, Chicago, IL commissions a series of 7 prints, "Everyman", for new club location at The Loop
April 2011 Formula Fitness Clubs, Chicago, IL commissions a series of 14 prints reflecting wellness, The Wellness Series
July 2009 The Canyons Resort, Park City, UT commissions landscape project
June 2009 Fitness Formula Clubs, Chicago, IL commissions additional ravens for the "Yoga Raven Series."
April 2007 Sundance Resort, Sundance, UT commissions limited edition, "Celebrate The Mt."
August 2005 ancestors.com purchases wor
April 2001 Tonon & Associates, Truckee, CA, commissions prints
August 2000 Berkana Institute, Provo, Utah purchases prints
March 1999 Truckee Counseling Services, Truckee, CA, print commission
April 1994 Northstar-at-Tahoe, purchased prints, Truckee, CA
June 1992 ARTS ON THE GREEN, Caughlin Ranch, Reno NV
June 1992 Truckee River Bank, executive offices, Truckee, CA, commission triptych series, “Along the Truckee”
February 1991 University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM, purchase of prints
October 1990 Touchstone Pictures, Los Angeles, CA, works purchased
October 1990 Cactus Jack's, Carmel, CA, purchases, “Five Easy Pieces”
Spring 1989 Porsche North America, Headquarters, Reno, NV, commissioned prints
SELECTED ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
April 2023 MONOTYPES FOR EVERYONE! Two day monotype workshop, MakeSpace Studio, Kayenta, UT
July 2016 Interview with Terry Burden, Park City TV, Park City, UT
June 2016 “Every Time A Wave Breaks, A Raven Jumps”, monotype 1999 included in special edition of WHEN THINGS FALL APART, by Ani Pema Chodron, Shambhahla Publications, Inc.
March 2014 Mount Vernon Schools, Mount Vernon, Iowa, Alumni Association selects Linda Tay'nahza' as subject for educational study unit for 8th graders!
November 2011 Interview with Jodi Saeland for Salt Lake City, NBC affiliate channel 5, “Printmaking For Children”, part of a Sundance Resort segment.
Winter 2010 FOV Editions, Provo, UT begins publishing Tay'nahza' image
Spring 2005 Featured artist, Sundance Catalog
May 2001 Ogden Standard Examiner, Gallery at the Station, by Amy Schoon
September 2000 Ogden Standard Examiner, Wabi-Sabi, by Amy Schoon
September 2000 Utah Women Artists Catalog
December 1999 Sundance Catalog, featured artist
July 1998 The Morning Show, Channel 45, Park City, UT, interview
October 1994 Snow Country Magazine, “Spirit Keeper Prints” featured artist in an article by Laura Hilde-Lippert
January 1994 Sunset Magazine, recognized in article about Truckee, CA, by Lora Finnegan
September 1993 “Interview with Linda Tay'nahza',” Artmatters, Nevada County, California Arts
June 1993 Adventure West, “Woulfdale's” by Katrina Veit, illustration of article
December 1992 Artifacts, Cover feature, “The Magic Within,” print by Tay'nahza'
October 1992 Skiing Magazine, “Twenty of the Coolest Towns,” Tay'nahza' Studio and Gallery, featured in article
April 1993 Island International Artists, Print Publishers, Anacortes, WA
June 1992 Artifacts, “Fetishes” article by Martha Murvosh, featuring Tay'nahza'
May 1992 This Week, Producer Michael Alting, Westar Cable, Truckee, CA, video interview
August 1990 Westways Magazine, “Lakeside Artists,” by Marhe Knorr, featured in article
May 1987 "Texture, A CLOSER LOOK", by Lois Erickson, Erick's Press, Hong Kong, book illustration
Spring 1974 The Country Woman's Daybook, poetry published
Fall 1971 Leche de la Virgen, by Anagilda Abromowtiz, illustration
SELECTED TEACHING AND RESIDENCES
March 14-16, 2024 Monotype Monotype Marathon. MakeSpace Art Center, Kayenta, UT
March 13, 2024 Arts In The Schools, visiting artist, Desert Hills Middle School, Saint George, UT
April 2023 Monotypes For Everyone, MakeSpace Art Center, Kayenta, UT
May 2022 Monotype For All Workshop, MakeSpace Art Center, Kayenta, UT
July 2017 Highpoint Center For Printmaking, MPLS, MN MONOTYPES FOR EVERYONE!, Weekend Workshop
March 2017 Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT, Weekend Monotype Workshop
April 2016 Spring Camp, NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER, Park City, UT.
June 2015 NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER, Park City, UT. Printmaking for Crusaders Camp
May, June, July 2015 Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT. Printmaking for children and teens.
June & Sept 2014 Printmaking for young children, teens and adults, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
April 2014 Visiting Artist Presentation for Senior Seminar art students, UVU, Orem, UT
October 2013 Visiting Artist Presentation for Senior Seminar art students, UVU, Orem, UT
2012 - 2013 Sundance Resort, Sundance, UT, Supervisor Sundance Art Studio
2003 - 2013 Sundance Resort, Sundance, UT, teaching printmaking, drawing, painting, pottery, jewelry
June 2009 Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT children's workshop
March 2007 Oakwood Elementary School, Salt Lake City, UT monotypes K-6, funded by ARTWORKS FOR KIDS
September 2003 Resident artist, primary grades, Spanish Fork Elementary School, Spanish Fork, UT
June 2003 Sierra Nevada College, Incline, NV, presenting summer session, wabi sabi workshop
September 2002 - April 2003 Thanksgiving Point Institute, Lehi, UT, series of seven Wabi Sabi and printmaking workshops
April 2002 Lancaster Art Association, Landcaster, PA, return to conduct second workshop
November 2001 Lancaster Art Association, Landcaster, PA, One Off Monotype Intensive, a two day workshop
August 2001 Conducted teacher in service training workshop, Mountain View High School, Bountiful, UT
February 1998 - Oct. 2000 Artshack, Sundance, UT, Artist in Residence, teaching, printmaking,framing, wabi-sabi, drawing, silver smithing
March 1999 A Place in The Sun, workshop presenter for Utah Art Educators Association, St. George, UT
May 1999 Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT, 6 week printmaking and frame making workshop
May 1999 Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT, conducted 4-day workshop
July 1995 Raven Site Ruin, White Mountain Archaeological Center, White Mt. AZ, resident exchange
June 1995 International Organization of Precious Metals, Private Presentation, Hyatt, Incline Village, NV
August 1994 Established Apocypha Press for Fritz Shoulder, Scottsdale, AZ
May 1994 Private Presentation of work to the CEOs of the Gold and Silver Industry of America, Squaw Valley, CA
March-June 1994 Weekly art instruction at Incline Elementary School, grades 1-5, Incline Village, NV
March 1994 Very Special Arts, mainstream, Battle Mountain, NV, educational affiliate of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, monotypes for kids
March 1994 Very Special Arts, Reno, NV, educational affiliate of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, monotypes for kids
April 1993 Very Special Arts Nevada, Reno, NV, monotypes for children
May 1992 Very Special Arts Nevada, Reno, NV, monotypes for children
August 1991 Artward Bound, educational program, North Tahoe Fine Arts Council, Tahoe City, CA
April 1991 Sierra County Arts Council, Sierraville, CA, educational program
April 1991 Very Special Arts Nevada, Reno, NV, monotypes for children
February 1991 Monothon, Santa Fe, NM
1986-1991 Artist in Residence, Arts for the Schools, Tahoe City and Truckee, CA, Incline Village, NV
December 1989 California Department of Education, School Enrichment Fund, established art program for the Truckee Middle School, Truckee, CA
Winter 1984-1988 Established and conducted Truckee Drawing Workshop
1975-1982 Tahoe-Truckee School District, Truckee, CA, taught ESL, GED and early childhood development
1972-1973 Rock Point Community School, Navajo Nation, AZ, taught ESL