This Guggenheim Award-winning painter is known for intensely personal work characterized by a disquieting beauty. Her indelible images deal with feminist issues of power and identity. In her best-known work, Stojak confronts the self, identity, and the female body. Her works have been called “psychological self-portraits.”Critic Michael Amy has written that Stojak’s paintings give “the illusion of almost intangible flesh, as open as a wound.” He described the “flesh-like surfaces of her pictures” as “rich epidermises filled with the history of their own generation.
Aside from the underlying narrative impact of the work, Stojak is also focused on quite painterly concerns. Art in America critic Edward Leffingwell has written of Linda Stojak’s paintings that they are “as formally compelling as they are moving.” Stojak’s work consists mostly of a solitary figure emerging from a contrasting ground, a field of relentless palette-knife-wide strokes of oil paint obsessively worked and reworked until the brushstroke itself becomes the search for meaning.
Hers is a technique both sensual and gestural – the expressionistic played against the conceptual. Linda Stojak’s work is suffused with a profound humanity. In the words of critic Michael Amy: “her figures offer a remarkable evocation of our very lives.” In addition to receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship, Stojak was awarded a Leeway Grant, a Distinguished Achievement Award from Arcadia University and a residency in Toblach, Italy. Her work has been reviewed in numerous publications including The New York Times, Artforum, Art in America and Art News. It is in over 300 private collections as well as in public collections such as The University of Pennsylvania, Brown University and The Harn Museum of Art. She is represented by Pryor Fine Art in Atlanta, Stephen Haller Gallery in New York and LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe.
-Cynthia Griffin
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Look Away
LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Silent Voices
LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
2015 Waiting for a Moment
Stux + Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Linda Stojak: Redux
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Linda Stojak: Tether
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2011 From the Moment Past
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Linda Stojak
Molloy College Art Gallery,New York, NY
2007 Linda Stojak
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Linda Stojak
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Linda Stojak
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Linda Stojak
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Linda Stojak
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
Linda Stojak
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Linda Stojak
Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia,PA
Linda Stojak
Herter Art Gallery, U of Mass, Amherst, MA
2000 Linda Stojak
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Linda Stojak
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Linda Stojak
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Linda Stojak
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Linda Stojak
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Linda Stojak
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Linda Stojak
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Linda Stojak
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Group Matrix
Stux + Haller, New York, NY
2014 Finn, again!
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Essence/Quintessence
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Connections
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Spectrum
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Nexus
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2009 In Context
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
The Point of Convergence
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Continuum
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Confluence
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Constant Aesthetic
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2007 A Woman on Paper
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
ART20 2007
The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
2006 Why the Nude? Contemporary Approaches
The Arts Students League of NY, New York, NY
ART20 2006
The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Solstice
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Focal Point
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Narrative Abstraction
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Constant Aesthetic 2004
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Coda
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Constant Aesthetic 2003
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
The Perception of Appearance
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Surface Fragments
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Constant Aesthetic 2001
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Degrees of Figuration
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
Aesthetic Boundaries
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Pictura Lucida (Paintings by Leeway Grant recipients)
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Simple Truths
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Paintings
Anderson Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Surface Tension, Part I
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Non-Narrative Stories
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Signs, Codes, and Surfaces
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Contemporary Markings
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Gestural Minimalism III
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Constant Aesthetics III
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Art on Paper (catalogue)
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, UNC, Greensboro, NC
Points of Turbulence in Contemporary Art (catalogue)
Main Gallery, University of Rhode Island,
Kingston, RI
Cultural Markers
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Surface Issues
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Essence and Persuasion: The Power of Black and White
(catalogue)
Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Gestural Minimalism II
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Primal Markers
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Virtuosity
International Art Fair, The Armory, New York, NY
1994 Double Indemnity: The Self Unmasked,
Curator: Joyce Korotkin
City without Walls, Newark, NJ
Timely & Timeless (catalogue), Curator: Doug Maxwell
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art,
Ridgefield, CT
Gestural Minimalism
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1993 A Priori Painting
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Spirit Markers II
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Constant Aesthetic II
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Constant Aesthetic
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Spirit Markers
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Minneapolis/New York
Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Texture - Material II
Stephen Haller Fine Art, New York, NY
Apocalypse and Resurrection
The Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY
1991 Figures in Art
Tavelli/Williams Gallery, Aspen, CO
Texture - Material
Stephen Haller Fine Art, New York, NY
Directions 1990-1991
Stephen Haller Fine Art, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 ARTNET NEWS, Sarah Cascone, January,29,2018
THE STRANGER, Leah St.Lawrence, January 26, 2018
2017 Displaced Debutantes and Soluble
Entities: The Vision of Linda Stojak, John Biscello,
RIOT MATERIAL MAGAZINE
Faceless Encounters:The Paintings of Linda Stojak,
Michael Abatemarco,
PASATIEMPO MAGAZINE, March 10, 2017
2013 Linda Stojak’s Remarkable Redux, Ken Fitch
THE EXAMINER, June 14, 2013
A group exhibition at Stephen Haller Gallery
new and historic...
ARTDAILY.ORG, July 22nd, 2013
2012 Exhibition of new paintings by painter Linda Stojak
opens...
ARTDAILY.ORG, October 18, 2012
2011 A Woman of all Times – Linda Stojak at Stephen Haller
Gallery
THE FOOD AND THE CITY, January 29, 2011
Belly Laughs and Haunting Beauty, Mark Barry
IONARTS, February 23rd, 2011
2010 A Sizzling Summertime Post
IONARTS, July 6, 2010
2009 Saks Fifth Avenue Revamps...
CONTRACT MAGAZINE, August 31, 2009
2006 Linda Stojak at Stephen Haller, Edward Leffingwell
ART IN AMERICA, May 2006
2005 Linda Stojak, Michael Amy
CATALOGUE ESSAY, September 2005
2004 Linda Stojak, Robert Morgan
ART NEWS, July, 2004
2001 The Human Figure, as Myth, William Zimmer
THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 2001
Surrogate Portraits, Susan Van Dongen
TIME OFF, December 2001
Go figure: Bodies of work focus on human form,
Dan Bischoff
THE SUNDAY STAR-LEDGER, November 25, 2001
Hunterdon Museum of Art - Three Exhibitions
SOUTH PLAINFIELD REPORTER, October 19, 2001
Hunterdon Museum of Art
HUNTERDON, October 17, 2001
Three Exhibitions at Art Museum
NORTH HUNTERDON WEEKENDER, November 3, 2001
2000 Winners, Robin Rice
PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER, October 19, 2000
Pictura Lucida, Amy Schlegel
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, September 2000
1999 Linda Stojak, David Bourbon
NY ARTS MAGAZINE, May 1998
1998 Linda Stojak, Douglas F. Maxwell
REVIEW, April 1, 1998
Linda Stojak, Lorenza Galeone
JULIET ART MAGAZINE, Italy, April/May, 1998
Linda Stojak, J. Bowyer Bell
REVIEW, April 1, 1998
1997 Linda Stojak, Paintings, Vic Torri
NY ARTS, June 1997
Linda Stojak, Lissa McClure
REVIEW, May 15, 1997
Linda Stojak
RAND SCHOOL PUBLICATION, Spring 1997
The Uneasy Surface..., Gregory Wallace
ART NEW ENGLAND, February/March, 1997
Linda Stojak, J. Bowyer Bell
REVIEW, May 1, 1997
1996 Linda Stojak at Stephen Haller, Richard Vine
ART IN AMERICA, January, 1996
Scratching the surface of art’s materials, Bill van Siclen
THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL-BULLETIN, Sept 13, 1996
The Stream of Art in Big Apple, Machiko Matsufuji
ART MAGAZINE, Tokyo, Japan, January-February, 1996
1995 New York Galleries, Carl Schiffman
NEW ENGLAND REVIEW, November, 1995
One-two punch, Richard Huntington
THE BUFFALO NEWS, April 28, 1995
Essence and Persuasion, Elisa Deyneka
ARTVOICE, April 12, 1995
1994 Newark Exhibition Explores ..., Eileen Watkins
THE SUNDAY STAR-LEDGER, April 17, 1994
Timely and Timeless, Douglas Maxwell
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, 1994
1993 Linda Stojak, Linda Yablonsky
ARTFORUM, December, 1993
Linda Stojak at Stephen Haller
ARTFAIR, Fall 1993
1992 Linda Stojak, Jeff Wright
COVER MAGAZINE, April, 1992
1991 Quatre galeries new-yorkaises...,Marie-Michelle Cron
LE DEVOIR, November, 1991
Adam McGovern
COVER MAGAZINE, October, 1991
MUSEUM AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
WEATHERSPOON ART MUSEUM, Greensboro, NC
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence, RI
MOLLOY COLLEGE ART GALLERY, Rockville Centre, NY
THE HARN MUSEUM OF ART, Gainsville, FL
SAKS FIFTH AVENUE, New York, NY
THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY, Seattle,WA
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2005 Toblach Grant: Artist Residency
International Academy for Painting &
Digital Photography, Toblach, Italy
2000 Leeway Foundation Grant (Achievement Award)
Distinguished Achievement Award, Arcadia University
1996 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
EDUCATION
1980 Pratt Institute, New York, NY, MFA
1978 Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, BFA
