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Resume

 
   

Linda Mary Montano

The Art/Life Institute

9 John Street Saugerties, NY 12477 (TRANSFIGURATION HOME)

185 Abeel St. Kingston, NY 12401 (VISITATION HOME)

(845) 246-4482

lindamontano@hotmail.com

www.lindamontano.com

www.vdb.org

www.amazon.com (Linda Montano Books)

 
   

EDUCATION

Steve Wilsons Laughter School: became a Laughter leader, 2006

Divine Mercy Center, Austin, TX, 1994-1998, Spiritual Practices

Ananda Ashram, Monroe, NY, 1971-1996, Meditation

U.T. Shotokan Karate Club 1991 - 1994, KARATE

Ulster Budokai, Kingston, NY, 1984-1997, Karate

Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY, 1981-1984, Shotokan Karate

Physical Studies Institute, Solano Beach, CA., 1977-81, Karate

Hobart Welding School, Troy, OH, Welding, 1969

University of Wisconsin, Madison, MFA Sculpture, 1966-69

Villa Schifanoia, Florence, Italy, M.A. Sculpture, 1965-66

College of New Rochelle, NY, B.A., Art, 1960-65

Maryknoll Sisters, Ossining, N.Y, Novitiate, 1960-62

 
 

LONG TERM TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2002

Bard College, Milton Avery Grad School of The Arts, July, 2 weeks

   

1991-1998

UT Austin, Asst. Prof., Performance.

   

1990

UCLA; Video/ Performance, Jan.-Mar.

   

1989

Ohio State University, Performance, Jan-Mar.

   

1988

Women's Studio Workshop, summer

 

Ohio State University, Performance/ Video, Jan.-Mar.

 

W.S.W., March-July.

   

1987

W.S.W., Aug. 1 & 2.

 

Omega,  Aug. 22 & 23.

 

Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia

   

1986

San Francisco Art Institute, March/April, Video/Performance.

   

1984

Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, Jan.-Mar., Performance.

   

1983

Chicago Art Institute, Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL, "Video Performance," Feb. – Mar.

 

Zen Arts Center, Mt. Tremper, NY Performance, Summer, Karate for Children.

   

1982

Zen Arts Center, Mt. Tremper, N.Y., "Performance."

   

1981

Zen Arts Center, Woodstock, NY, "Performance."

 

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, "Karate and Cooking for Performers."

 

Women's Building, Los Angeles, "Performance, " Jan.-May.

   

1979

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, "Performance," 1978-79, Sept.-Jan.

   

1978

San Francisco State, San Francisco, "Performance,"  Sept.-Jan.

   

1975

U.C. Extension, San Francisco, CA, "Photography for Performers," Jan.-May.

 

St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, "Yoga Therapy," 1972-75.

   

1971

Nazareth College, Rochester, NY, "Sculpture," 1969-71.

   

1969

Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin, "Sculpture, Ceramics, Drawings."

   
   

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

2006-Present

Eucharistic Minister, Ulster County Jail

   

2007-2008

Outside Teacher: RPI; Ryder Cooley, MFA

 
   

2006-2007

Outside Teacher: Vermont College; Maria Chomentowski: MFA

 
   

2005

Voluntary Laughter Leader at  Assisted Living Centers

   

1998-2004

Primary caretaker  for  Henry J Montano, my father

   

2000

Costume designer for Minnette Lehmann's, SACRAMENTO-NILE, New Langton Arts, S.F.

 

Costume designer for Pauline Oliveros, Lunar opera, Lincoln Center, NYC, Oct. 18

   
1986 Board of Advisors, Good Sound Foundation
  Advisory Commitee, New Music America
   

1984

Record Cover Design for Lovely Music, Pauline Oliveros, The Wanderer.

   

1982

Record Cover Design for Lovely Music Records, NYC, Oliveros.

 

Co-editor, "Flue," Franklin Furnace, magazine, #3, Sex, Art, and Performance.

 

Office Manager, Creative Music, Studio, Woodstock, NY, 1981-1982

 

Co-editor with Linda Burnham, High Performance, v.4, Food and Art.

   

1981

Editor, "Karate,: Kinematics and Dynamics," Lester Ingber, Unique Pub.

   

1977-80

Children's teacher, Del Mar Daycare Center, Del Mar, CA

   

1977

Designer for "Rose Moon - Music Ritual by Pauline Oliveros.”

   
   

AWARDS

2001

Travel Grant, College Art Association

   

2000

Best performance artist 2000, from Chronogram, Brian Murphy, p.31

   

1997

UT Austin, Summer Research Award for Research in Benares, India

 

UT Austin, Special Research Grant for Performance Artists Talking

   

1995

Smithsonian Institute Archive: NEA Slides From Grant in Archive

   

1992

Bessie Award for Innovative Artists: 7 Years of Living Art.

 

Dance Theatre Workshop, NYC.

   

1991

PO & OE Edwards Foundation Grant

   

1990

WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN ART

   

1988

NYSCA (WSW)

 

NYSCA (WSW)

 

Susan B. Anthony Award, Feb. Window for Peace.

   
1987

Women’s Studio Workshop, Book Grant for the Art/Life Inst. Handbook.

 

NYSCA Grant through New Museum.

   

1986

NYS Foundation for the Arts.

 

ARTIES Award, 1st Annual Performance Art Award, Franklin Furnace.

   

1985

NEA Grant

   

1983

Women's Studio Workshop, grant for a collaboration, "Teresa."

   

1982

Associate Artist, Experimental Intermedia, 537 Broadway, NYC

 

Book Grant for publishing, "Before and After Art/ Life Counseling," W.S.W.

   

1981-76

Karate Green Belt, Shotokan Karate, P.S.I., Solana Beach, CA

   

1980-76

Associate Fellow, Center for Music Experiment, U.C.S.D.

   

1979-Present

Contributing Editor, "New Wilderness Letter," J. Rothenberg.

   

1977

N.E.A. Grant for Visual Artists.

   

1965

College of New Rochelle: McGoldrich Art Medal for interest, accomplishment, dedication, promise in art

   
   

REVIEWS

2008

Times Union: RPI Ensemble Delivers Multimedia Experience, J.Dalton,Nov

 

Good Times, Santa Cruz: Love(The New Sex), Sprinkle/Stephens Wedding, p.16-24 May

 

Art Papers:Intervene!Interrupt!,Jennie Klein,Sprinkle/Stevens Wedding

 

San Jose Mercury News:Perf Artist Captivates Without Moving Muscle, S.Pizzaro

 

Art Shift: Viewers Must Engage, Erin Guerrero.

   

2007

Kingston Freeman: Kingston Hosts Sculpture Bienneal, R. Miraldi, Oct

 

Sunday Freeman: On Your Art, Get Set, Go.

 

N.Y.Times: The Art of Feminism as it First Took Shape, Holland Carter

 

Ulster County Press, County Approves Lease of Old Jail

 

Chronogram: Lucid Dreaming; Linda Montano by Beth Wilson, 46-49

 

Art in America; Feminism Unbound, summer, Nancy Princenthal,146.

   

2003

Art Scene, March, High Performance: The 1st Five Years, Vol. 22, J. Hofberg.

   

2001

Performance Art Journal, UC Press book of interviews, L Champagne

 

Woodstock Times, 5/10 The World's A Stage. A.B. Stern

 

Umbrella, 4/12, REVIEW UCPRESS, Performance Artists Talking

 

NY Times ,Your Life is in Your Computer 4/16 M. Mirapaul

 

Cinncinnatti Inquirer, "Pushing Art's Boundaries" J Demaline, 5/3

   

1999

Cleveland Free Times, Meet The Future, F Green, 4/21

 

Woodstock Times,  Living Saint Returns, Cassia Berman. Comments by Montano.

 

New Saugerties Times, Time For  A Poem. Dr Dolores Hull, 102 year old chiropractor.

 

Kingston Freeman, Action and Reaction, Blaise Schweitzer, Sept 28,1999

 

Woodstock Times, Is It Art If Noone Sees It? Kathy Norklun, Sept 30,1999

 

Almanac, Sept 30. Untitled

 

Times Hearld Record, Show Networks Artistic Minds, Barbara Wood. Oct 3

 

Casco Bay Weekly, Chakra Treatment, Pat Simms. Oct 29, p 25

 

Free Press,  Univ of S. Maine, Fall Colors, Phillip Otonoll, Nov 1

 

Daily Freeman: Action and Reaction, Blaise Schweitzer, Sept, 28

 

Poughkeepsie Journal, Talent to Converge on Suny, Michelle Vellucci, Sept 27

 

Cleveland Free Times: Meet the Future, Frank Green, April 27

 

The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Art Festival Blows Own Horn for the Last Time, Cindy Barber, April 27

 

The American Record Guide: Newest Music, March

 

Bay Windows, I Want To Live, Liane Curtis, March 25

 

Daily Freeman, Artist Head for Other Ulster, Bonnie Langston, March 15

 

Toronto Eye, The Art of Endurance, Rebecca Todd, Jan 28

   

1998

Austin American Statesman, Giant Parents Scare Their Kids, Sherman Kaye Bass, Dec 2

 

Express: The East Bay Free Weekly, Hearsay, Sept 11

 

Village Voice, A Brief History of Outrage, C. Carr. Sept 22

 

San Francisco Examiner, Back to Our Own Irreality, Bob Morse, Sept 23

 

Fanfare, Lesbian American Composers, Sept,

 

Washington Blade, The Point Music Notes, DC Culbertson, July 10

 

N.Y.Times, NY Today, Music Sound Advice; Are They or Aren't They, Ira Rosenbloom, July

 

Austin Chronicle, Academic Failure? Tenure Process Eludes Women, Minorities At UT, June 19

 

Baltimore Alternative, They're Here, They're Queer and They're on CD, DC Culbertson

   

1996

Vox, London, October 1996, "The New Wave of the New Age"

 

The Standard, London, October 11, 1996, "Wave Power"

   

1995

Dallas Morning News, April 30, 1995, "Artists Explore Gender," Janet Kietner.

 

The New York Times, April 2, 1995, "Still a Credo for Artists: Do As You Please," Roberta Smith.

 

The Daily Texan, "High Performance." Photo of Faculty Show, October 13, 1995

   

1994

Austin Chronicle:  "Bodies of Art," Karen Lillis, October 28, p 38.

 

Daily Texan: "56th Art Faculty Exhibition," Cathy Garcia, Nov 21.

 

Spectator: "Comes Naturally," David Steinberg, "Requiem For the Sprinkle Salon"

 

Austin American Statesman: "Artists Make Day Without Art Meaningful”, Sandra Goldman

 

NY Times Books, Going to Extremes, Steven Salesberg, Review of On Edge by Candy Carr, March 1, 1994

 

Cleveland Free Times, "Pinning it Down," Amy Sparks, Vol. 2, Issue 22, February 23.

 

Dialogue/Arts In The Midwest,, "The Canonization of Chaos," Amy Sparks, March

 

Ulster Magazine, "Notes From the Underground," Mikhail Horowitz, Spring

 

Austin American-Statesman, "Fernos Tilts Gender Rules," Belinda Acosta, August 13.

 

Museum of Modern Art Magazine, Winter, "The Museum Acquires a Pioneering, Collection of Artists

 

Books," Alexandra Anderson - Spring

   

1993

Austin American Statesman, "Artist's Life Becomes Canvas for Expression," Sandra Goldman.

 

Daily Texan, "Faculty Exhibition Offers Variety," Stacey Swann, Nov. 30

 

Austin Chronicle:  "The Art of Instruction," Rebecca Levy, December 3

 

Austin Chronicle:  "Top 10 Happenings of '93," Rebecca Levy, January

   

1992

Avanti:  Journal Austin Vis. A.A.: "Is Art About Taste? " Gerald Burns

 

The Austin Chronicle, "News of the Weird"

 

NY Post: Bessie Winners Cut It on Edge, A. Farolino, 9/12

 

High Performance: Book Review, Angry Women.

   

1991

NY Times, "Meditation on Playfulness," S. Holden, 1/21

 

NY Times: "Inspir. from Dreams, Spirits & the Center of Earth," C. Hagen, 11/8

 

Village Voice: "Lives of the Saints," Arlene Raven, Dec.

   

1990

Village Voice, "Artists Working," Elizabeth Hess, 12/8.

 

NY Times, "Echoes of the '60s and '70s among the Known and Little-known," R. Smith, 11/30.

   

1989

Daily Freeman, "Quartet of Guides Lead Women to Self-discovery," B. Langston.

   

1988

Times Herald Records, "Off the Wall," D. Scacciafrerro, 5/27.

 

Village Voice, "Scene & Heard," R. Atkins, 3/24.

 

Woodstock Times, "Experiencing the Chakras Together," P. Blum, 6/16.

 

ArtWeek, "Women Recording Themselves, "C. Tamblyn, 4/16.

 

Dialogues, Summer, "Earth, Air, Fire, Water,"  Jean Robertson.

 

NY Woman, Jan., "A Change of Art," Deborah Michael.

 

S.F. Tribune, "Art Notes," April 8, Roger Yim.

 

Ohio State Lantern, "Aims to Alleviate Fear."

 

Village Voice, "Not So Still Life," Guy Trebay, Feb. 16.

 

Columbus Dispatch, "Performance Offers Surprises," Feb. 1.

 

Ohio State Lantern, "Hindu Philosophy Rules Artists Actions."

   

1987

Village Voice, "The Return of Bah Humbug," C. Carr, Dec. 29.

 

Kingston Daily Freeman, "Life is Art," Bonnie Langston, July 29.

 

Art Beat, "A Merge Of Mediums," Tony Reveaux, April 1

 

Spy Magazine, "The 7 Year Itch," Bradley Block, Nov.

 

Shift Magazine, "Linda Montano," Kathy Brew.

   

1986

Afterimage: High Performance, Steven Kolpan. Vol 13 #7.

 

Vandidades, "Of Art and of Life," Jan. 14.

 

Voyager World Airways, Feb., "Making Art of Everyday Life at N.M.":

 

Times Herald Record, "But is it Art?" Feb., Chris Farkles.

 

Villager, Feb., "Life's Art and Vice-versa, at the New Museum," N. Brown.

 

Village Voice, Feb., "Body Art, Ordeal Art, Talk Art," Cindy Carr.

 

The New Yorker, Feb., "The Talk of the Town."

 

Daily News, "The New Museum Grows Up," Joan Shephard, 2/23.

 

N.Y. Times, "Choices Presents an Aesthetic of Daily Life," M. Brenson, 3/7.

 

S.F. Examiner, "The Same Art that's been Happening," W. McKebben.

 

The New Manhattan, Review, Art, Lovelace, April.

 

Village Voice, "Weeks Events," Guy Trebay, 4/25.

 

Photo Japon, "The View from Now Yorx Show Window," 4/86.

 

The New York Times, "Celebrating the Futurists of Past and Present," 4/25-8. Arts, Review, Choices, 4/86.

 

NY.Times, "They Seek Spiritual Meaning in a Time of Skepticism," M. Brenson.

 

Ohio State University, "Linda Montano: How to Make Art of Daily Life?" Spring '86.

 

The Drama Review, Spring, High Performance, "Art and Me," L. Burnham. Flesh Theory, Issue 1-3.

 

Woodstock Times, "Money for Art's Sake," Rebecca Daniels, June, '86.

 

Village Voice, "Spendor in the Crass," C. Carr, Nov. 26.

 

Poughkeepsie Journal, May, "Exhibit Stresses the Female Point of View."

   

1985

New Age, Oct. '85, "Art Therapy Soho Style."

 

Woodstock Times, Aug. 22, "Life As Bad Art," Clove.

 

105 Magazine, "Transcendental Tour, "Taylor & Tynan, June 8.

 

Dial, June, "Art," T. Brown.

 

Star News, Pasadena, April 17.

 

World of Interiors, "A Guinea Pig for Consciousness," March '85.

 

Stroll Magazine, v.1, "Linda Montano at the New Museum," M. Burgess.

 

ArtForum, Summer '85, "I Think Therefore I Am," T. McEvilley.

 

Wide Angle,  "Resimulation Video Art," M. White."

   

1984

High Performance #17, "One Year, Art/ Life Performance," A & A Grey.

 

Vogue, Dec. "Bondage & Discipline & Solipsism."  L. Lieberman.

 

Woodstock Times, #46, "Bonded Art of Linda Montano, "Tram Combs.

 

Kingston Daily Freeman, Dec. 14, ____????_____

 

ArtForum, Nov. Review, NY, T. McEvilley, p.98-99.

 

N.Y.Times Magazine, Nov. 4, "9 to 5," M. Dowd.

 

Millerton Record, Nov. 9, "Art," Chris Farkle.

 

Hsiung Shih, Art Monthly, Aug.," Never Cut God, Wong Fu Dong."

 

Performance Live Art, Sept./Oct., "The Untying," Barbara Lehmann.

 

Art in America, Sept., "Hardship Art," Jill Johnston, p. 176.

 

St. Paul Pioneer Press, Sept. 21, "Avant-Garde Art Gives New Meaning."

 

Frankfurter Rundschan, July 6, "One Year Performance," Art/ Life.

 

Village Voice,  "Roped," Cindy Carr, July 10.

 

China Times, "Artists Together, Now Apart," July 5.

 

Center Daily News, "Tehching Hsieh finishes one year with Linda Montano."

 

L.A. Weekly, "Film Rival Comes to Town," July 13.

 

World Journal, "Couple Cuts the Rope," 7/5.

 

New York Post, "Independence Day for two Artists," R. Pierson, 7/4.

 

London Sunday Times, "At the End of Their Tether," 7/1, Rose Kernocha.

 

Brutus, (Japan), Review, 5/1.

 

Burlington Free Press, 3/13.  "UVM Hosts Top Knot Display," Wm. Braun.

 

Chicago Tribune, 3/11, "Tying Life to Art, a 1 Year Challenge," C. LeRoux.

 

Burlington Free Press, 3/\9, "Art Project Ties them Together," Maggie Maurice.

 

The Vermont Vanguard, 3/3, "Is This Knot Art?" Pamela Polston

 

Temple Times, 3/1, V.14, "Ties that Bind: Visiting Artists Test Emotion."

 

Novoye Russkoye Sovo, 1/13, p.57, "Two Artists Tied."

 

Weekly World News, (A.P.), 1/31, "Ties that Bind."

   

1983

Independent Journal, San Francisco, "They've Tied the Knot for Art's Sake," Dec. 30.

 

Gainesville Sun, "The Nylon Rope that Binds," Dec. 27.

 

Japan Times, Dec., "Couple Rope themselves Together for Art."

 

Albany Times Union, Dec. 26, "8 Ft. Rope Ties 2 Together for 1 Year in Test."

 

The News Herald, Willoughby, Ohio, Dec. 27, "Art."

 

The L.A. Times, Dec. 265, "Touch Me Not Art at Rope's End."

 

Newsday, L.I., "So Close Yet So Far for So Long," Dec. 27.

 

Detroit Free Press, Dec. 19, "Pair Roped for Better or for Worse," for Art.

 

Centre Daily News, (Chinese), Dec. 22, "Tied for a Year,".

 

World Journal East, Dec. 21, "Couple Tied with a "Rope for a Year."

 

Boston Globe , Dec. 5, "Tied to their Art," Mark McCain.

 

New York Magazine, Dec. 12, "A Manifesto that Moves," Kay Larson.

 

New York Post, Knotty Artists are All Tied Up," Dec. 27, Sam Rosenjohn.

 

High Performance, Nov../ Issue 24, p.6, "Action," p.210, Top Performances '83."

 

Village Voice, Centerfold, Nov. 8, Kim Levin, #45.

 

Art Forum, Oct. P. 75, "Review:," Linda Burnham.

 

ArtWeek, Oct. 29, "Images of Women," Betty Brown, v.14, #36.

 

Village Voice, Oct., "Brief Encounters," S. Baines, "The Amazing Decade," Roth.

 

Art Forum, Summer, "Art in the Dark," Tom McEvilley, p,.62.

 

Hsiung Shih, Aug. #150, "Linda Montano & Tehching Hsieh Tied for a Year."

 

Sontagsblick, Switzerland, Aug. 14, "Couple Tied," Atillio Seil Tick.

 

Woodstock Times, July 7, "Entertainment," Ned Bobcoff.

 

Woodstock Times, "Linda Montano on St. Teresa of Avila," July 7, Combs.

 

Syndicated Press, England, July 7.

 

Syndicated Press, Germany, July 7 Der Spiegel, Tee Perrier.

 

Centre Daily News, July 7, "New Definitions of Intimacy," Chen Su.

 

World Journal East, "L.M., T.H. tie with Rope," Cecilia Young.

 

Wall Street Journal, "Long & Very Close Relationship Looms for 2," K. Hughes.

 

Washington Review, Jan., P. 26, Lee Fleming.

   

1982

AfterImage, Nov. v.10, #4, review of "Sex, Performance & the '80's."

 

The Small Press Review, May, v.14, #5, p. 12, "Art in Everyday Life," G. Meyers.

 

Woodstock Times, v.11, #24, June, L. Hollbeck, "Art in Everyday Life."

 

Sunday Patriot News, "Printed Matter," George Myers.

   

1981

Ear Magazine, May, V.6, #4, Doris Hays, "Linda Montano's Video."

 

The Old Dutch Post Star, Saugerties, NY, "Book Review," V. Benjamin, Oct.

 

Pennsylvania Express, Geo. Meyers Jr., "Art in Everyday Life."

 

Umbrella, Judith Hofberg, v.4, #5, Nov., p. 134, "Art in Everyday Life."

 

The Old Dutch Post Star, Saugerties, NY, "Book Review," V. Benjamin, Oct.

 

The Register, Watsonville, CA, "Festival Artists Seen Not Heard," J. Hudson, Aug. 29.

 

San Diego Union, "Performance Art: It's a Novel Approach," N. Davis, June 6.

 

San Francisco Paper, "Crucified on Martinis," Allison Cheek, April.

   

1980

New York Times, "The Bathroom Comes to the Kitchen."

 

Hartford Courant, "Improvisations Enhance Concert," Jas. Sellers, May.

 

ArtWeek, "Extracts of a Decade," J. Ross, Jan. 26.

 

ArtWeek, Terry Fox-Sounds and Movement," J. Ross, Feb. 16.

 

S.F. Examiner, "Documentary of a Decade's Art Antics, " A. Temco, 1/20.

 

S.F. Bay Area Guardian, "The Senility of the '70's," New Art Made Old," R. Atkins.

 

Los Angeles Times, "What's Going on Here?," W. Wilson, June 6.

   

1977

Los Angeles Times, "Samples from a Videotape Palette," W. Wilson, June 6.

 

Triton Times, "Experiences Shared by Artists," D. Schwartz, U.C.S.D., Sept. 28.

   

1975

San Francisco Chronicle, "The Universality of Schlock," T. Albright, Dec. 11.

   

1972

S.F. Examiner, "Linda's One Woman 'Lying in State' Show," S. Berman, 10/11.

 

L.A. Times, "Sculptress in Bed Constitutes her Art," UPS, Oct.

 

ArtWeek, "All About Birds," Mollie O'Neill, Oct..

   

1971

New York Times, "Living Sculpture."

   

1969

Milwaukee Journal, "Light, Minimal Art Dominates State Show, " D. Key, Mar.

   
   

SELECTED ARTICLES

Whitfield, Tony, Fuse Magazine, Toronto, Canada, "Dressing our Wounds," 1982.

Whitfield, Tony, Live Magazine, 6/7, P.A.J., "Dressing Up, Acting Out," 1982.

Knowles, Alison, Cumberland Review, Article on Performance, 1982.

Hannan, Joseph, Live: Performance Art, #3, 1980, review of "Listening to the '80's."

Roth, Moira, Performance , "Anthology: Women's Performance in So. California," 1980.

Roth, Moira, ArtForum, "Visions and Revisions," 1980.

Roth, Moira, Performing Arts Journal, m.4, #3, "A Star is Born," 1980.

Burnham, Linda, High Performance, v.2, #3, 1979, "Performance Art in So. California."

Shank, Teodore, The Drama Review, v. 23, #1, "Mitchell's Death," March, 1979.

Roth, Moira, High Performance, v.#4, Interviewed by M. Roth, Dec. '78.

Roth, Moira, New Performance: West Coast Art, v.1, #3, "Mitchell's Death," 1978.

Roth, Moira, Arts Magazine, "Towards a History of Performance," Dec. '78.

Kleb, William, Performing Arts Journal, Winter 1977, v.1, #3, "California Performance."

Marioni, T., Vision California, Edited by Marioni, 1975

 
 

CATALOGUES/BOOKS/MAGAZINES

www.amazon.com (Linda Montano Books)

   

2009

Out of Now, Works of Tehching Hsieh, A.Heathfiel, MIT Press, p229-295.

   

2008

Art As Spiritual Practice, B Marranca,PAJ Pub,p155-173.

 

Women And Performance, Journ of Fem Theory; An Art of Hunger, L.Brawner, Vol 18

 

Poetics and Polemics :1980-2005, J.Rothenberg ,Univ of Alab Press,253-259.

 

NY STATE OF MIND: Shaheen Merali, Ana Mendieta Interview, 56-57

   

2007

Chronogram:Season of Change, B.Wilson, p39.

 

Kingston Biennial Sculpture Catalog; field guide

 

Art Works Cat; Dail Freeman/Arts Society of Kingston, p.3

 

Deep Listening Dream Fest Catalog, October

 

Wack:Art & Feminist Revolution Catalogue, C.Butler, MIT
   

2006

FRANKO B, Ed  by  Dominic Johnson, page  177. Letter  to Franko  B, Linda Montano

   

2004

Ritual In Contemporary Performance, Victoria Singh, Western Front Ca, 30-45.

 

Buddha Mind In Contemporary Art, ED: Jboas & MJ Jacobs, UC Press, No Title, M Tucker

 

Cabinet Mag #14, p.74, Linda Montano & Tehching Hsieh

   

2003

Camerawork: The Cyber Theatre of Mneme & Melete, M Roth, Vol 30, Spring/Summer

 

Art Journal, Summer, Envisioning High Performance, J Sorkin

 

Voices Made Flesh, Women's Autobiography, L Miller UW Press, Death in Life Of LMM

   

2002

Imaging Her Erotics, Schneemann, p. 130, Interview with LMM, MIT Press

 

High Performance, First Five Years,1978-82, cat, LACE, J Sorkin

 

A Creative Legacy, NEA Archive of Visual Art Fellowships, cat

 

A Big, New Free Life, N Wise, Broadway Books, Queen's Univ, p204

 

Parallels & Intersections, Art/Women/Culture 1950-2000, curby D Fuller, Mitchell Death

 

Art Lies: A Texas Art Journal, Spring, pp. 24-26: How My Father Became A Perform. Artist

 

PAJ, Art As Spiritual Practice, pp. 25-29, #72, Sept, from panel at Location One, NYC

   

2001

Museopathy, cat, curated: J & J Fisher/Drobkin, Agnes Etherton Art Center, Canas

 

A Diff Kind OF INTIMACY, Finley pgs. 18, 200, ThunderMouth Press

 

Hardcore From the Heart, Sprinkle, Ed G Cody, Pg 93-105, Continuum

 

Aroused, Ed Finley, Once Upon A Time, L Montano, 272-77

 

Feminism-Art-Theory. Anthology, Ed H. Robinson, Blackwell, 361-64

 

Double Life, German Cat, Generali Found. Art IN Everday Life

 

Voices of Art, vol 9 #3, MAS, MAS, MAS, Gal. Lombardi, DM Freeman p7

 

Kingston Bienneal Sculpture, cat, p 37, 7 HOUR CHAKRA ACTION

 

Ex-Theresa Art Actuale, Mexico, cat, October, Video Install.

 

Extra Art, Artist's Ephemera, 60-99, S. LEIBER, CCAC, Ram Pub

   

2000

My Body The Buddhist, D.Hay, pgs. 25,64, Wesleyan Univ Press

 

The Artist's Body, Phaidon, pgs. 29, 129, 223, 225, 240

 

Chronogram, 10, p 31, BEST PERFORMANCE ARTIST

 

UC Press Catalogue, p. 64, PERFORANCE ARTISTS TALKING, Montano

 

N Paradoxa, Vol 5, 2000, Hilary Robinson Interview with Montano, God I Love Time, p. 63

   

1999

Flue Mag, Interview  With Carolee Schneemann, 1

 

Montano’s Gift, cat, Univ Southern Maine, Carolyn Eyler, Nov

 

The American Century, Art & Culture, 1950-2000, cat. Lisa Phillips, Whitney Museum, Norton, p.256

 

Sex Tips:Advice From Women Experts, Joanne Baker, p11-13 Allan & Unwin Press

   

1998

PERFORMANCE: LIVE SINCE 1960, R Goldberg, pgs. 23,141, Abrams

 

PForm, Help Wanted: 7 Years of Living Art, Summer #45 p.7

 

The Cherotic Revolution, Frank Moore, p.14 India

 

Not For Sale: Feminism and Art in the USA, 1970's, Laura Cottingham

 

Art Journal, Performance Issue, #56. Teaching Performance, Moira Roth.

   

1997

Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want To Be Girls, Veronica Vera, Doubleday.

   

1996

New Observations #112. Voyeurs Anonymous. Internet collaboration with Bob Anderson.

 

Outside the Frame, Catalogue, Snug Harbor, pp. 50, 97.

 

Mortal Remains, Book, R. Block.

 

The Connected Body,  Catalogue, Amsterdam School of Arts, Scott de Lahunta, pp.12, 13, 57.

 

Theories & Documents of Contemporary Art, Kristine Stiles & Peter Selz, University of California Press, pp. 691, 778-783.

   

1995

Temporarily Possessed, Catalogue, New Museum. pp. 80-141, Sept.-Dec.

 

Art Life Continuing., P-Form #38, pp. 26-27.

 

Mock Excursions & Twisted Itineraries, Parachute,  #80, Jim Drobneck, pp. 35, 37.

 

Outside the Frame: Performance & The Object, Curators R. Brentano & O. George, pp. 50, 197.

 

Museum Acquires Artists Book , Museum of Modern Art Magazine,, A. Spirg

 

Deviant Eyes, Deviant Bodies, Sexual Reorientation  In Film and Video, Chris Strayer, Col. Univ. Press, p.3.

 

Compelling Spaces, Texas Fine Arts Association, December 10, 1994 - January 15, 1995

 

New Observations, "108 Pilgrims & Pop Pioneers, The Implosive Quest of Tehching Hsieh," Thad Ziolkowski, pp. 10, 11.

   

1994

"The Canonization of Chaos," Dialogue, , p. 10.

 

"Pinning it Down, "Free Times, , Amy Sparks

 

"Art/Life One Year Performance," Interview with A&A Grey, High Performance #27

 

Blende Und Traumgeit, Johannes Lothar Schroder, Non Nompress p.22, 23

 

Power of Feminist Art, Joanne Chaseman, Pub. by Harry Abrams, pp. 164-165

 

Frank Moores Cherotic Revolutionary, Magazine by Moore & Mac, Vol. 1, Issue 4.

 

Lamb at The Altar, Deborah Hay, Duke University Press, p. 91.

 

Theories of Contemporary Art., Richard Hertz. 1984. pp. 242, 287-307

   

1993

On Edge, C. Carr, Wesleyan University Press, pp. 3-9.

 

Woman Rebel, magazine by Diane Gloss, Harvard University

 

Photography: Picturing Ritual, Center for Photography, p. 21.

   

1992

Pocket Dictionary of Spatial Drives, ed. Jeffery Schutz, New Museum

 

Cambridge Guide to American Theatre, Cambridge University Press

 

American Performance Art, Angelica Festa

   

1991

Five Finger Review:  Spirituality and the Avant Garde #10

 

Art Journal, "No More Nice Girls, C. Tamblyn.

 

Parachute, "7 Years of Living Art," Jen. Fisher, Nov/Dec., pp. 23-28.

 

Angry Women, "Annie Sprinkle's: Post-Porn Modernist," published by  Research, pp. 50-65.

   

1990

Art SPEAK, Robert Atkins, Abbeyville Press, p.76, 121, 55.

   

1989

Satori, Winter, Interview with Editors.

 

Arts: Insider OSU, Ohio, Profile of Linda Montano.

 

Dialogues, An Art Journal, July-Aug., Performance Soso Voices.

 

Express, "Making their Mark," A.S. Wooster

   

1988

Everson Museum Figures, Forms, and Functions, 9-23.

 

Sulfur Magazine, #22, U. of Michigan, Interview with Ana Mendieta.

 

Connecting Conversations, M. Roth, Interview with 27 Bay Area Artists.

 

Women of Power, Interview with Dom. Maezaud.

 

High Performance, What is the Function of Art in Culture Today?, Summer.

 

AfterImage, The Hunger, Summer, L. Hoptman.

 

Women's Autobiographical Artists' Books, University of Wisconsin, Mil.

 

Moira Roth, Connecting Conversations, Interviews with Women Artists.

   

1987

Kathy Brew, Shift Magazine.

 

Jean Robertson, Dialogues, Summer.

 

Lyn Blumenthal, Profiles: Interview with Linda Montano, 12/3-4, v.4, #6.

   

1986

Hallwalls: Siting the Almighty: Religion and Media, Catalog

 

Marcia Tucker, Catalogue, Choices: Making an Art of Daily Life, New Mus.

 

Richmann, Gary, Offset: A Survey of Artists' Books, New England Foundation for the Arts.

 

Hertz, Richard, Theories of Contemporary Art, Prentice Hall.

 

Rothenburg, Jerry, Technicians of the Sacred.  revised.

   

1984

Profile: Vol. 4, #16. Interview by Lyn Blumenthal.

 

Theories of Contemporary Art., Richard Hertz. 1984. pp. 242, 287-307.

   

1983

Scheckner, Richard, The New Humanism, Performing Arts Journal

 

Roth, Moira, The Amazing Decade, '83., "Women's Perf. Art in Am. 70-80," pp. 21-118.

 

Von Gunden, Heide, The Music of Pauline Oliveros, Scarecrow Press, 128, 129, 140.

 

Videotape Review, Video Data Bank, Chicago Art Institute, 1983.

   

1982

Meyers, Geo., An Intro to Modern Art, "Collected Essays and Reviews"

   

1981-82

Tucker, Marcia, Not Just for Laughs: The Art of Subversion, Nov/Jan.

   

1981

Zweig, Ellen, Vincent, Stephen, The Poetry Reading

 

Foley, Suzanne, Space, Time and Sound

   

1979

Simmons, Richard, Everson Video Review, Cat. "Mitchell's Death"

 

Videotapes by Women from L.A., Cat. Oct/Nov. 1979.

   

1978

Ross, David, Southland Video Anthology, Cat. Long Beach Museum of Art.

   

1975

Marioni, Tom, The Annual, San Francisco Art Institute, Dec., "Living Art," Cat.

   
   

ARTIST'S PUBLICATIONS

2004

Letters From Linda M Montano, edited by J Klein, Routledge

   

2002

WISDOM OF MATAJI AND BAPUJI, Cockroach Press.Toronto.April,

   

1992

Daily Texan, "Hazing Rites Should be Perfected, not Discouraged"

 

Binnewater Times, v.9, Interview, Helene Aylon.

   

1991

Binnewater Times, v. 8, #1, Interview, M. Ukeles.

 

Binnewater Times, v. 8, Interview, Karen Finley.

   

1989

The Act: v.1, #3, '88-'89, "The Body, 1 + 1 = 1."

 

In the Circle: v.2, #11; "What to Do When You Are Away from Your Lover."

 

The Drama Review: Spg.; "Summer Saint Camp '87 with Sprinkle + V. Vera."

 

Harper's, Summer, p. 36; "The Performance Artist's Training Manual."

 

Adam: v.33, #8, July; "Art/ Life & Sex with Rosita"; by A. Sprinkle.

 

Flesh Theory, 1985, 1986, Pub. by Lutz/ Lehmann.

 

Women's Artist News - Spirituality & Art, v.10, #3, '86.

 

Ear Magazine, 1/83, v.7, "Moments of Consciousness."

   

1982

Crawl Out Your Window, Ed. Melvin Freilicher, Issue 9 & 10, Aug.

 

High Performance, Issue 17/18, Oct. '82, "Cartoon of visualizations."

 

High Performance, v. 4, #4, "Food and Art Interviews," '82.

   

1981

Working Papers, #2, "Chicken Stories," pp.21-24, Nov

 

The Poetry Reading, Edited by E.Z.Weig, "Mitchell's Death"

 

High Performance, v.4, #2, Issue 14, Summer, "Art/ Life Counseling."

 

High Performance, v.4, #1, Spring 13, "Teaching Performance"

 

New Wilderness Letter, Editor, B. Einzig, "Hypnosis Dream"

   

1980

Crawl Out Your Window, v.7, July 1980, "Job Wanted."

   

1979

High Performance, v.2, #3, "Aviva Rahmani, Conversation with L.M."

 

Crawl Out Your Window, 5 & 6, A Telephone Interview with M. Montano

 

New Wilderness Letter, v.2-#7, "A Conversation with my Father"

   

1978

High Performance, v.4, "Mitchell's Death," Dec.

   

1976

La Mammelle Magazine: Art Contemporary, v.1 #4, Spring '76, pp.20-23.

 

La Mammelle Magazine: Art Contemporary, v.1 #3, Winter '76, p.11.

   

1975

Vision, Curated by Tom Marioni

   
   

PERFORMANCES

2008

Outside St Patrick's Cathedral: Catholic Performance Artist Reads Manifesto , Dec 8.

   

 

Mt St Alphonsus: Being Mother Teresa Of Calcutta. Sept.

   

 

St Mark's Church: John Cage Marathon, Abesnt-Presence Performance.

   

 

Deep Listening Institute: Catholic Manifesto Performance , Sept.

   

 

Arm of the Sea Theatre, Saugerties: Aunt Ganna's Fairytale. Aug.

   

 

Muddy Cup Cafe, Kingston: 7 Hour Glandathon:Moving for 7 hours, while 7 "gland" people perform for an hour , Oct.

   

 

Empac, Albany: Oliveros' Spiral Mandala; Performance of Elder's dance , Nov.

   

 

The Art/Life Institute: Re-Name Performance becoming Linda Mary Montano.

   

 

San Jose ICA: Blindfolded for 4 days, first silent and then doing Art/Life Counseling. May.

   

 

UCSC: Performing at Sprinkle/Stephens Wedding, May.

   

 

UCSC: Perform as 3 people at Intervene!Interrupt! Convergence, May.

   

 

Vt College of Fine Arts: Art/Life Counseling, 3 days, Feb.

   

 

St Patrick's Cathedral: 3 hour Prayer retreat, April.

   

 

Goddard College, Appear on Skype and Perform Aunt Ganna Fairtale.

   
   

2007

J.Gutelius Play; The Ballad of Electra , as Queen

   

 

St Patrick's Cathedral; 3 Hour Vow, April

   

 

Printed Matter: Art/Life Counseling ; book launch for J Fisher's Technology of Intuition

   

 

St Patrick's Cathedral, 3 Hour Retreat , September

   

 

Private; Silent Piece/Peace , 7 Hours with Caterina Dere

   

 

Symphony Hall, Toronto: Gentle At Last , 3 Hour Performance

   

 

Woodstock Mothership: Linda as Paul Mcmahon, for 3 Hours, December

   

 

Emily Harvey Foundation, NY; Linda As Bob Dylan, 3 hours, October

   

 

Alternative Bookstore; for Ione's Dream Festival, I Dreamed Bob Dylan Thought He Was Linda Montano for 3 Hours, October

   
   

2006

Alternative Books:The Art of Aging/Book Party with Lisa Bernard,Oct Dream Festival.

   
 

Inquiring Mind Bookstore:Communicating with Elders, with Irma Sagazie, Jan

   
 

Performance Prayer Pilgrimages: Fatima,Lourdes,St Joseph(Montreal),Bard,Rome,Mexico

   
 

Deep Listening Institute: Women & Identity, Lisa Bernard as Linda Montano,Nov

   
 

X Space, Toronto: Do It, score for 3 Hour Massage/Laugh; cur:Jen Fisher/Jim Drobnick

   
 

Anseong Fest, Korea: Sincha Hong: score: Laughter 3 Hours for Tara Lerner. June

   
 

Univ of New Mexico; Dad Art Perf, video: Dad Art, curated: Steve Barry.

   
 

Athens Ohio Film Festival, premier: Dad Art, April

   
   

2005

Deep Listening Institute, Dad Art Funeral Memorial with Steve Gorn, Dec

   
 

Deep Listening Space, Early B'Day and Dad Art Funeral, Dec

   
 

UCSC:Digital Arts New Media:Oct.Endurance:Performance Lecture

   
 

Intersection for the Arts,SF:Taped Tribute for Tony Labat, Oct

   
 

Deep Listening Space, Ione's Dream Marathon.Waking/Sleeping Absence

   
 

Alternative Books, Kingston:Sept. Astrally There:Send Me a Letter

   
 

The Arches,Glasgow;Nat'l Review:LiveArt; Book Launch Performance,April

   
 

ASK Gallery:Perform at auction as Laughing Linda-Beauty.

   
   

2004

DAD ART: Saugerties, NY, 1998-2004

   
 

Vlepo Gallery, Speaking With MY Father,Oct 23, Curated Milenkarose B.

   
 

Deep Listening Space:Dream Fest, cur by Ione, Calling in a dream performance, Oct 17.

   
 

Western Front, 3 Day Blindfold; ART REST, curated by VSingh. Oct 14,15,16.

   
 

Snug Harbor Art Lab, My Father Is A Perform Artist, May 28.

   
 

Deep Listening Space, Ione Women Fest, My Father: Artist & Creative Elders with Tobe Carey

   
   

2003

Saidye Bronfman Gallery April, Montreal,Sacramental Chakra Chair

   
 

Western Front :Respecting the Chakras, performance workshop., Sept

   
 

Western Front: Absent-Presence, video of  DAD ART  plus appearance by phone.

   
 

Blanton Museum of Art, Tx. Transgressive Women/Difficult Daughters: telep perform

   
 

Deep Listening Space; Iones 7th Dream Fest, Telephone Dream Performance

   
   

2002

Wenton Art Center;Col Ohio, 3 Days A/L Counseling

   
 

Bard College;Dad Art, video and live performance, audience participation

   
 

Uptown Cafe, performance of  the seven Chakras, for opening reception.

   
   

2001

Art/Life Institute,Kingston.7 Hour Chakra Meditation.Oliveros & Gampers.           

   
 

Museopathy: Ontario, Forgiveness As Art on Alexander Henry Ship. Summer

   
 

SFAI,San Francisco: Oct 31, Death in The Art of Linda M Montano

   
 

Deep Listening Space, Art/Life Counseling, 10/20

   
 

St Mark's Church, 9th John Cage B-Day celebration. 9/5 astral presence.

   
 

Woodstock Library, performance lect: Forgiveness as Spring Cleaning, 5/11

   
 

Deep Listening Space: One Day Degree Certificate, 6/3.

   
 

Weston Art Center, Ohio, Art Life Counseling 5/4, 5/5

   
 

Weston Art Center, Ouio, I Slept With LMM< Overnight Perform.5/5

   
 

Living Room Project, YChuma, 3 Hours Art/Life Counseling, Home of L. Weintraub

   
 

Saugerties Senior Citizens Center, Perform with 92 yr old ISagazie. 1/4,  4/7

   
   

2000

Flying Saucer Cafe, Kingston. Dec 20. Performance, Dad and Dad's Daughter.Christmas party.

   
 

New Langton Arts, S.F. As Egyptette for Minnette Lehmann's, Sacramento-Nile, Nov .11.

   
 

Deep Listening Space, Oct 28. Ione's Dream Festival, Feed The People, a dream.

   
 

Ananda Ashram, March. Hillary Clinton.

   
 

Roundout Park, Kingston. Celebration of Cultures.POF.As Diva sing Moon River.

   
 

Knitting Factory NYC. June 13. Hillary and Barbara Talk (Montano & Martha Wilson)

   
 

Deep Listening Space, Ulster to Ulster. Performance of Other Selves Inside LMM. Sept 2.

   
 

Lincoln Center, Lunar Opera, Aug 18.Three Hours Lying Down as "Luna-Tic"

   
 

Artists Soapbox Derby, Kingston. Aug 19. Opening song Star Spangled Banner.

   
   

1999

Maine College, Lecture:Death in the Art/Life of Linda Montano Nov 14

   
 

Univ of S Maine, Four Days of Art/Life Counseling, Lecture, Nov

   
 

Deep Listening Space, Kingston, Chakra Blessing, Dec 15

   
 

Catalyst Arts, Belfast Ireland, Mourning/Keening for my Ancestors, Sept 23-24

   
 

SUNY  New Paltz, Arts Now Conference, 3 Days Art/Life Counseling, Sept

   
 

St Mark's Church, 7th John Cage B’day Reading, Sending a Proposal for Someone else to Read, Sept

   
 

Old School for Social Sculpture, Mike Osterhoudt, Performative Lecture, July 13

   
 

Velsoni Antique Store, Art/Life Counseling for Kingston Sculpture Day, July 11

   
 

Cleveland Performance Art Festival, Cleveland Public Theatre Jackie Gleason Meets the Chakras, April 25

   
 

Canadia Dell Arte Theatre, Fado Endurance Project, Appreciate the Chakras, 12 Hour Event,

9 Hours Sleeping, Jan 30-31

   
   

1998

Lanai Motel, SF, Performantive Healing, Oct 3

   
 

St Mark's Church, John Cage Reading, 3 Minutes Silence , Sept

   
 

Chaos Club, NYC, Sappho's Heart for CD Party. June 18

   
 

San Francisco State, Goodbye __, Hello Benares. A lecture performance. Oct. 15

   
 

The Lab, San Francisco, Chakraphonics with Jackie Gleason, September 15, 16

   
 

UT Art Department, Goodbye ___, Hello Benares. Collaboration with UT students.

   
 

San Francisco Art Institute, 7 Hour Memorial for Kathy Acker and Christine Tamblyn.  Chakraphonics, 7 readers

   
 

Vermont College, Death Inside/Outside. Collaboration, Video, Lecture, Feb. 12

   
   

1997

Hyde Park Theatre, A Modern Fairy Tale, Collaboration, Fairy Tale, Job Story, March 6

   
 

Deep Listening SpacePerform Your Chakras, Kingston, NY, July 2.

   
 

Candy Factory, Austin. Chakraphonics.,7 hour marathon with Ellen Fullman and collaborators. April 27

   
 

UT Austin. The First Invisible Faculty Art Show, organized a conceptual art show for UT Faculty. Oct-Nov.

   
   

1996

Institute of Contemporary Art, London, The Incident: Influence of Shamanic Cultures on Western Society, Performed Chakraphonics, Oct. 13.

   
 

Huntington Gallery, Healing of Aging, Interactive Installation.

   
 

Beaver College, Performance for Endurance, Traveling Show, January 24.

   
 

Hyde Park Theatre, Help Me, A Shamanistic Retrieval for Margery Segel's Personal Dances, Feb. 14.

   
 

Candy Factory,Chakraphonics with Ellen Fullman and Friends, February 12

   
 

UC, Santa Cruz,Death in the Art/Life of Linda Montano, Tarot Readings, May 13, 15.

   
 

Art Life Institute, Kingston, NY: Charkaphonics with P. Oliveros and Friends, 7 hours.

   
 

RPI Playhouse, iEar Studios: Chakraphonics for Electronic Arts Performance

   
 

Hallwalls, Buffalo, Chakraphonics & Video Lecture

   
 

Amsterdam School for New Dance, The Connected Bod; Astral Performance.

   
   
   

1995

Planet Theatre: Consultant with Annie Sprinkle's Metamorphosex. Performed as Sr. Jacques.

   
 

The Lab, Telephone Counseling , The Five Year Salon.

   
 

New Museum, New York City, Tarot Readings, December 13-17, 1995.

   
 

Huntington Gallery, UT Austin, Cavalcade of Sports Group, October 12, 1995, Faculty Performance.

   
 

SNUG Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island (Performance Retrospective)

   
 

University of North Texas Gallery: Gender, Myth , and Exploration

   
 

Candy Factory, 7 Chakra Marathon, Collaboration with Ellen Fullman and seven dancers

   
   

1994

Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art; A Survey History of Performance Art Since 1950 Tarot/Postcard Tarot: Live Performance

   
 

ACTV, Open Studio, Performed on Fausto Fernos' Faustina Show , October 9, 1994

   
 

UT Austin Faculty Show, Installation/Performance

   
 

UT Austin, Day Without Art, Collaboration with Rachel Hinshaw

   
 

Cleveland Museum of Art, Reading Tarot for the Cleveland Performance Art Festival, February 13.

   
 

Bates Recital Hall, Ascending the Ladder, Collaboration with George Firth Percussion, February 19.

   
 

Ananda Ashram, An Artist Asks, "Who Am I?", June 24.

   
 

The Art/Life Institute, Silence, A 7 Hour Dress Rehearsal for Death, Dying, July 27

   
 

School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam, Premier of Astral Appearances for Conference, The Connected Body, August 13-21.

   
 

Meredith Long Gallery, September 28 Faculty Show Performance, Installation

   
 

Laguna Gloria Museum, December 10 - January 22.  Go To Your Room:

3 Days Locked In Bathroom &  Resurrection for Inside/Outside.

   
   

1993

Astral Appearances/Performances
1. Art and the Apocalypse:  Attended by video and astrally, April 11-18
2. Chagall Chapel at United Nations:  I visit astrally Feb. 6, May 6, July 6
3. Kleinart Gallery:  Angry Women Performance.  I appear astrally, July 6.

   
 

Candy Factory, 7 Hour Memorial for My Guru, Collaboration with Ellen Fullman, October 24.

   
 

Art/Life Event:  Letter to FBI Trying to Contact & Talk to David Koeresch

   
 

Dec. 8 '91 - Begin & Continue - 1998, Another 7 Years of Living Art

   
 

Diverse Works, Feb. 14, Learning to Love Death, Live in Room 3 days getting over fear of dying.  Fire ceremony and lecture on third day with Drs. A.A. & A.C. Mehta.

   
 

Indiana State University, Mildred's Death, Performance Lecture to Performance Class

   
 

Ananda Ashram:  1.  Appeared in Ramagana; 2.  Performed Death & Resurrection

   
   

1992

Ananda Ashram:  Enrico Caruso Appears Again, Dec. 31.

   
 

Life on the Water: Singing the Chakras:  Good Sound Band

   
 

Ananda Ashram: Change from White to Purple, 12/8.

   
 

Laguna Gloria Museum: Gender: Fact or Fiction; Tarot Reading, 11/1, 11/8.

   
 

Univ. of Kansas, Law. Death & Neurosis, 11/15.

   
 

Fiesta Gardens: Gay Pride Festival: Linda as Bob Dylan, 9/20.

   
 

NAAO Conf., Austin, for Women & their Work; Chakra Blessings, 10/1.

   
   

1991

Diverse Works, Houston, 7 Chakras, 2/91.

   
 

Kitchen, 7 Chakras, 11/19.

   
 

Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, Cleaning the Floor, 1/31

   
 

U. of T, Austin, 7 Chakras, Feb. 14

   
   

1990

The New Museum, The Decade Show, May.

   
 

Open Center, NYC, Oct. 7.

   
 

Washington State University, April 28, Sex and Death.

   
 

Barrett House at Poughkeepsie Mall; Tarot, 10/15.

   
 

Washington State University., Video/ Lecture, 4/28.

   
 

COCA, Seattle, Fear & Death, 4/17; , 4/16.

   
 

Kingston, NY, Opening Art/ Life Inst. - 7 Hrs. in a Snorkle, 4/16.

   
 

Times Square Spectacolor, Billboard sign, 1 + 1 = 1 and Heart, 3/1-30.

   
 

Southern Exposure, San Francisco, Tarot/ Lecture/ Performance - 3/23.

   
 

Academy of Art, San Francisco, Art in Everyday Life, 3/1.

   
   

1989

Pathwork Center; Change from Blue-Purple.

   
 

Unison - Benefit; The 7 Chakras, 9/10.

   
 

Ananda Ashram; The 7 Chakras, June/July; The Ramayana.

   
 

St. Lawrence University Wetner Center, Mourning Mill My Mother,

   
 

Katz & Dawgs Gallery, Sex 3:5 Nights of Living Art, 2/11-15.

   
   

1988

Chicago Art Institute; 5 Nights of Living Art, 11/5-9.

   
 

Barrett House; Retrospective, 10/7-16.

   
 

RIM Institute; Opening the Chakras, 9-16.

   
 

Ohio State University, Feb. 21, Earth, Air, Fire, Water.

   
 

Opus 40, Learning to Talk, June 11.

   
 

Unison, What Makes Linda Montano Tick, June 16.

   
   

1987

Paezo, Electric, Metaphysical, group show.

   
 

Bard College, Group Show.

   
 

New Music America, Oct. 2-11, Casio Portraits.

   
 

Rutgers College, March 26, Collaboration with Oliveros.

   
 

University of Iowa, Nov. 26, Performance and Panel.

   
 

San Francisco Art Institute, Nov. 11, Retrospective.

   
 

Camerawork, Sex, Nov. 13.

   
   

1986

NYU,Change from Orange to Yellow, Richard Schechner (Organizer), 12/8.

   
 

Santa Cruz Museum, Art in Everyday Life, 11/13.

   
 

San Jose State University, Art in Everyday Life, 11/11.

   
 

Antioch College (Drama Therapy Conference), Art in Everyday Life, 11/8.

   
 

Boston Film Video Foundation, 7 Years of Living Art, 10/24.

   
 

Long Island University, Hillwood Art Gallery, 10.24, 7 Years of Living Art.

   
 

Mass. College of Art, (EventWorks), 4/24-26, 7 Years of Living Art.

   
 

PS, 122, Avantgardorama, 3/8, 4/24-26, 7 Years of Living Art.

   
   

1985

Art/ Life Institute, Change from Red to Orange, 12/8.

   
 

Houston Festival, (Performance Rodeo), 4/24, 7 Years of Living Art.

   
 

Center for Music, "What's Cooking?," 2/16, 7 Years of Living Art.

   
 

Mills College, "Electronic Music Performance," 9/8, 7 Years of Living Art.

   
   

1984

Landmark Center, St. Paul, The Twins (fairy tale), 9/22.

   
 

Landmark Towers , Twin Towers Reading, three days, 16 hours reading phone book, 9/22-25.

   
 

Film in the Cities, 9/15, 7 Years of Living Art.

   
 

Area, NYC, Hearing Confessions as Father Rosita, 7/22.

   
 

Fleming Museum, 1/1, Presentation of One Year Performance, Franklin Furnace,"Artists Call Ag. Intervention in Latin America."

   
 

Full Moon Meditations at 111 Hudson St.

   
   

1983

Sarah Lawrence Coll., Perf. as Identity,  curator, T. Whitfield.

   
 

Ear Inn, 11/29, Horse Sings from Clouds, with Pauline Oliveros."

   
 

No Se No, 42 Rivington, Tehching Hsieh & Linda Montano.

   
 

No Se No, 26 Performers at NY Runners Club, 10/12.

   
 

Fashion Moda, 10/1, Food for the Soup Kitchen.

   
 

lll Hudson, Art/ Life One Year Performance, Montano/ Hsieh Tied for 1 Yr.,

   
 

Women's Studio Workshop, Collaboration 3:Teresa,  with Dolores Hajosy, 7/2.

   
 

Sushi, Presentation of New Work, San Diego, 5/8

   
 

Just Above Midtown, 4/29, 4/30, Presentation of New Work.

   
 

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Artistic Psychic Aid, 3/13.

   
 

Marymount Theatre, 1/27, Horse Sings from Clouds, Oliveros and Friends.

   
 

Chicago Art Institute, Readings: Visual Collaborations, 4 Chicago Artists.

   
 

Marcia Plevins Dance Co., Coming Home, the Myth of Romance, a collaboration.

   
 

Franklin Furnace, Interaction Arts Festival, Dec., party with performances.

   
   

1982

Ear Inn, 326 Spring, NYC, Dec. 28, Sister Jacques Bernadette; Chakra Balancing

   
 

Zen Arts Center, No Room at the Inn, a collaborative fairy tale.

   
 

Kitchen, May 15, with Oliveros, Teitlebaum, Kosoughi,voice, singing.

   
 

Designating the Art/ Life Institute, a conceptual framework for ideas/ actions, Kingston, NY

   
 

Zen Arts Center, Mt. Tremper, NY, Transformation, a fairytale ensemble.

   
 

Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY, Piano Portraits & Fairy Tales.

   
 

Real Art Ways, Hartford, Con., Palm Reading, Feb. 12.

   
 

Frank Marino Gallery, NYC.,Palm Reading, Feb. 23.

   
 

Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC, The Making of Americans, Reader, Jan. 2.

   
   

1981

Zen Arts Center, If You Lived Here You'd be Home Now,fairytale.

   
 

West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, Ill., From the Horse's Mouth, psychic puppet.

   
 

West Hubbard Gallery, Madison, Appearance by Dr. Jane Gooding, Nov. 17.

   
 

Z.A.C., Your Contribution will be Worth More than Anything Before, fairytale.

   
 

Cabrillo Music Festival, CA, La Casita, chapel, healing room, Aug.

   
 

Perf. Center of Oberlin Dance Coll., How to Talk in Cath. Church, collaboration.

   
 

C.M.E., U.C.S.D., The Secret World from Which There is No Return, M. Freilicher & R. Robboy, opera.

   
 

Franklin Furnace, The Nun's Fairy Tale, London/ Los Angeles Performance Artists.

   
   

1980

Banff Center, Canada, Cinderella, Fairytale Ensemble, Dec. 8.

   
 

Avant Garde Festival, NYC, curated by C. Moorman, Sister Rose Reads Palms.

   
 

The Kitchen, Talking about Sex, for My Father, May, musicians, nuns, food.

   
 

Real Art Ways, Hartford, "Emergence: for my Father” , collage of sound & food.

   
 

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Listening to the '80s, Inside and Out, a 12 hour event consisting of sitting, walking, and singing guilts form the balcony of the Museum.  Men were nuns, women priests. Jan.

   
   

1979

Double XX Gallery, Lace, Los Angeles, Learning to Pay Attention, with P. Oliveros.

   
   

1978

LAICA, L.A., Tribute to Mitchell Payne, collaboration with Minnette Lehmann.

   
 

CME, U.C.S.D., Mitchell's Death, Mourning, P. Oliveros, Al Rossi.

   
   

1977

"Z," A reenactment of a dream after Mitchell Payne died, M. Freilicher, Nov.

   
 

Artists Coalition, San Diego, A Tribute to Mitchell Payne.

   
 

Some Serious Business, Los Angeles, A Day of Massage on a Venice Beach.

   
 

University of California, San Diego, Learning to Talk, living in a sealed room for 5 days as 5 different people.  A video camera transmitted my image to the gallery outside.  Each day I dressed as a different persona and did a three hour drawing as this person.  After 5 days there was a pot-luck celebration and video.

   
 

Women's Building, Los Angeles, "Erasing the Past," Lying for 2 hours with acupuncture nedles in my conception vessel.

   
 

College Art Association, Los Angeles, The David Ross Show, A video portrait of one of my personas with David Ross and the Kipper Kids.

   
   

1976

Leucadia Beach, CA, Alive…Three Days on the Beach in December, When young I thought that I would die when I was 34.  I didn't. I lived on a California beach three days before my 35th birthday.

   
 

Postcard Series, "Astral Travel: While staying physically in Leucadia, I travel astrally to Bud's Ice Cream in San Francisco," An experiment in astral projection.  Friends were invited and appeared there. No friend ever saw me.

   
 

University of California, San Diego, Learning to Talk, a video exploring my personalities and a chance to learn how to talk.

   
 

80 Langton St., San Francisco, Drum Event, For 6 hours a day for 6 days, Nina Wise and I drummed in order to change our awareness using sound..

   
   

1975

The Annual, San Francisco, Living Art, Pauline Oliveros, Nina Wise and I live together three days and celebrate Christmas with rebirth.

   
 

Anza Borrega Desert, CA, Living Art, Pauline Oliveros and I live in the the desert for 11 days and document the event as art.

   
 

San Francisco, Living Art Contract, Drawing up a contract which declares that life is art when it is designated and that persons can live life together as art..

   
 

Chicago Art Institute, Trance Dance, Blindfolded, I danced three hours in the form of a cross in the cafeteria.  A guerilla action.

   
 

Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco, Heart Murmur, For three days I taped a stethoscope to my heart and lived publicly in a gallery with my dog.

   
 

University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Hypnosis, Dream, Sleep, I was hypnotized before the event and it was suggested that I would be able to sleep, dream, and then sing the dream in the gallery for three hours.

   
 

Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco, The Dancing, Screaming Nun, I danced and scream in a Suzanne Helmuith event.

   
   

1974

San Francisco, The Rose Mountain Walking Club, I give walking tours of San Francisco

   
  Los Angeles, Women's Building
   
 

Three Day Blindfold, For three days I was blindfolded and lived in a gallery publicly.  Pauline Oliveros was my guide.

   
 

63 Bluxome St., Lying in a Crib For 3 Hours Listening to my Mother Talk about Me as an Infant, An attempt to find out about myself from the source.  My dog died during the performance.

   
 

Rhode Island St., San Francisco, Husband-Wife Fashion Show,  My husband, Mitchell Payne and I presented clothes that we would wear at his parents' resort so that we could get rid of fear of being poorly dressed.

   
 

University of California, Davis, Talking about Sex While Under Hypnosis, A hypnotist asked me questions about my sex life and I answered under hypnosis.  I showed the tape at U.C., Davis.

   
   

1973

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Living in the park secretly for three days with my dog.

   
 

Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, Handcuffed to Tom Marioni for Three Days.

   
 

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, The Story of My Life, Walking on a treadmill for three hours telling the story of my life. A smile device kept me smiling.

   
 

Rhode Island St., San Francisco, Home Endurance, I stayed home for a week & documented events, dreams, food intake, visitors.

   
   

1972

Street Event, San Francisco, I danced as the chicken woman in 9 different places in the city.

   

1971

University Art Museum, Berkeley, Dead Chicken, Live Angel, Lying for three hours, for three days , in a chicken bed.

   

1969

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Chicken Show, A multi-media presentation of chickens in the city and in the University gallery.

   

1956-59

Girl's Sextette, Saugerties High School, singing.

   

1956-60

Irish Night for St Mary's Church, dancing.

   
   
   

BOOKS BY MONTANO

www.amazon.com (Linda Montano Books)

 

Letters From Linda M Montano, Ed by J Klein, Routledge, 2005

Wisdom of Mataji and Bapuji, Cockroach Press.Toronto.April, 2002

Performance Artist's Talking InThe 80's, UC Press, 417 pg. Interviews: Food, Sex, Money, Death 2000

Mildred's Death: 9 John's of John Street, Printed at Ananda Ashram, ICSA, 1992

The Art-Life Institute Handbook, Women's Studies Workshop, 1989.

Before and After Art/ Life Counseling, 1983, Pub. Women's Studio Workshop.

Art in Everyday Life, Astro Artz/ Station Hill Press, 240 So. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 1980.

Pauline's Proverbs, Sayings of Pauline Oliveros, 1976.

Proposals, 1970.

Twelve Poems, Madison, Carpenter Press Ltd., 1969.

   

POST CARD SERIES

1997

Annie Sprinkle's  XXXOOO, Post Porn Postcards. Montano as Guru and Bunny

   

1993

Art/Life Card

   

1993

Another 7 Years of Living Art Postcard

   

1992

Death Notes

   

1991

Post-Menopausal

   

1984-91

A Postcard a Year for 7 Years of Living Art

   

1979

Art in Everyday Life

   

1977

Mitchell's Death

 

Learning to Talk

   

1976

Alive Changes

   
   

GROUP SHOWS:  OBJECTS, PERFORMANCES

2007

Getty Research Center: Evidence of Movement; posters, photos from Art/Life: One Year Performance

 

St Mark's Church, John Cage Reading, Sept 5

 

P&T Surplus, Kingston; Art/Life: Linda & Luba Dress

 

Bienal De Sao Paulo, Ana Mendieta Interview by Montano

   

2004

Dabora Gallery:Mortis Dabora:TellTales of Death. ART/LIFE INSTITUTE JACKET(Auctioned)

 

Collective Unconscious Theatre: Sprinkle/Stevens Red Wedding: Guest  Honor Astral Perf

 

Vlepo Gallery: St.Is.: Life Art Show, Relics from past performances, Cur: Milenka B.

 

Contemp Art Center: Cinn Ohio, Multiple  Strategies, Chakra Coats.

   

2002

Snug Harb Cult Cent:Healing/Transforming, Oct-Nov, Sacramental Chakra Prayers, Object.

 

Moira Roth Home: Astral Perf of 7 CHAKRAS, Pauline O, 70th B-day, Of Elephants & Pea.

 

LACE: High Perf, 1st 15 Years: Relics from 6 early Performances. Cur J Sorkiin.

   

2001

Ex Teresa Art Actual: Mexico 10/13,Video/Installation: Forgiveness Room.

 

Exit ArtReaction/Response to 9/11(gift to Lib Cong),Object: SILENCE

 

Bard College, High Perf 1st 5 Years..1978-82: Relics 6 Early Performances, Cur, JSorkin

   

2000

Alternative Bookstore, 7 Winter Coats from 14 Years of Living Art, June 2

 

A.R.T. Inc, NYC, Equinox, cur: S D Swan.1990-2000

 

San Ysidoro Church, The Alchemy of Desire, cur S Peters/C Wallers, Object: Desire Statement

   

1999

Univ So Maine Gallery: Installation objects from : 14 Years of Living Art, Nov-Dec

   

1997

Exit Art: Art/Life One Year Performance Document: for Endurance The Information.

 

Travel: Illinois State Univ; Beaver College; Profon ICA Neatherlands; Nationlal Museum of Art

 

GAK Bremaner,Germ; Neties Georgia; WPA Washington; Miami Dade, Florida: Vancouver Gall. Travels from  1995-1997

 

Bard College: Drawing Performance, grop drawing show, Shoe&Chakra Drawings; cur CEyler.

   

1995

Exit Art, NYC, Endurance: Rope Performance

 

Snug Harb Cult Center: Performance Retrospective: Postcard Tarot action and in Timeline

 

Univ North Tx Gallery: Gender,Myth & Exploration; Postcard Tarot performance.

 

Annie Sprinkle's ;Pleasure Activist Playing Cards, included as photograph

 

The New Museum;Temporaily Possessed, video in window

 

Huntington Gallery UT, Austin; Distribute Later/Exchange Now, group show.Installation.

   

1994

Cleveland Center Cont Art; Hist of Performance Time Line & Postcard Tarot.

 

Women's Studio Workshop; 20 Year Retrospective; SUNY, New Paltz. books by Montano

   

1992

Ananda Ashram : In drama, Ramanaya as Sugriva

   

1991

Curt Markus Gallery, Psychopography Show

   

1990

Hamilton Canada Art Gallery, group show

   

1989

Cinncinnati Art Mus; Making Their Mark,travel: Denver Mus;Penn Academy; Oregon Museum Art.

 

Hera Gallery,R.I.: Work by Book Artists

 

Arvada Center Arts & Humanities: Women Studio Workshop Book Show

 

Women's Buildiing LA; WSW Traveling Book Show

   

1987

New Music America; Casio Portraits in Pa. 10/2-11

 

ZAT,Soho; Blindfolded in Window 3 Days, Peace Window, cur, SKleckner.

 

Bard College, Proctor Art Gallery

 

Penunmbro, group show.

 

Piezo Electric, NYC Metaphysics; 1/15-2/28, performance document.

   

1986

Paula Cooper Gallery, Making of America, group reading with Oliveros 1/1

 

Zeus Trabia Gallery, In Homage To Ana Mendieta

 

Mid Hudson Arts & Science Center: Women Studio Workshop show.

   

RADIO

2008

Santa Cruz Free Radio: Interview April.

   

2007

History of Close Radio, Montano's When You Hear This I Will Be 35 (stories by children, Jan 77)

   

2001

WNYC, J SCHAFFER, NEW SOUNDS, "SAPPHO'S PORTRAIT" 1/14

 

WNYC, T GEER, "360"12/26, INTIMACY

   

1999

WPKN, Conn, Amazon Radio,Portrait of Sappho, Mar 18

   

1998

KOOP, Austin, Women's Day, March. Portrait of Sappho, Am. Lesbian Composers

   

1995

NPR, June 1995, "All Things Considered," interview with Pat Oleszko, Snug Harbor, History of Performance Show.

   

1986

WZBC, Boston College, Andrew Herman, 4/23, (Tarot + Interview).

 

WMFO, Tufts University, Owen Otoole, Boston, 4/24.

 

WMBR, MIT Boston, Carol Webb, 4/25.

 

NPR, Albany, Interview.

   

1985

CBC, Canada, Matthew Flan, 7 Years of Living Art, 12/6.

   

1984

NPR, Morning Edition, M. Adler, 7/5, One Year Performance., Copley Radio Network

 

1/84, Lifestyle, news by Mike Gayle, 700 stations.

   

1983

WABC, ABC Network, Kay Lazar, Interview, 12/83.

 

NPR, 94.1 FM, 9/19, Margo Adler, morning news.

 

CBC, radio Network, ArtNews with Matthew Flan, Canada, stereo morning FM, 8/26.

 

CBC, Canada, Basis Black with A. Black, 8/15.

 

CBC, Toronto, As It Happens, interview, 7/7.

   

1981

KUSP, 89FM, Santa Cruz, "Have You Had a Spiritual Experience Hour."

   

1980

KPFA, San Francisco, "The L.M. Have You Had a Spiritual Experience Hour."

 

Walker Art Center, Ned Sublette, host

   

1977

KPFA, Los Angeles, "When You Hear This I'll Be 35," Close Radio, A collection of children's stories.

   
   

PALM READING-ART/ LIFE COUNSELING

1986

Santa Cruz Museum, 11/15.

 

San Jose State, 11/11.

 

Works Gallery, San Jose, 11/12.

 

La Manelle, CA, 11/9.

 

San Francisco, CA, 11/7.

 

Intersection, Bard College, 10/22.

 

Yellow Springs Institute, 6/21.

   

1985

New Museum for 7 Years of Living Art, once a month from 1985-91

   

1984

Film - In the Cities

 

Randolph Street Gallery.

 

Sarah Lawrence College, 12/12, part of "Performance as Identity."

 

Ear Inn, NYC, 11/15, part of open mike series.

 

Women's Studio Workshop, part of "Collaborations, Teresa," 7/2.

 

Astrologers Medium, Chicago, 3/13.

 

School of Art Institute of Chicago, part of "Artistic Psychic Aid," 3/135.

 

Tyler School of Art, 2/16 as visiting artist program.

 

Chicago Art Institute, "Readings; Visual Collaboration," March 15.

 

North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston Salem, Jan. 11.

 

Ear Inn, Dec. 28.

   

1982

Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, N.M., Sept. 13.

   
   

WORKSHOPS/ LECTURES

2008

Vassar College: Gabrielle Cody's class, Nov.

 

Goddard College: Skype workshop for Bonnie Collum.

 

San Jose ICA: Art/Life Workshop, May.

 

Vt College of Fine Arts: Outside teacher for Leslie Crawford.

   

2006

Univ of  New  Mexico,  Steven Barry's  class  via  email  and  phone

 

NYU  class for  Gwendolyn  Atler  Nov.

   

2005

UCSC,Oct for Elizabeth Stevens.

 

Ananda Ashram,Letters as Prayers. August.

 

S.F.A.I. for Sharon Grace,Oct.

 

New School,S.F.,for Sade,Oct.

 

OSU,Athen,for  Jennie Klein.April.

 

Bard College for Brendha  Hutchinson.

   

2004

BARD  College, Feb, Brenda Hutchiingson Class, Composers.

 

RPI, Composers, Nao Bustamente's Class. March.

   

2003

Deep Listening Institute, Ione's : Italian Fathers Workshop, June

   

2002

Benedictine Hospital Oncology Support Group: Spring Cleaning Your Chakras. March.

 

Wenton Art Center  Sleep over  workshop, all night.

   

2001

S.F.A.I.,  San Francisco, Sharon Grace class. 10/30.

 

S.F.A.I. , San Francisco, F. McCormick class, 10/31,11/2.

 

Mills College, M. Routh class, 11/1.

 

Bard College, Amy Silman class, 4/11.

   

2000

S.F.A.I.,S.F. Tony Labat's class.Nov 9, Nov 10

 

Distance Learning via Video.For Linda Weintraub's class, Oberlin, Ohio

 

Ananda Ashram, Performing Your Ageless Creativity, Oct 9

 

New York University, Class for Richard Schechner April 10.

   

1999

Univ S Maine, Chakras, Nov

 

Univ of  Toronto, Tanya Mars Class, Jan

   

1998

San Francisco State, Workshop with graduates of New Genres program, Oct. 16, 17

 

Ananda Ashram, NY, Chakra Workshop, Summer

 

San Francisco State, Lecture on Performance, March 6

 

Vermont College, Norwich College. Graduate Program. 10 day residency, Feb 9-19.

   

1997

UT, Women's Studies.  Preparation For Teaching Performance, a colloquium

   

1996

School for New Dance, Amsterdam, Astral Workshop

 

Ananda Ashram, Chakras

 

U.C. Santa Cruz, Chakras

   

1995

Ananda Ashram, "Listen to your chakras," December

 

Wise Woman Center: Tantra Workshop with Annie Sprinkle, June

 

Ananda Ashram: Chakra Journey, June

   

1994

Ananda Ashram, June 27 - June 30, Workshop

 

UT Austin, September 25 for Rod Caspers, Theatre

 

UT Austin, October 25 for Sandra Goldman, Art History

   

1993

UT Women's Studies Series, Post Menopausal Women

 

Thinking About Death & Dying, 2/24

 

Ananda Ashram, Summer, Workshop.

 

UT Arlington, November 29, 1993, Lecture/Workshop

 

Ashram, December 27-31, Workshop

 

UT Women's Studies Series, Post Menopausal Women

 

Thinking About Death & Dying, 2/24

 

Ananda Ashram, Summer, Workshop.

   

1992

UK, Lawrence for R. Shimamura, 10/15.

   

1991

Rochester Institute of Technology, 4/27.

   

1990

UCLA; Lecture/ Video, 2/5.

 

UCSD, For E. Antin Class, 2/20.

 

SF State, For C. Tamblyn, 2/1.

 

Pathwork Center; "Women's Mysteries”,1989-90.

   

1989

ICP, NYC, Performance Workshop, 4/1-2, 1--17.

 

Omega Institute, 7/1-2.

 

Snug Harbor; For B.A. Swartz, 4/10.

 

Marist College; 4/24.

   

1988

Barrett House, The Heart, 10/1

   

1987

Women's Studio Workshop.  Aug. 1 & 2, Food, Sex, Money, Death, workshop.

 

The Art Life Institute, 4/87, Food, Sex, Money, Death.

   

1986

Ohio State University for Susan Swann, 3/1.

 

Franklin Furnace: How to Make Love with Yourself, 10/4, Workshop.

 

BFVF, 10/-5, How to Make Love with Yourself.

 

SF State, for Ellen Zweig, Art in Everyday Life, 11/3.

 

SF Art Institute, for Tony Labat, 11/5.

 

SF Art Institute, for Sharon Grace, 11/10.

 

NYU, for Richard Schechner, 1-/8.  Change from orange to yellow.

   

1985

NYC, for Sara Armstrong class, 12/6, Art in Life.

 

UCSD, Hiah Park, 2/19, workshop.

 

New Museum, lecture, Art in Everyday Life, 3/14.

 

SF State, 4/15, for Ellen Zweig, Art-Life.

 

SF State, 9/5, for Ellen Zweig, Art/Life.

 

Maitreya Institute for Frontiers of the Mind, Perf. Workshop.

 

Mills College, for Moira Roth, 9/12.

 

SF Art Institute, for Sharon Grace, 9/13.

 

SF Art Institute, Lecture, for Lecture Series, 9/16.

   

1984

NYU, for Richard Schechner, One Year Performance.

 

Film in the Cities, 9/17, Lecture, Collaboration.

 

Chicago Art Institute, for Tom Jariba, 9/14.

 

Banff Art Center, 8/12, Video Performance taught with Nancy Cain.

 

College of New Rochelle, lecture on work and new work with Hsieh, 2/1.

   

1983

NYU, lecture in Schechner's class, Performance as Identity, with Hsieh.

 

NYU, lecture in S. Kleckner's class, Photography as Performance, 9/24.

 

Tyler School of Art Institute of Chicago, 2/22, Past and Recent Work, slides, video.

 

Tyler School of Art, past work, 2/16, for Stephen Laub's performance class.

 

Zen Arts Center, Collaborative performance workshop, with movie/ t.v.

 

School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Workshop, Feb. 22.

 

Nancy Plevin Dance Studio, Winston Salem, Performance workshop, 15 participants.

   

1982

Seedling Day Care, Saugerties, NY, Workshop for children, adults, Nov

 

Sagrada Art Studio, Albuquerque, Performance Workshop, Sept. 21.

 

Creative Music Studio, Class, Conceptual Music, Slides, lecture, March-April.

 

Zen Arts Center, Ongoing performance workshop.

   

1981

Woodland Patterns, Milwaukee, Nourishment, Slides of food and art, Nov. 20.

 

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Meditation, workshop, Nov. 17.

 

Chicago Art Institute, for Moira Roth, Food and art slides, video on anorexia, Nov. 23.

 

Zen Art Center, Workshop, Sept. 8.

 

Orange County Museum of Art, CA, Workshop, performance, May 17, July 8.

 

University of Southern California, for Diane Rothenberg, Slides, food, and art, Video.

 

SF State, for Minnette Lehmann, Workshop, Relaxation for Artists, April 9.

 

UCSD, for M. Roth, Slides of own work, Video, Jan. 9.

 

UCSD, for Pauline Oliveros, Conceptual music, Slides of work and lecture.

 

USC, for D. Rothenberg, Slides of food and art, Workshop, Jan

   

1980

Banff Center, CA, relaxation and performance, Dec. 3.

 

U of Wisconsin, Madison, for Ernie Moll, Slides of work and video, M. Death, May 6.

 

Cornish School, Seattle, Slides of work, video, April 2.

 

And/Or Gallery, Seattle, Workshop, Relaxation for Artists, May 29.

 

Hayward State, for M. Roth, Slides of work, video, Relaxation, Mar. 6.

 

Center for Music Experiment, Fairy tale workshop.

   

1979

Sacramento State, for Ellen Van Fleet, video, M. Death, Learn to Talk.

 

Women's Building, Video Lecture Workshop.

   

1978

UCLA, for Barbara Noah, slides of work, video, M. Death.

 

SF Art Institute, video, M. Death.

 

Oberlin College, video. M. Death.

   

1977

SF Art Institute, for Harry Bowers, slides of work, video.

 

Athens High School, video, Learn to Talk.

 

Capri School, Children's ritual and video.

 

Weslyn University, video, slides.

   

1976

Hunter College, for Ruth Anderson, Performance workshop.

 

San Francisco Art Institute, for Howard Fried, video.

 

UCSD, San Diego, for Pauline Oliveros, slides and workshop, performance.

   

1975

California College of Arts and Crafts, Performance workshop, slides and video.

 

De Paul University, Chicago, for Phil Windsor, slides of Porn and art.

 

Lone Mountain College, SF, for Judy Lenhares, slides of work.

   
   

VIDEO RENTALS/SHOWS

2008

MITCHELL'S DEATH: Smith College; New Museum; Birmingham, UK

   

 

PRIMAL SCENES: Western Oregon Univ; Boise State Univ; Univ of Oslo; Loyola Univ; Am Univ, Beiruit; Museo Bolzano

   

2007

LEARNING TO TALK: Vancouver Art Gallery; PS1; Nat Museum fo Women &the Arts

   

 

MITCHELLS DEATH: Vancouver Art Gallery; PS1; Nat Museum fo Women and the Arts

   

 

BENARES: San Jose State; University of Tennessee

   
 

MITCHELL'S DEATH: Biennale D'Art de Lyon; Kunstacademie Munster; Cal State University; Oberlin College; Nanyang Tech University; Dawson Books; Colby College Museum; Drake University; University College Farnham, Surrey; Columbia University

   
 

PRIMAL SCENES: University of Calgary; Cayuga Boces; St Mary's College; Concord University; Temple University; Rice University; University of the Arts, Pa; Jeunessee Et Arts Plastiques, Belgium; Leed College of Art; Southern Methodist University; Oklahoma State University; University of Quebec, Montreal; University of Colorado; University College Farnham, Surrey; College of William & Mary; UC Irvine; Northwest University; Dawson Books; University of Salford; Drake University; Indiana University; UC Davis; University of Richmond

   

2006

PRIMAL  SCENES: Univ of Toledo;Limerick Inst of Tech; Univ of Memphis; Kunstakademie Muenster; College of Wooster,Ohio;Univ of Mich;Univ of Amabama;Monash Univ, Australia; Eckerd College, Ill;Keanesaw State Univ,Ga;Tulane Univ;Arkansas State Univ;Collezione La Gaia,Cn;Univ of Houston;Kutztown Univ of Pa;Jagiellonian Univ,Poland;Tokyo Zokei Univ;Escuela Superior de Arte, Yucatan

   
 

MITCHELL'S DEATH: UCSD;Univ of Toronto;MOCA,LA;Nairyang Tech Univ;JFK Univ; Cal Inst of the Arts.

   
 

LEARNING TO TALK: MOCA,LA.

   
 

ALWAYS CREATIVE: Ann Arbor Film Fest;Athens Int Video fest;NY Video Fest;LA FreeWaves;Chicago Underground Film Fest;Photophobia, Ca;Impakt Organization,Holland; Chicago Filmmakers; Dallas Film Fest;Antimatter Rogue Art; London Film Fest; Cinematexas,Austin Tx;Spilt Fest of New Cinema, Croatia;Direction du Festival,Suisse;Cork Film Festival ,Ireland;Flex, Gainesville Fla;Kassler Dokumentar Film, Kasselgerm;Stattgarter Filmwinter;Transmedia festival, Berlin.

   

2005

LEARNING TO TALK:  MOCA,LA;CCAC;RUTGERS

   
 

ANOREXIA NERVOSA: MOCA,LA

   
 

7 YEARS OF LIVING ART: RUTGERS

   
 

ALWAYS CREATIVE:Stutgarter Filmwinter;Transmedia fest,Berlin;Rio Inter Film Fest;Ann Arbor Film Fest;Rotterdam Film Fest;S.F. Indie fest;S.F. Film Society;NY Underground Film Fest;Media City,Ca;Black Maria Film Fest,NJ;European Media Art Fest,Germ;PDX Film Fest,Inter Kurzfilmtage, Germ;Transmedia Fest, berlin;Ann Arbor Film Fest; Images Fest of Video, Ca; Hi/Lo Film Fest, S.F.

   
 

MITCHELL'S DEATH: Harvard;Mill's College;instituto Cultural Brazil;Municipal da Cultural de Porto,Brazil;Cornell U;H.T,Loutt's Library,Ca;Frankfort Univ;Centre J Gonzalez,Spain; Ohio Univ,Athren;Brooklyn College;Univ Western Ontario,Ca;U.T.,San Antonio;Univ College,Sweden; Univ of Sydney;Centre G Pompidou;Cooper Union;Brooklyn College

   
 

PRIMAL SCENES:Univ College,Chichester,Eng;JFK Univ;Univ So Cal;UCLA;Camosun College B.C.;Winthrop Univ,S.C.;Albuquerque Academy, N.M.;Univ of Alberta;Sarah Lawrence St.John's Univ;De Paul Univ;NYU;Univ of Wash;Suny Purchase;K.C.Art Institute;Nat'e School of Fine Arts,Greece;Leioa, Spain;Univ of Chicago;New School Univ;So Oregon Univ;Bill Robertson Lib,New Zealand;Henry Moore Institute,Eng;Univ of Southampton,Eng;Elmira College;UT,SanAntonio;Univ of Sydney;Reed's College,Oregon;Cal State Univ;Univ of So Florida;Univ of Toronto;Maine College of Art; Academy of Vis Arts, Germ;Rutgers;Images Fest of Ind Film&Video,Ca;Free Speech TV,Co;Hi/Lo Film Fest,S.F.;Videoex, Sweden;Film Fest, Hamburgh,Germ;Athens Film Fest, Ohio;NY Video Fest;Cornell Univ;MOCA,LA

   

2004

ANOREXIA NERVOSA:  N.Y.University

   
 

PRIMAL SCENES: Harvard, Association de Amigos(Spain),T.H.Community College,Castelan(SJ) U of Alabama, Zayed Univ, Univ of Art&Industrial Design(Austria),Univ of Marylans,IVAM Centre(Spain), Karel de (Belgium),USC Annenberg Centre(LA),Alberta College of Art Univ of the South(Tenn),Univ of Ballarat(Austria),Stetson Univ(Fla),Univ of Westminister(UK) Tate Moders(UK),Oxford Brookes Univ(UK),Univ of Leeds,England;Fordham Univ;Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,Denmark;S.F.A.I.;Iceland Academy of Art;Univ of Frankfurt ,Germany;Georgia State Univ, Atlanta;Youngstown State Univ, Ohio;Vassar College;Bibliotecheka der Rijuniversotect,Gronengen;Univ of Wisconsin,Millwaukee;Bennington College,Vt;Henderson State Ubiv,Ak;Bezalele Academy of Arts &Design,Jerusuleum;Delta State College,Ms;Roades College,Tn;Uiv of Paderborn,Germany;Glasgow School of ArtLibrary,Scotland;Simon Frasier Univ,BC.; Univ Central Florida;Westchester Community College;UCSD

   
 

MITCHELL'S DEATH:Ambassador Book Service, NY;RISD,Providence RI;Univ of Evora,Portugal;Brooklyn College Library;MOCA,LA;Paul Chan,private  curator;Getty Research,LA;Monash Univ,Victoria; Univ Art Museum, Berkeley;Tuklane Univ.

   
 

7  SPIRITUAL LIVES OF LINDA M MONTANO;York Univ,Ontario,Ca.

   
 

SHARADA WIFE OF RAMAKRISHNA:Castle Gallery,College of New Rochelle

   

2003

MITCHELL'S  DEATH: Project 4 (Istambul), Brumaria(Madrid),Kent State Univ, Univ of South Florida, Centre for Contemporary Art, Laumeier Sculpture Park, UCLA,Columbia College, Media Shop(Kyoto Japan).

   
 

PRIMAL SCENES: Univ of Barcelona, Univ of Quebec, Cal State Univ, Corcoran College of Art, Bratislava Academy of Fine Arts, Ambassador BK Service, Univ of Denver, Lund Univ, NYU, Univ of Illinois, , Univ of Maderia, Hunter College, Tulane Univ,Univ of Auckland, Brumaria Univ, Royal Holloway Univ, (UK), UC Berkeley, Circulo de Belle Arte(Canary Islands), USC, Kent State, Kent Institute of Art&Design, Purdue Univ, Wesleyan UNiv, Syracuse Univ, Univ of Maine.

   

2002

LEARNING TO TALK: Univ of Miami, Saidye Bronfman Centre

   
 

MITCHELL'S DEATH: Harvard Univ; Dusseldorf; Bard; Univ of Miami; Natl Mus of Women; Yale; Ohio State; Northwestern Univ; Amherst; RMIT, Victoria; San Jose Mus; RIT; Univ of Florida; Adrian College;Mills;Univ of Tennessee; Univ of Connecticuit; OSU; UCLA;SFSU; Koenig; Loyola; OhioUniv Lib; Arte Tech; Swathmore; Escole Des Artes Plastica; Univ of Penn

   
 

ON DEATH AND  DYING: Univ of Miami

   
 

7 SPIRITUAL LIVES OF LINDA  M MONTANO:Saidye Bronfman Centre

   
 

7  STAGES OF INTOXICATION:Univ of Michigan;Univ of Miami; Saidye Bronfmann Centre

   
 

SHARADA: Univ of Miami

   
 

PRIMAL SCENES: Southwest Miss State; Amherst;Hollins Univ;Univ of Virginia;Hamilton College;Cal State;San Diego State;McAlister Coll;Yale;Wright State Univ;Univ College London;Slippery  RockUniv;Scripps College;Univ of Kentucky;Univ of Miami;Langara College;Univ of West Ontario;Queensland Univ Tech;Elizio Nishio;Pratt;OSU;Princeton Lib;Chungmuro Subway;ESDI,Barcelona;Villa Julie College;College of NS;Daniel Lanflois Found;Concordia Univ;Columbia Univ Sch of Arts;UC Santa Barbara

   

2001

MITCHELL'S DEATH: U.C.S.D.;INDIANA UNIV;R.P.I.;WAND(STUGGART), LOYOLA/NOTRE DAME LIBRARY;OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY;UNIV of MASS

   
 

LEARNING TO TALK: Generali Foundation,Austria

   

2000

MITCHELL'S DEATH: U.C. Riverside;Pacific Northwest College of Art; Claremont College;Ambassador Book Service; Univ of Arizona; Univ of Santa Cruz;Univ of Basel

   
 

PRIMAL SCENES: Univ of Rochester

   
 

7 STAGES OF INTOXICATION:Univ of Iowa

   
 

7 SPIRITUAL LIVES OF LINDA MMONTANO, Univ of Iowa

   
 

VIDEOWORKS OF LINDA M MONTANO: Univ of  North Dakota

   

1999

MITCHELL'S DEATH: S..F Art Institute; Simon Frasier Univ; Univ of West Ontario; MIT; Whitney;UC Irvine, Texas Tech Lubock, Tyler School of Art, Home Video LA

   

1998

MITCHELL'S DEATH: College of New Rochelle, Minn College of Art and Design, New School for Social Research, Home Video Santa Cruz

   

1997

Surveying the First Decade: Volume One. Mitchell's Death
Rentals: Wilson Library, Illinois Sate University, Emory University, Moving Image Center, Auckland, New Zealand, American Museum of Natural History, University of Hawaii, Quinnipiac College, Hamden, CT, SAIC4D; SAIC, SAIC

   
 

Surveying the First Decade: Complete Set: Linda Montano: The Seven Chakras
Rentals:  Cine Maytnec, Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Simon Fraser University, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art/Video Program, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Califirnia College of Arts and Crafts, University of Rhode Island, Augustana College Library, James Madison University, George Maston Univ./Fenwick Library, Edgewood College, Experimental TV Center, Museu Nacional Madrid, Univ. of Southern California, Art Library Society of North America, Atlanta College of Art, Otis College of Art and Design Library, CIMA, Duke University, Universidad de Los Andes, University of Michigan, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,  Florida International University, California State University at San Marcos, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Banff Centre for the Arts, Washington Univ., Mid-Hudson Library System, Brigham Young University, SAIC, Bookhouse Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ecole Nat'l Superieure des Beaux Arts, University of Kansas, University of Oklahoma, Royal College of Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, DCTV, Michigan State University, Carnegie Library.

   
 

Mitchell's Death
Rentals: Hampshire College, Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Basel[Switzerland], UC Santa Cruz, Univ of Illinois[Chicago]. Saint-Gervais Switzerland

   
 

Primal Scenes: Frauenkino Xenia, Switzerland Primal Scenes Saint-Gervais Switzerland

   
 

On Death and Dying: Saint-Gervais Switzerland

   
 

Learning To Talk: The David And Alfred Smart Museum, Chicago.

   

1996

Surveying the First Decade: Volume One. Mitchell's Death
Rentals:  ECAL, CH-1006 Lausanne, Switzerla; Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, GA,;Neue Berliner Kunstverein, D10115 Berlin, Germany

 

Surveying the First Decade:Complete Set: Linda Montano: The Seven Chakras
Rentals: The University of Dayton, Ambassador Book Service, Hampshire College, University of Minnesota, Maryland Institute College of Art, NYS College of Ceramics

   
 

7 Years of Living Art, Theatre Central, Spain

   
 

Surveying The First Decade: Linda Montano's Seven Years Of Living Art by Maida Barbour.
Rentals by; Univ. of Lappland, McGill Univ., Pitzer College, Media arts[Arizona}, University of Notre Dame, Emily Carr College[Canada], Kenyon College, Western Michigan Univ, Northwestern University Library, Louisiana State Univ, College of Santa Fe, Cal College of Arts Library, Rhode Island School of Design, Linfield, College, Univ of Iowa, UC Santa Cruz, Univ of Maryland at Baltimore, California State at LA, San Francisco, Art Institute, Ontario College of Art.

   
 

Endurance: The Video Program; Mitchell's Death.
Rentals : Beaver College, Finnish National Gallery, Gessellschaft Kunst[Germany], Miami College, U of Illinois at Chicago[Art Dept], U of Illinois at Chicago[Galleries], U of Southern Maine, Randolph Street Gallery[Chicago].

   

1995

Learning to Talk, Duke University, June, University of North Texas, Denton, April

   
 

Mitchell's Death, Hampshire College, 10/95, Saint Gervais, Switzerland, 5/95, University of Illinois, Chicago, June, Duke University, April

   
 

Primal Scenes,  Wesleyan College, 10/95

   

1994

Mitchell's Death, Virginia Commonwealth University,  American Federation of the Arts, Video Art: The 1st 25 Years.,  Montreal, Quebec,  SUNY Purchase, N.Y. (Ritual).,  University of Illinois, Chicago.

   

1993

Anorexia Nervosa, Amherst, MA,  University of Rochester

 

Learning to Talk, Tulsa Center For Contemporary Art

 

Mitchell's Death, Dia Foundation,  NYU,  Cleveland Institute of Art,  Amherst, MA,  Center for Photography, Woodstock,  Hampshire College,  New York State College of Ceramics

 

Primal Scenes, Ryerson Polytechnic Institute,  SUNY, Buffalo,  Name Gallery, Chicago

   

1992

Mitchell's Death: Museum of Contemporary Art,  Long Beach Museum Of Art

   
 

Learning to Talk:  Northeast Missouri State University

   
 

Primal Scenes, Ontario College of Art, Toronto

   

1991

Death & Dying, University of Illinois

 

Mitchell's Death, San Francisco Art Institute,  Ontario College of Art.,  Pittsburg Filmmakers,  Univ. of Michigan Ann Arbor

   

1990

On Death and Dying, St. Louis Community College

 

Mitchell's Death, Concordia University, CA, Northwestern University, Ill. NYU

 

Gallery 911, Seattle

 

Anorexia Nervosa, 911, Seattle

 

Learning to Talk, 911, Seattle

   

1989/88

Mitchell's Death; University of Kentucky; OSU, Columbus; Hampshire College, Amherst, MA:; MOCA, Chicago; University of is., Mll.; Franklin & Marshall College, PA; St. Lawrence University; Evanston Art Center; Reed College; LACE, LA; ICP; Duke University; NYU; Ontario College of Art; Savannah College of Art; Northwestern University; Mills College; Wash. University, St. Louis, MO.

   
 

Learning to Talk - Hampshire College; St. Lawrence Univ,; RISD, Providence, RI; Through the Flower, Valencia

   
 

Anorexia Nervosa - University of Wyoming, Laramie,; NYU; Artists Space, NYC; Through the Flower, Valencia, CA

   
 

Primal Scenes - Ontario College of Art, Canada.

   

1987

Mitchell's Death; NYU, Ontario Coll. of Art, Bodergarten Kalectiboa, Metro State College, Northern Ill. Univ., Swanston Fine Arts, Mills College.

   
 

Learning to Talk: Reed College.

   

1986

Mitchell's Death: Boston Film Video Found.

   

1984

Fleming Museum, VT. 3/10, Mitchell's Death

   

1983

Mitchell's Death: North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston, Salem, Jan. 11, 1933.,Rising Sun, Santa Fe, N.M., Sept. 25, Tyler School of the Arts, Phil. Dec., SAIC 2/22

   
 

Anorexia Nervosa: Rising Sun, Santa Fe, N.M., Sept. 25, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston, Salem, SAIC 2/22

   
 

The End is Near: SAIC 2/22

   
 

Sister Jacques Bernadette: SAIC 2/22

   
 

Sister Rose:  Rising Sun, Santa Fe, N.M., Sept. 25

   

1982

Real Art Ways, Conn., Feb. 12, Mitchell's Death; Learn to Talk; Anorexia.

   

1981

Anorexia Nervosa:  UCSD, CA, Aug.

 

Mitchell's Death : Intermedia Foundation, NYC, , Museum of Modern Art, NYC , Feb

 

Learning to Talk: Intermedia Foundation

   

1980

Mitchell's Death:  Bowdin College, Maine, Apr. 23,  Film in the Cities, St. Paul, Apr. 7, And/ Or Gallery, Seattle, Mar. 29, University Art Museum, Berkeley

   
 

Learning to Talk:  Bowdin College, Maine, Apr. 23, Film in the Cities, St. Paul, Apr. 7,  And/ Or Gallery, Seattle, Mar. 29, University Art Museum, Berkeley

   
 

Pauline Oliveros:  And/ Or Gallery, Seattle, Mar. 29

   

1977

UCSD, Learning to Talk.

 

Some Serious Business, Learning to Talk.

   

1976

La Mammelle, SF, Learning to Talk.

   
   

VIDEO VIEWING AND RENTALS FOR MONTANO'S TAPES

Video Data Bank, School of the Art Institute, College  Dr., Jackson, Chicago, 60603.
toll free phone number: 1-800-634-8544
http://www.vdb.org
email: info@vdb.org

 
VDB carries, Mitchell's Death, Learning To Talk, Primal Scenes, Chakraphonics, Seven Spiritual Lives Of Linda Montano, Seven Stages Of Intoxication, Love Sex, Benares, and Linda Montano: Seven Years Of Living Art,Jackie Gleason Meets the Chakras, Sister Speaks about Tenure, Sister Speaks about talking,
   
   

LIVE VIDEO SHOWS

1984

Vt. Cable, Interview with Enzo Pollo, 3/23.

 

Channel 6 Woodstock, NY, Continuing programs.

   

1982

Channel 6, curated by Nancy Cain of Media Bus, April-continuing show.

 

Talking with Sister Jacques Bernadette, A call-in show for healing.

1974

KQUD Channel 6, S.F. Curated by Tom Marioni of M.O.C.A., Actions by Sculptors.

 

The Home Audience, Chicken Dance with Dog Chicken.

   
   

VIDEO GROUP SHOWS

2008

New Museum: MITCHELLS DEATH for Night School, Feb-Mar.

 

Vancouver Art Gallery, WACK! Art&Fem Revolution, MITCHELLS DEATH ,Oct

   

2007

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS; WACK SHOW; SEPT-DEC, MITCHELL'S DEATH

 

MOCA, WACK SHOW:Mitchell's Death, 3/1/07-7/30/07; Geffen Collection

   

2006

Centre Pompidou,Fr;LA,1955-1985;3/1-7/1, Mitchell's Death.

   

2005

Baltic Centre for Cont Art Exchange for Franklin Furnace Archives.Mitchell's death,June-Sept.

 

Contemporary Art Center,Cinncinnati.Multiple Strategies.Mitchell's Death.

   
2004 College of New Rochelle, Visions Alumni, Sharada: Wife of Ramakrishna
   

2003

Ceres Gallery,Censorious:cur C. Jacobson & M. Zimmerman,Mitchell's Death tape.

   

2002

San Jose Mus of Art;Parallels & Intesections, Art/Women/Califor, cur:D. Fuller, Mitchell's Death

   

2001

Cinncinnati Library:Caution Live Art, Mitchell's Death

 

Bard College; High Performance, 1st Five Years,cur:JSorkin, Mitchell's Death.

   

2000

Franklin Furnace: History of the Future: video: Mitchell's Death, cur MWilson.

   

1999

Whitney Mus of Amer Cent:Part 11, Video: Mitchell's Death

 

Los Angeles County Museum. Made In Ca. 1980-2000. Birth of Chicken woman. Video

 

The History Of The Future.Franklin Furnace. Mitchell'sDeath included.

   

1998

MOCA Travel:LA,Tokyo,Vienna, Barcelona, Out of Actions: 1949-79, video: Mitchell’s Death

 

Downtown Community Television, NYC, Surveying The First Decade, Mitchell's Death

   

1996

Senon Gallery, Santa Cruz, MItchell's Death  for Mortal Coil

 

Museo National Centre de Arte, Seville Spain, April, Seven Years of Living Art

   

1995

Video Data Bank, Survey of American Video Art, The First Decade; Primal Scenes

   

1992-93

Museum of Modern Art, NYC. Two Decades: Mitchell's Death, 10/15-1/3.

   

1991

Museum of Modern Art: Consumer Tales/ Personal Visions: Mitchell's Death, 9/5-11/10.

   

1987

Fresno Arts Center: A Survey of Calif. Women Artists, 9/86-8/87.

 

LACE, Video/ Language; Video as Language, 12/86-1/87, Mitchell's Death.

   

1985

Geneva Video Festival, Mitchell's Death, 11/8.

 

Floating Gallery, High Falls, Mitchell's Death, 7/8.

 

Long Beach Museum, National Video Festival, Olympic Screenings, 7/14 M.FD.

   

1982

Media Bus, Woodstock, NY, Night Owl Show, Ch. 6, Jan., Feb., March, Curator, N. Cain.

   

1981

Tucker, Marcia,Not Just for Laughs: the Art of Subversion, New Museum, NY

   

1980

Channel Zero, San Francisco, An Afternoon of Mom and Pop T.V., Sept, 21, Curated by G.S. Kratz & L. Lemon, "Chicken Woman."

   

1979

Mitchell's Death:  Everson Video Review,  Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, Sept. '79 - March '80.,  University Art Museum, Berkeley, Nov.. - Jan. "79,  Museum of Cont. Art, Chicago, Oct./ Nov.

   

1978

Dr. Jane Gooding and the Kipper Kids. Southland Video Anthology, Miami Museum and Art Center, Nov./Dec.,  Mary Porter Seson Gallery, Santa Cruz.,  Media Study Center, Buffalo.

   

1975

Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, Interviews with Bay Area Conceptual Artists, with Jeanette Willison, Appear as "Dr. Jane Gooding," May 11.

   
   

VIDEOS MADE

2007

TERESA OF AVILA

 

HA , HA. IS THAT ALL THERE IS?

   

2005

DAD  ART;OLD AGE,SICKNESS & DEATH, story of my father's life and death.

   

2004

Always Creative; interviews with elders over 80 who are incredibly wild and wonderful.

   

2000

MONTANO  FAMILY

   

1999

Sister Speaks About Tenure, Sister Speaks About Talking

   

1998

Benares, The story of cremation rites in Benares India.

   

1997

Love Sex , erotic stories told over  ritual images

   

1996

7 Spiritual Lives of Linda Montano. Montano tells story in fairy tale style. Chakraphonics; Instructions on sounding the Chakras. A fairy tale and true story

   

1995

7 Stages of Intoxication. Addresses aging from the point of view of alcoholism. Sharada Wife of Ramakrishna: The story of two saints in documentary form

   

1994

The 7 Chakras:  Produced/Directed by Maida Barbour

   

1990

Interviews with the Mehtas: 2 Ayurvedic Doctors

   

1986

Beyond Condoms: Sex 1 & 2, Collaboration: S. Kolpan, How to Have Safe Sex.

   

1983

The Live Show, NYC, Sr. Jacques Bernadette, 8 min., Jan. 28, Sr. Jacques gives healing techniques for those with problems with the 1st chakra, Sex.

 

The End is Near, Jan. 21, an ongoing soap on Ch. 6, Woodstock, It is improvisational and uses non-actresses/ actors, each performing for three mins.., Media Bus.

   

1982

The Rose, Dec., 10 min., Montano plays a casio, Oliveros uncovers a live rose.

 

Leftovers, Dec., Montano makes recipes from holiday leftovers in Italian accent, Hajosy assists as Latin shamaness, Media Bus.

 

Relationships, Montano, Stern & Cross are professional "experts" on heartaches & broken relationships, Media Bus, 20 min.

 

Karate, Montano is given a green belt exam by Oliveros, 20 min., Media Bus.

 

On Death, Oct., Montano, Stern, Cross, dressed as nuns, play cards as a nurse, Hornbeck, describes the dying process, Media Bus.

 

Sister Jacques Bernadette, Montano dressed as a French nun, does healing of the 7 chakras using hypnosis and self-help tips, 60 min., Media Bus.

   

1980

Anorexia Nervosa, 5 Women with eating disorders talk about their problems, 1 hr.

 

Pauline Oliveros, Voice and Music, Oliveros talks about past with slide images, 20 min., Media Bus and self produced.

 

Primal Scenes, Movie of natural childbirth by E. Silver, Montano's mother discusses birth of Montano.

 

Sex, 3 Kinds, Montano talks about sexual obsessions.

   

1979

Where the Deer and the Antelope Play, Montano sings cowgirl songs, chickens are images, 20 min.

 

C.M.E., Research Fellows from the Center for Music Experiment do three minute performances.

   

1978

Mitchell's Death, Montano chants the story of the death of her ex-husband, Acupuncture needles are in her face, 22 min.

 

Acupuncture, Montano puts acupuncture needles in her face, 1 hour

 

Mitchell Payne, Photos of his work and his life, 25 min.

   

1976-78

Learning to Talk, Montano dresses as 8 different characters and talks in different accents and voices. 1  hour.

   

1975

Handcuff, Montano and T. Marioni are handcuffed for three days and document their time together.

   
   

ART/ LIFE INSTITUTE EVENTS

Continuing ...

Blood/Family Art and Life/Art Actions

   

1994

Residency, Kim Irwin at the Art/Life Institute, Kingston, NY, July 6-8

   

1991

Residency, Annie Sprinkle.

   

1990

Residencies, Annie Sprinkle, Toby Z. Liederman/ Faith Pittman

 

Opening, Art/ Life Institute, Apr. 1.

   

1989

Residencies, Shelly Wyant, Pug Heller

 

Lecture - Betty Dodson.

   

1987

Full Moon Sittings

 

Residency with Sylvia Nakkach, 4/19.

 

Residency with A. Montano.

   

1986

Opening year, 3.

 

Residency with Frank Shifreen, 3/10, residency.

 

Residency with Sylvia Nakkach.

   

1985

Opening year 2 of 7 Years of Living Art, 12/1-, Oliveros plays, "In C."

 

Painting Show, Jenny Sponberg, 11/24.

 

Painting show & Art show, Linda & Mildred Montano.

 

Performance with Mikhail Horowitz, 8/17.

 

Residency & Performance, Susan Matheson, 7/28-8/11.

 

Residency & Performance, Angelika Festa, 7/15-21.

   

1984

Performance, S. Weed, D. Hajosy, M. Crowne, 12/22.

 

Opening Year One of 7 Years of Living Art, 12/1.

 

Performance, Martha Wilson, Nov. 8.

 

Full Moon Sittings, 1984-1991.

   
   

MOVIE APPEARANCES

1984

High Performance by Johanna Demetrakas.

   
   

PANELS

2008

UCSC: Radio panel, for INTERVENE!INTERRUPT! May.

   

2007

COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION; LOVE SICK, mod by E.STEPHENS/T.TAKAMOTO, HILTON NY. FEBRUARY

 

NATIONAL MUSUEM OF AMERICAN INDIAN; LAST SUPPER, mod by N.D. Estevez. F. Mann as L. Montano

   

2006

SVA,NY,Distance/Presence,attended via audio,M Wilson,R Goldberg,V Nemec and people from Another 21 Years of Living Art,my collaborative performance.

   

2004

Art Lab, Snug Harbor Mus,ART/LIFE, cur by Milenkarose.

   

2002

College Art Assoc, Free Rad in the Classrm,Maverick artists/Visionary Ed:cur:LWeintraub.

   

2001

SFAI,  Concept  Art.T Marioni, H Fried, etc  Mod :S Grace

 

Agnes Etherton Art Cen, Ontar,Can; Museopathy:cur J&J Fisher/Drobnick

 

Location One,NYC Art As Spiritual Practice;cur B Marranca & M Monk.

 

Aranoff Art Center,Ohio.Caution:Live Art.Maria Troy,moderator.

   

1998

Q Spirit,SF, Practical Spirituality, Oct

   

1997

Astral Panel, Hyde Park Theatre, March 7, Astral Appearance

   

1996

ICA, London, "Lost Knowledge," Astral Appearance, October 15

   

1994

SECACA Panel, "Getting In Over Your Head," New Orleans

 

School for New Dance, Amsterdam, Two Astral Panels

   

1988

WomanCraft Gallery, Tucson, Az., "Women & Transformation," 9/19.

   

1987

Iowa State University,  "Video/ Technology."

 

New Music America, Philadelphia,  "Sound and Performance."

   

1986

New Museum, "Attention," With Tom McEvilley, moderator

 

Annenberg School, University of Pa., Women's Caucus for the Arts, "Being & Becoming."

   

1985

Zen Arts Center, Bonnie Trace, "Women: Consc. of Choice & Vow," 5/8.

 

College Art Association, Diff Bet. Male & Female Perf., Los Angeles

   

1984

Baca, Pretty is as Pretty Does, Vernita Nemec, mod.

   
   

COLLABORATIONS

1987

Rutgers College, 3/26, Roots of the Moment, (Oliveros), Waking the Heart, 10/24.

 

Real Art Ways/ Art/ Life in Collaboration, Coco Gordon, "Dream."

   
   

CEREMONIES AS UNIVERSAL LIFE PRIEST

1998

North Carolina, Marriage Blessing: S. Krukowski and D. Davidson, May

 

Austin, Friendship Ceremony for Olivia Aldin and her friends, April

   

1994

Austin, Marriage Ceremony for Lilian Garcia-Roig and Alec Norton, April.

   

1984

New York City, Baptism for Susan Kleckner, January.

   

1974

San Diego, Baptism for John Doe, February.

   
   

THESES

Inducing Knowledge by Enduring Experience: Function of Postmodern Pragmatic Aesthetics in Linda Montano's LIVING ART. Alisa Brandenberg.

Lori Gordon As Linda Montano, Lori Gordon, 2007.

The Art & Science of Self-Help Through Works of Lygia Clark & Linda Montano by Daniel Abrams,Vermont College, 2007.

Linda Montano & The Tension of Monasticism, Karen R. Rice, Duke 2007.

The Female Body IN Performance, Rutgers Univ, 2003

Kara Reilly, Linda Montano, Performance Art's Giggling Saint,NYU Performance Studies

UnBecoming Catholic:The Confessional Performance of Linda Montano AKA Sister Rosita J.Levine 1997

Intersection: Womens Performance Art, Justine La Mont, University of Virginia

Mutilating the Body, Kim Hewitt, Reader and mentioned on pp. 119, 126

Redemption in the Art & Life Performances of Linda Montano, A. Festa, for NYU. Performance Studies, "89.

Evolution of the Environmental; Realization of Space in the 20th Century, P. Malloy, '88.

Performance Art as Therapy Practice, M. Rhodes, MA, Lesley College, Boston, '88.

   
   

COMMERCIAL T.V.

1987-86

Art Beats.

   

1985

Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Oct. 27, One Year Perf.

   

1984

Ch. 5, Minn., "News, Tower Phonebook Readings," 9/20.

 

Ch. 4, St. Paul, "News, Tower Phone book Reading," 9/20.

 

NBC, "Today Show," News 7 AM,  7/5, Rope Piece.

 

CNN, Cable Network News, 7/5, Rope Piece.

 

CBS, NY News, 7.5, Rope Piece.

 

Channel D, MCTV: John Wilcock Show, Rope

 

CBS Channel 2 News: Jane Mitchell, Rope

 

Cable News TV, Cable News Network

   

1983

Channel J, NYC,The  End is Near

 

Channel 6, Woodstock, The  End is Near

 

Channel J, Live Show, Sister Jacques Bernandette

 

Channnel 6, Woodstock, The End is Near

   
   

AUDIOTAPES/CD's

2008

Love Art Lab: Sprinkle/Stephens, Montano's, A Love Prayer.

   

1998

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall, CD by Brenda Hutchinson. Piano, Merkin Hall, NYC, March

 

CRI; Lesbian American Composers ; CD May, Sappho’s Body, 7 minute sound

   

1992

The 7 Chakras with the Good Sound Band

   
   

BOOK SIGNINGS

1992

Europa Books: Angry Women, 9/19.

   
   

AUCTIONS

WSW, Oct 2007 One Hour With Linda Montano.

Deep Listening Institute, 2006 One Hour Time with Montano auctioned.

W.S.W. 2006, One Hour With Montano.

ASK Gallery,Kingston.2005.2 collages

Dabora Gallery, Brooklyn;Mortis Show;Art/Life Jacket auctioned, donate to Catholic Charities.

Women's Studio Work, 2003

WOMEN'S STUDIO WORKSHOP, 7/21, Donate Art/Life Certificates

HUDSON VALLEY AIDS AUCTION 6/3, Art/Life Counseling

WSW. July14.Donated 7 art coats1 art pants,  1 woodcut,We Are All One.

Project Artaud. Nov9 Master of Ceremonies for  auction.

Womens Studio Workshop, Art/Life Counseling March 99

Donskoj Gallery, Collaged Paintings  March 99

Scessions Gallery, San Francisco, Small Discards Show, Shoe Donation

Women's Studio Workshop, July, 1995, "1 Hour Silence with Linda M. Montano"

KLRU, July 1994

Women's Studio Workshop, New York, July, 1994

KLRU, Spring 1993, Telephone Tarot

WSLO, Summer 1993, Telephone Tarot

   
   

JURYING

2007

Ulster Community College,co-juror with Beth Wilson for show: Beyond Self

   

1997

Chicago Art Institute, Grad Fellowship Panel, June

   

1994

Juror for Trends in Mutilation, Artists Co-op of Austin, October 1, 1994.

   
   

INTERNET

2005

Feast of Fools Podcast, host Fausto Fernos

   

2002

60th B-Day Party, cur: Daniel Wasko

   

1996

Franklin Furnace: Voyeur's Delight, Collaboration with Bob Anderson

   

1995

Anonymous Problems: Internet collaboration with Bob Anderson: collecting problems on Internet and, once collected, donor stops worrying about the problem.

   
   

ADVISOR

Pauline Oliveros Foundation, Consultant

PForm Magazine

Old School for Social Sculpture, Mike Osterhout

   
   

 


COLLECTIONS

2003-Present

Alexander Street Press,Women'sDrama Project, plays.

   

1997

Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of American Art, Mitchell's Death

   

1996

Bob Schiffler Collection, Cleveland Ohio, 16 Sluts and Goddesses in Linda Montano, photos by Annie Sprinkle

   

1978-Present

Center For Creative Photography,Montano's photo images.

   

1970

Private Collection: 24 Drawings of legs and feet , owned by Steven Collins, Santa Fe

   
   

WEBSITES

mylifeanopenbook.com

michaeltitusparkes.com

oneyearperformance.com

   
   

CD-ROM

The History of the Future.  Franklin Furnace.  Mitchell's Death included.

   
   

DVD

One Year Performance, Tehching Hsieh. Included in his rope documentation.

   
   

RETROSPECTIVES

2003

Saidye Bronfmann Gal,Montreal:14 Years of Living Art, cur JFisher

   

1999

Maine College of Art,Gorman; 14 Years of Living Art,cur C Eyler.

   
   

ARCHIVES

Women's Studio Workshop:Holdings: Artists Books. 2 books by Montano.

Lib of Congress:Reactions:ExitArt:Pub Reaction to 9/11;Silence by Montano.