Address: 7378 Durliat Road, R.R.#4, Welland, Ontario, L3B 5N7, Canada
Telephone Number: 905-382-6513
Education: Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Visual Art, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
School of Ideas: Founded in October 1999 by Linda Hankin. The school and gallery is a fine art school and contemporary art gallery which exclusively exhibits the work of the Director, Linda Hankin and on occasion invites international artists. The mandate of the gallery is to show work in the area of environmental philosophy, science, the universe, spirituality and mystical associations with the natural world.
Residencies, Workshops, Painting Trips:
Residency, June-October 1994, Spain
Painting Trip with students, August-September 2001, Spain
Painting Trip with students, August-September 2002, Trinity, Newfoundland
Residency, August 2003, Trinity, Newfoundland
Residency, September 2007, Port Rexton, Bonavista, Newfoundland
Residency, September 2009, L’Anse aux Meadow, Newfoundland
Avalon Peninsula, September 2010
Avalon Peninsula, December 2010
Wales, U.K., London, U.K., October 2012, Lampeter and Irish Sea
Newfoundland, May/June 2013, Port aux Basques to Gros Morne Prov. Park
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
Currently, Doubletree Inn, Stanley & Fallsview, Niagara Falls, ON
July 2011, Arts Place, Port Colborne, ON
November, December, 2010, School of Ideas Gallery, Netherby, ON
October 2008, Niagara Pumphouse Visual Arts Centre, Niagara on the Lake, ON
April-May 2008, Temiskaming Art Gallery, Temiskaming Shores, ON
July 2007, School of the Arts Gallery, Lewiston, New York
2004, Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, ON
December 2000, Brock University Centre for the Arts, St. Catharines, ON, “Au Revoir”, new paintings
April-May 1996, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON “Linda Hankin: Portrait of the Self”
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Ongoing, Ochre Gallery, Niagara Falls, ON, “Landscapes”
2010, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
2012, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York
2004, Kenan Center, Lockport, New York
Awards & Grants:
1. 1990, $3,000. Ontario Arts Council Short Term Grant
2. January 1990,Exhibition Assistance Grants as requested since
Publicity:
1. Twice I have been invited to Music is Art Live at the Mainstage Theatre at the University of Buffalo, 2007 & 2008
2. Radio interview with Laura Hollick at McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, 2004
3. Radio interview with CBC St. John’s, Newfoundland, 2003
4. Video Taped Interview with Susan Przybyl, Kenan Center for WNED TV PBS, 2004
5. Niagara Magazine article, “Artists in Residence” by Mary Wiley, 2006
6. Niagara Life Magazine article, “The Artist Isn’t Starving Anymore”, by Diana Oddi, 2006
7. Niagara Current Magazine, “Hankin File”, by Elspeth Cameron 2004
8. Front Cover for the Downtowner Magazine and article by Sharon Demarko-Gordon, “In Defiance of the Horizon Line”, 2003
9.Two paintings included in book ”On The Edge” published by Boston Mills Press
Works In Collection of:
1. St. Joseph Hospital Intensive Care Unit, Hamilton, Ontario
2. Galerie Machan, St. Catharines, Ontario
3. ubinoff Collection, London, Ontario
4. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
5. Janny Collection, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
6. Shaw Collection, Shrewsbury, Massachusettes
7. Croll Collection, Montreal and Ottawa
8. Glenny Collection, Fort Erie, Ontario
9. Koheil Collection, Niagara Falls, Ontario
10. Also works in collections in Spain, Italy, Newfoundland, Germany and Holland.
Instructional Positions:
School of Ideas, Founded by Linda Hankin
Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario
Springbank Arts Centre, Mississauga, Ontario
Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, Ontario
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
Niagara Catholic District School Board, Niagara Region “Learning Through the Arts”
The Niagara Pumphouse Visual Arts Centre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara Falls Art Gallery
Rainbow Artists – Art to the Classroom
School of the Arts, Lewiston, New York
Linda Hankin 
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