lynda kusuma
Education
2018 MFA Printmaking, Academy of Art University, San Francisco California
1986 BFA Design with University Honors, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
2016 Summer Study in Florence Italy through Academy of Art University
2011–14 Valencia Community College, Orlando Florida
1988 Carlow University, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Awards
2017 Orlando Museum of Art First Thursday, Best in Show
2017 Academy of Art University Spring Show, Second Place Master Book Arts
2015 Valencia College Student Art Show, Fine Art Faculty Award
2014 Valencia College Student Art Show, Best Typographic Award for Typography Book
1996 The International Design Resource Awards, Seattle Washington
1988 Print Industry Association of Western Pennsylvania, Honorable Mention
1988 American Federation of Arts Award of Excellence, Category Programs, Brochures, and Guides
1985 Warner Lambert, Morris Plains, New Jersey, Second Place Package Design
1982 Scholastic Art Award Show, Gold Key Finalist for Ohio and National Honorable Mention
Solo Exhibition
2019 Orange County Library, Southwest Branch, A Printmakers Journey, January-March
2018 Timucua, solo artist December 15-21
Group Exhibitions
2019 Books and Paper Art, University Downtown Gallery, Kokoma Indiana
2019 Fresh Art, Marin Society of Artist, San Rafael California
2019 Kansas City Zoo Benefit Art Show, Kansas City Missouri
2019 Original, Crooked Tree Gallery, Travers City Michigan
2019 Works on Paper, Webster Gallery, Missouri
2019 Innovations in Printmaking, Cade Art Gallery, Arnold Maryland
2019 Delight in Disorder, Sobo Gallery Winter Garden Florida
2019 Leave No Sight Unseen, November, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando Florida
2019 Artistically Yours, July, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando Florida
2019 Future Indigenous, June, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando Florida
2019 Waterworks, Sobo Gallery Winter Garden Florida
2019 Flower Power, Sobo Gallery Winter Garden Florida
2019 Travel, Sobo Gallery, Winter Garden Florida
2019 Flower Power, Sobo Gallery, Winter Garden Florida
2019 Florida Grown, March, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando Florida
2019 Language of Love, February, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando Florida
2019 Age of Aquarius January, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando Florida
2019 Concealed and Revealed, Sobo Gallery, Winter Garden Florida
2018 Under 200 First Thursdays December, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando Florida
2018 6th Annual International Print Exhibition, The Remarque Albuqueque New Mexico
2018 In the Fields Botanical Lore, Benicia California
2018 All Things Considered, September Art Walk, Sanford Florida
2018 Animalia, Sobo Gallery, Winter Garden Florida
2018 Stand Out Prints Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis Minnesota
2018 First Thursday at the Hyatt Regency, Orlando Florida
2018 The Printed Image 7, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka Kansas
2018 Going Global Sobo Gallery, Winter Garden Florida
2018 Open Call First Thursdays July, Museum of Art, Orlando Florida
2018 Kaleidoscope, July Art Walk, Sanford Florida
2018 Academy of Art University Spring Show, San Francisco California
2018 Art and Architecture First Thursdays June, Museum of Art, Orlando Florida
2018 Top Choice Sobo Gallery, Winter Garden Florida
2017 Pandora First Thursday August, Orlando Museum of Fine Art, Orlando Florida
2017 Academy of Art University Spring Show, San Francisco California
2016 Academy of Art University Spring Show, San Francisco California
2016 Academy of Art University Summer 2015 in Florence Show, San Francisco California
2015 Valencia College Student Art Show, Orlando Florida
2014 Valencia College Student Art Show, Orlando Florida
Bibliography
2019 Salann Magazine, 3rd edition
2016 Kusuma, Lynda “CinqueTerra.” The Oakland Review Fall 2016: 22. Print.
Kusuma, Lynda “Pecking Order.” The Oakland Review Fall 2016: 23. Print.
Experience
2005–11 Teacher, Little Fishes Preschool, Orlando Florida
1988–98 Designer, Lynda Kusuma Design, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
1986–89 Designer, Thought Platform, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Previously Agnew Moyer Smith
MFA Thesis
2017 Biomimicry a Comparison of the Natural and Man-made Environments