Linda Hollier was born in South Africa, currently lives and works in Canada.
She’s an explorer with a pioneer spirit, a keen observer of life and culture filled with boundless curiosity when traveling, whether in cyberspace or around the globe. Focusing on the energy accompanying a scene, Linda captures images using slow-shutter and then transforms them by creating her textures and blends. She is becoming known for her experimental use of the numerous apps available as she continuously plunges forward into new territory.
Linda has evolved the capacity to smoothly and effortlessly weave the digital potential of her iPhone with the material world of print. Her choice to print on recycled wood and fine Ethiopian veils, as well as her investigation into copperplate, plexiglass, and aluminum, aid in embodying her conceptual ideas about time, space, interconnectedness, rootedness, and movement in her work. She calls these new parameters ‘here2here’.
Her work has been exhibited in Italy, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Qatar, UAE, Switzerland, USA, and Spain.
Solo exhibitions:
2015
Unfolding, Origami Room, Radisson Royal Hotel Dubai, UAE
Group exhibitions:
2020
Focus On South Africa | Art-Culture-Cuisine, AKKA Project, Dubai, UAE
Mira Mobile Prize 2020 B&W, Mira Forum, Porto, Portugal
All colors of the world, Hotel Villa Fanny, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
AKKA Project Dubai-Venezia, Venice, Italy
Mira Mobile Prize 2020 exhibition, Mira Forum, Porto, Portugal
Focus on South Africa, Akka Project Dubai-Venezia, Dubai, UAE
2019
Art To Z: Spring Group Exhibition, Akka Project, Dubai, UAE
MPA Awards, 9th edition, Digital Fine Art and Visual FX categories
Circumnavigation in the palm of the hand, Monastery of Santa Maria de Salzedas, Salzedas, Portugal
Mobgraphia Mobile Photo Festival 2019, Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo, Brazil
Mira Mobile Prize 2019 exhibition, Mira Forum, Porto, Portugal
The Beauty Myth, Copernico Gallery, Milan, Italy
Art to Z, Spring group exhibition, Akka Project Dubai-Venezia, Dubai, UAE
Mira Mobile Prize 2019 B&W, Mira Forum, Porto, Portugal
2018
5th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography, Barcelona, Spain
Mira Mobile Prize exhibition, Museu de Lamego, Lamego, Portugal
IPPA – iPhone Photography Awards, Architecture Category
Mira Mobile Prize 2018 exhibition, Mira Forum, Porto, Portugal
MAJE Rome at Klimt Experience, Piazza San Giovanni inLaterno, Rome, Italy
World Art Dubai, Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE
Women Seen by Women, Valid Foto Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
MAJE, Mobile Art Jazz Experience, Santo Stefano Al Ponte, Florence, Italy
Exhibition with Abdulla Al Wahedi, The Dubai Mall, Dubai, UAE
The Artbox. Project, New York 1.0, Stricoff Gallery, New York, New York, USA
2017
MPA Awards, 7th edition, Digital Fine Art and Visual FX categories
19th Global Women In Leadership Economic Forum, Ritz Carlton Hotel DIFC, Dubai, UAE
iPhone Imagery, PhotoPlace Gallery, Online Gallery Annex
mDAC Summit, Palo Alto, California, USA
H2O for Peace – iPhoneography for Human Rights, La Campana dei Caduti Foundation, Rovereto, Italy
The Artbox. Project, Basel 1.0, Euroairport, Basel, Switzerland
Flamob 2017, Museu da Imagem e do Som, Sao Paulo, Brazil
World Art Dubai, Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE
Mira Mobile Prize 2017 Exhibition, Mira Forum, Porto, Portugal
The Equinox Experience, Santo Stefano Al Ponte, Florence, Italy
Empowering Girls Through Education, Novotel Lobby Word Trade Center, Dubai, UAE
2016
Contemporary Venice, Palazzo Flangini, Venice, Italy
Future Landscapes, Borders Festival, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Venice, Italy
mDAC Summit, Palo Alto, California, USA
Electron Salon, LACDA Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, USA
Mira Mobile Prize 2016 Exhibition, Mira Forum, Porto, Portugal
The Eye of the Beholder, Citizen E Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2015
Tutte le Strade, L’Unico, Rome, Italy
8th Ramadan Art Bazaar/Exhibition, Nation Towers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
SeeMyDoha2015, Souq Waqif Art Centre, Doha, Qatar
Noun Al Neswa, 4th edition, Marsam Mattar Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Opening exhibition, Holzdruck Dinkela Gallery, Munich, Germany
Viewings 1, Contemporary Women Artists, Artrom Network artist presentation space, Rome, Italy
Huna Al Emarat, Gallery of Light, Ductac, Dubai, UAE
2014
Women in the Arts Edition 4, Special Recognition Award, International On-line Competition, Artrom Network, Rome, Italy
2012
iPhoneography Exhibition, Zero4 Cultural Association, Padua, Italy