LindenJL is an Oakland-based artist, designer, and arts community organizer, with B.A.s from UC Berkeley (2018) in Practice of Art and Psychology. Their work explores estrange embodiment, recursive identity building, and indeterminate boundaries through installation and mixed media practices. Their current series of textile installations has filled event venues and arts & music festivals across California. Their community work is focused on building artist collectives and community arts projects in the Bay Area including the Gallery 2727 Artist Co-op and the Temple of Together at Burning Man.
My work is a meditative exploration of embodiment within a shifting landscape of political subjectivity. Entangled in a contemporary culture in which identity is perpetually scrutinized and negotiated, I feel compelled to address the underlying processes of “being and becoming”.
Guided by a deeply queer sensibility, I emphasize transformation, permeability, and recursion in my subjects and material approaches. This is an interdisciplinary effort, informed by biology, history, and social theory. I explore the complexities that arise through multiple lineages, each marked by time-consuming labor and material expansiveness.
ARTS ADMINISTRATION & PROJECTS
2022 - present | 2727 Community Art Center - Artist Co-op manager
2024 | Temple of Together - Textiles Department Director
2023, 2024 | Robot Heart Foundation, Oakland Residency - immersive art designer
2024 | Envision Festival, Costa Rica - immersive art designer
2020 - 2023 | Firehouse Collective, Lottie Rose House - Artist Collective Administrator
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Corner Store | 2727 Community Art Center, Berkeley CA
2024 Breaking Boundaries | ACCI, Berkeley CA
2024 Alphabet Soup | Blue Line Arts, Roseville CA
2024 Animal House | Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento CA
2022 - 2023 | multiple exhibitions at 2727 community Arts Center
2020 Bernin' For You, Lottie Rose Art House, Oakland CA
2019 Spin Cycle, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley CA
2018 Volume 12.5, The Front Gallery, San Ysidro CA
AWARDS
2017 UCB Honor's Recipient, UC Berkeley Art Practice Department
2018 Departmental Citation, UC Berkeley Art Practice Department