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 Artist Bio
Linda Weil AGRA ASMA

With over 40 years of experience as a professional artist specializing in all forms of drawing mediums, but particularly graphite pencil, Linda Weil is known for her engaging and detailed drawings of wildlife, nature studies and found objects. In the past decade Linda has returned to her love of imaginative, science fiction and fantastical works. Melding her experience as a naturalist artist with a mechanical bent, Linda’s art may reflect a steam punk vision of the world, an intricate exploration of an animal’s fur, a favorite folk tale, or the discovery of the history of a found object – all expressed through graphite with the occasional hint of color pencil or organic stain. Linda is represented by and exhibits regularly at Tacit Art in Collingwood, Victoria, as well as a variety of regional Australian art shows. Further examples of her works can be viewed in person at Tacit Art, Collingwood or a full selection of her works may be viewed and purchased via the Tacit Art Website: HERE

Major Awards:
2nd Place: VAS Winter Select Exhibition 2023
Winner: VAS Autumn Select Exhibition 2023
Sculpture 2nd Place, VAS Summer Exhibition 2023
Winner: David John Memorial Best Ink, Pencil, Charcoal or other Medium Leongatha AS 2023
Winner Terry Collins Award, AGRA AAEA 2022

Sculpture Highly Commended, VAS Maritime Exhibition 2022
Best Drawing: Camberwell Art Show 2022
Best monochrome: Bright Autumn Art Exhibition 2022
Sculpture 3rd Place, VAS Summer Exhibition 2022
Best Drawing: 2020 Kenneth Jacks Memorial Drawing Prize
Highly Commended: VAS Contemporary Exhibition 2020
Winner: Terry Collins Award. AGRA AAEA, 2019
Winner: Best Australian Art Kilmore Art Show 2019
Winner: Pencil Section AGRA KJM Drawing exhibition 2018
Winner: Drawing section Australian National Miniature Art Prize 2016
Best Pencil or other Media: The Mornington Art Exhibition 2016
Finalist: Holmes Prize for Realist Bird art 2015
Best Drawing: 2015 Bright Autumn Exhibition
Best Drawing: 2014 Heart of Kingston Charitable Trust Art Show
Best Drawing: 2013 Flinders Art Show
Best Pastel or Drawing: 2013 Easter Art Show, Rotary Club of Alexandra
Best in Show: ‘Art of Nature’ 2013, 11th Annual Exhibition WABA
Best Other Work on Paper: Dromana Rotary Art Show 2012
Best Traditional Wildlife; ‘The Art of Nature 2012’ WABA annual exhibition
Best Drawing Flinders Art Show 2012
Overall, Winner #1 (joint) Wildlife Art @ Discovery 2012
Best Other Work on Paper: Dromana Rotary Art Show 2011
Best drawing of subject of North Eastern Victoria, Wangaratta art show 2010
First Prize, Section IV, 2008 Leongatha Rotary Art Show
Best Other Medium under $1,000, 2008 Mount View Art Exhibition
Best Drawing, 2005 Hamilton North Rotary Art Show
Gold Award, 2004 Pakenham/Cardina Shire Art Exhibition (Yakerboo)
Best Other Medium, 2002 Dromana Autumn Art Show
Exhibitions:
2023: Solo - 'Bestiary Mechanica', Tacit Art
2022: 'Substrate' Selected exhibitor, Group Exhibition at Tacit Art
2022: Solo 'Grimm Visions' Tacit Art
2022: Solo – ‘Grimm Visions’ Blarney Books and Art Gallery, Port Fairy
2022: Feature Artist – Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Invitational Easter Art Show
2021/22: Selected entrant, Biblio Artprize 2021/22
2021: Selected exhibitor, ‘Still’ group exhibition at Tacit Art
2021: Solo ‘Spoons’, Tacit Art
2021: Solo- 20,000 Leagues, Tacit Art
2021: Selected exhibitor,  ‘Caravan’ group exhibition at Tacit Art
2021: Selected Entrant, Biblio Art Prize 2020
2020: Solo - ‘Spoons’ Medallion exhibition AGRA
2020: Selected exhibitor,  Group, 2020(20) Tacit Art
2019: Selected exhibitor,  Joint ‘Animalia’, Tacit Art
2019: Selected entrant, Bilblio Art Pris 2019
2019: Solo – ‘Flights of Fancy’ Tacit Art
2018: Solo – ‘The Mechanical Pencil’ Tacit Art
2018: Selected entrant ‘The Passionate Palette’, ‘Bibilio Art Prize 2018’, Tacit Art
2018: Selected exhibitor, ‘Line’ Tacit Galleries
2015: Inspiration Wild at Sofitel with WAMA
2014: 'Drawn Together (again)' Group exhibition with students
2004-2022: Annual A.G.R.A. KJM Exhibition selected entrant
July 2008: ‘Drawn Together’ KAG Art Gallery
Oct-November 2006: WASA ‘Wild Awards’ Selected and Juried Exhibition
June 2005: Eltham/Wiregrass Gallery Wildlife Art Exhibition
June 2004: Eltham/Wiregrass Gallery Wildlife Art Exhibition
April 2004: ‘Drawn In’, Eltham Wiregrass Gallery
Education:
Diploma of Arts, RMIT
Societies/Supporter of:
Victorian Artists Society
Australian Guild of Realist Artists Miniature Art Society (NSW)
Mentone-Mordialloc Art Group
Australian Wildlife Art Museum (WAMA): founder member
Australian Society of Marine Artists
Teaching/regular workshops at:
Victorian Artists Society
Mentone-Mordialloc Art Group 
WAMA 
Camp Creative/Bellingen NSW