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Biography of Linda Bonnefoy
Linda Bonnefoy's lifelong relationship with art began at five years old, patching together quilting scraps beneath the mosaic of colours cast through her mother's quilting frames. Those early impressions of fibre, colour and texture would later find expression in felted murals, painting and a wide range of other artistic forms.
Felting, one of the world's oldest fibre arts, became one of Linda's preferred mediums. Apart from an introductory workshop in felt making and needle felting, her distinctive technique developed independently. Her eldest sister, an accomplished art curator and painter, also introduced her to painting and pottery as Linda explored new mediums through which to create.
Linda believes that artwork is narrative. Her work interprets lived experience, relationships, memory and place. Friends, family and people encountered throughout her life have appeared within that narrative, while the landscapes and communities of northern and western Canada have profoundly influenced her artistic practice.
Nature is woven throughout Linda's work. Feathers, driftwood, stone and other found materials become elements in felted murals, mosaics, sculptural and wearable works. She has worked across mediums ranging from oil painting and fibre art to carving, sewing and mixed-media construction. Her creative practice has always been inspiration-driven rather than market-driven: the idea determines the medium.
Over the course of her artistic life, Linda's work has intersected with community, culture and storytelling in unusual ways. Her works carry histories of the people and places from which they emerged, and several have travelled their own remarkable journeys through public exhibition, community presentation and private collections.
After a period in which her artistic practice became quieter following the death of her husband, Fred Morrison Starr, Linda is returning to her work with a renewed understanding of the role that art, memory and creation have played throughout her life.
Go Gallery represents both that history and what comes next: a living collection of Linda Bonnefoy's work, spanning decades of creation, relationship, experimentation and transformation.
Art Exhibits
Art Exhibitions, Shows and Gallery Sales
’Ksan Historical Village and Museum Gift Store
Hazelton, BC
Artwork sold through the Gift Store for three years.
Misty Rivers Arts Centre
Hazelton, BC — 2019
Group exhibition.
Group of Eight
Brock Street Studio Gallery, Vancouver, BC — December 2018
Art show and sales.
Show On the Go
Ottawa; St. John’s, Newfoundland; and three locations in Vancouver — 2016–2018
Street exhibitions.
Retrospective on the Colonization of Labrador Through My Grandmother’s Eyes
The Yukon Show
Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
A major cultural exhibition in which 48 Yukon First Nations were represented. Master Carvers Ed Smarch, Alex Dickson and Keith Smarch represented the Yukon in carving demonstrations. The five-week cultural exchange also included two fashion shows.
I participated as one of 24 clothing designers, presenting felted work, as well as encaustic painting.
Yukon Art Society Grand Opening — Arts Underground, Hougen Gallery
Whitehorse, Yukon — Summer 2005
Group exhibition.
Mediums: felting and acrylic.
Journey to Healing and Prosperity
Thompson Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
Public unveiling of the felted artwork by the Government of Yukon during the potlatch held to honour my enactment of the traditional Taku River Tlingit wealth legend and the artwork that emerged from that experience.
It was the Jack family who gave the artwork its name, Journey to Healing and Prosperity.
The artwork, together with its accompanying plaque, was subsequently held on loan to the Yukon Permanent Art Collection and displayed at the Thompson Centre for eighteen years, after which I requested its return.
Medium: felting.
Points of View Exhibition: Self Portrait
Yukon Art Society Gallery — Spring 2005
Mediums: oil painting and encaustic.
Yukon Smoke
Yukon Art Society Gallery — Spring 2005
Group exhibition.
Mediums: collage and encaustic.
Northern Fibres Guild Exhibition
Yukon Art Centre — Fall 2004
Group exhibition.
Medium: felting.
Points of View: Hidden Places
Yukon Art Society Gallery — Spring 2004
Group exhibition.
Work: The Annunciation
Medium: felting.
Sisters
Yukon Gallery — Winter 2003
Exhibition with encaustic painter Marlene Collins. Ten-piece mural submission.
Medium: felt murals.
Yukon Art Centre — Main Gallery
Yukon Fibres Society
Group exhibition.
Medium: felted murals.
Points of View Show
Spring 2001
Group exhibition.
Mediums: pottery tiles and mural.
Manifesting Self
Canduchi Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon — Fall 1998
Solo exhibition.
Medium: watercolour.
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Summer is my favorite season. I enjoy the breeze on my face and the passages of time that stretch and fade away.
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About Me
Thoughts. Experiences. Inspiration.
I’m so glad you’ve arrived.
I am an artist, storyteller and community builder whose creative life has been shaped by art, culture, relationships and the communities I have had the privilege of knowing throughout my life.
I currently live on the beautiful northwest coast of British Columbia in the traditional territory of the Tsimshian people. My journey has taken me through communities across northern and western Canada and beyond, where relationships with artists, Elders, families, cultural teachers and community members have profoundly influenced both my life and my work.
For me, art has never existed separately from life. It is narrative. A felted mural, painting, carving or object can carry a relationship, a place, a cultural encounter, a memory or a story forward through time. Some of my works have grown from deeply personal experiences; others from relationships and cultural exchanges that have continued across decades.
My creative practice is also inseparable from my wider commitment to community. Throughout my life I have worked in community development, education, advocacy, leadership and cultural relationship-building. Those experiences have taught me that creativity can do more than make something beautiful—it can create connection, preserve memory, honour relationships and open conversations between people.
Go Gallery is where those worlds meet.
Here I share my artwork and the stories, people, places and relationships that have informed its creation. I invite you to explore not simply what I have made, but the journeys behind the work.
Summer Creations
Summer out on the land or the water is embraced by all Canadian Northerners. Join me as I endeavor to transfer the beauty of community and location onto canvas
照夜白化 (Zhào Yè Bái Huà – Transformation of Night-Shining White)
Through the lens of a Red Eye
Creativity and Inspiration during northern winters
