“Amigas 2” by Linda Behar
Artist Linda Behar is speaking at Washington Printmakers Gallery on Saturday, June 5th, at 3:00 pm. She will discuss her life, her career as an artist, and will demonstrate the process of woodblock printing using laser cutting plates. Behar deployed this technique to create the colorful and striking images currently on display at Washington Printmakers Gallery. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Linda Behar is interested in the female form, specifically how it is manifested in different media and how it highlights the dissonance between “the expectations of society and an individual’s sense of self.” Body language, for Behar, is a visual form of communication that helps the viewer understand human behavior. The artwork for this exhibit is titled “I AM WOMAN” and is a poetical representation of the woman’s body. As Behar notes, her goal is “embracing the freedom to be herself.”
Born in Venezuela, Behar immigrated to the United States in 2000. Behar was trained originally as a civil engineer before attending the Academia Taller Arte y Fuego in Caracas. In 2014, she received her MFA from Florida Atlantic University with an emphasis on printmaking. Behar’s works incorporate a variety of techniques and processes, including glass casting, woodblock prints, laser cutting, and páte de verre (a form of kiln casting). Her works have been exhibited nationally and internationally, winning numerous awards and honorable mentions.
