Linda Le Kinff, French (1949 - )

Linda Le Kinff was born in Paris to Franco-Brazilian Parents. Her Father a Doctor died when she was 3 and her mother remarried but she did spend her childhood in boarding schools. She attended Rophee a select institute in Neuilly, where music, art, language and literature are taught. In 1968 she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris and self-published her first lithograph edition "Le Masque".

Linda started her career as a painter at the age of 20. In the 1970s she traveled to India, Tibet, Mexico and Italy. She lived and worked in Italy for 12 years learning the ancient techniques of tempera, egg painting and the gold leaf method, taught by masters in Florence and Livorno. She also served an apprenticeship in wood engraving, copper engraving, and excelled in learning the modern techniques of acrylic and airbrush painting. Le Kinff works without a model and her inspiration comes from travel, her dreams, reading and her imagination.

Linda's subjects are extremely diverse and include musical scenes or poetic interpretations of people caught in an intimate moment of their lives. Linda loves attending the circus, especially Cirque du Soleil. She is inspired by the amazing flexibility and movement of the performers.

In 1998, Le Kinff was selected as the Official World Cup Artist and exhibited in the cities where the matches took place, Montpellier, Saint-Denis, Nantes, Marseilles, Toulouse, and Lyon. Her medallion was exhibited at the Monnaie de Paris, where French Nemaic has been minted since the 15th century, and the Euro since 1999

Linda was honored to be the official artist of the 2010 Kentucky Derby, featuring her work on posters, prints, tickets, racing programs, and officially licensed products for the 136th Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.

She has had many one-woman art exhibitions throughout the World and has had many paintings and limited edition works collected Worldwide.