LINK HARPER
1242 N. Lawrence Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122 Phone: 215.978.0793
Fax: 215.978.0793
E-mail: Jonaslink@cs.com
Born: Columbus, Ohio
Education: 1959-1965, The Ohio State University, BS, Communications
Selected Professional Experience:
1982-Present: Photographer, City of Philadelphia
Instructor of Photography and Video, The Art Institute of Philadelphia
Independent Photography and Video
Documentation of Performance Art, primarily the work of Jonas dos Santos
1971-1982: Independent Photography including: Archives of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Fendrick Gallery, First Federal Design Assembly, Museum of American Art, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Smithsonian Institution, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Kalish and Rice, KYW Television, Certainteed Corporation, Smith, Kline and Becham, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Helen Frankenthaler and Senator Arlen and Councilwoman Joan Specter
1970-1971: Photographer, WETA Television, Washington, DC
Co-founder of The Bird and the Dirt, Inc., Washington, DC
1969-1970: Co-founder of Uniao Visual Gallery/Studio, Recife, Brazil
1968-1969: Photographer, United Press International, Washington, DC
1967-1968: Photographer and Laboratory Director, United States Army, Public Information Office, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea
1964-1965: Recording Engineer for Coronet Recording Co., Columbus, OH
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2007: Salon des Amis Gallery, Malvern, PA
2000-05: Salon des Amis Gallery, Malvern, PA
2004: JMS GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA
1998: Project Brazil/USA 2001, installation/project initiative, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997: A Glimpse at the Other Side, Taller Puertorriqueno, Philadelphia, PA
1996: Reclaiming History / Global Kinship, Taller Puertorriqueno, Philadelphia,
PA
1986-1998: Faculty Show, The Art Institute of Philadelphia
1986: Faces of the City, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
1992: Impressions of Pernambuco and Alagoas, The Art Institute of Philadelphia
1990: Impressions of Pernambuco and Alagoas, The Brazilian-American Cultural Institute, Washington, DC
1986: Documentation as an Art Form, The Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
1976: Festival Faces, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, CO
Selected Videos/Films:
2001: Crossing Boarders, for the Museu da Praia, Brazil
1998: Project Brazil/USA 2001, for Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia
1990: Video Images PE-AL Brazil, for The Brazilian American Cultural Institute, Washington, D.C.
1980: A Voice Within: The Disabled and the Community, for Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia
1979: Homage to Noguchi, for the Philadelphia Museum
1978: Old City Philadelphia, for The Bird and the Dirt, Inc., Salute to Philadelphia Super Achievers, for The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, All that Jazz, for the Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania.
1977: Independence Ball ‘77, for the City of Philadelphia, Disco Dance a la Regine, for the Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia’s Beautiful, for the Bird and the Dirt, Inc.
1974: Celebration of Copernicus, for the Office of Symposia and Seminars, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Selected Performances/Events Documentation:
1971-Present: Technical director, sound engineer, videographer and photographer in collaboration with Jonas dos Santos in seventy-five different performances/events. Locations include: Philadelphia Museum of Art, XIII International Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Corcoran Museum, Museum of American Art, Renwick Museum, Roswell Museum, Painted Bride Art Center, Washington Project for the Arts, Fordham, Lehigh and Temple Universities, Albright College, Headlands Center for the Arts, INTAR Gallery and The Experimental Gallery Smithsonian Institution.