Linda Wervey Vitamvas

A native of the Milwaukee area, Linda Wervey Vitamvas earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and practiced psychiatric, obstetrical and surgical nursing for much of her life. A persistent love of art has led her to integrate her scientific knowledge and experiences with her study of art. She has studied art in non-traditional settings, both locally and abroad for many years and formalized her education by earning her Masters and Masters of Fine Art degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Linda has won awards in the 2009 Wisconsin Biennial, the 2010 Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now exhibition, and the 2005 and 2010 Kohler Eight Counties exhibitions. Her work was featured in a solo show “One from Wisconsin” at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend, Wisconsin. She has also exhibited in the 2010 Wisconsin Triennial at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and Inside/Outside at the Lynden Sculpture Garden.