Linda Montgomery, French born is a respected Canadian artist, illustrator, and educator
whose award-winning pastel drawings and paintings have been admired and collected in numerous major corporate and private collections worldwide. Linda’s images, have been exhibited and published internationally in over 30 magazines, such as Good Housekeeping, New York Times, Homemakers, Chicago Tribune, Harrowsmith. Also her client list includes illustrating stories for over 20 book publishers, such as Hay House, MacMillian, Golden Books/St.Martins Press, Doubleday, Random House, Workman Publishing. Linda also has serviced over 40 corporations, such as the artwork for the Aga Khan Foundation posters for 10 years for their annual Partnership walk. Linda and her artwork are featured on the foundations video “ A Global Journey” and all the original artworks are in the permanent collection of the Aga Khan Foundation in Ottawa. Her major collections & clients include, Liptons/Unilever, Onex Corporation, Aveda/Collega Corp, Milk Marketing Board, Psizer Pharmaceuticals & Kraft.

Linda’s designs, have also been translated into dishware for Costco, USA, textile design
for Hamill Textiles and rug designs for Multi & Elte Carpets.

In addition, Linda has served as a juror for Studio Magazine and the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communication (CAPIC). Through CAPIC she volunteered with Programing, Business Practises, and was VP of the Toronto Chapter on the Board of Directors.

Linda has supported numerous humanitarian and philanthropic causes, through charitable contributions, her artwork has been selected for many foundations and organizations, notably, The Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Bread & Roses Cultural Projects for Social Justice, Humewood House, Children’s Wish Foundation, Earth Day Canada, World Literacy, Canada Trust Community Partnerships, Farm Sanctuary & Bailey House for Aids in New York.

Acriform Engineering Inc.
Aga Khan Foundation
Air Canada
Alzeimer’s Association
Art Gallery of Ontario
Astra Pharma Inc.
AT & T Corporation
Aveda/Collega Corporation
Bert Manion Interiors
Bonnie Stern School
Boston Globe Mag
Butterfield & Robinson
Canada Life Insurance
Canadian Anaesthetist Society
Canavision Film & Video
Chicago Tribune
Conklin Shows
Cosco USA
Dairy Farmers of Canada
Douglas & McIntyre
Elizabeth Arden
Foote, Cone & Belding
Harrowsmith
Hay House Publishing
Hermann Hospital Magazine
Homemakers Magazine
House & Home Magazine
Imperial Oil Review
In the Hills Magazine
Indigo Books
Kimberly Clark
Lamb’s Rum Company
Laura Secord
Legalware Inc.
Liptons/Unilever
Liquor Control Board
Maxwell House/Kraft
McDougal Littell
Milk Marketing Board
New York Times
Northern Telecom
Onex Corporation
Ortho Pharmaceuticals
Pierre Belvedere Inc.
Random House
Real Music
SC Johnston & Son
Second Story Press
Softquad Corporation
Solitudes Ltd.
Sunkist Growers Inc.
Wise Women Corporation
Workman Publishing
Your Money Magazine


 

AWARDS and GRANTS

Feddev Research Grant
Ontario Arts Council Grant – Access and Career Development towards Mentorship
Communication Arts Illustration Annual
The Advertising & Design Club of Canada
The New York Society of Illustrators
The New York Art Directors Club
The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles
Art Direction Magazine Creativity Awards
Studio Magazine
CAPIC Awards
Toronto Art Directors Club
Laidlaw Foundation Grant
Toronto Arts Council Grant
Loomis & Toles Scholarship
CMA Visual Arts Scholarship