Leah Beeferman

Leah Beeferman 

b. 1982

EDUCATION

MFA Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia (2010)
BA Brown University Providence, Rhode Island (2004)

AWARDS

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Finland (2016-17)

Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Art (2014)

RESIDENCIES

Mustarinda Residency, Hyrynsalmi, Finland (forthcoming, 2016)

Arteles Residency, Haukijärvi, Finland (forthcoming, 2016)

Titanik Gallery Artist Residency, Turku, Finland (forthcoming, 2016)

Island Press Emerging Artist Fellowship, St. Louis MO (2016)

Sirius Arts Center Residency, Cobh, Ireland (2016)

SÍM Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland (2014)

Digital Painting Atelier Residency, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada (2014)

Kökarkultur Artist Residence, Kökar, Finland (2013)

The Arctic Circle, International Territory of Svalbard (2012)

Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago IL (2012)

Diapason Sound Art Gallery, Brooklyn NY (2012)

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Residency, New York NY (2010-11)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2017

TBD Sorbus, Helsinki, Finland (solo exhibition)

2016

COLD COLOR Rawson Projects, New York NY (solo exhibition)

Infinity Cove with Kristine Eudey Bass & Reiner, San Francisco CA

Empty Space The Guesthouse, Cork, Ireland (performance)

Event Horizon Knockdown Center, Brooklyn NY

g00g13 34r+h The Vault at Spaces, Cleveland OH

Liquid Pictures Klaus Von Nichtssagend, New York NY

2015

Strong Force Rawson Projects, New York NY (solo exhibition)

Empty Space Fridman Gallery, New York NY (performance)

Singing Material Tyson, Cologne, Germany

Empty Space Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York NY (performance)

Timberrrr HORSEANDPONY, Berlin, Germany

2014

Empty Space Essex Flowers, New York NY (performance)

Sense Objects with Stephen Vitiello curated by Regine Basha, Fridman Gallery, New York, NY

Leah Beeferman: Field Positions / Rick Silva: Render Garden Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR

Magnetic North 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, New York NY

2013

6<<<>>>6 curated by Rachel Steinberg Interstate Projects, Brooklyn NY

C-H-A-M-B-E-R-S curated by Sara Ludy The Wrong New Digital Art Biennale

The Order of Things curated by Jamillah James NURTUREart, Brooklyn NY

The Flat Files: Year One TSA, Brooklyn NY

Hypotheticals II Free Range Gallery, Perth, Australia

Beyond the Barrier Camera Club of NY, New York NY

In Search Of... TSA, Brooklyn NY

Septentrion: Exploring the Arctic Circle Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee WI

The Imperative of Teaching: Studio Pedagogy Bergen Community College, Paramus NJ

2012

1201.2280v1 Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia PA (solo exhibition)

Non-measurable Objects Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton VA (solo exhibition)

What Do You Believe In? curated by Amy Smith-Stewart NY Photo Festival 2012, Brooklyn NY

Prune in the Sky Toves Galleri / Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

In Search Of... Clough Hansen Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis TN

In Search Of... Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS

2011

LOST curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Invisible-Exports, New York NY

The Spirit of the Signal Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York NY

Leah Beeferman/Pierre Le Hors PACS Gallery, Brooklyn NY

Lift off: Earthlings and the Great Beyond Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, Newark NJ

Exit Strategy White Box, New York NY

Matinee St. Cecilia’s Convent, Brooklyn NY

An Exchange with Sol LeWitt Cabinet project space/MassMOCA, Brooklyn NY/North Adams MA

The Wrong Miracle Galeria NoMINIMO, Guayaquil, Ecuador

2010

Timed Travel Thomas Jefferson High School Planetarium, Richmond VA (performance)

Journeys Into the Unknown Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA (solo exhibition)

PUBLICATIONS

Triple Point Artist book published by Lodret Vandret, Denmark (2016)

ELECTRONIC OBJECTS online commission, 221a.ca/toggle (2015)

Empty Space online commission, NewHive.com (2015)

Sense Objects split 7” record with Stephen Vitiello, catalog for exhition at Fridman Gallery (2014)

Parallelograms co-creator/co-curator of Parallelograms, an ongoing online artist project (2010-present)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

“Leah Beeferman — Strong Force” guest post by Daniel Everett, dergreif-online.de (2016)

“Strong Force (Chromodynamics 5)” featured image, TANK Magazine (2015)

“Review: The Wrong Biennale” by Ben Eastham review, rhizome.org (2015)

“Leah Beeferman” by Lucas Blalock interview, bombmagazine.com (2015) 

“Leah Beeferman” by Emily Gaynor interview, newhive.com (2015)

“Leah Beeferman: The States Project: New York” by Mark Dorf interview, lenscratch.com (2015)

“Sense Objects” by Owen Duffy exhibition review, ArtPulse (Fall 2014)

“Here Are Things, And Here Is Their Order” by Paul D’Agostino exhibition review, The L Magazine (2013) 

“Out of this World” by Ann Landi article, ARTNews (June 2012)

“Eclectic visuals and sound at Vox” by Chip Schwartz exhibition review, Knight Blog (2012) 

“LOST on the Lower East Side exhibition review, Hyperallergic (2011) 

“The Lookout: A Weekly Guide to Shows You Won’t Want to Miss” exhibition review, Art in America (2011)

ARTIST TALKS/VISITING CRITIQUES

Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland (forthcoming, 2017)

New York University, New York NY (2016)

University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland (2016)

School of Visual Arts, New York NY (2015)

Brigham Young University, Provo UT (2015)

Curry College, Milton MA (2015)

Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto ON, Canada (2014)

Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh PA (2011)