Leigh Tarentino

curriculum vitae

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006 Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 The Sheltering Sky, Black and White Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Young American Artists, Group Exhibition, Stas Namin Centre, Moscow, Russia
2005 Third Annual Summer Group Show, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 First Happiness, University Art Museum, State University of New York, Albany, NY
2004 A Slow Read, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Featured artist, month of May, Gallery 1 x 4 curated by Aya Harazono, in Norari webzine
2003 Group drawing show curated by Angela Dufresne, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2002 Brooklyn Front Gallery Editions Project, Brooklyn, NY
2002 MMC Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
2001 HERE Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Brooklyn Front Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Schroeder Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Contortion & Distortion, Group Exhibition, oFF-rAMP.org
2001 Tributary, Group Exhibition, AIR Gallery, New York, NY
2000 HERE Gallery, 5th Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition, New York, NY
2000 Bingo Hall Gallery, Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
1998 Fidelity Investments, Rhode Island College, Smithfield, RI
1998 Bannister Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
1998 Woods-Gerry Gallery, RISD Summer Faculty Exhibition, Providence, RI
1997 Tufts University Gallery, Group Exhibition, Boston, MA
1997 Attleboro Museum, Faculty Exhibition, Attleboro, MA
1997 Endicott College Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Beverly, MA
1996 Dow Gallery, Artists in Residence Exhibition, Snowmass, CO
1996 Pitkin County Bank, Artists in Residence Exhibition, Aspen, CO
1996 Dow Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Snowmass, CO
1995 Annual Holiday Show, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
1995 RISD Art Museum, Graduate Exhibition, Providence, RI
1995 Sol Koffler Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Providence, RI
1994 Sol Koffler Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Providence, RI

PRESS

New York Times, Art Reviews, From Moscow to the Bergen Mall, January 29, 2006
Zink Magazine, Where Art Thou?, June 2004
Artnet.com, Dateline Brooklyn, April 4, 2004
Art & Antiques Magazine, Gallery Watch, April 2004
New York Magazine, Listings, April 5, 2004
FlavorpillNYC, Issue 197, March 16-22, 2004
Artnet.com, Dateline Brooklyn, February 12, 2004

AWARDS

2008 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2007 Gottlieb Foundation Grant
2007 Artists' Fellowship Grant
2004 Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, Hall Farm Center for Arts. Townshend, Vermont
2002 Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Art Grant
1998 Massachusetts Cultural Council Regional Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville, MA
1995-96 Winter Season, Artist-In-Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO
1994 Rhode Island School of Design, Award of Excellence

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2007-2008 Brown University, Department of Visual Art: Foundation Studio
2007-2008 RISD, Continuing Education Department: Ideas Lab, Egg Tempera Workshop
1999 Maine College of Art, Graduate Studies Department: Independent Study MFA Instructor
1998 Rhode Island College, Department of Art: Basic Design
1997-1999 Endicott College, Department of Art and Design: Painting I, Drawing I, Drawing II
1997-1998 Rhode Island School of Design, Summer Studies Program: Foundation Drawing, Art History
1997 Brown University, Department of Visual Art: Foundation Design, Drawing I
1997 Assumption College, Department of Art and Music: Drawing I, Drawing II
1996 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Instructor: Basic Drawing, Teaching Assistant: Printmaking, Painting, various workshops
1993 - 1995 Brown University, Teaching Assistant, Painting I, Painting II

OTHER

1996 Teaching Assistant, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
1994-1995 Curator, RISD Museum Video Series, Providence, RI
1993-1995 Teaching Assistant, Brown University, Department of Visual Art, Providence, RI

EDUCATION

1995 MFA in Painting and Printmaking: Rhode Island School of Design
1990 BFA in Painting: Kansas City Art Institute