
| Susan Leopold builds intricate constructions utilizing steel, mirrors and photographs. She photographs abandoned urban sites such as empty swimming pools or school bathrooms then surrounds the photos with angled mirrors so both the viewer and image are endlessly reflected. The abandoned sites are given a human element through the interaction with the viewer. Photographs are also the basis for her drawings on translucent paper. The paper covers photographs of empty spaces creating a ghosting effect. Leopold is originally from the Chicago area and now lives in New York City. |
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EDUCATION
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| BFA School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
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| MA Boston University, Boston, MA, Boston University, Boston Italian Studies Program, Florence, Italy | |
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AWARDS / GRANTS
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| 2000 | MTA Arts for Transit, New York, NY |
| 1998 | The New York Foundation for the Arts: Architecture/Environmental Structures The Virginia A. Groot Foundation The YADDO Corporation |
| 1997 | The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL |
| 1996 | The Djerassi Resident Artists Program Wampler Art Professorship, James Madison University The Dinae Wood Middlebrook Fellowship |
| 1995 | The Mac Dowell Colony The Catherine Boettcher Fellowship |
| 1994 | The Mac Dowell Colony |
| 1989-90 | The Indo-America Fellowship The Retreat, The Sarabbhai Family, Ahmedabad, India Kanoria Center for the Art, Ahmedabad, India |
| 1989 | Fulbright Fellowship |
| 1987 | Creative Stations, Metropolitan Transit Authority |
| 1982 | School of Visual Arts Rhodes Family Award |
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GRANTS FOR COMMISSIONS
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| 1989 | Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish, Save the Children Federation |
| 1988 | NY Telephone, The New York Community Trust ConEd; Brooklyn, Union Gas North Brooklyn Anti-Crime Coalition/Mural |
| 1987-89 | CHARAS/EI Bohio Community and Cultural Center Citizen's Committee, INC. Molly Parnis Dress Up Your Neighborhood Award The Felix and Elizabeth Rohatyn Foundation. Inc. The Metropolitan Transit Authority |
| 1986-89 | BACA/ The Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. |
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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| 2003 | Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery, Lebannon Valley College, Lancaster, PA |
| 2001 | Mirrors and Motion, The Balcony Gallery at The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT |
| 2000 | MTA Site Specific Installation - Franklin Street Subway Station, New York, NY |
| 1999 | John Weber Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1999 | Small Works Gallery, Las Vegas, NV |
| 1998 | One Must Have a Mind of Winter, site-specific installation, Dana Room, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA |
| 1998 | Small Works Gallery, Las Vegas, NV |
| 1997 | Fractured Still Life, Corner Window, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL |
| 1997 | Transvertical, site specific installation, Hostelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1996 | The Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA |
| 1996 | John Weber Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1996 | Peep Show, The New York Kunsthalle, New York, NY |
| 1995 | The Rotunda, site specific installation, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1994 | Photographic Worlds, Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL (2 person show) |
| 1993 | John Weber Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1991 | John Weber Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1990 | Mehrangarh Museum, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
| 1990 | Contemporary ARt Gallery, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| 1988 | REna Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1988 | John Weber Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1987 | Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1986 | John Weber Gallery, New York, NY |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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| 2002 | Reflex/Reflejo, Art and Idea, Mexico City, Mexico Ragdale 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2001 | Reflections: Fifteenth Anniversary Show, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL Responses, 8th Floor Gallery, New York University, NY, NY Artists Books & Related Work, Lobby Gallery, Deutsche Bank, NY,NY The Lake, Malca Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2001 | Photo-Based Work, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL Inventing Space, The Work Space, New York, NY |
| 1999 | The Horse Show, Smallworks Gallery, Las Vegas, NV PEEK, White Box/FIT Off-Campus, New York, NY Recent Aquisitions, Megahan Gallery/Allegheny College Meadville, PA |
| 1998 | Structures, Nationsbank Plaza Gallery, Charlotte, NC House/Scene, traveling exhibition, Germany sponsored by Children in Crisis The Naked City, Scott Pfaffman Gallery, New York, NY Introductions, The Small Works Gallery, Las Vegas, NV Matched Pairs, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1997 | En Masse, Gallery on View, New York, NY World Views, Deutsche Bank, Org. by Liz Christianson with Creative Time, NYC WhatÍs Cool, Arte Fiera ï97, curated by Allessandra Galasso and Alessandra Galetta, Bologna, Italy COPIACABANA, Museo Extremeno e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporano, Barcelona, Spain The Hands Show, George Adams Gallery, NY, NY |
| 1996 | VoyeurÍs Delight, Franklin Furnace, NY, NY, curated by Barbara Rusin and Grace Roselli People in Glass Houses, Urban Glass, Brookly, NY, curated by Alison Sky Box, Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, NY, NY BareBones, TZÍArt & Co., NY, NY Inaugural Exhibition, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CAN |
| 1994 | Transtextualism, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA The Faux Show, New York, NY |
| 1993 | The Illusionists, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI The Return of the Cadaver Equips, The Drawing Center, NY, NY traveling show: Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C.; The Santa Monica Museum, Los Angeles, CATeh Forum, St. Louis, MO; The American Center, Paris |
| 1992 | City by Day/City by Night III, Gallery Henocj, NY, NY Contemporary Wood Sculpture, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Deson-Saunders, Chicago, IL Community, Spirit/Artistic Vision: Krasdale selects Brooklyn Artists, |
| 1991 | Silent Interiors, Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, WA Boxes, Renee Fotouhi Fine ARt, East Hampton, NY Deson-Saunders, Chicago, IL New Work by Gallery Artists, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY Artists for Choice, Ceres Gallery, NY, NY, curated by Josephine Gear |
| 1990 | New York at Night, Helander Gallery, NY, NY American Art Today: The City, Florida International University Art Museum, curated by Dahlia Morgan |
| 1989 | New York: City by Day/City by Night |
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
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