Born Chicago
Lives New York City
   
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 "School(s)", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2018 "Intersections", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2016 "Susan Leopold" , Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2015 "Beyond Silence" , Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2012 "Interiors Disrupted" , Flad Gallery, The Butler Institute of America Art, Youngstown, OH
2011 "Interiors Disrupted", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2009 "Complex," Elizabeth Harris Gallery , New York , NY
  “Castles and Untold Stories” Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
2004 “Uncharted Perspectives” The Bronfman Center Gallery,
             New York University , New York, NY
2003 “Susan E. Leopold: Mixed-Up Worlds,” MassMOCA Kidspace,
             North Adams, MA
  "Tornado Room and Other Eccentric Spaces”, Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery,
              Lebannon Valley College , Lancaster, PA
  “Mirrors and Motion,” The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport , CT
2000 “Adjoining Rooms,” 10th@18th.Ave.Window Project, New York, NY
  “Fractured Visions,” John Weber Gallery, New York , NY
  Small Works Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
1998 "One Must Have a Mind of Winter," A site-specific installation. Dana Room,
               Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
  Small Works Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
1997 "Fractured Still Life," Corner Window - Museum of Contemporary
               Photography Columbia College, Chicago, IL
  "Transvertical,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco , CA
1996 The Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
  The New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
  John Weber Gallery , New York, NY
  "Peep Show," The New York Kunsthalle, New York, NY
1995 The Rotunda Gallery, Site specific Installation, Brooklyn, NY
1994 "Photographic Worlds," Schneider Gallery, Chicago , IL (two person show)
1993 John Weber Gallery , New York , NY
1991 John Weber Gallery , New York , NY
1990 Mehrangarh Museum, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
  Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
1988 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  John Weber Gallery , New York, NY
  Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
  John Weber Gallery , New York , NY
   
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 "In Studio: BMCC Faculty Show", Shirley Fiterman Art Center, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York NY
2017 "Street Smart - SVA Alumni Exhibition", SVA Chelsea Gallery, NY, NY
  "Connection II: An Invitational Exhibition of Artists Selecting Artists", Atlantic Gallery, NY, NY
  "New Gallery/New Work", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York
2016 "Art/Works", Shirley Fiterman Art Center, Borough of Manhattan Community College, NY, NY
  "Art in Embassies - Urban Places and Rural Spaces", Ambassador’s Residence, Harare, Zimbabwe
2015 "At This Moment: Recent Artwork by BMCC Faculty", Shirley Fiterman Art Center, NY, NY
  "All/Together/Different", – The Manny Cantor Center, New York, NY
  "Hybrid Landscape" - Theater 1, Breezeway Gallery, BMCC-CUNY
2014 "D(RAW)", Bullet Space, New York, NY
2013 "Winter Exhibition", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2012 "Interiors Disrupted", The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2011 Fracturing the Burning Glass: Between Mirror and Meaning,
             Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, ME
2010 "Collecting for a New Millenium: Recent Acquisitions 2000-2010",
             The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
  Celebrating the 10th Aniversary of Kidspace MassMoca - Kidspace,
             North Adams, MA
2008 "Site Specific 08" , Islip Art Museum, Islip , NY
  "Stretching the Truth", John Michael Kohler Arts Center , Sheboygan , WI
2007-08 "Written on the Wind: The Flag Project", The Rubin Museum of Art, NYC, NY
2007 "Transformations: Photography and Imaging@25", New York University ,
             Gulf and Western Galleries, NYC, NY
  "Black/White and Read", Center for Book Arts, NYC, NY and San Francisco
             Book Arts Center, San Francisco, CA
2006 "Math and New Media", New Image Gallery-James Madison University`,
             Harrisonburg, VA
  "Got Cows: Cows in American Art" , Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
  National Academy 181 St Annual Exhibition, Nation Acacemy, NYC, NY
2005 "In Practice", The Sculpture Center, Long Island City , NY
  Snug Harbor Cultural Center: Site-Specific Installation, Staten Island , NY
2004 Gigantism, Gigantic Art Space, NYC, NY
  Visual Arts Gallery: 101 Ways-curators: Jerry Saltz and Rachel Gugleberger, New York, NY
2003

"January White Sale", Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago , IL

 

"Social Space", Cuchifritos, curated by David Gibson, New York, NY

 

Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Gulf and western Gallery Tisch School
             of the Arts, NYC, NY

 

“IV Salon de Arte Digital” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana , Cuba

  “Reflex/Reflejo", Art & Idea, Mexico City , Mexico
  "Visual Perspectives: 14 Years of the Virginia A. Groot Awards",
             Groot Foundation Space, Chicago, IL
 

"Art of the Miniature", Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn , NY

 

"20/20 Celebrating 20 years of Innovative Exhibitions", The Rotunda Gallery,
             Brooklyn, NY

 

Memory and Metaphore, Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center

  Ragdale 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago , IL
  “Moments of Clarity at Sotheby's” Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
  Virginia A Groot Fundation - Scultpure Objects and Functional Art,
             Chicago , IL
2001 “Reflections: Fiftheenth Anniverary Show,” Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
  “Responses,” 8th Floor Gallery , New York University, New York , NY
  “Expanding Tradition,” Lobby Gallery at Deutsche Bank, New York , NY
 

“Artists' Books & Related Work,” Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY

 

‘The Lake,' Malca Gallery , New York , NY

2000

“Inventing Space”, The Work Space, New York , NY

  “Photo-Based Work,” Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago , IL
  “In-sites VI: Making Our City Livable,” Henry Street Settlement, NY
  “Collecting at the End of the Century,” Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago , IL
1999 (UN) BECOMING: The Art of Transformation, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago , IL
  “Memory Boxes,” Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery , Lebanon Valley College, Annville , PA
  “Tangents: Connecting the Classroom to the Studio,” Henry Street Settlement,
             Abrons Art Center, New York , NY
  “Water Works,” HBO Galleries , New York , NY
  “The Horse Show,” Smallworks Gallery, Las Vegas , NV
  “Peek,” White Box Gallery, sponsored by FIT, New York , NY
  “Recent Acquisitions” Megahan Gallery, Allegheny College , Meadville , PA
1998 "Structures," Nationsbank Plaza Gallery, Charlotte , NC
  "House/Scene": Traveling Exhibition, Germany sponsored -
            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, organized by Liz Christianson with
            Creative Time, New York , NY

  "What's Cool?" Arte Fiera'97, curated by Alessandra Galasso and Alessandra Galetta,
             Bologna, Italy
  "COPIACABANA ", Museo Extremeno e Ibero-americano de Arte Contemporano,
             Barcelona, Spain
  "The Hands Show" George Adams Gallery, NY , NY
1996 "Voyeur's Delight," Franklin Furnace, curators Barbara Rusin and
            Grace Roselli
  "People in Glass Houses," Urban Glass, Bklyn , NY , curator Alison Sky
  "Box," Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York, NY
  "BareBones," Curated by Nina Yankowitz, TZ'Art & Co., New York , NY
  Inaugural exhibition, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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 Exquis," The Drawing Center , New York, NY
            Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C.; The Santa Monica Museum,
            Los Angeles; The Forum, St. Louis; The American Center, Paris

1992 "City by Day/City by Night III," Gallery Henoch, New York , NY
  "Contemporary Wood Sculpture," Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
  "Community, Spirit/Artistic Vision: Krasdale selects Brooklyn Artists"        
  Deson-Saunders, Chicago , IL
1991 "Silent Interiors," Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, WA
  "Boxes," Renee Fotouhi Fine Art, East Hampton, NY
  Deson-Saunders, Chicago , IL
  "Artists for Choice," curated by Josephine Gear, Ceres Gallery,
            New York , NY
  "New Work by Gallery Artists," John Weber Gallery, New York , NY
1990 " New York at Night," Helander Gallery, New York, NY
  "American Art Today: The City," curated by Dahlia Morgan,
            Florida International University Art Museum,
            Miami, FL
1989 "Miniature Environments," Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY
  "Annual VII: Wall-Mounted Work," Mandeville Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA
  "New York : City by Day / City by Night," Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
  "Boite Alerte," Renee Fotouhi Gallery, New York, NY
1988 "Boxes, Containers and Vessels," Atlanta College of Art , Atlanta, GA
  "Homage to Edward Hopper: Quoting the American Realists,"
            Baruch College Art Gallery, New York , NY
1987-89 "The World is Round: The Artist and The Expansive Vision," traveling exhibition organized
             by the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY ; curated by Marcia Clark: Delaware Art
             Museum, Wilmington, Delaware ; Parrish Art Museum, South Hampton, New York ;
             Arts and Science Center, Nashua, New Hampshire; Albany Institute of History and Art,
             Albany , New York : College Art Gallery , State University of New York , New Paltz ,
             New York : The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
1987 "Stage Sets," McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Washington D.C.
1986 "10 on 8" Window Installations, curated by William Olander, New York, NY
  "Fictional Spaces," curated by Jackie Battenfield, Brooklyn , New York, NY
  "Sculpture in Place," sponsored by Organization of lndependent Curators, Borough of Manhattan
             Community College, The City University of NY, New York, NY
  "The Gallery Show," Exit Art, New York , NY
  "Off the Waterfront,"City Gallery/The Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY
  "The Artist and Her Subject," Bill Schiffer Gallery. New York, NY
1985 "The Second International Shoe Box Sculpture Exhibition Honolulu, HI
  "Small Works 9th Annual Competition," Allan Stone Gallery , New York, NY
  “The Small Works Show," BACA Downtown, curated by Lynn Gumpert,
            Brooklyn, NY
  "Brooklyn Waterfront Artists," Ammo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  ''Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition 6th Annual Show," Brooklyn, NY
  "Independent Curators Incorporated: Tenth Anniversary Benefit Exhibition," New York, NY
  "When Artists Make Toys," First Street Forum, St. Louis; Objects Gallery, Chicago IL
1983-84 "New Sculpture: Icon and Environment," traveling exhibition organized and circulated by
             Independent Curators Inc., New York, curated by Susan Sollins: Richard F. Brush Gallery,
             St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY; Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY; Museum of Art,
            Science and Industry Bridgeport, CT
1983 "Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition 4th Annual Show," Brookln, NY
  "BACA Downtown-Brooklyn Waterfront Artists," Brooklyn, NY
  "Terminal New York ," Brooklyn, NY
1982 "New Sculpture: Icon and Environment," New York , NY
            curated by Susan Sollins, sponsored by "The Women's Caucus For Art"
  "Down and Out of New York : Documenting New York Guerrilla Shows," Wake Forest University
            Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
   
COMMISSIONS / PUBLIC PROJECTS
2005 Alleyways - MTA Arts for Transit, New York , NY
2003 Tornado Tower – Lebanon Valley College , Anneville , PA
2000 Waterway- MTA Arts for Transit: Franklin Street Subway Station,
           New York, NY
1997 "Fractured Still Life," Corner Window - Museum of Contemporary
           Photography Columbia College , Chicago IL
  "World Views" Deutsche Bank, organized by Liz Christianson with
           Creative Time, New York, NY
1996 "Peep Show," The New York Kunsthalle, New York, NY
  Henry Street Settlement Art Partners Project - indoor mural JHS 22,
           New York , NY
  Henry Street Settlement Art Partners Project - indoor mural PS. 15,
           New York , NY
1995 The Rotunda Gallery, Site specific Installation, Brooklyn, NY
  Privacy & Mass Media, Hosted by Rick Moody, Sponsored by P.S. l Museum
           ‘Art At the Anchorage ,' Brooklyn, NY
1994 Henry Street Settlement Arts Partners Project - outdoor mural P.S.155, Queens , NY
  Labyrinthine World " a Limited Edition Artists Book - funded by Aurea Foundation,
            NYC, Milano, Italy
1991 Charas/El Bohio Community and Cultural Center
1989 Zone/Avenue B Billboard Project, Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, NY
1988 Navy Yard Boys and Girls Club Brooklyn, Bridge Street , Brooklyn, NY
1987 MTA Creative Stations, Arts for Transit, High Street, Brooklyn, NY
  Dr. White Community Center, Gold Street, Brooklyn, NY
1985 Dr. White Community Center, Brooklyn, York Street, Brooklyn, NY
   
FILM/ SPECIAL PROJECTS
1995 Privacy & Mass Media, Hosted by Rick Moody, Writers Dinner Series Sponsored by P.S.1 Museum
1994 A Labyrinthine World of Correlations" a Limited Edition Artists Book - funded by
            Aurea Foundation, New York , NY / Milano, Italy
1993 "Promotional Copy" Edited by Robin Kahn, published by Mimi Somerby and S.O.S. lnternational
            in cooperation with Brat, and Arts Organization INC., New York, NY
  "Distorted View Finders" - Limited Sculpture Edition - produced by Susan Leopold
1992 "Susan Leopold" Images/art - New York , weekly television program by
           Bill Page - video Documentary
1991 "The Dream Maker" video documentary, by Lynne Loo, made for World TV Corp., April
   
PHOTOGRAPHIC PUBLICATIONS
1999 "The Cow Collection", Longmeadow Press, edited by Susan Fortrunado            and Giema Tsakuginow; Photo: p.14
  Young Sisters and Brothers Magazine, June/July; Photo p. 70
           Cow Calendar, Longmeadow Press; Photos: August
1998 World War 3 Illustrated- issue no. 25 , "Freaks, cults, saints, and revelations"; p.56 & 57
1997 Africa International, July- August; Photos: p. 76-77
1988 Travel and Leisure Magazine, December; Photos: p.99 & 102
  Snow Lion Publication, "Tibetan Pilgrimage" Peter Gold, , book cover
   
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2006 Ruhling, Nancy A. Panache, “A Mansion Made for Art and Artists, April 28
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  Genocchio, Benjamin , New York Times, “Works that Suggest Kaleidoscopic Vision," Aug. 28
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1999 Worth, Alexi, The New Yorker, May 24, pg. 16
1998 Osberger, Madeline, “Take a Peek Inside Leopold's World,” Snowmass Village Sun,
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  Schwartz, Joyce-Pomeroy with Karla Brady, "Defining Structures", (catalog)
  Knowles, Laura, "Mind of Winter Persists Even if Reality is Elusive," Happenings,
           The Intelligencer Journal, January 9
 

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1997 Rowlands, Penelope, "Hosfelt Gallery'', Art and Auction June
1996 "Voyeur's Delight," NY SOHO , October
  "Voyeur's Delight," New Observations Issue 112, FALL guest editors:
           Grace Roselli & Barbara Rusin, Cover & pg. 16
1995 Smith, Roberta, "Anchor and Balm For Restless Souls,"
           The New York Times, Friday August 4
  The Print Collector's Newsletter, Sept. -Oct, p. 140- 141
  Levin, Gail, "Edward Hopper: His Legacy for Artists," Edward Hopper &
           The American Imagination, Whitney Museum of American Art in Association with
           W.W. Norton & Co., New York , NY
1994 Foerstner, Abigail, 'Winter Exhibits Feature Visionary Images, Past
           and Present," Chicago Tribune,Friday, December 2
1993 Kimmelman, Michael "The Exquisite Corpse Rises from the Dead",
           The New York Times, November 7. Pg.41
 

"Just an Illusion", The Sheboygan Press, July 23

 

Favina, Bob, "The Illusionists' Pull the Wool Over Our Eyes,"
           The Sheboygan Press, July 18

  Auer, James, " Sheboygan 's Artistic Double Header Challenges Our Ideas About Reality",
           Milwaukee Journal, July 11
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1992 Artforum, March, cover, p. 87
1991 Kidd, David Elliot, "The Art of Susan Leopold", Columbia : A Magazine of Poetry and Prose,
           Fall, p. 155-162
  Miller, John, review, Artforum, Summer, p. 113-114
  "Goings on About Town," The New Yorker, April 15, p. 13
1990 Speidel, Bill, "New Gallery," Seattle Guide
  Glowan, Ron, "Bank Gallery Opens Window to Artists' Array of 'Interiors'," The Key, Nov.23
  Ament, Deloris Tarzan, "They're getting Inside Their Art," The Seattle Times,
           November 15
  Glowen, Ron, "The Eloquence of Empty Rooms," Artweek, vol. 21. no. 42, December 13
  Prentice, Nora, "Susan Leopold: A Space of My Own," Span Magazine,
           New Delhi, October
  David, Esther, "Colorful Collages," The Times of India , Ahmedabad, May 16
  Waterman, Daniel, "Miniature Environment at the Whitney Museum,” ARTnews, Feb, p.163
1989 Tallmer, Jerry, "Miniature Show: It's a Small World,” New York Post, September 8
  “Miniature Environments,” Village Voice, September 19
  “Small Scale Art Considered at Whitney Museum of American Art,”
           Sun Bulletin, Aug. 4
  Russell, John,“Some Masterly Work of Microcosmic Stature,”
           The New York Times, Aug.11
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           The New York Times, Sunday, February 26
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  Hayt-Atkins, Elizabeth , "Jack Goldstein and Susan Leopold at
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  Kay, Alfred, "When Art Takes Off in a Different Direction,"
           The Sacramento Bee, July 17
1987 Clark, Marcia, "The Expansive Vision" in exhibition catalog
           The World is Round, The Hudson River Museum,
           Yonkers, NY
1986 Brenson, Michael, "A Bountiful Season in Outdoor Sculpture Reveals New Sensibility,"
           The New York Times, Friday, July 18
  Rauschenbusch, Stephanie, "Inventing Secrets at Rotunda Gallery," Prospect Press,
           March 5, , pg. 18
  Braff, Phyllis, "Small Scale Environmental Sculpture,"Antiques and
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1984 Braff, Phyllis, "From the Studio, " The East Hampton Star, April 26
  Sollins, Susan, "New Sculpture: Icon and Environment,"
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           " Williamsburg's April All Fools Show," The Phoenix, April 8, , p.12
   
AWARDS/ GRANTS
2006 Agop Agopoff Prize, National Academy 181 st Exhibition, NYC, NY
2002-2003 May and Samuel Rudin Family Scholarship, New York University ,
           New York , NY
2001 Tim Nye Scholarship, New York University , New York , NY
2000 MTA Arts for Transit, New York , NY
  Anderson Ranch - Digital Photography Scholarship
  Henry Street Settlement - Video Scholarship
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 Diane Wood Middlebrook Fellowship
1995 The MacDowell Colony
  The Catherine Boettcher Fellowship
1994 The MacDowell Colony
1989-1990 The Indo-America Fellowship
  The Retreat, The Sarabhai Family Residence, Ahmedabad. India
  Kanoria Center for Art, Ahmedabad , India
1989 Fulbright Fellowship (declined to accept the Indo-American)
1987 Creative Stations, Metropolitan Transit Authority
1982 School of Visual Arts Rhodes Family Award
   
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles , CA
The Brooklyn Museum , Brooklyn , NY
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York , NY
First National Bank of Chicago , Chicago , lL
Progressive Corporate Art, Mayfield , Ohio
The University of Alberta Library , Alberta , Canada
Biblioteca Centrale Firenze, Florence , Italy
The University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa , Alabama
Allegheny College , Meadville , Pennsylvania
The Deutsche Bank, New York , New York
The Rockwell Group, Inc.
   
EDUCATION
2001-2003 Interactive Telecommunications Program, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
1980-1982 B.F.A., School of Visual Arts, New York
1980 Northwestern University, Evanston , IL
1978-1980 Boston University , Boston, MA