Art CV

EXHIBITIONS
Juried Shows
2017
PERSEPHONE PROJECT, Daughters of Troy, Goveners Island, NYC, NY
2016
Not For Sale, Girl on Girl Collective, Art Slope, Park Slope NYC, NY
PRC EXPOSURE 2016, Flash Forward Festival, Boston, MA
Aesthetica Art Prize, York, England
Julia Maragret Cameron Award Benefit, Berlin, Germany
Life Framer, Officine Fotografiche Gallery, Rome, Italy
Expo 35, B. J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
Seities & Selves, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Jct, VT
Re:Artiste Show Your World, Gallery MC, New York, NY
2015
2nd Open Call Exhibit, Peter Miller Fine Art Gallery, Providence, RI
Photo Shoot, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
Memories, Stories, Histories, The Center of Fine Art Photography (C4FAP), Fort Collins, CO
Center Forward Exhibition, C4FAP, Fort Collins, CO
PHOTOWORK ’15, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
The STATE of Photography, PAC Mill Gallery with Pawtucket Arts Collaborative; Pawtucket, RI
2014
First Year Show, Graduate Center, MICA; Baltimore MD
2013
The Boston Printmakers Arches 8th Biennial Student Print Exhibition, Arches; Boston, MA
Annual Student Show, Main Gallery; URI; Kingston, RI
Diversity, Multicultural Center; URI Kingston, RI
Diaspora, New Century Gallery with Women’s Caucus of Art; Chelsea NYC, NY
2012
Carlotti, President’s House; URI Kingston, RI
Annual Student Show, Main Gallery; URI; Kingston, RI
Solo Shows
2015
Projection, Riggs Gallery, MICA; Baltimore, MD
2014
Projections/Displacement, 13.5% Wine Bar; Baltimore, MD
Group Shows
2022
Spacetime Catalyst Film screening, Art Miami, Miami FL
2018
#ICareFor Pop Up Show, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Concert and Wine Reception: Show Your World, New York, NY
Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Abrasion Resistance, Full Circle, Baltimore MD
Out of Order, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2014
Departmental Photographic and Electronic Media Show, Graduate Center, MICA; Baltimore, MD
Year in Review 2013 Digital Group Show See.Me Space; Long Island  City, NY
2013
Departmental Photographic and Electronic Media Show, Graduate Center, MICA;  Baltimore, MD
Women Through Their Own Eyes, Corridor Gallery, URI; Kingston, RI
2012
15 Squared, Gtech Providence; Providence, RI
Senior Seminar, Main Gallery, URI; Kingston, RI
2011
Passive Aggressive: A Portrait, Experimental Gallery; URI; Kingston, RI.
COLLECTIONS
Darkroom Gallery, Essex Jct, VT
United Natural Foods Corporation Art Collection; Providence, RI
Maryland Art Place; Baltimore, MD.
RESIDENCY2017
PERSEPHONE PROJECT, Daughters of Troy, Goveners Island, NYC, NY.
PUBLICATIONS
2017
Philosophie Magazin, Nr.01/2017
2016
Folks Magazine Feature, online
Berlin Biennial 2016
CatalogueBest of IEAA Catalogue
MICA Commotion Issue 2
Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology
Seities & Selves Catalogue
2015
CNN Photo Blog, Feature, online
Musée Magazine Issue No 13
Fotographia Magazine, Feature, online
Wonderzine Magazine, Moscow RU, Feature, online
Immigration Nation, JCPA, Feature, online
Photo Shoot Catalogue Center Forward Catalogue
Cover of No Tokens Issue #4
2014
First Year MICA Graduate Show Catalogue
2013
Diaspora Catalogue
AWARDS
2016
International Photographer of the year
Fine Art: Conceptual Honorable Mention
Longlist for Aesthetica Art Prize
Julia Margaret Cameron Award: Fine Art Finalist
Re:Artiste Show Your World Finalist/Honorable Mention
2015
Life Framer- Edition II Open Call Winner
Bronze Award in Art Forward Contest Past and Present
Directors Choice Honorable mention for Memories, Stories, Histories
Silver Award in Art Forward Contest #2
Maryland Art Place Imprint Emerging Artist
2013
Undergraduate Grant (University of Rhode Island)
Second Prize at Diversity Show
PRESS
Spring, Elin. “Something Special at PRC Boston!” What will you remember. Elin Spring Photgraphy, 24 May 2016. Web
Feeny, Mark. “Identity and Memory on Disaply at the PRC-The Boston Globe” BostonGlobe.com. Boston Globe, 09 May 2016, Web.
Yang, Xiaojun. "Projection and Similar --Leah Miriam Cooper Works." WindWest. Sina, 22 Sept. 2015. Web.
Dexter, Calvin. "El Lado Más Humano De La Industria Del Porno." Quesabesde. N.p., Oct. 2015. Web.
Spring, Elin. "Road Trip!"  22 Oct. 2015. Web.
A, Michael Anthony. "Artscape Baltimore Gallery/
Survival Guide: Events." Art F City RSS. ArtFCity,15 July 2015. Web.
"Maryland Art Place Announces 2015 Imprint Artist, Leah Miriam Cooper."   CityBizList, 7 Apr. 2015. Web.
"We Saw This, So Should You: MICA First Year MFAExhibition ‹ BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art." BmoreArt BmoreArt, 27 Aug. 2014. Web.
LECTURE/DEMOS
2018
Re:Artiste Social Media and Website Workshop
2017
URI Drawing
2016
URI Media Installation
2015
URI Senior Seminar
URI Media Installation
MICA Thesis Talks