M. I. O. K.
Leroy Neiman Gallery, 2960 Broadway, 310 Dodge Hall New York, NY 10027 February 27 – March 20, 2020 Opening Reception: Thursday, February 27 5–7 PM
Featuring works by Aika Akhmetova, Rochelle Feinstein, Kiyomi Quinn Taylor, Dana Hoey, Yifan Jiang, Leeza Meksin, Tamar Ettun
Curated by Roni Aviv
Making the Cut
Transmitter Gallery, 1329 Willoughby Ave. 2A Bushwick, NY 11237
February 14 – March 22, 2020 Opening Reception: Friday, February 14, 6–9 PM
Featuring works by Aruni Dharmakirthi, Leeza Meksin, Dionis Ortiz, Christa Pratt, Padma Rajendran, Ruth Rodriguez, Diane Zhou
Curated by Hilary Doyle and Reid Hitt
Heat Salt Acid Waves
The Painting Gallery @ The University of the Arts 333 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA January 27 – February 27, 2020 Opening Reception: Thursday January 30, 4–6 pm
A 3-person show featuring works by Leeza Meksin, Nickola Pottinger, and Padma Rajendran.
Curated by Lauren Whearty
NPR Interview
Leeza Meksin interviewed by Diana Nguyen, Chinati Artist in Residence Leeza Meksin
West Texas Talk, Marfa Public Radio Oct. 10, 2019
Interview Link (interview starts at 25:51)
Leeza Meksin: Turret Tops
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA August 2019 – August 2020 Opening Reception: Saturday, August 24, 2019
Curated by Sarah Montross
Project Brochure PDF Interview with the Artist PDF deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Summertime
FACTION Art Projects @ Gallery 8 New York
2602 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Harlem, NY 10030
Saturday July 27 – August 24, 2019
Opening Reception: Saturday July 27, 6–8pm
Featuring works by Julio Valdez, Lina Puerta, Leeza Meksin, Adrian Kondratowicz and Alexis Duque.
The Practice of Everyday Life
Slag Gallery, 56 Bogart Street Brooklyn, NY 11206 April 18 — May 19, 2019
Nina Bellucci, Todd Bienvenu, Matt Bollinger, Dawn Clements, Josephine Halvorson, EJ Hauser, Sharon Horvath, Sharon Madanes, Sangram Majumdar, Leeza Meksin, Walter Price.
Curated by Tirtzah Bassel and Etty Yaniv
Decade
SFA Projects, 131 Chrystie St. New York, NY 10002
April 13 – May 5, 2019
Sarah Bedford, Jen Hitchings, Buhm Hong, Eunjung Hwang, Butt Johnson, Kakyoung Lee, Leeza Meksin, Jj Manford, Kimo Nelson, Andrew Prayzner, Naomi Reis, Zahar Vaks, Heeseop Yoon.
Curated by: AHL Foundation’s Guest Curator Sun You
Chromaphilia (Chroma Feel-Ya!)
Artspace, 50 Orange St, New Haven, CT 06510
Chromaphilia the Artspace Benefit Gala and Auction
Saturday, Apr 27 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
April 5 — April 27, 2019
For our annual 2019 Benefit Auction, Artspace is excited to debut a color-wise, textile-centric group show of drawings, paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures by over 100 locally based and internationally renowned artists.
SPINE
Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY October 20 - December 2, 2018
Opening reception with the artists: Saturday, October 20, 6-9pm
A group show featuring Cati Bestard, Lisa Blas, Sonia Louise Davis, Shoshana Dentz, Anne Eastman, Jenny Monick & Anne Vieux.
Curated by Suzanne McClelland & Leeza Meksin.
2018 Next Wave Art
Towards a New Archaeology
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Sep 13, 2018—Jan 14, 2019
Amy Brener, Leeza Meksin, Sheila Pepe,
Ioanna Pantazopoulou, Ester Partegàs,
Jean Shin & Rachel Eulena Williams
Curated by Holly Shen.
Walkthrough with Leeza Meksin:
Thursday, December 13th
4:00-6:00pm
In Conversation: Dona Nelson with Leeza Meksin
The Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2018 issue
Cheeky: Summer Butts
Marinaro Gallery, 1 Oliver Street, New York
June 29th – August 3rd, 2018
Keith Boadwee, Caroline Wells Chandler, Mariano Chavez, Talia Chetrit, Omari Douglin, Ryan Flores, Jason Fox, Emily Furr, Nash Glynn, Maggie Goldstone, Kady Grant, Ilana Harris-Babou, Philip Hinge, Loie Hollowell, Ridley Howard, Pali Kashi, Pope. L, Kristina Lee, Mike Linskie, Nikki Maloof, Leeza Meksin, Lior Modan, Rebecca Morgan, Portia Munson, Rocio Olivares, GaHee Park, Ralph Pugay, David Rappeneau, Adam Liam Rose, Giordanne Salley, Dana Schutz, Paul Mpagi Sepia, Ashley Soliman, Sara Stern, Jennifer Sullivan, Eric Sutphin, and Ryan Wilde.
USPS
Visual Arts, Architecture and Design School (VA {A}DS) Free University of Tbilisi Kakha Bendukidze University Campus, # 240 David Aghmashenebeli Alley, Tbilisi, Georgia
June 30 — July 7, 2018
Sonia Almeida, Yevgeniya Baras, Larissa Bates, Meghan Brady, Melissa Brown, Gary Burnley, Dawn Clements, Jennifer Coates, Jim Drain, Angela Dufresne, Dana Frankfort, Jackie Gendel, Christopher Ho, Vera Iliatova, Butt Johnson, Ryan Johnson, Darina Karpov, Steve Locke, Leeza Meksin, Ohad Meromi, John O’Connor, Bobbie Oliver, Maia Cruz Palileo, Sarah Peters, Dasha Shishkin, Cynthia Talmadge, Craig Taylor, Ashley Teamer, Susan Ziegler and Kevin Zucker.
Curated by Dana Frankfort and Vera Iliatova.
Multi-ply: ortega y gasset project’s 5th birthday bash
Ortega Y Gasset, 363 3rd avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Saturday June 2nd, 2018
6pm - affordable art collecting
8pm - raffle and dance party
Eleanna Anagnos, Clare Britt, Catherine Haggarty, Eric Hibit, Will Hutnick, Leeza Meksin, Zahar Vaks, and Lauren Whearty.
UNTITLED PROJECTS
CRUSH CURATORIAL, Amagansett
May 5th, 2018 4-8 pm.
Scott Bluedorn, Jess Cannon, Courtney Childress, Vince Contarino, Nick Cueva, Courtney Childress, Jess Cannon, Hilary Doyle, Hesse Flatow, Devra Freelander, Janet Goleas, Jesse Greenberg, Jenn Hitchings, JJ Manford, Kimia Kline, Calli Moore, Leeza Meksin, Andrew Prayzner, Sara Maria Salamone, Molly Surno, Tyler Lafreniere, Zach Seeger, Elisa Soliven, and Almond Zigmund.
1st Year Survey
17 Essex
August 1st - September 1st, 2017
Kyung Me, Corydon Cowansage, Amanda Friedman,
Leeza Meksin, Adelita Husni-Bey, Kristen Jensen.
Uptown Triennial
Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University
June 1st — August 20th, 2017
West 125th Street, Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York
Ghada Amer, Sanford Biggers, Vladimir Cybil Charlier, Marta Chilindron, Elizabeth Colomba, Renee Cox, Reza Farkhondeh, Alicia Grullón, Maren Hassinger, Michael Kelly Williams, Miguel Luciano, Julie Mehretu, Leeza Meksin, José Morales, Ademola Olugebefola, Shani Peters, John Pinderhughes, Jessica Rankin, Elaine Reichek, Bayeté Ross Smith, Duhirwe Rushemeza, David Shrobe, Virginia Inés Vergara, Tomas Vu, and Nari Ward.
Curated by Deborah Cullen.
The Uptown Triennial Casts Harlem in Vivid Relief
Siddhartha Mitter, The Village Voice July 26, 2017
Deep Time
Radiator Gallery
June 2nd — July 14th, 2017
10-61 Jackson Ave LIC, New York
Radiator Gallery is pleased to present artists: Mike Andrews, Robin Kang,LoVid Hinkis-Lapidus, Jodie Mack, Leeza Meksin and Mitch Patrick.
Curated by Tali Hinkis.
Form Of Touch
Pfizer Building, 630 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206
April 21st — May 14th, 2017
Cynthia Alberto, Colette Aliman, Yasunari Izaki, Elizabeth Jaeger, Leeza Meksin, Courtney Puckett, Brie Ruais, Martha Tuttle.
Curated by Becky Nahom
Image by Becky Nahom
Purse Strings and Body Bags
MILLER
February 11th – April 2nd, 2017
17 Essex Street, New York, NY 10002
Opening reception: Saturday, February 11th, 6-8pm
Catalog Release and Conversation with art critic Benjamin Sutton: Sunday, March 26th, 5-7pm
Serious Play, Dec 2, 2016 - JAn 15, 2017
AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, PA
Opening reception: Friday, December 2, 6-9pm
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Aug 26 - Dec 17, 2016
Two site-specific installations, "Tip Cozy," and "Entry" debuted at The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT.
Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant, November 2015
I'm thrilled and grateful to be one of the recipients of the 2015 Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grants.