LEAH MEDIN

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EDUCATION

2013    BFA, Departmental Honors in Fibers, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2012    Study Abroad, TXT Department, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021    Change is in the Air: Art Walk, The Umbrella Arts Center, Heywood Meadows, Concord, MA

2021    Personal Projects, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY

2020    RHIZOM relation 29, Kunstkollektivet 8B, Unnerud, Denmark

2019    2019 Emerging Artists Exhibition, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA

2019    2019 Art Ramble: Witnessing Change, The Umbrella Arts Center, Hapgood Wright Town Forest, Concord, MA

2019    30th Anniversary MassArt Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2018    Aviary Holiday Show, Aviary Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA

2017    Luxury Condos, Coming Soon!, Aviary Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA

2017    HABITAT/ion, 4th Biennial Juried Alumni Exhibition, Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA

2016    Double Vision, Gateway Arts Gallery, Brookline, MA

2016    Planning the Improbable, Sketching the Impossible, Washington Street Gallery, Somerville, MA

2013    New Works Fall 2013, Community Artists of Mission Hill, Roxbury Crossing, MA

2013    Reveal, The Hallway Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA

2013    Senior Show, MassArt Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Boston, MA

2013    All School Show, MassArt Arnheim Gallery, Boston, MA

2013    Half and Half and Half, MassArt North Crackitorium, Boston, MA

2013    Not All Gone, A Salon Show, 332 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA

2013    Forms of Identity, Work by MassArt Fibers Seniors, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA

2012    Ravel, A Fibers Department Show, MassArt Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA

2012    Haystack, MassArt Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA

2012    Where Did All the Dinosaurs Go?, A Salon Show, 93 Sheridan Street, Jamaica Plain, MA

2012    Exchange Exhibition, Gerrit Rietveld Academie Vetterstraat Gallery, Amsterdam, NL

2011    Texere, A Fibers Department Show, MassArt Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA


HONORS AND AWARDS

2020    Grant Award / City of Boston Arts and Culture - Opportunity Fund 3.0 / Boston, MA

2020    Two-Month Scholarship / Kunstkollektivet 8B / Unnerud, Denmark

2017    MassArt Haystack Alumni Scholarship / Massachusetts College of Art and Design / Boston, MA

2014    Technical Assistant Scholarship / Haystack Mountain School of Crafts / Deer Isle, ME

2013    Helen Blair Crosbie Sculpture Award / Massachusetts College of Art and Design / Boston, MA

2012    Barbara L. Kuhlman Scholarship / Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation / Greene, NY


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2014 to Present    Weaving Studio Supervisor, Gateway Arts, Brookline, MA

2013 to 2014       Weaving Assistant, Gateway Arts, Brookline, MA


RESIDENCIES

2021    Artist Residency, Marble House Project, Dorset, VT, October 5th to October 26th, 2021

2020    Artcubator Residency, The Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA, August 1st to December 31st, 2020

2020    Artist-In-Residence, Kunstkollektivet 8B, Unnerud, Denmark, December 1st, 2019 to January 31st, 2020

2019    Residency, Monson Arts, Monson, ME, April 28th to May 24th, 2019

2015    Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, May 31st to June 12th, 2015


LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

2018    Visiting Artist, ArtLab Workshop, Nagenda International Academy of Art and Design, Entebbe, Uganda

2017    Visiting Artist, MassArt Haystack Student Trip, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2017    Guest Lecturer, Performance and Cloth Class, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2014    Technical Assistant, Multiples + Collections: Objects + Installations, Taught by Ann Wessmann, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

2014    Guest Lecturer, Performance and Cloth Class, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA


CURATORIAL

2018    Natural Reaction, Aviary Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA

2018    Linear Time, Gateway Arts Gallery, Brookline, MA


PUBLICATIONS

2019    Sculpting with Space: A Conversation with Leah Medin, Words by Caroline Kipp, Boston Art Review (Issue 3: Tracing Movement), April 2019

2018    Summer Catalog, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Artwork featured on cover, Photograph by Julia Zell, January 2018

2016    Space & Time, ArtScope Magazine E-mail Blast, March 10, 2016

2013    A Golden Balm: How Art can Surprise, Delight and Heal, Big Red & Shiny, Written by Stephanie Cardon, August 20, 2013

2013    What’s up in Boston-area Art Galleries, The Boston Globe, Written by Cate McQuaid, July 16, 2013

2013    Student Art Creates Healing Space, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, April 2013


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