LEAH MEDIN
︎CVEDUCATION
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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