| LETHA PROJECTS: ARTWORK | FIND ME & RESUME |
Letha was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in Greeley, Colorado. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
To get in touch with her please email her at letha.studio@gmail.com
To download her current resume as a PDF click here.
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Education
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| 2009 | Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine | |
| 1999 - 2003 | Hunter College, New York, NY,
MFA in Combined Media |
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| 2001 |
Exchange semester at the Glasgow School of Art MFA Program, Glasgow, Scotland |
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| 1994 - 1998 |
Syracuse University School of Visual and Performing Arts Syracuse, New York BFA in Painting; graduated with Honors, Summa cum Laude |
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| 1997 |
Exchange semester with Syracuse University's Division of International Programs Abroad in Florence, Italy |
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Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
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| 2018 | Horizon Eyes,GRIMM Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 2017 | Paper Covers Rock: Brie Ruais and Letha Wilson, September Gallery, Hudson, NY Shadows and Sunlight, Center for Contemporary Art and Culture at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR |
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| 2016 | Surface Moves, Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris, France Fold and Unfold: Kate Steciw and Letha Wilson, MACRO, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy |
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| 2015 | The Distance, Richard T. Walker and Letha Wilson, CAPITAL, San Francisco, CA Look With Your Hands, Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam, NL Sight Specific, Light Work, Syracuse, NY Terra Firma, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy |
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| 2014 | Higher Pictures, New York, NY Letha Wilson, Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris, France Jason Middlebrook/Letha Wilson, Retrospective Gallery, Hudson, NY |
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| 2013 |
Monuments and Landmarks, Art in General, New York, NY |
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| 2012 | Higher Pictures, New York, NY | |
| 2011 | Punch the Sky, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2009 | Lines Through the Wilderness, Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY Lost Horizons, Buffalo Art Studio, Buffalo, NY | |
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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| 2017 |
Objectifying the Photograph, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, IL |
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| 2016 |
The Sun Placed in the Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH |
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| 2015 |
Touch-tone, Martos Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 2014 |
Ad Infinitum: Ian Pedigo, Letha Wilson, Clifford Borress. American
University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington |
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| 2013 |
The First 15: The Meredith S. Moody Residency at Yaddo, The Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY. |
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| 2012 |
Letha Wilson (solo exhibition), Higher Pictures, New York, NY |
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| 2011 |
BAM Next Wave Art at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Dan Cameron. |
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| 2010 |
SHOP 2010 at Tide Pool at Sara Meltzer Gallery |
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| 2009 |
Lines Through the Wilderness at Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University |
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| 2008 |
Video A: Miguel Soares and Letha Wilson |
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| 2007 | between to and from at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ. Curators Veronica Mijelshon and Eleanor Eichenbaum Merit Badge 2 at Rockland Center for the Arts Locations of Elsewhere at Peer Gallery Points of Departure: Inner and Outer Journeys in Contemporary Art |
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| 2006 | Heartfelt at 96 Gillespie The Searchers at White Box The Peekskill Project 2006 Paradise Lost at Frederieke Taylor Gallery |
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| 2005 | Exit Biennial II: Traffic at Exit Art No Apology for Breathing at Jack the Pelican Red, White and Blue at Spencer Brownstone Gallery |
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| 2004 | Look Closer.... at AG Gallery Ignite at the Puck Building, a GenArt event AIM 24 at The Bronx Museum of the Arts |
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| 2003 | Project Room at Contemporary Artists Center Hunter College MFA Thesis Exhibition at Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY |
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| 2001 | Minute: a boxed set of miniature multiples at Artists Space New York, NY |
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Honors / Awards
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| 2017 |
University of Nevada Las Vegas Artist in Residence | |
| 2014 |
The Jerome Foundation Visual Arts Travel and Study Grant | |
| 2013 |
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (Deutsche Bank Fellow) in Photography (Also nominated in Architecture / Environmental Structures) Headlands Center for the Arts Residency, California | |
| 2012 |
The Santo Foundation, Individual Artist Grant Farpath Foundation Grant and Residency, Dijon, France Meredith S. Moody Residency Fellowship, Artist Residency, The Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY | |
| 2011 |
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts March - May 2011 Artist-in-Residence | |
| 2010 |
Smack Mellon Hot Picks 2010, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY BRIC Rotunda Gallery Artist of the Month February 2010 |
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| 2009 |
Nomination, Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Fellowship Santa Fe Art Institute Fellowship |
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| 2004 |
Artist in the Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts Nomination, Rema Hort Mann Art Grant |
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| 2000 | Hunter College Exchange Scholarship | |
| 1998 | Orlin Prize, Honors Thesis Project “Artspace: Art Beyond Academia” | |
| 1998 | Augusta Hazard Painting Award, Syracuse University Painting Dept. | |
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Press & Publications
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Bergeron, Chris. "New outdoor sculptures coming to deCordova", The MetroWest Daily News, August 2017. Galvin, Haley. "Digital Mediums Change Art", Northern Star, Sept. 14, 2017. "Surface Moves", Wall Street International, November 4rth, 2016. Keller, Yelena. "Kate Steciw and Letha Wilson Paris", Tropical Cream, October 27, 2016. McKenzie, Abby, "Concrete Contradiction", Keen On Magazine, October, 2016. Yalka, Mael. "25 Captivating Photographers Whose Work You Need In Your Life", Fader, September 29, 2016. Micchelli, Thomas. "Art, Work, and the Workaday", Hyperallergic, July 30, 2016. Landes, Jennifer. "Reflection and Facsimile at Eric Firestone Gallery in East Hampton", The East Hampton Star, July 21, 2016. Capossela, Francesca. "18 Artists Reimagine the Great Cross-Country Road Trip", The Creators Project, June 26, 2016. Gerrity, Jeanne. "Letha Wilson and Richard T. Walker's 'The Distance'", Art Agenda, December 1, 2015. Hung, Mailee. "The Distance at Capital Gallery", Art Practical, November 29, 2015. Perlson, Hili. "Take a Sneak Peek at Highlights From Paris Photo Opening This Week", Artnet News. November 9, 2015. Bambic Kostov, Anika. "Brand New Expression in Painting at Brand New Gallery Booth at Artissima", Widewalls. November 2015. Laster, Paul. "Reviews: Letha Wilson", Modern Painters, October 2015. Pg. 84. Schriber, Abbe. "Critic's Picks: Los Angeles", Artforum, October 2015. Gottschalk, Molly. "From Erwin Olaf to Letha Wilson, 15 Trailblazing Photographers at "Amsterdam's Unseen Photo", Artsy.net, September 15, 2015. Noice, E.D. "Intersecting Intent: Catfish at Anat Ebgi Reviewed", Aqnb Magazine. Bambic Kostov, Anika. "Brand New Expression in Painting at Brand New Gallery Booth at Artissima", Widewalls. Gerrity, Jeanne. "Letha Wilson and Richard T. Walker's 'The Distance'", Art Agenda, December 1, 2015. Hung, Mailee. "The Distance at Capital Gallery", Art Practical, November 29, 2015. Perlson, Hili. "Take a Sneak Peek at Highlights From Paris Photo Opening This Week", Artnet News. November 9, 2015. Laster, Paul. "Reviews: Letha Wilson", Modern Painters, October 2015. Pg. 84. Schriber, Abbe. "Critic's Picks: Los Angeles", Artforum, October 2015. Gottschalk, Molly. "From Erwin Olaf to Letha Wilson, 15 Trailblazing Photographers at Amsterdam's Unseen Photo", Artsy.net, September 15, 2015. Schwendener, Martha. "Review: 'Weird Science', A Group Show of Experimental Art", New York Times, July 30, 2015. Pg. C22. Nicholas, Vanessa. "Concrete Canyons" , Magenta Magazine, Spring 2015, Vol. 6, Num. 1. Aletti, Vince. Goings On About Town: Art "Letha Wilson," The New Yorker, December 15, 2014. Knoblauch, Loring. "Letha Wilson @ Higher Pictures", Collector Daily, December 15, 2014. Johnson, Paddy, "This Week's Must See Art Events", Artfcity, November 17, 2014. Taylor, Phil. "Letha Wilson Galerie Christophe Gaillard", Artforum, October 9, 2014. Indrisek, Scott "Hauser & Wirth Has Your Multi-Generational Photography Weekend", BlouinArtInfo, June 27, 2014. Sanchez, Gabriel H. "What is a Photograph at ICP" Critic's Picks, Artforum.com, March 2014. Steinhauer, Jillian. "'Space Heater' at Harbor Gallery" Hyperallergic.com, March 3, 2014. Bohnacker, Siobhan. "What is a Photograph?" Photo Booth, The New Yorker.com, January 2014. Johnson, Ken. "Digital, Analog and Waterlogged",The New York Times, January 30, 2014. Page C27. "What is a Photograph" color exhibition catalog, International Center for Photography, New York, NY. 2014. Maloney, Patricia. "Best of 2013 - With Cinder Blocks We Flatten Our Photographs at Romer Young", Daily Serving, December 25, 2013. Cheshire, Tom. "Original(ish) Works of Art", Wired U.K., September 2013, Page 74-75. Laster, Paul. "Christine Messineo at OHWOW", The Aesthete. August 2013. Hotchkiss, Sarah. "Unflattened Photographs at Romer Young", KQED, July 8, 2013. "Landmarks and Monuments at Art in General", DLK Collection, June 14, 2013. Baker, R.C. Letha Wilson: Landmarks and Monuments, Village Voice, June 12, 2013. D'Agostino, Paul. Art Picks from Print, The L Magazine. April 24, 2013. "Land Marks", Co-published by Hassla and Art in General, April 2013. Edition of 500. Doran, Anne. Exhibition Reviews, Letha Wilson, Higher Pictures, Art in America, April 2013, p. 113. Chamberlain, Colby. Reviews, Letha Wilson, Higher Pictures, Artforum, March 2013, pp. 277-278. Aletti, Vince. Goings On About Town: Art "Letha Wilson", The New Yorker, January 17, 2013. DLK Collection, "Letha Wilson at Higher Pictures", January 11, 2013 Haber, John. Art Reviews Around New York, "Cementing America", haberarts.com. January 18, 2013 Clear Cut exhibition catalog, 2013. Essay by Vanessa Nichols. Published by G44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Canada. Shreck, Christopher. "Studio visit with Letha Wilson", All of This is Rocket Science, December 17, 2012. New. New York exhibition catalog, 2012. Essay by Deborah Kuan. Published by Essl Museum Kunst Der Gegenwart. pp 62 - 71. "New. New York at Essl Museum", Sleek Magazine, November 26, 2012. A3 series #3, Edition of 300, Risograph prints, Published by Vandret publications, November 2012, Copenhagen. Rothman, Aaron. "Landscape Photography: New Visions, Part 4", The Design Observer Group, places.designobserver.com. August 21, 2012. Fruit Salad, Bronze Age Editions, Summer 2012. Disturber Magazine, Issue 2, Summer 2012. London, U.K. Aletti, Vince. Goings On About Town: Art "Photography Is", The New Yorker, May 10, 2012. "Letha Wilson: Interview by Jason Judd", Bite Magazine, Issue 3. Winter 2012. Pgs. 24-29. Zimmer, Lori. "2-D Pushers", www.artslant.com (New York), February 14, 2012. "Gold Strike Supper", White Zinfindel, No. 2. TV Dinners, Fall / Winter 2012. Pg 66-69. "Post-Internet Painting and the Death of Affect", December 2011. www.pooool.info "Artist Edition Paper Planes", The Believer: The 2011 Art Issue. Magazine supplement, curated by Chris Wiley. November/December 2011. Pages 63 & 64. Ruiz, Steve. "Actual Presence Suggested", www.artslant.com (Chicago), August 29. 2011. Winchester, Tom. "Interviews: An Analog Path for Photgraphy", www.hyperallergic.com. August 12, 2011. Daly, Hannah. "A Fading Feeling", www.artslant.com (New York), August 8, 2011. Miranda, Carolina. "This Week: Must-See Arts in the City", WNYC (wnyc.org). August 4, 2011. Aletti, Vince. Goings On About Town: Art "Every Photo Graph is In Visible", The New Yorker, July 27, 2011. Doran, Anne. "Art Review: Always the Young Strangers: Young women photographers put a fresh feminist spin on the medium.", Time Out New York, June 28, 2011. Page 41. Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review: Always the Young Strangers", The New York Times, June 9, 2011. Page C25. Aletti, Vince. Goings On About Town: Art "Always the Young Strangers", The New Yorker, June 3, 2011. Traux, Stephen. "New Monuments on the Lower East Side" www.hyperallergic.com, May 5, 2011. Gopnick, Blake. "Wall Mugs Tree", The Daily Beast, www.thedailybeast.com. April 15, 2011. Sutton, Benjamin. "Renewed Monuments: Sculpture in the Post/Un-Monumental Era", The L Magazine, April 26, 2011. Broz, Joan. "Morton Arboretum art exhibit celebrates tree forms", The Daily Herald, April 26, 2011. Maine, Stephen. "Variety Trumps Argument at the Bronx River Art Center", www.artcritical.com, April 23, 2011. Russeth, Andrew. "The Working Title at the Bronx River Art Center", www.16miles.com. April 7, 2011. Nordeen, Bradford. "Fanzine Does New York Art Week 2011", thefanzine.com, March 6, 2011. Monnier, Annette. "Letha Wilson 'Punch the Sky' at Vox Populi", onereviewamonth.com, February 27, 2011. Nathan, Emily. "Brooklyn Local", Artnet Magazine, Feb. 12, 2011. So-Young, Moon. "Environmental Art That Does More Than Alter Nature", Korea JoongAng Daily, Feb. 11, 2011. Newhall, Edith. "Artwork using photographs in unconventional ways", The Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb 6, 2011. Vettese, John. "School of Life", Philadelphia Citypaper, January 20-26, 2011. MacMillan, Kyle. "Future of art, through eyes of under-33s", The Denver Post, Dec. 9. 2010. Paglia, Michael. "Two young stars of the art world are on display this month in Denver", Westword, Nov. 30, 2010. Possible Press, Issue 2. A quarterly publication of artists' writings. September 4, 2010. Kate Steciw. "Letha Wilson", The Photography Post, August 16, 2010. Boyce, Peter. "Guest Curator Offers Day Glow at Nudashank", Radar Redux, Baltimore Art and Culture, August 12, 2010. Graves, Jen. "Magical Thinking", The Stranger, Seattle. July 6, 2010. Hackett, Regina. "William Powhida's Sideshow Magic", ARTSJOURNAL weblog, July 2010. "Poul Henningsen Docet", Lighting Academy: Il Portale Della Luce, May 14, 2009. Ryzik, Melena. "At a Clinic, Artists Reflecting On Home", The New York Times, May 11, 2009. Sena, John. "Beyond a Building", The Santa Fe New Mexican, March 2, 2009 Trimarco, James. "Tracks: More Than A Pretty View", The Brooklyn Rail, July 2008 Saltz, Jerry. "Waste Not, Want Not" Critic's Pick, New York Magazine online, June 27, 2008. Dan Bischoff. “Artists take measure for its own sake”, The Star-Ledger, January 6, 2008. Benjamin Genocchio. “Art Review; A Chance to Fill Up on Visual Treats”, New York Times, April 25, 2004, p. 9. Middlebrook, Jason. "Top Ten", Artforum, February 2003, p. 55. Powhida, William. "Majority Rules", The Brooklyn Rail, Summer 2002, pp. 8-9. Paul, Christine. "Collaborative Curatorial Models and Public |
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