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Simone Leigh Biography
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1990 |
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BA in Art, Earlham College, Richmond, IN
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2000 |
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Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
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2001 |
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Kiln God Fellowship, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Watershed, ME
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2005 |
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Wheeler Foundation Grant
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2005 |
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Artist in Residence, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
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2006 |
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Artist In Residence, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
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2007 |
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Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Grant
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2007 |
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Astraea Foundation Visual Arts Grant
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2008 |
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Artist in Residence, Hunter College, New York, NY
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2009 |
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NYFA Sculpture Fellowship
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2009 |
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Bronx Museum AIM Program
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Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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HERD THINNER, Curated by David Hunt, Charest-Weinberg Gallery, Miami, FL
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2009
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30 seconds off an inch, curated by Naomi Beckwith, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
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2009
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Rockstone and Bootheel: Contemporary West Indian Art, curated by Kristina Newman-Scott and Yona Backer, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
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2009
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The Pleasure of Hating, curated by David Hunt, Lisa Cooley Fine Art, NY
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2009
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AIM 29, Bronx Museum, curated by Micaela Giovannotti, Bronx, NY
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2009
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Pulse, curated by Fernando Salicrup and Christine Licata, Taller Boricua, NY
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2009
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In Practice, Sculpture Center, Queens, NY (solo)
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2009
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G Fine Art Project Room, Washington, D.C. (solo)
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2008
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Ethnographies of the Future, curated by Sara Reisman, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
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2008
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The Future As Disruption, curated by Rashida Bumbray and Matthew Lyons, The Kitchen, New York, NY
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2008
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Intransit, curated by Omar Chadoud-Lopez, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
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2008
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B-Sides, curated by Edwin Ramoran, ALIJIRA, Newark, NJ
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2008
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Rush Arts Gallery Project Space, New York, NY (solo)
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2008
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Scratching The Surface, curated by Gabi Ngcobo, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
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2007
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Material Culture, curated by Juanita Lonzos, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY
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2007
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Red Badge of Courage, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Newark Council for the Arts, Newark, NY
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2007
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Done by the Forces of Nature, curated by Roberto Visani, City of College of New York, New York, NY
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2007
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Visual Jury, Fine Art Work Center, Provincetown, MA
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2007
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Defensive Mechanisms (part of INTERSECTIONS) Henry Street Settlement, curated by Martin Dust, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
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2006
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Wild Girls, curated by Jodi Hanel, Sarah Ryhanen, and Juana Gallo, EXIT ART, New York, NY
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2006
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AIR exhibition, Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
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2006
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Brooklyn Divas, Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
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2006
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Figures of Thinking: Convergences in Contemporary Cultures, curated by Vicky Clark and Sandhini Poddar, various venues including The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, Richard E. Peeler Art Center, De Pauw University, Greencastle, IN Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, The Mc Dounough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH, Tufts University Gallery, Medford MA and the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, Univeristy of Richmond, Richmond, VA, (with catalog)
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2005
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From the Studio: Wish You Were Here…, curated by Franklin Sirmans, Co-dependent: Artists, Artist/Curators, & Curators Select Artists @ The Living Room, Miami, FL
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2005
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Remnants and Relics: Reinterpretations in African American Art, curated by Heng-Gil Han, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Queens, NY
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2005
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The Cathedral of St. John the Divine and LeRoy Neiman Gallery, curated by Bruce W. Ferguson and Milena Honigsberg, Columbia University, New York, NY
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2005
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James E Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
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2005
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Momenta Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
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2005
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Watershed Kiln Gods, Gallery 1448, Baltimore, MD
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2004
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Art Downtown: Connecting Collections, for the Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
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2004
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Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
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2004
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Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
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2003
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Skylight gallery, Bedford Styvesant Restoration Corporation, Brooklyn, NY
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2003
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The Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY
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2002
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The Center for African American Art and NOEL Gallery, Charlotte, NC
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2001
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Curated by Lea K. Green, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
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2001
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SMIRK, Women, Art and Humor, curated by Debra Wacks, Firehouse Gallery, Hempstead, NY
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