Derek Leka
Works Online
Exhibitions:
Upcoming
2010 Bruce S. Kershner Gallery at the Fairfield Library, Fairfield, CT
February
2011 The SILO Gallery, New Milford, CT
June
Past
2009 The Gallery of Contemporary Art at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
LUSH COLOR exhibition,
2009 Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT
New Members Show
2009 Arts +LiteratureLaboratory, River Street Gallery, Fair Haven, CT: Oppositions
2008 National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art
2008 Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT; Painting as Presence, William Bailey juror
2008 Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Norwalk, CT;
Art of the Northeast, Thom Collins juror
2008 Erector Square, New Haven, CT; Routes Exhibition,
2008 Sculpture Barn, New Fairfield,CT
2007 City Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT.
2007 Artspace, New Haven, CT.
2007 MicroCoSM, New York, NY
2007 Fuel, New haven, CT
2007 Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY Annual Invitational
2007 Micromuseum, Brooklyn, NY; the Chakra Element
2007 Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; MFA
2007 Higgins Gallery, Western CT. University, Danbury, CT
2007 Sculpture Barn, New Fairfield,CT
2007 Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT. miniature exhibition
2007 New HavenSymphony Orchestra, New Haven, CT; TUNING UP for the 115th:
the Art Violin Project
2007 Hunter Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY; CAA
2007 Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY; National Juried Exhibition,
Philip Pearlstein juror
2006 City Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT.
2006 Artspace, New Haven, CT.
2006 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY; National Juried Exhibition, Lois Dodd Juror
2006 Yale's Green Gallery, New Haven, CT;
Moxie- the Best of City Wide Open Studios,
Jodi Hanel Fernandez Juror, Exit Art
2006 Western CT. University, Danbury, CT.
2005 City Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT.
2005 Artspace, New Haven, CT.
2005 Purchase College Perception Lab,Purchase, NY; Placid Motion
2003 State University Plaza, Albany, NY; Best of SUNY Exhibition
2003 State University Plaza, Albany, NY; Spring SUNY Exhibition
2002 Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY
2002 Erie Canal Museum, Syracuse, NY
2010 Bruce S. Kershner Gallery at the Fairfield Library, Fairfield, CT
February
2011 The SILO Gallery, New Milford, CT
June
Past
2009 The Gallery of Contemporary Art at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
LUSH COLOR exhibition,
2009 Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT
New Members Show
2009 Arts +LiteratureLaboratory, River Street Gallery, Fair Haven, CT: Oppositions
2008 National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art
2008 Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT; Painting as Presence, William Bailey juror
2008 Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Norwalk, CT;
Art of the Northeast, Thom Collins juror
2008 Erector Square, New Haven, CT; Routes Exhibition,
2008 Sculpture Barn, New Fairfield,CT
2007 City Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT.
2007 Artspace, New Haven, CT.
2007 MicroCoSM, New York, NY
2007 Fuel, New haven, CT
2007 Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY Annual Invitational
2007 Micromuseum, Brooklyn, NY; the Chakra Element
2007 Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; MFA
2007 Higgins Gallery, Western CT. University, Danbury, CT
2007 Sculpture Barn, New Fairfield,CT
2007 Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT. miniature exhibition
2007 New HavenSymphony Orchestra, New Haven, CT; TUNING UP for the 115th:
the Art Violin Project
2007 Hunter Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY; CAA
2007 Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY; National Juried Exhibition,
Philip Pearlstein juror
2006 City Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT.
2006 Artspace, New Haven, CT.
2006 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY; National Juried Exhibition, Lois Dodd Juror
2006 Yale's Green Gallery, New Haven, CT;
Moxie- the Best of City Wide Open Studios,
Jodi Hanel Fernandez Juror, Exit Art
2006 Western CT. University, Danbury, CT.
2005 City Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT.
2005 Artspace, New Haven, CT.
2005 Purchase College Perception Lab,Purchase, NY; Placid Motion
2003 State University Plaza, Albany, NY; Best of SUNY Exhibition
2003 State University Plaza, Albany, NY; Spring SUNY Exhibition
2002 Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY
2002 Erie Canal Museum, Syracuse, NY
Education:
2007 MFA Western Ct State University, Danbury CT
Resident Faculty
Margaret Grimes, Marjorie Portnow, Robert Alberetti, John Wallace
Visiting Critics
Ruth Miller, Susanna Coffey, Stanley Lewis, Lios Dodd, Natalie Charkow, Brenda Gerrand, Selina Trieff, Jim Peters, Hugh Odonnell, Jim McGerrill, Robert Bermilen
2005 BFA Purchase College, Purchase NY
Resident Faculty
Len Stokes, Robert Berlind, Michael Torlen,
Jed Devine, HarrietShorr, Judith Bernstein, Dannielle Tegeder
Visiting Critics
Rackstraw Downes
Awards and Grants:
2008 Andrew Carnegie Award in Painting, National Academy Museum and School
of Fine Arts, New York, NY
2008 Artist in Residence, The Parachute Factory Gallery, Erector Square,
New Haven, CT.
2007 New Haven Symphony Orchestra
Publications:
2008 New York Times, May 30th, 2008
Where have all the Paintings gone? to The National Academy
by Karen Rosenberg
2007 Gallery & Studio, June/July/August by Ed McCormack
2007 MFA Western Ct State University, Danbury CT
Resident Faculty
Margaret Grimes, Marjorie Portnow, Robert Alberetti, John Wallace
Visiting Critics
Ruth Miller, Susanna Coffey, Stanley Lewis, Lios Dodd, Natalie Charkow, Brenda Gerrand, Selina Trieff, Jim Peters, Hugh Odonnell, Jim McGerrill, Robert Bermilen
2005 BFA Purchase College, Purchase NY
Resident Faculty
Len Stokes, Robert Berlind, Michael Torlen,
Jed Devine, HarrietShorr, Judith Bernstein, Dannielle Tegeder
Visiting Critics
Rackstraw Downes
Awards and Grants:
2008 Andrew Carnegie Award in Painting, National Academy Museum and School
of Fine Arts, New York, NY
2008 Artist in Residence, The Parachute Factory Gallery, Erector Square,
New Haven, CT.
2007 New Haven Symphony Orchestra
Publications:
2008 New York Times, May 30th, 2008
Where have all the Paintings gone? to The National Academy
by Karen Rosenberg
2007 Gallery & Studio, June/July/August by Ed McCormack
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