Curriculum Vitae
Solo Shows
2011
Thrills & Chills, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
Thrills & Chills, Corden|Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Elderly Animals, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX.
2010
Thrills & Chills, Griffin Gallery, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
Thrills & Chills, Alliance Gallery, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, TX. Exhibition sponsored by the HAA with organizational support provided by the Houston Center for Photography.
Selected Group Shows
2010
Photo Forum Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX.
In Review, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA.
Found, John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX.
Portfolio Showcase Volume 4: Online Exhibit and Book, Center for Fine Art Photography web site. Juror: Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM.
Carnival, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon. Juror: Chris Bennett, Newspace Center Executive Director.
International Plastic Camera Show, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA. Juror: Ann Jastrab, RayKo Gallery Director.
2009
Prix de la Photographie 2009 Exhibition, Espace Dupon, Paris, France.
Boston Drawing Project: 10 Years On & Still Going Strong, Carroll and Sons Art Gallery, Boston, MA.
New England Photography Biennial, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA. Jurors: Phillip Prodger, Curator of Photography, Peabody Essex Museum, and Barbara O'Brien, former editor of Art New England and former Director, Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston.
2007
Spectra '07, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT. Juror: Peter MacGill, President, Pace/MacGill Gallery, NYC, NY.
New England Photography Biennial, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA. Jurors: Karen Haas, Curator of the Lane Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Arlette Kayafas, Director of the Kayafas Gallery, Boston, MA.
Fidelity Investments Works on Paper Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI. Jurors: Diana Gaston, Fidelity Investments Associate Curator and Jan Howard, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Rhode Island School of Design Museum.
2005
National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA. Juror: Joseph Thompson, Director of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA).
Art Fairs
2011
John Cleary Gallery, Association of International Photography Dealers (AIPAD) Show, New York, NY.
John Cleary Gallery, Photo LA, Los Angeles, CA.
2010
John Cleary Gallery, Affordable Art Fair New York Fall Show, New York, NY.
John Cleary Gallery, Association of International Photography Dealers (AIPAD) Show, New York, NY.
Public Collections
Boston Public Library
Haverford College Special Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Honors and Awards
2011
Nominated for the Santa Fe Prize for Photography
Clarence John Laughlin Award Finalist; juror: George Slade, independent curator.
Critical Mass Finalist.
Black and White Spider Awards, Honorable Mention, People - Professional Category.
2010
Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Second Prize, Photojournalism (Environmental/Nature) - Professional Category.
Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Third Prize, Book (Nature) - Professional Category.
Center Review Santa Fe 100. Selection Committee: David Bram, Editor, Fraction Magazine, Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography, New Mexico Museum of Art, Denise Wolff, Editor, Book Program, Aperture.
Houston Center for Photography Fellowship Competition, Honorable Mention. Juror: Brian Paul Clamp, Owner/Director of ClampArt, New York City.
Black and White Spider Awards, Nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art – Professional
Critical Mass 2010 Finalist.
2009
Prix de la Photographie, Paris, First and Second Prize, Advertising - Non Professional Category.
2008
Black and White Spider Awards, Nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art – Professional.
Selected Publications
Isa Leshko, "Elderly Animals in pictures", The Guardian, April 24. 2011.
Hamidah Glasgow (editor), "Isa Leshko", Portfolio Showcase Volume 4, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, May 2010, pages 88-95.
Isa Leshko, Thrills & Chills (Exhibition Catalog), Exit 12 Press, Houston, TX, April 2010 (ISBN: 978-0-615-35421-7).
Artist Lectures
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, April 2010
"Beautiful Elderly Animals" — My Modern Metropolis, June 6, 2011
"Elderly Animal Photos" — The Washington Post, May, 9, 2011
"Isa Leshko's Elderly Animals: there's life in the old dog yet" — The Observer, April 24. 2011
"Gorgeous Photographs of Elderly Animals" — Flavorwire, April 16. 2011
"Isa Leshko: Elderly Animals" — PDN Photo of the Day, April 8, 2011
"Isa Leshko", Zoom Magazine, Issue #229, Winter 2011, pages 104-105
"Best of the Best Emerging Fine Art Photographers of 2010" — BWGallerist, Dec. 31, 2010
"Best Books of 2010 Extended" — Larissa Leclair, December 29, 2010
"Isa Leshko" — Flak Photo, October 14, 2010
"In Review" — Philadelphia Weekly, August, 10, 2010
"Emerging Artist: Isa Leshko" — BWGallerist, July 7, 2010
"Flashes of Brilliance" — The Boston Globe, April 30, 2010
"When Busby Met Fritz" — Movie Nation/Boston.com, April 29, 2010
"A Phographer, a Holga, and Roller Coasters" — NPR Picture Show, April 21, 2010
"Feature Photographer Isa Leshko" — The Holga Darkroom, January 19, 2010
"A Conversation with Isa Leshko" — Nymphoto, December 31, 2009
"Isa Leshko" — Lenscratch, December 18, 2009
Education
1998-2001
Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA
Post-baccalaureate studies in Computer Science
1989-1993
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
B.A. with Departmental Honors in Experimental Psychology and a minor in Gender Studies
Professional Experience
2003-Present
Isa Leshko Photography, Arts Marketing Consultant and Fine Art Photographer.
2007-2009
Panopticon Gallery of Photography, Marketing Director/Publicist.
2003-2005
Zona Photographic Laboratories, Customer Service Associate.
1993-2003
Worked in the Internet industry as a project manager, software engineer, and management consultant.
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