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EDUCATION

2009       
MFA in Studio Art
 Maryland Institute College of Art
 
1989     
Bachelor of Arts 1989,
Studio Art; supporting courses in Art History
University of Maryland at College Park
 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 2010
Recent Work by Julie Benoit and Leah Cooper
John Fonda Gallery, The Theatre Project
Baltimore, Maryland
 
2009      
 ‘Drawing Chestnut, Towards and Open Work’
Chestnut Project Space, Baltimore, Md
 
2009      
 ‘iterating the ordinary’
MFA Thesis Exhibit
 
2008     
 MFA Exhibit-2nd 3rd Year
MICA, Pinkard Gallery, Baltimore, Md
 2007      
Of Paper
Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, Md
 
 2006      
Solo Exhibit
Creative Alliance, Amalie Rothschild Gallery, Baltimore, Md
 
 2005     
 S’lottery
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Md
 
2004       Solo Exhibit
Frieda O. Weise Gallery, RTKL Architecture, Baltimore, Md
 
2002      
Unfiltered
Blue Elephant Art Center, Frederick, Md
 
2001      
 Friends of the Walters-Summer Solstice
  Big Bang Studio, Baltimore, Md
 
2000     
Fall into Blue Dreams
 1601 Guilford, Baltimore, Md
 
1994      
Solo Exhibit
 American Institute of Architecture, Baltimore, Md
 

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS             

July  2010   
Sondheim Exhibit
Tbd.,  Baltimore Museum of Art or MICA Galleries             
Current Semifinalist, Finalists tbd April 2010
                   
Feb 2011    
Stamp Gallery
University of Maryland, College Park
 Group Show

 

PUBLICATIONS/PRESS

 2009     
The Maryland Morning Show with Tom Hall
Podcast on www.wypr.org, original air date June 22, 2009
               
MFA in Studio Art, MICA Thesis Show Catalogue
Essay by Brian Sykes
 
MFA in Studio Art, MICA Thesis Show,
Essay by Curator and writer Sarah Tanguy
 
 Sketch Pages, Contemporary Drawing Practices
Online article ‘Leah Cooper, Drawing in Space’
 

TEACHING  EXPERIENCE

Community College of Baltimore County
Essex, Maryland
           
 2010   
Adjunct Faculty
2d Design
 
MICA
Baltimore, Maryland
 
2009      
Visiting Artist/critic
 Drawing 1
 
2008      
Graduate Teaching Intern
Drawing 1
 
Presenting Artist
 MFA, Studio Art Open house
 
2006/07    
Assistant to Graduate Director 
 Director of Summer MFA in Studio Art/Zlata Baum