LeahEDixon@gmail.com
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'Patriotic Mosaic' 2012 (Mixed media) 72" x 30" x 20"
'Denial is a River in Egypt' 2012 (Digital collage of found imagery with images of my own artwork)
'Guns and Rugs' 2012 (Digital collage of found imagery with images of my own artwork)
'Altarpiece Wallterpiece' 2011 (cut yoga mat) 156" x 24"
'Red Guns' 2011 (acrylic and spray paint on wood) 12" x 12" x 2
'Pink Hand Gun' 2011 (acrylic and spray paint, on cut rubber floor mat and wood) 5" x 18" x 3
'Blue Soldier' 2011 (acrylic and spray paint, on cut rubber floor mat and wood) 18" x 11" x 6"
'Throne on Tiptoes' 2011 (acrylic on goatskin and wood) 46" x 25" x 24"
'Missing Missiles' 2011 (yoga mat) 16" x 22" diptych
'Mini Prayer Mats' (install) 2011 (cut yoga mat) dimensions variable
'Big Suitcase' 2011 (acrylic, spray paint, collage, on wood and plexiglass) 40" x 28" x 6"
'Peach Bomb' 2011 (acrylic, spray paint, and collage, on wood and plexiglass) 21" x 24"
'Suitcase' 2011 (acrylic and spray paint, on wood and plexiglass) 23" x 14" x 3"
'Peach Fleshy Bit' 2011 (acrylic and spray paint, on cut rubber floor mat and wood) 28" x 20" x 6"
'Pink Fleshy Bit' 2011 (acrylic and spray paint, on cut rubber floor mat and wood) 36" x 16" x 4"
'Throne for Ahmad Massoud' 2010-2011 (acrylic and wooden shims, on goatskin and wood) 78" x 42" x 24"
'Throne for Ahmad Massoud' (detail)
'Open Suitcase' 2011 (ink and colored pencil on paper) 18" x 28" diptych
'Sideways' 2011 (ink and colored pencil on paper) 26" x 36" diptych
'GUTS' 2010 (acrylic on cut vinyl and wood) 42" x 42"
'Blown in Half' 2010 (acrylic, cut vinyl, acetate, on panel) 31" x 74"
'Torso Blow' 2010 (acrylic, acetate, and collage on wood) 27" x 21"
'The One Word We Can't Say on Planes' 2010 (collage, acrylic, on plexiglass) 32" x 40"
'HI' 2009-2010 (acrylic, plexiglass, sandpaper, aluminum address plates, rubber, on wood) 48" x 36"
'NatGeo Liquid Bomb' 2010 (collage, acrylic, vinyl, on plexiglass) 18" x 24"
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'Collaborative Installation' 2009-2010 (mixed media) dimensions variable
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'Collaborative Installation' 2009-2010 (mixed media) dimensions variable
'Dirty Rubber and Prosthetics' 2010 (rubber kickball base plates, collage, on plexiglass) 17" x 14"
'Piercing' 2009 (acrylic on board) 32" x 40"
'Un-hood' 2009 (acrylic on board) 32" x 40"
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Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1982. Currently lives and works in New York.
Education
MFA School of Visual Arts, NY, NY Fall 2012- 2014
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine 2012
BFA Drawing and Painting, The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 2005
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1982. Currently lives and works in New York.
Education
MFA School of Visual Arts, NY, NY Fall 2012- 2014
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine 2012
BFA Drawing and Painting, The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 2005
Selected Exhibitions:
2012
'Green-Gos en el Barrio' curated by Alejandro Guzman, Taller Boricua Gallery, NY, NY
'Black Foliage' at NUDASHANK Gallery Baltimore, MD
'The Shirey' curated by Gregg Louis, New York, NY
'Spring/Break' at The Old School 233 Mott, NY, NY
'Brucennial 2012' curated by The Bruce High Quality Foundation, NY, NY
'Can't Touch This' curated by Karen Archey, AMP, NY, NY
2011
'Step and Repeat' toomer labzda gallery, NY, NY
'Works on Paper' Tompkins Projects LA, Los Angeles, CA
'Urban Situation', Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, NY, NY
2010
'PPLAZA' 2917 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL
'Other Spaces' Curated by Jayne Drost, Center 548, NY, NY
'Adaptations' Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
'Visionary Visions are Scary' French Neon, NY, NY
'Brucennial' Bruce High Quality Foundation, NY, NY
'Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Heart' Grey Market, NY, NY
Related Press
ArtInfo, “Toomer Labzda, Promising New Kid on the Block
in the LES”, Karen Archey, Nov. 1, 2011
HYPERALLERGIC, “Art That Requires More Time”,
Howard Hurst, October 20, 2011
in the LES”, Karen Archey, Nov. 1, 2011
HYPERALLERGIC, “Art That Requires More Time”,
Howard Hurst, October 20, 2011
New York Examiner, “A Diverse Look at Urban Life”,
James Horner, February 21, 2011
James Horner, February 21, 2011
New York Magazine, “Critic's Pick”, Jerry Saltz, July 26, 2010
Related Projects:
Founder of 121 Ludlow Collaborative Studio Project 2007-2011
Co-curator of Grey Market Independent Curatorial Project 2009-2010 greymarketart.blogspot.com
Cincinnati Art Director's Club 2000-2005
