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EDUCATION
2005 M.F.A., Studio Art, Tufts University and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2000 B.F.A., summa cum laude, Photography and Art History, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS/Selections
2019
Socially Relevant Film Festival New York (Official Selection and Women Film Critics’ Choice Award Nominee),
New York City, NY
Black Maria Film Festival (Official Selection and Director’s Choice Award), Traveling festival
SPE, Media Film Festival, (Official Selection), Cleveland, OH
2018
Rockport Film Festival, (Official Selection), Rockport, TX
Alexandria Film Festival, (Official Selection), Alexandria, VA
Pomegranate Film Festival (Official Selection), Toronto, Ontario
Arpa International Film Festival (Official Selection and Best Animated Short Nominee), Hollywood, CA
Montana International Film Festival, (Official Selection), Billings, MT
Atlanta ShortsFest/ Atlanta Film Series (Official Selection), Atlanta, GA
Florida Animation Festival (Official Selection and 1st Place Audience Award), Tallahassee, FL
Austin Spotlight Film Festival (Official Selection), Austin, TX
DaVinci International Film Festival (Finalist), Santa Monica, CA
LosAngeles CineFest, (Semi-Finalist) Los Angeles, CA
Animayo (Semi-Finalist, Oscar qualifying festival), Gran Canaria, Spain
2015
Southern Colorado Film Festival, (Official Selection and Finalist for Best Foreign Film), Alamosa, CO
2014
Aesthetica Film Festival, BAFTA qualifying festival (Finalist) London, UK,
2013
Multicultural Caucus Film and Video Festival, SPE National Conference, Chicago, IL
2011
Women’s Film Festival, SPE National Conference, Atlanta, GA
Voice of This Generation: War Wedding Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Local Female Filmmakers, Billtown Film Festival, Williamsport, PA
2009
Women’s Film Festival, SPE National Conference, Dallas, TX
2006
International Digital Media Arts Festival, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia
2004
Film and Video Annual, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2000
Armenian Memories, Void Video Space, New York, NY
FESTIVAL SCREENING AWARDS
2019
Director’s Choice Award, Black Maria Film Festival, Traveling festival
2018
1st Place Audience Favorite, Florida Animation Festival, Tallahassee, FL
Nominee for Best Animation Short, Arpa International Film Festival, Hollywood, CA
EXHIBITION AWARDS
2012
Best in Show, Park Art Fair International, Geneva, Switzerland
EXHIBITIONS
2018
I’m New Here: Perspectives on Migration, The Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA
2015
3-person Exhibition, I’m So Sorry, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
2014
Solo Exhibition, The Past Is Present, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
2013
Park Art Fair International, Triberg, Germany
2012
Park Art Fair International, Geneva, Switzerland
A Path Home: Visualizing Trauma and Healing, Montclair University, Jersey City, NJ
From What I Remember, From What I Forget, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
What a Long Night It Has Been Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
Hyperrealism, Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2011
Billboard Arts Project: Projections, Corona/Riverside, CA
Final Girl Coup d’Espace, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2010
Between Realities, Principle Gallery, Alexandria VA
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2009
24x24, Thomas Paul Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibition, “Leah Bedrosian Peterson”, Flatiron Gallery, Williamsport, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2008
Broken Telephone/Telefono Roto Version II
Meliton Rodriguez Gallery,
Art Institute of Medellin, Colombia
Workspace Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder,CO
Open Studios, The Pajama Factory, Williamsport, PA
Women’s Month Exhibition, CT Room, Williamsport, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2007
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2005
Bridge-Breach, Patricia Doran Gallery, Boston CyberArts Festival, Boston, MA
Big & Awesome: Thesis Exhibition, Aidekman Gallery, Medford, MA
Suburban Archeology, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Open Space, Foyer Gallery, Boston, MA
2004
Group show, Turkish Coffee, The Artists Foundation, Boston, MA
2003
Open Studios, D Gallery, Boston, MA
Photo Annual, Atrium Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA
2002
The Suburban Condition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001
Dreams and Nightmares, Third Eye Gallery, Denver, CO
PUBLICATIONS/BIBLIOGRAPHY
Feature story, “Das Erbe Welt: Heritage of the World”, (Germany); pages 108-112, Spring 2013 ed., distributed with National Geographic Magazine
Feature story, Hunger Magazine and HungerTV.com, London, UK (2nd place for print feature), 2013
Exhibition catalog, Park Art Fair International, 2012
Interview Feature (Armenian Online Dating), The Dig, Boston, 2005
Cover Art, Elbow/Cityful Press, Boulder, CO, 2002
LECTURES
Artist Lecture, On Identity and Praxis, The School of Visual Arts, NYC
Artist Lecture, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Guest Lecturer Professional Practices, MFA Program at the Nesin Graduate School, Memphis College of Art
INTERVIEWS and PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Good Morning Armenians, Glendale, CA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jk2A_qeBN8&feature=youtu.be
School of Visual Arts, NYC: On Identity and Praxis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfpqHvzioJI
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007- current
Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
Chair, Department of Communication
Associate Professor of Film and Video Arts
Gallery Director, Digital Media Gallery
Program Coordinator, 2D Animation
2005-2007
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Teaching Assistant to Sharon Harper
2005-2007
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Post Graduate Teaching Fellow/Instructor of Photography
2002-2005
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Graduate Fellow/Instructor of Photography
2003-2005
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Teaching Assistant to Jim Dow and Ron Rizzi
CLASSES TAUGHT
Lycoming College (Associate Professor)
Film and Video I and II (Production Courses)
The Moving Image in Series (Production Course)
Video Installation (Production Course)
Documentary Filmmaking (Production Course)
Narrative Filmmaking (Production Course)
Cinematography (Production Course)
Senior Thesis (Film and Video III) (Production Course)
Visual Media in a Digital Age (Art History)
Introduction to Visual Media (Art History)
Truth is Stranger Than Fiction (Freshmen Seminar: Documentary Film and Photography)
Harvard University (Teaching Assistant)
Introduction to Still Photography (Studio Course)
Photographic Inquiry (Studio Course)
Call to Adventure: Photography and Exploration (Studio Course)
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Graduate and Post-Graduate Fellow)
Beginning Digital Photography (Studio Course)
Beginning Color Photography (Studio Course)
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Teaching Assistant)
Large Format Photography (Studio Course)
Color Photography (Studio Course)
The Death of Painting (Theory and History)
FILM BOARD/ORGANIZATIONS
Central Pennsylvania Film Office, Board of Directors
Billtown Film Festival, Executive Board
University Film and Video Association, Member
COLLECTIONS
Berkman, Henoch and Peddy, LLC, NY
Philip Morris, c/o Michael Treff, NY
CBM Associates, NY
Mark Gallery, NJ
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
2005
Dean’s Discretionary Fund, SMFA
2004
The Semerjian Fund
2003
ASA Foundation
1999
APS of the Bay Area
1999
The Koomruian Fund
1998-9
The New York Community Trust
1998
Azarian Management and Development Company
1997
Helen Gray Memorial Award
PROFESSIONAL GRANTS/FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
2017
LITT Grant (Technology and Innovation)
2015
“Under the Walnut Tree”
2014
“The Past is Present”
2012
“May I Go Blind”
2010
“Erasure”
2009
“Yeah, I Was Looking at You
Sections
