LEAH BEDROSIAN PETERSON
Born 1975, Long Island, NY
EDUCATION
2005 M.F.A., Studio Art, Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2000 B.F.A, summa cum laude, Photography and Art History, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007- current
Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
Associate Professor of Digital Media (Film and Video)
Chair, Department of Communication
Gallery Director, Digital Media Gallery
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
AWARDS
2012 Best in Show, Park Art Fair International, Geneva, Switzerland
PUBLICATIONS/BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 Heritage of the World (Germany) Spring 2013 ed. published with National Geographic, Feature story http://daserbeunsererwelt.com/spring2013/ pages 108-112
2013 Hunger Magazine and HungerTV.com, London, UK (Finalist for print featue) Selected for feature story on Hunger TV.com http://www.hungertv.com/feature/leah-peterson-erasure/
2002 Elbow/Cityful Press, Boulder, CO
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015 I’m So Sorry Bloomsburg University
2014 The Past Is Present Solo Exhibition, Lycoming College
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
Hyperrealism Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
Faculty Exhibition Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2011 Billboard Arts Project Projections in 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
2009 24x24 Thomas Paul Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibition 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, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Suburban Archeology The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Open Space Foyer Gallery, Boston, MA
Open Studios Anderson Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2004 Turkish Coffee The Artists Foundation, Boston, MA
2003 Group Show D Gallery, Boston, MA
Photo Annual Atrium Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA
2002 The Suburban Condition Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Dreams and Nightmares 3rd Eye Gallery, Denver, CO
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2015 Southern Colorado Film Festival Alamosa, CO
2013 Experimental Video SPE, Chicago, IL
2012 What a Long Night It Has Been Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
2011 Multi Cultural Caucus Film and Video Festival SPE, Atlanta, GA
Voice of This Generation: War Wedding Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Local Female Filmmakers Billtown Film Festival, Williamsport, PA
Faculty Exhibition Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2009 Women’s Film Festival SPE, Dallas, TX
2006 International Digital Media Arts Festival Yerevan, Armenia
2004 Film and Video Annual Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2000 Armenian Memories Void Video Space, New York, NY
FILM BOARD/ORGANIZATIONS
Central Pennsylvania Film Office- Board of Directors
Billtown Film Festival- Executive Board
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 Koomruian Fund
1999 The New York Community Trust
1998 The New York Community Trust
1998 Azarian Management and Development Company
1997 Helen Gray Memorial Award
PROFESSIONAL GRANTS/FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
2014 “The Past is Present” (photography)
2012 “May I Go Blind” (animation)
2010 “Erasure” (photography, drawings, and video)
2009 “Yeah, I Was Looking at You “(photography and video)
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