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                                                                        Résumé

Education

2014               MFA, Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2011               BFA cum laude, Sculpture, Kent State University, Kent, OH

Solo Exhibitions

2017              The Beauty of Losing and Forgetting, the Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

2016               Hot Water, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington DC

2016               Being Healthy, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH

2014               The Noise, Amalie Rothschild Gallery at Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD

2013               The Red Bench, Leidy Atrium of The Brown Center at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2011               A Structure, Kent State University Sculpture Gallery, Kent, OH

2010               Anticipation > Realization, Studio 425, Kent, OH

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016              Skowhegan Performs, Socrates Sculpture Park, Brooklyn, NY

2015               Sondheim Finalist Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

2014               Vox X: Present Tense, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA (jurors: Matthew Brannon and Howie Chen)

                        Young Blood, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD  

                        Emerge Art Fair, Capitol Skyline Hotel, Washington DC (juror: Ai Weiwei)

                       MICA Grad Show 2014, Leidy Gallery at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2013               Art From the Heart, Gowanis Loft, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Renwick Heronimo)

                        Animatopoeia, The galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH (catalog) (curated by Robert Thurmer)

2012               Duplicities, Legation, A Gallery, Cleveland, OH (two-person exhibition)

2009               Kinetic Potential, Studio 425, Kent, OH
        
                       Low Budget Art, Studio 425, Kent, OH (two-person exhibition)

Residencies/Fellowships

2015-17         Hamiltonian Fellowship, Hamiltonian Artists, Washington DC

2015               Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

2012-14         Rinehart Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Selected Honors/Awards

2017               Individual Excellence Award, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH

2015               Sondheim Prize Finalist, Baltimore Museum of Art and Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2014               Sculpture X: The Social Political Object, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH (emerging artist lecture) (symposium organized by                                 CCAD and Sculpture Center Cleveland)

2013               30: Thirty Creative Minds Under Thirty, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD (artist lecture series)

Selected Bibliography

2016               Kabot, Sarah, “Jim Leach: Being Healthy.” W2S 2016. Exhibition catalog, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, pgs. 14-17, 26.

2016   Carrigan, Margaret, “’Spread’ by Allison Spence and ‘Hot Water’ by Jim Leach, Reviewed: two concurrent shows take up death as a powerful creative tool.” Washington City Paper, Accessed Apr. 11 2018. https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/museums-galleries/article/13047771/spread-by-allison-spence-and-hot-water-by-jim-leach-reviewed

2015   Dwayne Butcher and Jim Leach, “All History is Curated: An Interview with Jim Leach by Dwayne Butcher.” BmoreArt, Accessed Jan. 11 2015. http://bmoreart.com/2015/01/all-history-is-curated-an-interview-with-jim-leach-by-dwayne-butcher.html (images)

2015   Ian MacLean Davis, Bret McCabe and Cara Ober, “Sondheim Three-way.” BmoreArt, Accessed Aug. 30, 2015. http://bmoreart.com/2015/07/sondheim-three-way.html (image)

2015   Farley, Michael Anthony, “The 2015 Sondheim Prize: Slideshow and Commentary.” Art F City, Accessed Aug. 30, 2015. http://artfcity.com/2015/07/15/the-2015-sondheim-prize-slideshow-and-commentary/ (images)

2015   Lee, Seola, “Sondheim Finalists 2015: Jim Leach constructs spaces and monuments out of found and everyday objects, disrupting our natural sense of logic.” Baltimore City Paper, Accessed Aug. 30, 2015. http://www.citypaper.com/arts/visualart/bcpnews-sondheim-finalists-2015-jim-leach-constructs-spaces-and-monuments-out-of-found-and-everyday-objects-20150707-story.html (image)

2014   Ren, Susan, “Making Sense of Daily Life: Material vs. Time and Space.” Bmore Art, Accessed Dec. 2, 2014. http://bmoreart.com/2014/08/making-sense-of-daily-life-material-vs-time-and-space.html (image)

2013               Robert Thurmer and Omid Tavakoli, “Animatopoeia: A Most Peculiar (post modern) Bestiary.” Exhibition catalog, The Galleries at Cleveland State University, pg. 11.

2013               Clark, Joseph, “Half Man, All Amazing.” Scene 43, no. 31, (Jan. 30-Feb. 5, 2013): 35. (image) (in print and online: www.clevescene.com/cleveland/half-man-all-amazing/Content?oid=3142177,  accessed Dec. 2, 2014)

2011   Hullihen, Elaine. “Jim Leach: ‘A Structure’ for the Mind.” Kent Patch. Accessed Dec. 2, 2014. http://kent.patch.com/articles/jim-leach-a-structure-for-the-mind (images)

 

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