Leah Weinstein
b. 1976, Vancouver, Canada
Education
2014 Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Master of Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Vancouver BC
2006 Kootenay School of the Arts, Textile Design, Nelson BC
2001 Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Vancouver BC
Solo Exhibitions/Performances
2017 Material Assemblies, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver BC
2015 The Poetry of Objects, Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History, Nelson BC
2015 Working Holiday Chess, Memorial West Park/ Dunbar Community Centre, Vancouver BC
2015 Between subject and object, Gallery 2, Grand Forks BC
2013 Welcome: a mobile sculptural performance, Art in Unexpected Places, City of Richmond
Public Art Commissions, Richmond BC
2013 The Space We Share, Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt BC
2011 Dreaming, Waking, The Langham Gallery, Kaslo BC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Fieldwork, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country BC
2019 13Suite15, studio exhibition curated by M.E. Sparks + Matthis Grunsky, Vancouver BC
2019 Persistence, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby BC
2018 Mobile Barnacle City, Ten Different Things, collaborative project with Laiwan,
CityStudio Vancouver + Living Labs at Emily Carr University, Vancouver BC
2017 Pivots and Spins, Access Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017 Public LivingROOM, collaboration with prOphecy sun and Decoy Magazine, Vancouver BC
2015 Flux A.I.R. Show, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
2015 Bodies of Water, Philosopher’s Knoll Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff AB
2014 Gimme Shelter, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University, Vancouver BC
2014 Art in Unexpected Places, Richmond City Hall, Richmond BC
2014 TRANSACTANTS: agents of process, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver BC
2013 Circle Craft- 40 Years On, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver BC
2013 Alteractions, Alterations, Altercations, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University,
Vancouver BC
2013 Bend, Plant, Move Along, Campbell River Museum, Campbell River BC
2013 The Portrait Project, The Langham Gallery, Kaslo BC
2011 KSA Faculty Show, Gallery 2, Grandforks BC
2011 KSA Faculty Show, Kootenay Gallery, Castlegar BC
2007 SWELL: Future Friendly Design, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver BC
2007 Artwalk, Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History, Nelson BC
2005 Cover + Contain, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay BC
Awards/Grants
2023 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant, “Forest Encounters”
2023 BC Arts Council, Project Grant, “Fieldwork”, with mentor Cease Wyss
2019-22 BC Arts Council Early Career Development Grant, with mentor Andrea Zittel,
Joshua Tree CA + Vancouver BC
2019 Creative Spark Vancouver, ArtStarts in Schools, Vancouver BC
2018 Creative Spark Vancouver, ArtStarts in Schools, Vancouver BC
2016 BC Arts Council Early Career Development Grant, mentorship with Laiwan, Vancouver BC
2015 Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation + Dunbar Community Centre Association Artist
Residency Grant, with artist team Elisa Yon and Jaspal Marwah, Vancouver BC
2015 Scholarship, Visual Arts Residency, The Banff Centre, Banff AB
2013 Art in Unexpected Places, City of Richmond Public Art Commissions, Richmond BC
2013 Presidents Research Fund Scholarship, Emily Carr University, Vancouver BC
2013 Christopher Foundation Scholarship, Emily Carr University, Vancouver BC
2012 Scholarship, Emily Carr University, Vancouver BC
2012 Scholarship, Circle Craft Cooperative, Vancouver BC
2011 Artist Project Grant, Columbia Basin Trust + Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance,
Nelson BC
Residencies
2021 Collective Artist-Run Micro-Residency, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country BC,
Rotary Centre fore the Arts, Kelowna BC
2020 AZ West, Joshua Tree CA
2019 Collective Artist-Run Micro-Residency, Terminal Creek Contemporary,
Bowen Island BC
2015-16 Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation + Dunbar Community Centre
Association Artist Residency Grant, with artist team Elisa Yon and Jaspal Marwah,
Vancouver BC
2015 The Banff Centre, Banff AB
2014 AZ West, Joshua Tree CA
Related Professional Experience
2023 Foundations Arts Instructor, LaSalle College, Vancouver BC
2018-23 Foundations Arts Instructor, Visual College of Art and Design, Vancouver BC
2020 Illustrator/ Animator, Curtis Suttle, Wall Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced
Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC
2019 Illustrator/ Animator, Jessica Dempsey, Wall Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for
Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC
2019 Illustrator, Sara Milstein, Wall Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC
2019 Costume Designer, Little Volcano, Veda Hille, Vancouver BC
2019 Costume Design, Cave to Dream, Cindy Mochizuki, Burnaby BC
2017-18 Gallery Coordinator, Robinson Studio Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017 Costume Design, “Lilith’s Cave”, Kristina Lee Podesva, Action!! Performance
Festival, curated by Lee Plested, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA
2017 Curator, “Costumes of the future”, TED International Conference, The Future You,
Canada Place, Vancouver BC
2017 Visiting Faculty, “Wearing The Future” workshop series, Emily Carr University of Art + Design,
Vancouver BC
2017 Visiting Artist Assistant, Goddard College MFA- IA Program, Port Townsend WA
2016 Visiting Artist Assistant, Goddard College MFA- IA Program, Port Townsend WA
2016 Costume Design, Vital Few, 605 Dance Collective, Vancouver BC
2015 Costume Design, Kate Bowie 2, Theatre Replacement, Vancouver BC
2015 Costume Design, Town Criers, Theatre Replacement, Vancouver BC
2015 Costume Design, The Sensationalists, 605 Dance Collective and Theatre Replacement collaboration,
Vancouver BC
2014 Costume Design, Kate Bowie, Theatre Replacement, Vancouver BC
2014 Communications Assistant for Interactive Futures, Vancouver BC
2013 Studio Assistant Internship with Andrea Zittel A-Z West, Joshua Tree, CA
2013 Research Assistant for The DARWIN Project, Emily Carr University, Vancouver BC
Writing/Publications
2023 Leah Weinstein, “Forest Encounters”, Ecocene Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities, Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023): June https://ecocene.kapadokya.edu.tr/index.php/ecocene/issue/view/7
2018 Kevin Griffin, “Arts Seen: Art installation in a school bus explored new frontier in space”,
Vancouver Sun.com, June 26
2018 Ten Different Things, ed. Kate Armstrong, CityStudio Vancouver and LivingLabs, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver BC
2013 Leah Weinstein, “High Desert Tests Sites, A Diary”, MutualArt.com, October 23
2013 Leah Weinstein, “High Desert Tests Sites, A Diary”, The Huffington Post.com, October 25