Leah Weinstein
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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