CV // Leah Rosenberg
Education
MFA, California College of Art, San Francisco, CA, 2008
BFA, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC, 2003
New York Studio Program, Independent Studio, ACAID, New York, NY, 2002
Solo and Two-person Exhibitions
2022
We’ve Been Here Before, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021
One Day At A Time, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
2019
To Open Eyes, Hodges Taylor, Charlotte, NC
To Freeze the Shifting Phantasmagoria, Jacki Headley Gallery, Chico, CA
Chance of Rain, Legion Shop, San Francisco, CA
What Goes Around, Recology, San Francisco, CA
2018
The Measure of Enjoyment, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2017
Color For The People, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
2016
Mono/Chromatic, Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
This, That, and Hours in the Sun, Legion, San Francisco, CA
Color and Scale, Black & White Projects, San Francisco, CA
2015
Where Once Was None, 2x2 Solo Series, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
Well Together, The Mill, San Francisco, CA
2014
Pairings, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX
2012
Fresh Paint, True Silver Gallery, San Francisco, CA
I Made This For You, Make Work Projects, Saskatoon, SK
Six of One, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA
Taking Stock (with Emily Heller), Z Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
Stripes, San Francisco Friends School, San Francisco, CA
2010
Some Days Honey, Some Days Onions: Fine Museum, SF, CA
The Magic Hour, Spare Room Projects, San Francisco, CA
Time Will Tell, 18 Reasons, San Francisco, CA
2008
About Rounds, Tartine, San Francisco, CA
2007
Sweet Raw (with Siobhan Humston, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Plus+ (with George Vergette), Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Processing Harmony, Sarah Sheperd Gallery, Larkspur, CA
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community, and Ourselves, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
Creative Attention, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2021
Reclaimed: The Art Of Recology, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2019
To Freeze the Shifting Phantasmagoria, Jacki Headley Gallery, Chico, CA2017
Sabbath: Dorothy Saxe Invitational, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
Group Hang, the Lab, San Francisco, CA
Detritus, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Group Show, Napa Valley Museum, Napa Valley, CA
2016
Appro-propagation, Kala Fellow Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
Spectrum, Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL
Gold Rush, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Conversations in Paint, Art Placement Gallery, Saskatoon, SK.
2015
Orange on Orange, Peephole Cinema, Orange Alley, San Francisco, CA
On & On: A Collaboration of Modular Prints, Aesthetic Union, San Francisco, CA
Painting Expelled, CCA Campus Center Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Possibilities of Paper, Project Space Gallery, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2014
Bay Area Now 7, w/ Susan O'Malley for Montalvo Arts Center, YBCA, SF, CA
Collections, Nile Sunset Annex, Cairo, Egypt
2013
Feast: The Art of Playing with Food, New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
Art Moves Billboard Festival, Toron, Poland
Voulkos Inspired, Kala's Berkeley Central Arts Passage Way, Berkeley, CA
Happiness Is... Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
Cheerful and Heroic Failure, Southwestern College, San Diego, CA
2012
X-Libris, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Keeping Time, Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA (curated by Lauren Davies)
Cultivar/Taste, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2011
PROOF, SOEX Juried Exhibition, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Surface Tension, Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery, Ohio State University
With Food in Mind, Center for the Book Arts, New York, NY
New works, Art Placement Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Chunks, Skydive Gallery, Houston, TX (curated by Sasha Dela)
2010
Shadowshop, a project by Stephanie Syjuco at SFMOMA
I’m Sure, blankspace gallery, Oakland, CA (curated by Courtney Dailey)
2009
Headlands Center for the Arts 2009 Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
Mixed Metaphors/Compulsive Behaviors, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Feast: About Food, Made From Food, Including Food, Pittsburg State University, KS
Sweet and Matchless, PLAySPACE, San Francisco, CA
Let Them Eat Cake, Gallery Atsui, Vancouver, BC
Blot out the Sun, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Spectrum Art Auction, Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
Destinations: London, Working Rooms; Berlin, The Berlin Office; SF, Queen’s Nails
Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Vital Signs, Newcomb Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
30 Under 30, Varnish Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, California College of Art, San Francisco, CA
2007
Bay to Barley, Hastings College Art Gallery, Hastings, NE
PLAySPACE Silent Auction, California College of Art, San Francisco, CA
G-13, Spare Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Notebook Show, PLAySPACE, CCA San Francisco, CA
Optimism, The Hardware Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Aggregate Set, LES Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Us & Them, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
Public + Private Commissions
Adobe Inc., San José, CA
Avalon Bay, Emeryville, CA
Mercy Housing; Ohana Center for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, Monterey, CA
Google, Mountain View, CA
Like A Multivitamin, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, CA
Thriving In All Seasons, Uber, San Francisco, CA
18 Colors for Ghirardelli Square, Ghirardelli Square/ Jamestown, San Francisco, CA
28 Colors, Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, FL
Conversation Starters, w/ Carissa Potter, Google HQ, Mountain View, CA
Everywhere A Color, San Francisco International Terminal 3, San Francisco, CA
Color Collector’s Handbook, Chronicle Books
Color Factory, Creative Director, San Francisco, CA 2017 + New York, NY 2018
Local Color, Sites Unseen Natoma Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2017
Gather & Break, Building 57, Facebook Menlo Park, CA, 2017
The Good in the World, Rite Editions, San Francisco, CA, 2017
Color Wall V, The Progress, San Francisca, CA, 2015
Color Wall IV, Private Residence, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Color Wall III, The Pink Container, Hamburg, Germany, 2015
Color Wall II (Wallscape), M-Rad Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
Color Wall I, Pinhole Coffee, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Color Coordinations, State Bird Provisions, San Francisco, CA, 2012
Convergence, Marriott Marquis Hotel, San Francisco, CA, 2011
Gather, UCSF Moffitt Hospital Café Mural, San Francisco, CA, 2010
Residencies, Awards + Lectures
Artist-in-residence of the Dickinson Visual Arts Endowment, Harker School, San Jose, CA, 2022
Adjunct Professor Painting + Color, CSU East Bay, Hayward, CA, 2022
Notes on Getting Better Every Day A Color, Bay Area Walls, SFMOMA, 2021
Thank You For This Moment, Sointula Art Shed, Sointula BC (online each June), 2020-2022
Scratch Space, The Role of Radical Imaginary, hosted by Lucas Artists Residency Program, 2020
Google X Lens Artist in Residence, 2020
TedX Dare To Know, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 2019
Why Paint, Panel Discussion, Chico State University, Chico, CA, 2019
Artist-in-Residence, Villa Lena, Toiano, Italy, 2019
Creative Mornings Talk, Tradition, SFMOMA, SF, CA, 2018
Artist-in-Residence, Recology, San Francisco, CA, 2018
Agility Projects Grant, Berkeley, CA, 2018
McColl Center of Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC, Sept-Dec 2017
Artist-in-Residence, Project 387, Gualala, CA, August 2016
Finalist, TOSA Award, San Francisco, CA
Artist-in-Residence, Workshop Residence, May 2016
Kala Fellowship, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA, 2016
Future of Food Residency, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE, 2015
Irving Street Projects, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Taste Workshop at the Front, San Francisco, CA, 2015
Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, VT, 2014
LPP + Residency, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Lucas Artist Program Irvine Fellow, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA, 2013
Visiting Artist Lecture, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2013-2015
Visiting Artist Lecture, California College of Art, Oakland, CA 2011-2014
New American Paintings, No. 109 Pacific Coast Issue, Juror: Janet Bishop, 2012
Big Eats, Contemporary Jewish Museum, 2010
Nominee, Tournesol Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, 2008
California College of the Arts Graduate Commencement Speaker, 2008
Recipient, California College of the Arts Merit Scholarship, 2008
Recipient Richard K. Price Scholarship, 2008
Kenderdine Campus Artist’ Summer Workshop, Emma Lake, SK, 2005
Collections
San Francisco Museum of Art; Google, Montage Health Foundation, Monterey, CA; Mountain View, CA; San Francisco Arts Commission; UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX; Facebook Menlo Park; McColl Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC; Kala Arts Center, Berkeley, CA; Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan
Select Bibliography
Wise, Cat. “This San Francisco Art Exhibit Takes Another Look At Trash,” PBS, 2019
Desmerais, Charles. “Finding art at the dump: Recology Artist in Residence Program highlights treasured trash,” SF Chronicle Datebook, 2019
Chong, Dale Arden. “Discovering True Color,” DRIFT Volume 7 San Francisco, 2018
Woo Jen, Leah Rosenberg Paints the Town (and Beyond) Rainbow, 7x7, 2017
Whiting, Sam, SoMa alley goes from ‘unseen’ to art scene, SFChronicle, 2017
Clapson, Dan, Sweet Art, Globe and Mail Arts Section, October, 2016
McKay, Stephanie, Colour Story, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, September 2016
Farr, Kristin, Palettes For All Palates, Juxtapoz, June 2016
Lutz, Leora, When Walks Become Stories, Become Paintings…SFAQ.us, February 2016
Smith, Kara Q., Where Once Was None, 2 x 2 Solo catalog essay, November 2015
Haug, Kate. Everyday, a color: Leah Rosenberg @ Irving Street Projects, SFAQ.us, May 2015
Hotchkiss, Sarah. KQED Obsessed: “Leah Rosenberg’s Chromophilia”, April 2015
Delaunay, Monique. “Leah Rosenberg: COLOR BAR Artist in Residence at Little Paper Planes.” SF ART Enthusiast, June 2014
Bishop, Janet. "Juror's Pick". New American Paintings. No. 109. Dec 2013.
Bauer, Kristin. "Lynda Benglis & 6 Contemporary Artists Sculpt with Paint." Beautiful Decay, Nov 2013
de la Hoz, Ryan. "Leah Rosenberg's Stacks of Paint." Beautiful Decay, March 2013
Helfand, Glen. "From Saratoga: Happiness Is." Art Practical, Feb 2013
Marchand, Matthew. "Shotgun Review: Fresh Paint." Art Practical, May 2012
Whiting, Sam. "Home galleries picking up where museums leave off". SF Chronicle. July 2012
Porges, Maria. "Present Tense." (essay) May 2012
Glance: CCA, Spring Issue, 2012
Park, Sabrina. "Featured Artist." bangstyle.com. May 2012
Delaunay, Monique. "Rare Device: Six of One." SF Art Enthusiast, Jan 2012
Grattan, Nikki and Klea McKenna. "In The Make." Apr 2012
COLOR & COLOR #3: a publication by Amanda Curreri & Erik Scollon, 2011
Studio Visit Magazine, National Juried Exhibition in Print, Issue 7
Ruby Mag the book, Gestalten Verlag (catalogue), 2011.
Greenaway, Twilight. "Cooking, Giving It Away: Food, Art, and the Places In." Art Practical, Issue 2.5, Nov 2010.
Gilsdorf, Bean. "18 Reasons: A Conversation with Rosie Branson Gill & Leah Rosenberg." Art Practical, Issue 2.5, Nov 2010.
Dailey, Courtney. The Circularity of Stripes, Catalog essay for Time Will Tell at 18 Reasons
Carte Blanche II: Painting, Magenta Foundation, 2008
Porges, Maria. "Blot out the Sun (catalogue)." 2008