Bio
NEWS
2021
Check out the interview I did with EV Grieve about Diamonds, Razors and Champagne:
https://evgrieve.com/2021/04/a-visit-to-leopold-mastersons-diamonds.html
And This: https://alumni.risd.edu/news-events/diamonds-razors-and-champagne
OPEN (NOON – 8PM DAILY)
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Friday April 9th, 2021 – Friday April 23, 2021 (Noon – 8:00 Daily)
a space gallery
191 East 3rd Street (Storefront West), New York, New York, 10009
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Artists
Marty Allen
Claudia Bitran
Carpo
The Curio (Live April 12 and April 14, 2021)
Cory and Nina Against The World (Live April 11, 2021)
E. Foxe Harrell
Samuel Gassman
Samson Huang
Tamara Johnson
Elle Lexxa (Live April 16, 2021)
John Manion
Leopold Masterson
Benjamin Peterson
East Village Vintage Collective
Rusty Anchor Antiques (Live April 18, 2021)
Elizabeth Saloka
Jim Tozzi
Also featuring artworks from Egypt to the 20th century.
In recent years, technology has reformed mass communication into various social platforms on which users can commodify themselves amongst “friends”. Identities are now fashioned out of products and lifestyles that maximize their value within consumer culture. The drunken allure of celebrity media and sponsored content fucks our stream of consciousness with flashes of elaborate luxury items pushing us to demand the next great indulgence. Situated in this orgy of excess, Diamonds, Razors and Champagne examines the unbridled appetite for more, more, more that results from the relentless stroking by commercial media.
The works included span a range of artists, objects and media, from videos to jewelry all the way through to alcohol, this shit bursts with hedonistic decadence while questioning its compatibility with the conflicting desires for lasting survival and self-actualization in the ephemerality of mainstream society. This exhibition manifests our growing tendency to overindulge our senses and seek out newer and stronger addictions. Much like they say in recovery, the first step is denying you have a problem and embracing one’s desires.

2021 Acquisition News
I am so excited to announce that the original Generic Chain was collected by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, France. I am extremely honored to be a part of such an iconic collection.

In other acquisition news a collector donated one of my media works to the Poster House… Um. I will have to discuss that piece at a later date and probably in a public forum.
NEWS
2020

Here we go (via RISD)


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Education
2011 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) • Master of Fine Arts (Honors) • Providence, RI
2008 The University of Iowa • Bachelor of Fine Arts • Iowa City, IA
2007 The University of Iowa • Bachelor of Science and Nursing • Iowa City, IA
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Public Collections
2021 Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris • Paris, France
2021 Poster House • New York, NY
2019 Grassi Museum • Leipzig, Germany
2018 Smithsonian Libraries • Cooper Hewitt, New York, NY
2018 Cedar Rapids Museum of Art • Cedar Rapids, IA
2017 Christian Peterson Museum • Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2016 Long House Reserve • Collection of Jack Lenor Larsen • East Hampton, NY
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Honors
2015 Vermont Studio Center • Residency • Johnson, VT
2012 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) • Fellowship and Residency • Amherst, VA
2012 BRIC Media Arts • Fellowship and residency • Brooklyn, NY
2012 Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC) • Brooklyn Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts Grant • Brooklyn, NY
2011 Ox-Bow • Residency and instructor (With Nicole Cherubini) • Saugatuck, MI
2011 RISD Graduate Studies Grant • Affected Productions • Providence, RI
2010 Graduate Fellowship & Teaching Assistantship • RISD Ceramics • Providence, RI
2010 Funded Proposal • Sitings 2010: Museum as Action • RISD Museum of Art • Providence, RI
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Selected Exhibitions
2011-20 Numerous anonymous public and media projects across the United States
2020 Grassi Museum of Art • Leipzig, Germany • Grassimesse
2020 The Parlor • Frenchtown, NJ • Portraits
2019 Sweet Pass Sculpture Park • Dallas, TX• Away Message
2019 PAD Gallery • New York, NY • On The Lamb
2018 EFA Project Space • New York, NY • Nurtureart Benefit
2018 a space • New York, NY • Fucking Terrible Art Exhibition
2017 BRIC Arts • Brooklyn, NY • Truth
2014 The Emerson • Brooklyn, NY • Masks (Collaboration with Marty Allen)
2014 Katrina Van Tassel Gallery • New York, NY • Digital Skin
2013 Violetscafe • Brooklyn, NY • Fishing in the Dark
2013 a space • Brooklyn, NY • 13|23 Exhibition
2013 Greenville Museum of Art • Greenville, NC • Tongue in Cheek
2012 Ateliers D’Art De France • Paris, FR • The International Film Festival on Clay and Glass: Cup (2010)
2011 Samson Projects • Boston, MA • Chain Letter
2011 RISD Museum of Art • Providence, RI • Video Art Screening: The Cave of Time (2011) • Juried by Judith Tannebaum
2011 Rhode Island Convention Center • Providence, RI • RISD MFA Thesis Exhibition 2011
2011 Gelman Gallery • Providence, RI • Digital Plastic
2010 RISD Museum of Art • Providence, RI • Sitings 2010: Museum as Action, Column
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Publications
2021 Milosch, Jane • Arnoldshe Publishers (Coming) • Chunghi Choo and Her Students
2020 Henderson, Aneeka Ayanna • UNC Press • Veil & Vow, Marriage Matters in Contemporary African American Culture
2017 Sharp, Sarah • Tool Book (Volume 1)
2015 Allen, Marty • Cisco Books • Emojis: The Secret Behind the Smile
2014 Masterson, Leopold • Self Published • Volume 1 • Smithsonian Libraries
2013 Masterson, Leopold • Self Published • 13 |23 Catalog (Co-EVERYTHING with Tamara Johnson) • Smithsonian Libraries
2011 West, Anne • Moth Press • Mapping the Intelligence of Artistic Work