Leopold Masterson

Bio

Lives and works in New York City
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NEWS
2020
The self-published artist books Volume I and the catalog for the exhibition 13 | 23 (created in collaboration with Tamara Johnson) are now live on the Smithsonian Library’s website.  Check them out here:
https://www.library.si.edu/digital-library/author/masterson-leopold
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2019
Acquisition News
4 Works acquired into the permanent collections at the Grassi Museum in Leipzig, Germany
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2019
Away Message, Currently up at Sweet Pass Sculpture Park.
Check it out HERE!
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For Information Email LeopoldMasterson [at] gmail.com
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CV (Click here to download)
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Education

2011 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) • Master of Fine Arts • 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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Collections

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 • Brooklyn, NY
2012 Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC) • Brooklyn Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts Grant • Brooklyn, NY
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
2019 Sweet Pass Sculpture Park • Dallas, TX• Away Message
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
2011 NCECA • Tampa, FL • Video Screening Room: Affected Productions (5 works)
2010 RISD Museum of Art • Providence, RI • Sitings 2010: Museum as Action, Column
2009 Curious Matter • Jersey City, NJ • Poison
2009 Art Raw • New York, NY • Raw Art

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Publications

2020 Milosch, Jane • Arnoldshe Publishers (Coming) • Chunghi Choo and Her Students
2017 Sharp, Sarah • Tool Book (Volume 1)
2015 Allen, Marty • Cisco Books • Emojis: The Secret Behind the Smile
2012 BRIC Contemporary Art • July 12, 2012 • The Following of Two Fellows
2011 West, Anne • Moth Press • Mapping the Intelligence of Artistic Work
2011 Komarovsky, Inna • The All-Nigher • April 14, 2011 • Behind Sitings