C H E L L A L E I G H C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
Positions:
Co-founding Director and faculty, Transart Institute for Creative Research, 2004-
Mobile, borderless platform for cross-pollination between creative researchers in all genres internationally. Offering online monthly intensive sessions, and local micro and full residencies in NY, Berlin, London/Liverpool Nairobi and Mexico City. Awarding MFA Creative Practice and PhD Creative Research degrees. Accreditation in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University, UK. site
Founding Editor, ELSE Journal, 2014-
Occasional culture jourzine. Event-spawned seedbed for themed inquiries and nexus for creative research. Peer-reviewed. ISSN: 2334-2757. e-ISSN: 2334-2765. site
Director, School of Multimedia Arts, University of Applied Sciences & Technologies, Salzburg, Austria, 2000-2002.
Responsible for designing curriculum and programming with transition from an engineering to a masters level art degree. Established annual symposia, new music and short film festival.
Principal, Creative Director, Toast, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998-2000
Co-founded trans-design studio consisting of graphic, package and furniture design, public arts projects and media productions. Projects ranged from collaborative public art identity package for the Canadian Ministry of Culture to snowboards to package design for Nicholas Negroponte at MIT.
Creative Director, Encoded Music, N2K Entertainment, New York, 1997-1998
Established and directed art department for interactive, on-line music label (pop, jazz, & classical) producing music videos and interactive CDs.
Publications:
2018: “On limits, borders, edges and boundaries” Symposium, Mexico City, co-curator site
2017: ELSE Journal “The Imperceptible Self” Editor site + issue
2016: Goethe Institut, "Utopia Tomorrow", Barcelona, curated by Herman Bashiron Mendolicchio site review
2016: Transart Triennale, "The Imperceptible Self" Curator, Berlin and New York site
2016: ELSE Journal Issue 2: “On Contemplation, Editor site + issue
2016: Berlin Foto Biennale, 4th edition Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography, Palazzo Italia, Julio Hardy, Chief Curator, site catalog
2015: Third Ruhr Biennale, Heimat & Heim, Ruhr, Berlin, curated by Herbert Schero
2014: Santorini 2nd Biennale of Modern Art, Greece, Peace Mechanisms, curated by Papadoulos Frangos site
2014: Morpho Gallery, Chicago, 9th Annual Photo Exhibition, Juror J. Morrison
2014: ELSE JOURNAL ISSUE 00: “Trans-what?” site + issue
2014: LandEscape Art Review Special Issue January 2014 interview
2013: Back to Square Juan, curated by Claro Ramirez Jr., Manila site
2013: Closer, Closer, Lisbon Architecture Triennale, curated by Beatrice Galilee, program + “Another Place” catalog + “Closer, Closer” catalog
2013: Inaugural Biennial, Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, Juror A.B. Miner, Curator, Museum of Fine Art, Boston site
2013: Foto Biennale, Ballarat International, Melbourne, Australia site
2013: 3rd International Photo Exhibition: Viridian, New York, Juror Nat Trotman, Curator, Guggenheim site *
2013: Fotofilmic ’13 Contemporary Film Photography Juried International Exhibition, Vancouver
2013: Nominee, Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2013, Fine Art Photography
2013: 4th Biennale Juried Pinhole Exhibition, Rayko Photo Center Gallery, San Francisco
2013: “Überbleibsel” [Leftover], Konnektor Art Forum, Hannover, Germany site *
2012: International Biennial of Miniature Art, Cstochowa, Poland
2012: “Seen-Unseen”, Wiseman Gallery, Grants Pass, Oregon
2012: “Home”, Center For Fine Art Photography, Juror’s Honorable Mention Krzysztof Candrowicz site *
2012: Natural Setting, Davis Horton Gallery, Hudson, New York
2012: Reflection/Peilikuva, Hesa Inprint Issue 17, Helsinki, Finland site
2012: Not Festival 2012: “An atypical point of view, Copenhagen, curator L. Malvacias site *
2011: “For Love Not Money”, 15th Tallinn Print Triennial, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, jurors, Simon Rees, Eha Komissarov, Eve Kask
site (note)
2011: “Nothing to Declare”, Manila, Philippines, curator, Flaudette May V. Datuin site + catalog
2011: “Remains of the Day”, OCCA Photography Gallery at Orange Coast College, curator, Richard Kraft (solo) (note)
2011: Art Stays 9th International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Slovenia, curator Lynn Book site *
2011: New York Photo Festival 11, Rabbithole Studio, New York, juried exhibition
2011: Artists of Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Art Museum, juror Michael Rooks, Atlanta Modern Art Museum site *
2010: Best in Show 47th Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, D. Houston, chief curator, Ogden Museum, site*
2010: Nominees for Prix Pictet global award in photography, Paris, France, Francis Hodgson
2010: “Creating Worlds”, Fest der Kuenste, Internationales Forum, Berlin, Germany, curator I. G. Niang
2010: “Focal Resolution”, Climate Gallery, Long Island City, New York, Best in Show, curator Bonni Benrubi
2010: “Shelter”, Projektwerkstatt SOHO, Vienna, Austria, curator, Victoria Hindley video
2010: “Delicacy” Hawaii Pacific University, Kaneohe, Hawaii, curator Sanit Khewhok (solo) *
2010: A Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA, juror, Betsy Cain site *
2010: “In Progress”, Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, curator Ai-ling Chang
2009: “The Extended Moment”, Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, juror Craig Stevens
2009: CoCA Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA “Annual”, finalist Best in Show, curator Jess Van Nostrand, David Francis catalog catalog
2009: “Artists of Hawaii” Honolulu Academy of Arts Museum, juror L. Hoptman, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
2009: On Oahu, Logsdon 1909 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, juror Doug Stapleton, curator Illinois State Museum
2009: Black White, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, Co, juror Jim Casper, Lens Culture
2009: “From The Collection”, Salzburg City Museum, Salzburg, Austria, curator Dr. Dietgard Grimmer
2009: “Visions of Death”, FIDM, Queens Museum of Art, New York, Miguel Vaylon, Directeur Artistique du FIDM
2009: 2me Concours International de Photographie, juried, Paris, France
2009: Visiones sobre la Muerta, Festival Internacional de Cortometraje, Mexico
2009: Inside Out, The Hole World, Rueff Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, curator Stephanie Paine
2009: “Where I’m From”, RFD Gallery, Swainsboro, Georgia, curator Ger Ger
2009: “Small Works”, Climate Gallery, Long Island City, New York
2009: “Existing Things”, annual show, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, curator Lisa Yoshihara
2008: Lingnan University, Hong Kong, “Two Views” (solo) “Floating Worlds” catalog
2008: “Liminal Light”, Stimulus in Edinburgh, The Forest Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom catalog
2008: Inside/Out, National Photo Festival, Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, juror David Paterson
2008: Inside Out, Pinhole, PhotoSpace, curator, Veronica Hodgkinson, Collingwood, Australia
2007: "Documentation: Photography as Witness", Lord Hall Gallery, University of Maine, review
2007: Liminal Light, After Dark, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
2007: Stimulus-Respond Nr. 18: Travel London, September 2007 issue
2007: Stimulus-Respond Nr. 16: Metropolis London, May 2007
2004: Liminal Light, “Architekturfotografie”, Galerie Marenzi, Leibnitz, Austria site (note)
2003: The Art Complex Museum, Boston Tokaido Road” (solo) catalog
2003: Museum der Moderne, Rupertinum, Salzburg “[under] construction, Contemporary Architectural Photography in Austria
1998: “As the World Turns” and “Field Poems” at The Kitchen, “Wildcats” Videofest, New York City.
Collections:
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
Art Complex Museum, Boston
Nicholas Nixon
Education:
Master of Fine Arts, 1995-1998
Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont
Practice-based research degree.
Psychoanalytic Training, Washington Square Institute, New York, New York, 1998-1999
Freud-based clinical and analytical studies program. One year.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
Major art, minor philosophy. Four years.
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Photography with Nicholas Nixon by guest invitation. Two years.
Certificate in Studio Arts,
L'École des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France
Certificate Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne, Paris, France
Cultural studies: French, literature, and history. One year.
Advisors:
Robert Frank
Nick Nixon
Claire Pentacost
Renee Green
Krzysztof Wodiczko
Miwon Kwon
Charles Rechter