 | Leat Klingman Currently living in Brooklyn, NY Born 1975 Tel-Aviv, Israel contact |
| Education | |
| 2005 | MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, N.Y. |
| 2003 | “Fifth Year Program”, Kalisher- Institute of Technological Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel |
| 1999 | B.F.A. Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, University of Haifa, Israel |
| Selected Exhibitions | |
| 2007 (Upcoming) | Solo Exhibition, Kibbutz Lochamei Hagetaot Gallery |
| 2006 | Chashama Art Benefit, Selected artworks, New York, NY |
| Zahal (Israeli Defense Force), Ramlle, Ramlle Gallery for Contemporary Art, Israel | |
| MAKOR Artists in Residency, Wondering, Makor Gallery at the 92nd Y, NY | |
| Chance Encounters, Artists from Japan to the U.S., Caelum Gallery, NY | |
| 2005 | Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY |
| CoCA Annual Artists Exhibition, Meditating America, Seattle, Washington | |
| The Bushwick Art Projects, White Bunny Productions, Brooklyn, NY | |
| AAF Contemporary Art Fair, School of Visual Arts, Pier 92, NY | |
| The Inaugural SVA Alumni Society Auction, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Shades of Femininity, Local Projects, Long Island City, NY | |
| Sexual Gymnasium, SVA Thesis Show, SVA Gallery, New-York, N.Y. | |
| 2004 | In a Far Far Land…, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New-York, N.Y. |
| Fifth Year Program Exhibition, Kalisher Institute, Tel-Aviv, Israel | |
| 2003 | Celebration of 100 Years Foundation, Histadrut Hamorim (The National Israeli Teachers Organization), Jerusalem & Tel-Aviv Running Exhibition |
| 2001 | Plaster (Band-Aid), Group Exhibition, The Pyramid Gallery, Haifa, Israel |
| 2000 | New Faces; Graduates 2000, Group Exhibition, The Israeli Sculptures and Painters Association, Tel-Aviv, Israel |
| 1999 | Mt.Carmel Forum: Spring Exhibition, Hotentot Gallery, Haifa, Israel |
| 1998 | Young Artists Competition, Hecht Museum, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel |
| Grants & Fellowships | |
| 2006 | Chashama Studio Program, New York, NY |
| 2006 | Vermont Studio Center Artists Residency, Johnson, Vermont |
| 2006 | Vermont Studio Center Artists Residency Artist’s Grant, Johnson, Vermont |
| 2005 | Makor Artists in Residence, New York, NY |
| 2004 | Chairman’s Grant, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
| 2003 | Award Winner, Celebration of 100 Years Foundation, Histadrut Hamorim, Tel-Aviv, Israel |
| 2002 | Honorary commendation in “First Portrait”, Council for the Arts, Tel-Aviv, Israel |
| 1999 | Second Prize, Art International Competition-Kunst Inderstadt, Twin Cities Project, Mainz, Germany |
| 1998 | Award Winner, Young Artists Competition, Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel |
| Selected Articles & Publications | |
| 2006 | Zeek, A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture, Online magazine, What Happens Next: The Comedy (or not) of the Situation, Robbie Grinras, February, 2006 |
| 2005 | “Dalit Gurevich & Leat Klingman”, Noa Morduch-Simonson, Terminal, A Review of 21st Art, Winter, Num.26, pg.14-17, 2005 |
| 2005 | Art Review, Meditating America-CoCA Annual Artists Exhibition, Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Washington, Seattle, Nov.2005 |
| 2004 | Catalog for Enrollment, Kalisher, Institute of Technological Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2004 |
| 2003 | The Fifth Year Solo Shows Catalog, Kalisher, Institute of Technological Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2003 |
| 2003 | First Portrait, Catalog of Exhibition at the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel National Lottery Council for the Arts, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2003 |
| 2003 | Lions for the children of Jerusalem Catalog, The New Jerusalem Foundation, Jerusalem, 2003 |
| 2003 | Mainz-City Newspaper, Review of Winners at competition- Kunst Inderstadt, Mainz, Germany, 2003 |
| Conference & Symposium | |
| 2006 | Panel Discussion “Wandering”, moderated by Dominique Nahas, Makor Art Gallery, NY |
| 2005 | Artist Talk, moderated by Olaf Khunman, Hamidrasha School of Art, Israel |
| 2001 | The Open University series on TV, moderated by Philip Rantzer, Tel-Aviv studios, Israel |