ADRIENNE LEBAN
Born in Memphis, Tennessee
Lives and works in New York, NY
| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: |
| 2011 |
Open Studio in participation with New York Gallery Week and West Chelsea Artists, The Lifework Studio Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY |
| 2010 |
"Post No Bull," School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
The Lifework Studio Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY |
| 2009 |
Chelsea HighLine, New York, NY
The Lifework Studio Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY |
| 2008 |
A.I.R. Gallery Biennial, Chelsea, New York, NY
The Lifework Studio Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
Site 115 Gallery, Milford, PA
Persimmon Neo-Korean Restaurant, New York, NY |
| 2007 |
The Corey Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2005 |
Women's Studio Center, Long Island City, NY |
| 2004 |
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, The Lifework Studio Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2003 |
Affordable Art Fair, The Lifework Studio Gallery, New York, NY
"The Secret Life of Dentists," paintings in major motion picture, Dir., Alan Rudolph
"Sept. 11 Memorial Mandalas," Citibank, Chelsea, New York, NY
"Sept. 11 Memorial Mandalas," Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY
"Art Is…" Poster in New York subways for the School of Visual Arts |
| 2002 |
Poster throughout New York City for September Eleventh Memorial
"Sept. 11 Memorial Mandalas," Park Slope United Methodist Church, Brooklyn, NY
"Sept. 11 Memorial Mandalas," Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
Triennial Invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY |
| 2001 |
"Other Worlds," in "New Space, New Audience," CAA 2001 Online Exhibit |
| 1999 |
"Erase Hate: Create a New World," Puffin Cultural Foundation, Teaneck, NJ |
| 1998 |
Outdoor VOTE Project poster installation, Eastside and Westside of Lower Manhattan
"Women on the Edge" Washington Square Church, New York, NY |
| 1993 |
450 Broadway Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY
Cynthia McCallister Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY |
| 1992 |
"Women in Limbo," The Knitting Factory, New York, NY |
| 1991 |
A.I.R. Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY
B4A Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY |
| 1986 |
Rotunda, Canon Office Building, Washington, DC |
| 1985 |
Governor's Invitational, World Trade Center, New York, NY |
| 1984 |
Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida |
| 1983 |
Alternative Museum, SoHo, New York, NY
Work Gallery, East Village, New York, NY
The Pharmacy, East Village, New York, NY
"Small Works," New York University, New York, NY |
| 1982 |
"Small Works," New York University, New York, NY
Visual Arts Museum, New York, NY |
| 1981 |
Club 57, East Village, New York, NY |
| 1980 |
Club 57, East Village, New York, NY
New Earth Exposition, Boston, MA |
| 1971 |
Women's Interart Center, New York, NY |
| 1970 |
The Composing Room Gallery 303, New York, NY |
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| AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS: |
| 2003 |
Best Poster, University and College Designers Association (UCDA) |
| 1999 |
Grant Recipient, The Puffin Cultural Foundation
Artist Residency, The Blue Mountain Center
Artist Residency, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts |
| 1970 |
Excellence in Advertising, ANDY Award |
| 1969 |
Certificate of Excellence, New York Type Directors Club
Excellence in Advertising, Rolling Stone Magazine |
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| EXPERIENCE: |
| 1969 - present |
Faculty, Advertising and Graphic Design Dept., The School of Visual Arts, New York NY
Re-interpreted and developed new dimensions of advertising and graphic design through original curricula |
| 2002 - present |
Principles of Visual Language, Foundation Year requirement |
| 1974 - present |
Originality |
| 1971 - present |
Advertising and Graphic Design for Social Change
Founder/Publisher/Director, The Lifework Studio, Inc., (drawings, paintings, digital prints; art gallery; creativity books; social advocacy; visual communications) |
| 1991-1992 |
Co-Founder, Creative Director and Co-Editor with Tim Yohn, The City of DIS, A Magazine of Visual Artists' and Writers' Social and Political Expression (contributors included: Allen Ginsburg, Beat poet; Hal Sirowitz, Poet Laureate of Queens; Bob Holman, Bowery Poetry Project; Tuli Kupferberg, The Fugs and Village Voice cartoonist; Margaret Morton, social documentary photographer; visual artists Elliott Barowitz, Barbara Nessim, David Sandlin, Anita Steckel, etc.) |
| 1981-1986 |
Advocacy for residential loft legalization (Co-chair, Lower Manhattan Loft Tenants; President, New York Loft Tenants, Inc.): passage of Article 7C-NYS Multiple Dwelling Law of 1982 |
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| SELECTED PUBLIC SPEAKING / LECTURES, Art-Related Only: |
| 2007 |
The Art of Adrienne Leban, Kingsborough Community College (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY |
| 2006 |
Art and Social Change, New Jersey Peace Action Conference, Princeton, NJ |
| 2005 |
The Art of Adrienne Leban, Nassau Community College, Hempstead, NY |
| 2000 |
Artists in Space, Queens Council on the Arts, Long Island City, NY |
| 1993 |
Art and Censorship, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE |
| 1990 |
Artists' Life/Work: Housing and Community for Artists, Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY |
| 1983 |
Artists' Life/Work and Lofts, WBAI FM Radio, New York, NY |
| 1983 |
Art in Society, New York University, New York, NY |
| 1980 |
Inner Energy, Drawings to Manifest the Self, New Earth Exposition, Boston, MA |
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| PERFORMANCES, Poetry Readings: |
| 1993 |
Brecht Forum, New York, NY
CB 313, part of CBGB's, New York, NY
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1992 |
Cedar Bar/Tavern, New York, NY
The Knitting Factory, New York, NY
WOW Café, New York, NY |
| 1991 |
Washington Square Church, New York, NY |
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| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, Art-Related Only: |
| Books |
Leban, Adrienne and Dona Yim. Create with Me. New York: The Lifework Studio, 2003.
_____ and James Sheehan. Draw with Me. New York: The Lifework Studio, 2003.
_____. A New Vision for Peace: In Memory of September Eleventh - Meditations and Mandalas for Visual Healing. New York: The Lifework Studio, 2002.
_____. Inner Energy: 24 Drawings to Manifest the Self. Boston: Autumn Press, 1979. |
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| Essays, Commentary: |
_____. "Ponderables." The City of DIS 1, no. 1 (1991): 42-44
_____. "Discussion: Artists' Life/Work: Housing and Community for Artists." In If You Lived Here: The City in Art, Theory and Social Activism: A Project by Martha Rosler. Dia Art Foundation Discussions in Contemporary Culture: Number 6, edited by Brian Wallis, 155-79. Seattle: Bay Press, 1991.
_____. "The Unchain Letter." Art & Artists 18, no. 2 (April/May 1989): 10-11.
_____. "Can Art Live in the Art Capital of the World?" Art & Artists 14, no. 7 (March/April 1985): 3-5. |
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| EDUCATION: |
| 1989 |
New York University, New York, NY, Master of Arts |
| 1968 |
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
| 1967 |
University of Miami, Miami, FL, Bachelor of Arts |
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