Leona Strassberg Steiner
201-240-2190
Curated Shows:
2021 As We Heal, New Orleans Healing Center, New Orleans, LA
2019 New Surroundings, 912 Julia, New Orleans, LA.
2018 PoliticoPopUp3, Artspace3116, New Orleans, LA.
2018 Wetlands Art Tour 2018, New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA.
2016 PoliticoPopUp2, New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA.
2015 PoliticoPopUp, New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA.
2014 Paths That Cross, 313 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ.
Collaborations:
2022/3 Slivers by the River, featuring Moira Crone and Leona Strassberg Steiner, Second Story Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2019 Alchemy of Night, featuring Moira Crone and Leona Strassberg Steiner, 912 Julia, New Orleans, LA
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 My Mother and I and Palestine, The Room, Bywater, New Orleans
2021 Gazing Thru my Bedroom Window, Second Story Gallery, New Orleans Healing Center, New Orleans, LA
2020 Keepers of the Heart, Second Story Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2014 From There To Here, “To Sleep in a Room and Dream”, The Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ, curated by Anne Trauben
2014 Just Looking, The Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ, curated by Jim Pustorino
2014 Migration Stories, NJCU Visual Arts Gallery, New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJ
2013 To Sleep in a Room and Dream, NJCU Visual Arts Gallery, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
Group Exhibitions:
2021 Resuscitation, Second Story Gallery, New Orleans Healing Center, New Orleans, LA
2020 Perseverance, Second Story Gallery, New Orleans Healing Center, New Orleans, LA
2019 Louisiana Contemporary, The Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA. Curated by David Breslin
2018 Full Circle, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA, Curated by Rontherin Ratliff
2018 NJCU Alumni Exhibition, NJCU Visual Arts Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, Curated by Midori Yoshimoto
2018 “ART SPEAKS! Lend Your Voice”, Arena 1 Gallery in Santa Monica, Curated by Jill Muniz
2018 Women Seen by Women, Julia Cameron Women Photographers runner up award,
https://www.thegalaawards.com/women-seen-by-women-1/
2018 Fedoracle, Crescent City BrewHouse, New Orleans, LA, Curated by Michael Fedor
2017 Perspectives, The Tigermen Den, New Orleans, LA, PHOTONOLA and Catalyst Collective New Orleans
2017 MAAFA - Roho ya Babu, Ashe Powerhouse, New Orleans, LA, Curated by Gason Ayisyin
2017 Far From the Frontline, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, Curated by Dorit Jordan Dotan
2017 IMPEACH, an online exhibit, Curated by Patricia Dahlman, https://sites.google.com/view/impeach
2017 UpStream, Sanctuary Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, Catalyst Collective New Orleans
2017 DownStream, Sanctuary Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, Catalyst Collective New Orleans
2016 Second Saturday, New Work, Playhouse NOLA, New Orleans, LA, Catalyst Collective New Orleans pop-up one night show
2016 Black Lives Matter, Playhouse NOLA, New Orleans, LA, Catalyst Collective New Orleans pop-up one night show
2016 PoliticoPopUp2, New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA, Curated by Catalyst Collective New Orleans
2016 Out of the Blue: Explorations in Cyanotype, Photosynthesis, Manchester, CN, Juror: Jesseca Ferguson
2016 Louisiana Photography Biennial, New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA, Curated by Don Marshall
2016 Femme, New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA, Curated by Don Marshall
2015 PoliticoPopUp, New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA, Curated by Leona Strassberg Steiner
2015 Bywater Biennial, New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA, Curated by Don Marshall
2015 Catalyst, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA, Curated by Alan F. Rothschild Jr.,
Director of The Do Good Foundation
2015 REVERB: Past, Present, and Future, The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, Curated by Isolde Brielmaier
2015 Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ, Annual Fundraiser
2015 FilmIdio, Index Art Center, Newark NJ, Curated by Lowell Craig
2015 Fertile Ground, The Art Council, New Orleans, LA
2015 Femme Fest, The Women’s Caucus of Art of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
2015 Strong Women 6, Newark Jewish Museum, Newark NJ, Curated by Armisey Smith
2014 There to Here, Paul Robeson Gallery, Newark, NJ, Curated by Anonda Bell
2014 Limited Edition, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ, Curated by Lisa Conrad and Lowell Craig
2014 Under Construction, Soho20 Gallery, Chelsea, NY, Curated by Sharon Matt Atkins
2014 Paths That Cross, 313 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ. Curated by Leona Strassberg Steiner
2014 BORDERLAND - The entropy of identities, international video art screening in Almeria (Spain), atMECA Mediterráneo Centro Artístico, International ArtExpo
2014 Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art and Voices, International Museum of Women,
http://muslima.imow.org/content/sleep-room-and-dream0
2013 And That Is Why I Hate Love Letters, _gaia, City Hall Jersey City, Curated by Doris Cacoilo and Lillian Ribeiro
2013 Pro Arts Photography Salon, ProArts Artist Tour, CityLife, Jersey City, NJ, Curated by Aileen Bassis
2013 Presence, ProArts Member Show, Tenmarc Building, Jersey City, NJ. Curated by Denise Carvalho
2013 Emergence, Retrospective BFA Show, Visual Arts Gallery, NJCU, Jersey City, NJ. Curated by Deborah Jack
2013 10, Chicago Photography Center, Chicago, IL, Curated by Gregory Jones
2013 Women In Charge, Soho20 Gallery, New York City, NY
2013 A Time in Arcadia, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ, Curated by Raymond E. Mingst and Arthur Bruso (catalogue)
2012 A Path Home, SPE Regional Conference, NJCU Visual Arts Building, Jersey City, NJ, Curated by Deborah Jack
2012 Constructed Ambiguity, Center Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ Curated by Gary Garrido Schneider, (catalogue)
2012 Urban Legends, Center Without Walls Gallery, Seton Hall, Newark, NJ, Curated by Mollie Thonneson
2012 BackLash - On Women’s Basic Rights and Freedom, Soho20 Gallery, New York City, NY
2012 Voyeurism & Intimacy, SPE Member Show, RayKo Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Curated by Todd Hido
Collaborative Projects:
2013 We Are 6, JC Fridays Winter Art Tour, Jersey City, NJ, @ Alley Arts, with Mollie Thonneson, Alan Walker, Steve Singer,
Trix Rosen, Charlie Steiner and myself
2013 We Are 6, JC Fridays Summer Art Tour, Jersey City, NJ @ Alley Arts, with Mollie Thonneson, Alan Walker, Charlie Steiner,
Steve Singer, Sharon De La Cruz, and myself
2012 Beyond the Garden, JC Fridays Art Tour, Jersey City, NJ @ Alley Arts, with Mollie Thonneson (painter), Steven Singer (sculptor), and myself
Artist Talks
2011 Symposium, New Jersey City University, exemplary students speak about their respective projects,
With a Little Help From my Friends, Advisor, Deborah Jack
2012 Artists speak about their work, Constructed Ambiguity, Center Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, panel led by
Gary Garrido Schneider
2013 Symposium, New Jersey City University, exemplary students speak about their respective projects, Searching for Natural Landscapes, and Migration Stories, Advisor, Deborah Jack
Publications:
With a Little Help From my Friends
Blurb book – http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/2721649
India: From Kolkotta to Shantinekitan
Blurb book - http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/3326963
Searching for Natural Landscapes
Blurb book - http://www.adoramapix.com/book/designer/3f27e148-f574-4252-bd62-c4fe38a5b803
Video:
“With a Little Help from my Friends”, 17 minutes
“To Sleep in a Room and Dream”, 2.52 minutes
“Transitions”, 2.33 minutes
“Land”, 2.34 minutes
“The Apparatus of the State”, 1:11 minutes
“My Burning Past”, 56 seconds
Education:
2013 BFA Photography, New Jersey City University, Magna Cum Laude