Leemour Pelli
45 University Place #2
New York, New York 10003
Tel: 212-460-5668 cell: 646-567-6977
website: www.leemourpelli.com email: Leemour.p@gmail.com
Education:
M.A., B.A., B.F. A.
1992-1994
1991-1992
The School of Visual Arts, New York. Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.
Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.
Academie Charpentiere, France.
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel.
Hunter College, New York. Master of Arts Degree, Art History.
Graduate Center, New York. Graduate Courses.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. B.A. English Literature.
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Fine Art and Art History Courses.
1991-1990
1987-1990
1984-1986
1984-1983
One Person Exhibitions:
2010
Daneyal Mahmood Gallery (Spring 2010). New York.
2009
Annina Nosei Gallery & Project Space, presentation and talk (March-April). New
York.
2008
Daneyal Mahmood Gallery. My Heart is in my Stomach, January 10- February
9th. New York.
2005
Annina Nosei Gallery. Recent Paintings, New York.(April 11-May 31).
The Icehouse Gallery, "Love," said God, say "Love." Greenport, New York (July
9 - 31).
Flying Space, "Love," said God, say "Love," Sag Harbor, New York (July 1628).
2004
Anina Nosei Gallery, From the Heart, New York. (May 28 - July 15).
2003
The Art Gallery of the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
2000
ArtCore Gallery, Skins, Toronto, Canada
Nikolai Fine Art, New York, Life goes well in pink and green, New York.
The Gallery of South Orange, Never the same after that, New Jersey.
Two Person Exhibitions:
2003
1999
Matthew Izzo Gallery, New works by Jen Petreshock and Leemour Pelli,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Hartnett-Murray Gallery, New York.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009
Daneyal Mahmood Gallery. Bad News. June-August. New York.
The Jungle. Body Politic Curated by Christine Spangler and Tyler Wriston of the
Brooklyn Art Collective.
2009
Catherine slip art Gallery, Sick Love. Curated by Gillian Sneed. February
2008
The Pierre Menard Gallery, Boston. Curated by Heide Hatry.
2007
Kinz, Tillou and Feigen Gallery, By Invitation Only, May 19 – June 30th, 2007
Pro Arts, Happily Ever After, Jersey City, New Jersrey. Sept. 21 – Oct. 20.
Curated by Debra Jenks
Heskin contemporary Gallery, Anatomical Attitudes, New York (March 14-april
28th). Curated by Robin Reisenfeld.
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
Scope New York, Annina Nosei Gallery, (March 10 –13).
Rocket projects, The Social Body, Miami, Florida, April.
Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Woman: Self-portrait, (June 1st – July 1st).
Supreme Trading, Native Spirit, New York, New York. (March 24 – April 30th).
Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York (May).
Flying Space, Bedtime Stories, Sag Harbor, New York. (May 22 - June 30).
Spaces, Cleveland, Beautiful Dreamer. Ohio (September 9th - October 31).
Scope Miami, Step 1, Ombretta Agro and Rena Glickman (December).
Riva Gallery, Beautiful Grotesque, New York (Curated by David Gibson).
Brooklyn Fireproof, Intimacy, (Curated by David Gibson).
Paul Rodgers Gallery, Pandora’s Wink, Orly Cogan, Leemour Pelli, Jenny Toth,
New York.
Scope Miami, Paul Rodgers Gallery, (December).
Gangneung Cultural Art Center, Gangneung City, Korea. October, 2003
PS1 Institute of Contemporary Art, After Matisse/Picasso, New York.
Nurture Art, Id Entity, Williamsburg, New York.
Red Dot Gallery, Living With Art, New York, New York.
Matthew Izzo Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Freight Elevator Project, Brooklyn, New York. (curated by Ombretta Agro).
Artcore, Toronto, Canada.
The Freight Elevator Project Downtown Arts Festival, New York. The Body or
the Landscape C.S.V.Center, NewYork. (curated by David Gibson).
Insites: Interior Spaces in Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art
at Champion, Stamford, Connecticut.
Artcore, Toronto, Canada.
Substance, Neoimages, New York. (curated by Robert Heckes).
Duchamp Traveling Exhibition, The New York Arts Magazine Collection.
Bahnhof Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany. Emanuel Heller Gallery, Tel-Aviv,
Israel. The Artist’s Museum, Lodz, Poland. Venice Biennial.
Sex, Sexism and Society The Gallery of Social and Political Art, , Boston.
Jonathan Feldschuh and Leemour Pelli, Hartnett-Murray Gallery, New York.
New Drawing, Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
Cross Cultural Voices: Between Memories, Stephen Gang Gallery, New
York – in conjunction with the Asian American Art Center.
Size Matters, Gale Gates Gallery, Brooklyn. (curated by Mike Weiss).
1998
1994
Catalogues:
2007
2006
2005
2003
A Millennium of Memory, The New York Law School.
Stefan Stux Gallery, New York.
Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
Inka Essenhigh, Steven Mumford, and Leemour Pell: Paintings, The School of
Visual Arts, New York.
Heskin contemporary Gallery, Anatomical Attitudes, New York. March. By
Robin Reisenfeld.
Annina Nosei Gallery 2003-2006. p. 5-6. p. 31. December 2006.
Beautiful Dreamer, Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio. By David Gibson. P. 13, 31.
Leemour Pelli: Paintings and Drawings, The Art Gallery of the University of
Central Florida in Orlando. Text: Kevin Haran and David Gibson.
The 4th Shinsaimdang Art Festival New York Paris Artists Exhibition,
Gangneung, Korea, p. 28, Oct, 2003.
2000
Art Miami Catalogue, p.24-25, Jan 9-13, 2003.
The International Guide to Art Fairs and Antiques Shows, Jan 1-30, 2003, p.23.
Insites: Interior Spaces in Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art
at Champion. P. 14-15.
Cross Cultural Voices: Between Memories. Asian American Arts Center and the
Stephen Gang Gallery, New York.
Bibliography:
2008
Art Forum, April, p.373. Lisa Turey.
“M” The New York Art World.
2006
New York Arts Magazine. A Red Riding Hood and a Veil Dorit Cohen on
“Woman: Self Portrait at Kashya Hildebrand Gallery. Vol.11 no. 9/10 p.38.
2005
The Southampton Press, Bedtime Stories offers peek into Artists' Dreams, June
2, 2005, (Eric Ernst).
Orlando Leisure, Central Florida Sensation, April, p.125.
2004
TimeOut New York, Beautiful Grotesque, July 8-15, p. 56. (Joao Ribas).
Gay City, 15-21 July, 2004, Galleries, p. 19 (John Reed).
New York Arts Magazine. The Miami Cilantro-Basel Twist: Notes from the NotSo-Underground. March - April (Lee Klein).
2003
Orlando Sentinel, August, 2003 (Terry Hummel).
Central Florida Future, August 25, 2003 p. A2. Orlando, Florida
Philadelphia Weekly, Sept 10-16, 2003. p. 38. (Roberta Fallon).
Philadelphia Citypaper, Art Picks, August 21-27, 2003, p. 22.
Tema Celeste, Jan-February, no. 95, p. 113. (Micaela Giovannotti), 2003.
2002
Philadelphia Weekly, June 2002.
2001
Tema Celeste, 2001, The Freight Elevator Project, Nov-Dec. Paola Noe, p. 103.
Arte Critica, 2001, The Freight Elevator Project. November-December.
American Artist, Catherine Noonan, May, p.21.
2000
Art News, October, 2000. (Rebecca Sonkin). P. 183.
The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada, September 16, 2000, p.
Shout, July 16, 2000. Artist’s Pick: Mark Kostabi on Leemour Pelli, p.12.
The New York Times, March 26, 2000 (NJ Barry Schwabsky).
New York Arts Magazine, March, Vol.5 no.3.p.66.
New York Arts Magazine, April, Vol.5 no.4.p.85.
New Jersey Star Ledger, March 10, 2000. p. 25.
1999
The New York Times, August, 1999 (We section 14 p.12).
New York Arts Magazine, September 1999. Vol. 4 no.8.p.46
The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada, July 17, 1999, C11.
Orlando Magazine, October, 1999.
Art Fairs:
2008
2007
2006
2005
2003
Mamco, New Mexico. Daneyal Mahmood Gallery.
Pool Art Fair, Bodies, (Art Basel Miami) curated by Heide Hatry.
Scope New York, Group Exhibition, Annina Nosei Gallery.
Scope Miami, Group exhibition, Step 1 (Ombretta Agro and Rena Glickman).
Scope Miami, Solo exhibition, Paul Rodgers Gallery.
Scope New York, Group Exhibition. David Gibson - Article Projects.
Art Miami Catalogue, p.24-25, Jan 9-13, 2003.
Public Collections:
The Art Gallery of the University of Central Florida, Orlando