LEIGH RUPLE

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BORN 1984 IN OHIO
LIVES AND WORKS IN NEW YORK CITY

2014 MFA, BARD COLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY
2006 BFA, THE COOPER UNION, NEW YORK, NY
2005 YALE NORFOLK PROGRAM, NORFOLK, CT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

• LEIGH RUPLE, PAGE (NYC), NEW YORK, NY

2020

• INDEPENDENT, PAGE (NYC), NEW YORK, NY

2019

• LEIGH RUPLE, PAGE (NYC), NEW YORK, NY

• GOTHAM, COLOSSAL YOUTH EXHIBITIONS, BROOKLYN, NY

2018

• LOVERS WAY, MORGAN LEHMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

2017

• STREET LIGHT, ST. CHARLES PROJECTS, BALTIMORE, MD

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021

• PAGE (NYC) AT PETZEL, PETZEL, NEW YORK, NY

• WOMEN IN PARIS, GALERIE HUSSENOT, PARIS, FRANCE

2019

• CLUB DAMFINO, PAGE (NYC), NEW YORK, NY

• BIG PAINTING, PATRICK PARRISH, NEW YORK, NY

• THE PICTURE IS A FOREST, GALERIE LISA KANDLHOFER, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

• PRACTICE, CURATED BY DRAWER, VACATION, NEW YORK, NY

2018

• MONOMANIA, GEORGE GALLERY, BROOKLYN, NY

• THE SUN IS GONE BUT WE HAVE THE LIGHT, UNCLEBROTHER, HANCOCK, NY

• ROOM AFTER ROOM, CURATED BY EMILY DAVIDSON AND SAM STRAND, SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW, NEW YORK, NY

2017

• THE TWENTY BY SIXTEEN BIENNIAL, MORGAN LEHMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

• PARADISE, THE HAND, BROOKLYN, NY

2016

• SARAH BEDNAREK & LEIGH RUPLE, MORGAN LEHMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

• FINGER FOOD, THE HAND, BROOKLYN, NY

2014

• PORTRAITS IN CONVEX MIRRORS, CURATED BY EM ROONEY, BANNERETTE, BROOKLYN, NY

• PARTICULAR PICTURES, CURATED BY JOSHUA ABELOW & EMILY LUDWIG SHAFFER, THE SUZANNE GEISS COMPANY, NEW YORK, NY

2013

• HUMAN DRAMA, CURATED BY DENISE KUPFERSCHMIDT, HALSEY MCKAY GALLERY, EAST HAMPTON, NY

2011

• SOFT MATH, BRYAN MILLER GALLERY, HOUSTON, TX

2010

• GRASS GROWS BY ITSELF, CURATED BY SIMA FAMILANT, MARLBOROUGH GALLERY CHELSEA, NEW YORK, NY

2009

• THE KINGS COUNTY BIENNIAL, KIDD YELLIN, BROOKLYN, NY
• THE CRACK UP, CURATED BY SASCHA BRAUNIG, ATM GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• ELBAOR, CAROLINE. "8 GALLERY SHOWS NOT TO MISS THIS FALL IN NEW YORK, FROM NEW LOUISE LAWLER WORK AT METRO PICTURES TO A KARMA SHOW CURATED BY HILTON ALS." ARTNET. SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
• INTERVIEW WITH LUCAS PAGE IN CURATE
• HEINRICH, WILL. "A STRIKING BALANCE OF NEW AND REDISCOVERED AT THE INDEPENDENT FAIR." THE NEW YORK TIMES. MARCH 5, 2020
• ARTNET NEWS. "4 SENSATIONAL PAINTERS WHO STOLE THE SHOW AT INDEPENDENT NEW YORK 2020, WHERE OIL-ON-CANVAS IS STILL THE CUTTING EDGE." ARTNET. MARCH 5, 2020
• ROOME, KRISTINE. "'THE SUN IS GONE BUT WE HAVE THE LIGHT' AT UNCLEBROTHER IN HANCOCK, NY." ARTE FUSE. JULY 31, 2018
• KRON, CAT. "LEIGH RUPLE." ARTFORUM. MARCH 2018
• CASCONE, SARAH. "35 MUST-SEE GALLERY SHOWS IN NEW YORK CITY THIS JANUARY." ARTNET. JANUARY 5, 2018
• HUBERT, CRAIG. "LEIGH RUPLE." BROWNSTONER. SPRING/SUMMER 2018
• WONG, ALEX. "BROOKLYN ARTIST LEIGH RUPLE CREATES MOODY PAINTINGS OF WILLIAMSBURG." THE ARCHITECT'S NEWSPAPER. JUNE 27, 2018
• KIMBALL, WHITNEY AND CORINNA KIRSCH. "WE WENT TO SOHO: DUST MOTES AND HOMOEROTICA." ART F CITY. APRIL 24, 2014
• LANDES, JENNIFER. "A FLOURISH OF THE DRAMATIC." THE EAST HAMPTON STAR. FEBRUARY 26, 2013
• BRITT-DARBY, DEVON. "SOFT MATH." THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE. DECEMBER 1, 2011
• DORAN, ANNE. "TIDE POOL." TIME OUT NEW YORK. 13-19 JAN. 2011: 39.
• USLIP, JEFFREY. "GRASS GROWS BY ITSELF." ARTFORUM. AUGUST 26, 2010
• LASTER, PAUL. "GRASS GROWS BY ITSELF." TIME OUT NEW YORK. 19-25 AUG. 2010: 46.