SD # 15 Painting

TEMME BARKIN-LEEDS BIOGRAPHY Temme Barkin-Leeds received the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Georgia State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from American University in Washington, DC. Her socially conscious work has been the subject of two solo exhibitions and has been included in numerous exhibitions throughout the United States. In addition, Barkin-Leeds has received several awards, including the International Education Foundation Scholarship from Georgia State University to study at the Santa Reparata International School in Florence, Italy. , She was nominated by the faculty in the Art Department at Georgia State University for the school-wide Andrew West Award, and received the Biddle Award conferred by the full faculty in the MFA program at American University, Washington DC. She has received numerous exhibition awards including purchase awards and awards of merit. She was selected by the Georgia Women's History Month Committee and the Georgia Commission on Women to be honored at a reception highlighting Georgia women in the arts. She was the State of Georgia's representative on the Millennium "Gift to the Nation" Committee of the Friends of Art and Preservation in Embassies in Washington, DC. Her work was featured in several publications including the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Atlanta Jewish Times, Amlit, and Paintpresent catalogue published by Loudon House Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky. In addition to being a practicing artist, Barkin-Leeds is the former Associate Curator of Education at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.