Temme Barkin-Leeds

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...

EDUCATION
American University, Washington, DC, Master of Fine Arts: Studio Art
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, Bachelor of Fine Arts: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, Master of Arts, Art History
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Bachelor of Arts, French
Emory Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts, Atlanta, GA, Post-graduate work in Art History

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Arrested Frames, (upcoming), Callanwolde Art Center and Gallery, Atlanta, GA, March, 2014.

Destruction/Reconstruction, Georgia Perimeter College, Dunwoody Campus, Dunwoody, GA, May, 2009

Not on Our Watch, Not on Our Dime, Annual Rally for Darfur, Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA, 2008

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Georgia Artists Select Georgia Artists, MOCA GA (Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia), Atlanta, GA, 2013

Material Witness, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, 2013

100 x 100, Welch Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2013

Holiday Exhibition, Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 2012

25th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, LSUA Downtown, Alexandria, Louisiana, 2012, Juror Linda Stein

2012 MFA National Competition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY, July-August, 2012, Curator John Yau

Fresh Perspectives, International Art and Artists, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC, August, 2012

Nine Degrees, Katzen Museum at American University, Washington, DC, April – May, 2012

The Art of Time: Video Art Showcase, Katzen Museum at American University, Washington, DC, December 7, 2011

Ripples, CNN.com and CNN International (video), inv...