Born Villanova (PA), US, 1979
Nationality US

leidyleidy@gmail.com
www.leidychurchman.com

Education
MFA, Columbia University, New York (NY), US
BA, Hampshire College, Amherst (MA), US

Residencies
2011
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten// Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

Awards
Hampshire College Threshold Grant for Continued Study 

Solo Exhibitions
Good Afternoon!, Horton Gallery (SUNDAY L.E.S), New York (NY ), US
Painting Treatments, Horton Gallery, Berlin, DE
Stranger, NADA Art Fair, with Horton Gallery, Miami (FL), US
Hardbacks, NY Art Book Fair, US (featured artist)
PS1 MoMA, Long Island City (NY), US

Group Exhibitions
2011
Leidy Celeste Nicole, Museum 52, New York (NY), US
2011
Two Versions of the Imaginary, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2011
Spirit of the Signal, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York (NY), US
2011
Art on Art, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York (NY), US
I Am Who I Am: The Portrait Reconsidered, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston (MA), US
2010
Greater New York, P.S.1 MoMA, Long Island City (NY), US
2010
MFA Thesis Show, Columbia University, New York (NY), US
2010
The Armory Art Fair, with Horton Gallery, New York (NY), US
2010
Food for Thought, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco (CA), US
2010
Heads or Tails, Mary Ryan Gallery, New York (NY), US
2010
HELL NO!, The Convent of Saint Cecilia, Brooklyn (NY), US
2010
Raw State, Shelby Street Gallery, Santa Fe (NM), US
2010
Seven Easy Steps, video screening, Horton Gallery, New York (NY), US
2009
Ridykeulous Hits Bottom, Leo Koenig Inc. Projekte, New York (NY), US (curators: Nicole Eisenman and A.L. Steiner)
2009
NY Art Book Fair: The Classroom, PS1 MoMA, Long Island City (NY), US
2009
Frankie y Leidy: Music Video Awards 2009, part of Summer Screenings, Canada, New York (NY), US
2009
Whitney’s Biennial, C.R.E.A.M Projects, Brooklyn (NY), US
2009
TIME - LIFE PART II, Taxter & Spengemann, New York (NY), US
2009
Oculus Imaginationis, Horton & Co., New York (NY), US
2009
1st year MFA Show, Columbia University, New York (NY), US
2009
Disorganized, Museum 52, New York (NY), US
2008
Wight Biennial, Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles (CA), US
2008
Good Kids, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2008
Oceans of Potions, Needles and Pens, San Francisco (CA), US
2008
Annual Pride Art Exhibition, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York (NY), US
2008
Abandoned Plot Show, an abandoned plot, Brooklyn (NY), US
2007
Sex in the City, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn (NY), US
2007
Shared Women, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles (CA), US
2007
Snack Isle, Giant Robot, New York (NY), US
2007
Small Works For Big Change, Sara Metzer Gallery, New York (NY), US
2007
Refuse, Pochron Studios, Brooklyn, New York (NY), US
2007
Out of Me, Out of You, Subdivision, Long Island City (NY), US
2007
Six Degrees of Separation, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York (NY), US
2006
Flex Your Textiles, John Connelly Presents, New York (NY), US
2006
Paramnesia; Fantasy over function, Pochron Studios, Brooklyn (NY), US
2005
Gay Bar, Diamonds On Archer, Chicago (IL ), US
2005
The Muster, Governer’s Island, New York (NY), US (organized by Allison Smith)
2004
Lesbians To The Rescue, New Image Art, Los Angeles (CA), US
2004
LTTR; Explosion, Art In General, New York (NY), US
2004
Pilot, Diamonds On Archer, Chicago (IL) US
2004
Inside of Inside, The Lab, San Francisco (CA), US
2003
LTTR; Listen Translate, Translate Record, Andrew Kreps, New York (NY), US
2002
Man I feel Like a Woman, Space 1026, Philadelphia (PA), US
2002
LTTR; #1, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn (NY), US
2002
My Subject; Outstallation and Gallery Show, Hampshire College, Amherst (MA), US

Selected Bibliography
2011
Art Forum, Amy Sillman, “AB-EX and Disco Balls: In Defense of Abstract Expressionism II”
2011
Art Forum.com, Joseph Akel, "Critics Picks: Leidy Celeste Nicole"
2011
The New York Times, Karen Rosenberg, "Art in Review: Leidy Celeste Nicole"
2011
The New Yorker, Goings On About Town, "Leidy, Celeste, Nicole"
2011
Artinfo, Elizabeth Kley, "Femme Power, Gender on Canvas"
2011
Vogue Paris, Carole Sabas, "Artistes À Suivre En 2011"
2011
New American Paintings, "11 To Watch In 2011: Editor's Picks"
2010
The New York Times, Roberta Smith, “Painting in the 21st Century: It’s Not Dry Yet"
2010
The New York Times, Roberta Smith, "Take Me Out to the Big Show in Queens"
2010
Art in America, Faye Hirsch, “Greater New York”
2010
Post.Thing.Net, Steve Kaplan, "The Lesser Greater in the Haus of Klaus"
2010
Artnet.com, Walter Robinson, "MOMA The Kid"
2010
Useless magazine, Rachel Silveri, "A Conversation with Leidy Churchman"
2010
Interview Magazine, Brienne Walsh, "Paging: A Useless Ventur."
2010
San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Baker, “Food for Art”
2010
PlumTV, Video, "Art Perspective: The Artist, Gallerist & Collector"
2010
Artinfo, Sarah Douglas "Hunger for Young Artists Keeps NADA Buzzing"
2009
The New York Times, Roberta Smith, “Art in Review: Leidy Churchman"
2009
The New York Times, Holland Cotter, “Golden Oldies All Over Chelsea”
2009
The New York Times Style Magazine,  David Colman, “The Nifty 50: America's Up‐and‐Coming"
2009
New York Magazine, Jerry Saltz, “Unearthed Classics and Reinvented Forms: The Best Art of 2009”
2009
Pride Magazine, Avram Finkelstein, “Art, History”
2006
Artforum, Julia Bryan-Wilson “Repetition and Difference”
2004
The New York Times, Holland Cotter, “Art in Review: Explosion LTTR”
2004
San Francisco Guardian, Johnny Ray Huston, “Better Homes and Galleries” 

Collections
The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park (KS), US
RISD Museum, Providence (RI), US