L E A H   S O B S E Y

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EDUCATION

2001
MFA, San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, California

1997
Resident Certificate Program, The Maine Photograpic Workshops
Rockport, Maine

1995
BA, Anthropology, Studio Art/Minor, Guilford College
Greensboro, North Carolina



SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2012
Natural Magic, Words of Light
Horace Williams, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Rose Community Foundation with the Visual History Collaborative
Denver, Colorado

2009-2010
Chapel Hill Community Art Project - A collaboration with Lynn Bregman Blass, The Town of Chapel Hill, and One Year
Traveling public art installation:
The Chapel Hill Museum, University Mall, Carrboro High School, The Carrboro Arts Center, North Carolina

2008
Time, Lineage, Memory - A collaboration with Lynn Bregman Blass
Durham Art Guild, Durham, North Carolina

Appropriations
Benjamin Vineyards & Winery, Graham, North Carolina

2007
Photograms
Points of View Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina

The In Between Series Continued
The Wee Gallery, Carrboro, North Carolina
Women in Medicine
Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina

New Work
Nested, Carrboro, North Carolina

Phase Two, Gathering in the Stories: One Man's Impact on Members of the Duke University Health System Community,
Part of the 17th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
Permanent Installation, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina

2006
The In Between Series Continued: Here is Now and Now is Here
Padgett Station, Carrboro, North Carolina

The In Between Series
Nested, Carrboro, North Carolina

Gathering in the Stories: One Man's Impact on Members of the Duke University Health System Community,
Part of the 17th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
Permanent Installation, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina

2005
The Goode Collection
Duke Hospital, Durham, North Carolina

2004
Fallen
Nested, Carrboro, North Carolina

The Goode Collection
Duke Hospital, Durham, North Carolina

2003
The Goode Collection
Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2002
Housing a Home
Series 1 Studio, Carrboro, North Carolina

Torodell
Cup A Joe, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Running with Trains
Lee Moore Gallery, Carrboro, North Carolina

New Works
Sizl Gallery, Carrboro, North Carolina

2001
New Works
Stillights Gallery, San Francisco, California

2000
Incision
Stillights Gallery, San Francisco, California


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
The Art of the Auction
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina

Local Histories, The Ground We Walk On
523 East Franklin, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Art on Paper
The Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina

2010
North Carolina Artists Exhibition
Betty Ray McCain Gallery at the Progress Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh, North Carolina

Flora
Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont

2009
Faculty Biennial
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina

Celebrating Creative Teaching
African American Atelier, Greensboro, North Carolina

2008
Regrowth
Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, North Carolina
Curated by Edie Carpenter

Art on Paper
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina

Faculty Show
Weaver Cooke, Greensboro, North Carolina

Photographic Memories, Gallery 115 Artists
Wachovia Tower, Greensborom North Carolina

2007
UNCG Department of Art Faculty Biennial
Greensboro, North Carolina

Portraits
Points of View Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina

2006
Art on Paper
The Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
Curated by Xandra Eden

Never Exhibited Works
Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, North Carolina

Celebrating Creative Teaching
Greensboro Cultural Center, Greensboro, North Carolina

New Faculty Show
Elliot Center Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina

Alternative Process Show
Soho Photo Gallery, New York Ciy, New York

Hot & Now
Gallery 115, Greensboro, North Carolina

2005
From the Hive
Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina

Student Action Farm Workers Benefit Auction
The Center for Documentary Studies, Durham, North Carolina

New Works, Faculty Exhibit
Gallery 115, Greensboro, North Carolina

Art on Paper
Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina

2004
Loom 3: Labeler
Pittsboro, North Carolina

Group Show
Red Hat, Raleigh, North Carolina

Through Women's Eyes, by Women's Hands
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2003
Fresh Picks, UNCG Faculty Biennial
Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina

Mirror with a Memory
CCB Gallery, Durham, North Carolina

2002
Faculty Show
Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine

Group Show
Sandspur Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina

All About Eve
Green Tara Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2001
Mirror with a Memory
Fort Mason, San Francisco, California

Group Show
Microsoft Headquarters, San Francisco, California

2000
Group Show
Fairfield Visual Arts Center, Fairfield, California

Group Show
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, California

1997
Group Show
Gallery One, Rockport, Maine



AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

2010
Grand Canyon Artist in Residence, National Park Service

2008
Emerging Artist Grant, Durham Arts Council, Durham, North Carolina
Orange County Artist Grant, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
HABLA The Center for Language and Arts, Teaching Artist Residency, Merida, Mexico

2006
Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Summer Fellowship
The Duke Semans Fine Art Foundation, Gathering in the Stories, Duke Hospital
Soho Photo Gallery, NYC, NY
Annual Alternative Process Show
Award: Honorable Mention
Juror: Christopher James

2000
Anderson Ranch
Scholarship Award

1999
Alligator Juniper
Print Competition

1998
Ernst Haas Golden Light
Award: Third Place, Still Life Print Competition

Ernst Haas Golden Light
Award: Named Top 100 Photographer in the Country


JUROR/PANELIST/CURATOR

2011
Juror/Curator, UNC Greensboro Multi Cultural Gallery, Black Marker Project
Greensboro, North Carolina

Juror/Curator, Jackson Library, UNC Greensboro, Shifting Grounds
Greensboro, North Carolina

2010
Juror/Curator, Jackson Library, UNC Greensboro Borrowed Narratives Exhibition
Greensboro, North Carolina
Juror, Center for Visual Artists 2010 Exposure Photo Biennial Exhibition
Greensboro, North Carolina

2009
Juror, Emerging Artist Grant
Durham, North Carolina

2008
Juror, International Festival of Film and Video Dance, The American Dance Festival
Durham, North Carolina

Panelist, Guilford College Art Symposium
Greensboro, North Carolina

Panelist, Design Art & Technology Symposium, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, North Carolina


COMMISSIONS/PUBLIC ART

2011
Rose Community Foundation, Visual History Project, collaboration with Lynn Bregman Blass
Denver, Colorado
Habitat for Humanity Durham 25th Anniversary, a Collaboration with Lynn Bregman Blass


2009
Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission, a Collaboration with Lynn Bregman Blass

2008
Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission, a Collaboration with Lynn Bregman Blass
Phase Three, Gathering in the Stories: One Man’s Impact on the
Members of the Duke University Health System Community as Part
of the 19th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
Duke Hospital, Durham, North Carolina

2007
Phase Two, Gathering in the Stories: One Man’s Impact on the
Members of the Duke University Health System Community as Part
of the 18th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
Duke Hospital, Durham, North Carolina

Women in Medicine
Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina

2006
Gathering in the Stories: One Man’s Impact on the Members of the
Duke University Health System Community as Part of the Martin
Luther King Jr. Celebration
Duke Hospital, Durham, North Carolina


PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS

Daylight Magazine, 2012
South Photography, 2011
Minerva Podcast, 2011
NC ArtBlog, 2010
Shots Magazine, 2009
The State of Things, 2009
The Chapel Hill Herald, 2009
The Daily Tarheel, 2009
Metro Magazine, Review by Louis St. Lewis, 2008
Durham Herald, 2006
WRAL TV, 2006
Winston Salem Journal, Spring 2004
The Independent, May 2003
The Independent, March 2002
Alligator Juniper, 1999
Dance Magazine, 1999


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Habitat for Humanity, Durham, North Carolina
The Rose Community Foundation, Denver, Colorado
The Town of Chapel Hill
Bill Gates, Microsoft Corporation
The Maine Photographic Workshops and Rockport College Collection
The San Francisco Art Institute