Erica Leone is a New York-based multi-media artist and instructor. A graduate of the
International Center of Photography and a Bard College Milton Avery Graduate School
of the Arts MFA candidate, she is a founding member of the artist collective, Work Progress
Collective. A Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space residency recipient, Erica’s
photographs have been exhibited in numerous group shows, in the US and internationally,
published in PDN and Artlog among other publications, and her installation work has been
featured in the New York Times.
She is curator of two group exhibitions: “Seeing Here Now,” showcasing the work of ten
NYU Students in the Military and “Jan nou wè I /The Way We See It,” a collection of
Haitian women’s photography.
Education
MFA, Milton Avery School of the Arts, Bard College. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. 2012
Certificate, General Studies, International Center of Photography. NYC. 2009
MS University of Florida. Gainesville, FL. 2000.
BS University of Florida. Gainesville, FL. 1999.
Select Group Exhibitions
2012
Shifting Communities. Bronx River Arts Center (BRAC). NYC.
2011
Camera Club of New York. 25 CPW. NYC.
Community Word Project. The National Arts Club. NYC
Seeing Here Now. Veteran Photography Exhibition. New York University (curator). NYC.
Jan nou wè I /The Way We See It: A Collection of Haitian Women’s Photography (curator). NYC.
2010
Dumbo Arts Festival. The Work Office. NYC
Collective Showing 1. Pulp Legend. NYC.
Floating World. LMCC Arts Center. Governors Island. NYC.
Amplified Photographies. B.A.D.C.A.T mobile1. NYC.
Speculative Topographies. B.A.D.C.A.T mobile1. NYC.
LMCC Swing Space. Governors Island. NYC.
Bloomsday. 25 CPW Gallery. NYC.
2009
Pingyao International Photography Festival. Pingyao, China.
Pluperfect. International Center of Photography. NYC.
Visualizing Ulysses. KGB. NYC.
2008
Sensory Prelude. International Center of Photography. NYC.
Bibliography
2011
Military Veterans Show Their View of the World in New NYU Exhibit. DNAinfo.
Subjects-Turned-Photographers Exhibit Powerful Images. Cool Hunting.
Jan nou wè I /The Way We See It. ARC Magazine.
Seeing Here Now. Veteran Photography Exhibition. Self published with New York University.
Jan nou wè I /The Way We See It: A Collection of Haitian Women’s Photography. Self published with Digital Democracy.
2010
Found & Rebound. Self-Published with WPC.
Variations On a Theme: My Family, My Self. PDN Pulse.
whitewall: Contemporary Art and Lifestyle Magazine. Fall issue.
Show of the Week: Work Progress Collective, Recession Art.
How Do We Value Art? New Deal 2.0, A Project of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.
A Revolving Curatorial Platform: At Governors Island, G-Train Salon.
Arts Island Getaway, Flavorpill.
Exotic Isle for Artists, Right in the City. The New York Times, Arts Section.
2009
Art Road Trip. Featured Artist. Artlog.
Young Artists Emerging in America. PIPF.
Shift Vol. 4. International Center of Photography.
Awards & Residencies
2011
Community Word Project. TATIP Resident. NYC.
Milton Avery School of the Arts Scholarship Recipient. Bard College. NY.
2010
Creative Time / P.S.1 MoMA Open Door Participant. NYC.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space Residency. NYC.
Milton Avery School of the Arts Scholarship Recipient. Bard College. NY.
2009
Sandbox Studio Fellowship. International Center of Photography. NYC
Teaching & Presentations
2012
Veteran Photography & Video Instructor. ICP. NYC.
Visiting Artist. International Center of Photography. NYC.
2011
Breakout Session Leader. Writing as Practice: Peripheral Continuity. ICP Bard MFA. NYC.
Veteran Photography & Video Instructor. ICP. NYC.
Visiting Artist. School of Visual Arts. NYC.
Visiting Artist. International Center of Photography. NYC.
Veteran Photography & Video Instructor. New York University. NYC.
TATIP Teaching Artist Trainee. Community Word Project. NYC.
2010
Visiting Artist. Evidence of Things Partially True. ICP. NYC.
Veteran Photography Instructor. New York University. NYC.
Visiting Artist. Polytechnic Institute of New York University. NYC.
Visiting Artist. Cooper Union. NYC.
Veteran Photography Lecture. NYC College of Technology. NYC.
2009
Visiting Artist. Views From Home. ICP. NYC.
Curatorial
2011
Seeing Here Now. Veteran Photography Exhibition. New York University. NYC.
Jan nou wè /The Way We See It: A Collection of Haitian Women’s Photography. NYC.
2010
Veteran Photography Exhibition. NYC College of Technology. NYC.