leah abrahams
fine art photography
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Leah Abrahams
575 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 cell 920-360-6949
www.leahabrahamsphotography.com
Education
Northwestern University, BA, Psychology major, Social Psychology minor
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, Sociology (Jr. Year Abroad)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, MA, Medical Sociology
Permanent Collections
Neville Public Museum, Green Bay
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
J.J. Kellner Corporation
Fosber America Inc.
Thrivent Financial
Private collectors
Bibliography/Video
Russian photos used in “A Taste of Karelian Music,” Wisconsin Public Television
2007 “Babyface” first place winner; photo produced with collaborator Jack Dillhunt,
used on cover, University of Wisconsin-GB Literary Journal
Aliens Landed and Left Messages, Shutterfly 2011
Marching for Peace, Shutterfly 2007
Gallery Representation
2016 UForge Gallery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts
2009-2014 Art Garage, Green Bay, Wisconsin
2006-2014 Main Street Art Works (Gallery and Studio) co-founder, Hilbert, Wisconsin
Selected Photography Workshops
Photography Workshop, Joel Meyerowitz, Buon Convento, Italy
Architecture Workshop, Nick Merrick, Santa Fe Photography Workshops, Santa Fe, NM
Women and Creativity Workshop, Eileen Rafferty and Elizabeth Stone, Missoula, MT
How to Create a Photobook, Karen Davis, (online)
Guide to Marketing, Donna Garcia (online)
The Power of Three, Arno Raphael Minkkinen, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Membership
2018-present Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, member
2016-present Photographic Resource Center, Cambridge, MA member
2016-present Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA, member
2016-present Artist League of Rhode Island, member
2023-Group of four, photography critique group
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Personal Historian/Ghost Writer/Editor
2004-present
CEO, Publisher and Owner
Mixed Media Memoirs, LLC
Selected Group Exhibitions (juried)
2023 “Me, Myself and I” Lightvisions, Photo Artfolio
2023 “Do You See What I See?” 13th Annual Self-Published Photobook Exhibition,
Davis Orton Gallery, New York and Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2022 “Home” Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis
2022 “Exotic Pelts” Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis
2022 “Simpson’s Rip” Broomfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2021 “Secret Life of Color” Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis
2021 “Pandemic Universe” Galatea Fine Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2021 David Labkovski Project, LA Holocaust Museum (online)
2020 “Cart on Snow,” “Alien Message” Art League of Rhode Island, Providence
2020 “Last Reader,” “Learning to Read” Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY
2019 “Together Alone or Alone Together?” Art League of Rhode Island, Providence
2019 “NetWork 2” Galatea Fine Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 “Psychology of the Other,” Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2017 “In Transit,” Art League of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island (award)
2017 “Land, Sea and Boats,” Art League of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island
2016 “Pages,” Uforge Gallery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
2016 “Pages,” Mayor’s Gallery City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
2014 “Antsy,” Annual Juried Show Hardy’s Gallery, Ephraim, Wisconsin (award)
2005-2013 Green Bay Art Colony/Neville Museum Annual Juried Show, Green Bay, Wisconsin
2008 “Edgy,” Center for Fine Art Photography International Exhibition, Fort Collins, Colorado
2008 “You and Eye,” A Shanere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2010-present Online competitions: Lucie, Color, Women in Photography International (WIPI), other international competitions, several honorable mentions
Selected Solo and Featured Shows
2017-present “Aliens landed and left messages” on temporary loan at Executive Offices of The Street, Newton, Massachusetts
2016 “Cuba on the Cusp” Social Documentary Network
2014 “From Mao to Now” China in 1979 and 2012; Multimedia, ArtGarage, Green Bay, Wisconsin
2005-7 “Russian Faces and Places”
Civic Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Jewish Community Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Workman’s Circle Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Invitational
Curator, Telephone Game, Haifa-Boston Artist Dialogue Group
Haifa-Boston Artist Dialogue Group, 2021
“Theme of Place,” Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
“Waiting for the Green Light” Millennial Fusion Project, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
http://spaces.org/archive/fusion/index.htm