Isa Leshko Photography, Arts Marketing Consultant and Fine Art Photographer.
2007-2009 Panopticon Gallery of Photography, Marketing Director/Publicist.
2003-2005 Zona Photographic Laboratories, Customer Service Associate.
1993-2003
Worked in the Internet industry as a project manager, technical analyst, and management consultant. Solo Shows[top] 2010 Thrills and Chills, Griffin Gallery, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. Selected Group Shows[top] 2010 In Review, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA (opens 6/18/10).
Found, John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX (opens 7/10).
Portfolio Showcase Volume 4: Online Exhibit and Book, Center for Fine Art Photography web site. Juror: Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM.
Carnival, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon. Juror: Chris Bennett, Newspace Center Executive Director.
International Plastic Camera Show, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA. Juror: Ann Jastrab, RayKo Gallery Director.
2009 Prix de la Photographie 2009 Exhibition, Espace Dupon, Paris, France.
Boston Drawing Project: 10 Years On & Still Going Strong, Carroll and Sons Art Gallery, Boston, MA. New England Photography Biennial, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA. Jurors: Phillip Prodger, Curator of Photography, Peabody Essex Museum, and Barbara O'Brien, former editor of Art New England and former Director, Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston.
Texas Photographic Society International Travelling Exhibit 18, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas and Center for Contemporary Arts in Abilene, Texas. Juror: Cig Harvey, Associate Professor, Art Institute of Boston and fine art photographer.
Small Works from the Susan Maasch Fine Art Photography Collection, Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, ME. Enormous Tiny Art Show, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH.
Community of Artists Juried Exhibition, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA. Juror: Katherine French, Director, Danforth Museum. Photo 2009, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA. Juror: Howard Yezerski, Director/Owner, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA.
2008 Black and White, Arts + Literature Gallery, New Haven, CT. Juror: Howard el-Yasin, Director, Arts + Literature Gallery.
2007 Spectra '07, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT. Juror: Peter MacGill, President, Pace/MacGill Gallery, NYC, NY.
New England Photography Biennial, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA. Jurors: Karen Haas, Curator of the Lane Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Arlette Kayafas, Director of the Kayafas Gallery, Boston, MA.
Fidelity Investments Works on Paper Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI. Jurors: Diana Gaston, Fidelity Investments Associate Curator and Jan Howard, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Rhode Island School of Design Museum.
Small Works Show, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA. Juror: James Hull, Independent Curator and former Director of the Green Street Gallery, Boston, MA.
2006 Works by Dore Gardner, Isa Leshko, and Jill Waterman, Cornerstone Bookstore Gallery, Salem, MA.
Photography Now, South Shore Art Association, Cohasset, MA. Juror: Henry Horenstein, Fine Art Photographer and Professor of Photography, Rhode Island School of Design.
Holga Show, Photomedia Center, Erie, PA. Jurors: Photomedia Board of Directors.
2005 Krappy Kamera Show, Soho Photo Gallery, NYC, NY. Juror: Dan Burkholder, Fine Art Photographer.
National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA. Juror: Joseph Thompson, Director of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA).
New England Photography Biennial, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA. Jurors: Leslie Brown, Curator, Photographic Resource Center and Blake Fitch, Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography.
2004 National Juried Photography Exhibition, Stepping Stone Center for Photography, Huntington, NY. Juror: Andrea Modica, Fine Art Photographer. Fidelity Investments Glass and Photography Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI. Juror: Diana Gaston, Fidelity Investments Associate Curator.
2003 10th Annual Juried Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA. Juror: Jock Reynolds, Director, Yale University Art Gallery.
Benefit Auctions (with Juried Participation)[top] Mass Art Benefit Auction, 2009. The Photo Review Auction, 2008-2009. Texas Photographic Society Auction, 2009. Photographic Resource Center (PRC) Benefit Auction, 2004-2008.
Honors and Awards [top] 2010 Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Second Prize, Photojournalism (Environmental/Nature) - Professional Category.
Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Third Prize, Book (Nature) - Professional Category.
Center Review Santa Fe 100. Selection Committee: David Bram, Editor, Fraction Magazine, Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography, New Mexico Museum of Art, Denise Wolff, Editor, Book Program, Aperture.
Houston Center for Photography Fellowship Competition, Honorable Mention. Juror: Brian Paul Clamp, Owner/Director of ClampArt, New York City. Black and White Spider Awards, Nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art – Professional
2009 Prix de la Photographie, Paris, First and Second Prize, Advertising - Non Professional Category. 2008 Black and White Spider Awards, Nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art – Professional. Public Collections [top] Boston Public Library
Education [top] 1998-2001 Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA Post-baccalaureate studies in Computer Science
1989-1993 Haverford College, Haverford, PA B.A. with Departmental Honors in Experimental Psychology and a minor in Gender Studies. Additional Training [top] Artist Professional Toolbox Program, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston
New England School of Photography: Creative Lighting, Alternative Portraiture, Large Format Photography, Using the Zone System.
Boston Photo Collaborative: Introduction to Black and White Darkroom, Advanced Black and White Darkroom.