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Leah Rosenberg - Artist in Residence


Leah Rosenberg works across artistic media to spark new experiences of color. Using painting, installation, printmaking, sculpture, performance, and video she closely aligns art and life by inviting viewers to consider how color can be perceived both multi-sensorially and multi-dimensionally. Through creating such enriched encounters, her work documents time and place and strives to deepen our understanding of the emotional and psychological impact of color in everyday life. Rooted in her belief in the fundamental generosity of art and the creative act, Rosenberg promotes an egalitarian approach to the perception of color. In such works as the commissioned mural,

BIO - Leah Rosenberg lives and works in San Francisco, CA. She has exhibited her work widely including recent solo exhibitions at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art and Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco. Recent exhibitions include When One Sees a Rainbow at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco and More Generous Than a Window at the Denver Art Museum. Her work is held in public and private collections nationally and internationally, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She has participated in artist residency programs across the country including the Vermont Studio Center, Project 387, Facebook, Google, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, and the Recology San Francisco Artist in Residence Program. She has been awarded numerous fellowships including the Irvine Fellowship through the Lucas Artists Residency Program at Montalvo Arts Center and the Kala Fellowship at Kala Art Institute. In 2019, she was invited to talk about the language of color for TEDxSan Francisco. Rosenberg holds a BFA from Emily Carr Institute in Vancouver, BC and an MFA from California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

Earlier Event: April 18
Carolyn Ballhorn - Artist in Residence