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Catarina Leitao
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Born in Stuttgart, Germany, 1970. Portuguese, lives and works in New York City.
MFA Hunter College, New York, 2000. Fine Arts degree University of Lisbon, 1993.
One Person Exhibitions and Projects
2006 The Characters, The Objects and the Landscapes, Pedro Cera Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.
2005 Natural Selection, Project Room, Michael Steinberg, New York.
2004 Drawings, Pedro Cera Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.
2003 Catarina Leitão / Matthew Ronay, Andrea Rosen Gallery 2, New York.
2002 Natureza Domesticada (Tamed Nature), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal. [Catalogue]
2001 A.R.D. Artificial Retreat Devices, Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Berardo Collection, Sintra, Portugal.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Anatomical Attitudes, curated by Robin Reisenfeld, Heskin Contemporary, New York
2006 En Masse, Heskin Contemporary, New York
Prevailing Climate, Sara Meltzer Gallery, co-curated by Rachel Gugelberger and Jeffrey Walkowiak
Garden Improvement, curated by Jennifer Mcgregor, Wavehill, Glyndor Gallery and Grounds, New York.
501 Lexington, The Roger Smith Lab Gallery, New York, Curated by Mckendree Kee.
Options and Futures, PLMJ Foundation Recent Acquisitions, curated by Miguel Amado, Arte Contempo, Lisbon, Portugal
Naturalia, curated by Leonor Nazaré, Lagos Cultural Center, Lagos, Portugal [Catalogue]
Salon Itenérant d’Art Contenporain, curated by Fátima Lambert, 6 locations: France; Lithuania, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal
MNH, Leaves of Grass Pillow (1980) collaboration w/ Trong G. Nguyen for his project "Humanitarians Not Heroes (Five-Alive)"
2005 Greater New York 2005, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York. [Catalogue]
Relative Density, curated by Leonor Nazaré, Fundação C. Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal. [Catalogue]
Our World, curated by Julie Peppito, Broadway Gallery, New York.
Digressões sobre uma Urbanidade, curated by Miguel Von Hafe Perez, VN Cerveira, Portugal.
2004 Bienal de Pontevedra “In the Beginning there Was the Journey”, curated by Miguel Von Hafe Perez and David G. Torres, Pontevedra, Spain. [Catalogue]
Field: Science, Technology and Nature, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, curated by Alyson Baker.
Freehand, curated by Rachel Gugelberger, Marvelli Lab, New York
2003 Go! Liquidación Total, Madrid, Spain.
2000 Envelope, 2 person show, The Point Gallery, New York.
Star67, Brooklyn, New York.
Grants/Fellowships/Residencies
2007 Center for Book Arts Residency, New York.
2006 Triangle Arts Residency, Brooklyn, New York.
2004 The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation – The Space Program, New York..
2003 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Residency at the Woolworth Building, New York.
2001 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and Fundação Luso-Americana Grant, Lisbon.
1997 AIM - Artists in the Market Place, The Bronx Museum of The Arts, New York.
Selected Bibliography
Anamnese – The Book, an anthology of Portuguese contemporary art from 1993 to 2003, Fundação Ilídio Pinho and
M. Von Hafe Perez, Porto, Portugal, 2006
Options and Futures, PLMJ Foundation Recent Acquisitions catalog, Lisbon 2006
Naturalia text by Leonor Nazaré, catalog CAM-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and Lagos Cultural Center, Lisbon, 2006
Garden Improvement, catalog, Wavehill, Glyndor Gallery, New York, 2006
New York Contemporary Art Scene, Art and Design Press, Beijing, China, 2006
Del Zero al 2005 – Perspectivas del arte en Portugal, David Barro, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Spain, 2005
Catarina Leitão in W Art, Frantisca and Tim Gilman-Sevcik, Mimesis, Porto, Portugal, 2005
Greater New York 2005, text by Amy Smith-Stewart, P.S.1 and Moma, New York, 2005
Relative Density, Fundação C. Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal, 2005
Guide to the Collection text by Leonor Nazaré CAM-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2004
From Tactical to Practical, Erin Donnelly, in www.anamnese.pt, 2004
Bienal de Pontevedra – In the Beginning there Was the Journey, Pontevedra, Spain, 2004
De Natura, text by Leonor Nazaré in Natureza Domesticada - Tamed Nature CAM-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2002
Tamed Nature, text by Catarina Leitão, in Natureza Domesticada - Tamed Nature CAM-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2002
Selected Press
Cotter, Holland; “Prevailing Climate”, The NY Times, NY August 11, 2006
Amado, Miguel, Critics’ Pick, Artforum Online, June 2006
Johnson, Ken, “Odes to Nature, Grand and Demure, at Two Bronx Gardens”, The NY Times, NY July 14, 2006
Amado, Miguel, Exit Express Nr. 21, Madrid, Summer 2006
Pomar, Alexandre, "Contaminações", Expresso, Lisbon, June 3rd 2006
Amado, Miguel, L+Arte Nr. 23, Lisbon, March 2006
Johnson, Ken; “Field: science, technology and nature”, The NY Times, NY July 23, 2004
Martins, Celso; "Catarina Leitão", Expresso, Lisbon, April 24, 2004
Johnson, Tom; Field: science, technology and nature, Brooklyn Rail, NY September 2004
Gilman-Sevcik, Frantisca and Tim, "Catarina Leitão - Andrea Rosen", FLASH ART, March/April 2003
Martins, Celso; "Catarina Leitão", Arte Y Parte No 40 - August – September, Spain, 2002
Rocha de Sousa; "Natureza Domesticada"; Jornal de Letras, Lisbon, September 18, 2002
Ruivo, Ana; "Ida ao Campo", Expresso, Lisbon, July 20, 2002
Soares de Oliveira; "Paisagem Self-service", Público, Lisbon, July 27, 2002
Cotter, Holland; "Domestic Images From Young Talent", The NY Times, New York, Jan 10, 1997
MFA Hunter College, New York, 2000. Fine Arts degree University of Lisbon, 1993.
One Person Exhibitions and Projects
2006 The Characters, The Objects and the Landscapes, Pedro Cera Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.
2005 Natural Selection, Project Room, Michael Steinberg, New York.
2004 Drawings, Pedro Cera Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.
2003 Catarina Leitão / Matthew Ronay, Andrea Rosen Gallery 2, New York.
2002 Natureza Domesticada (Tamed Nature), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal. [Catalogue]
2001 A.R.D. Artificial Retreat Devices, Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Berardo Collection, Sintra, Portugal.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Anatomical Attitudes, curated by Robin Reisenfeld, Heskin Contemporary, New York
2006 En Masse, Heskin Contemporary, New York
Prevailing Climate, Sara Meltzer Gallery, co-curated by Rachel Gugelberger and Jeffrey Walkowiak
Garden Improvement, curated by Jennifer Mcgregor, Wavehill, Glyndor Gallery and Grounds, New York.
501 Lexington, The Roger Smith Lab Gallery, New York, Curated by Mckendree Kee.
Options and Futures, PLMJ Foundation Recent Acquisitions, curated by Miguel Amado, Arte Contempo, Lisbon, Portugal
Naturalia, curated by Leonor Nazaré, Lagos Cultural Center, Lagos, Portugal [Catalogue]
Salon Itenérant d’Art Contenporain, curated by Fátima Lambert, 6 locations: France; Lithuania, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal
MNH, Leaves of Grass Pillow (1980) collaboration w/ Trong G. Nguyen for his project "Humanitarians Not Heroes (Five-Alive)"
2005 Greater New York 2005, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York. [Catalogue]
Relative Density, curated by Leonor Nazaré, Fundação C. Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal. [Catalogue]
Our World, curated by Julie Peppito, Broadway Gallery, New York.
Digressões sobre uma Urbanidade, curated by Miguel Von Hafe Perez, VN Cerveira, Portugal.
2004 Bienal de Pontevedra “In the Beginning there Was the Journey”, curated by Miguel Von Hafe Perez and David G. Torres, Pontevedra, Spain. [Catalogue]
Field: Science, Technology and Nature, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, curated by Alyson Baker.
Freehand, curated by Rachel Gugelberger, Marvelli Lab, New York
2003 Go! Liquidación Total, Madrid, Spain.
2000 Envelope, 2 person show, The Point Gallery, New York.
Star67, Brooklyn, New York.
Grants/Fellowships/Residencies
2007 Center for Book Arts Residency, New York.
2006 Triangle Arts Residency, Brooklyn, New York.
2004 The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation – The Space Program, New York..
2003 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Residency at the Woolworth Building, New York.
2001 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and Fundação Luso-Americana Grant, Lisbon.
1997 AIM - Artists in the Market Place, The Bronx Museum of The Arts, New York.
Selected Bibliography
Anamnese – The Book, an anthology of Portuguese contemporary art from 1993 to 2003, Fundação Ilídio Pinho and
M. Von Hafe Perez, Porto, Portugal, 2006
Options and Futures, PLMJ Foundation Recent Acquisitions catalog, Lisbon 2006
Naturalia text by Leonor Nazaré, catalog CAM-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and Lagos Cultural Center, Lisbon, 2006
Garden Improvement, catalog, Wavehill, Glyndor Gallery, New York, 2006
New York Contemporary Art Scene, Art and Design Press, Beijing, China, 2006
Del Zero al 2005 – Perspectivas del arte en Portugal, David Barro, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Spain, 2005
Catarina Leitão in W Art, Frantisca and Tim Gilman-Sevcik, Mimesis, Porto, Portugal, 2005
Greater New York 2005, text by Amy Smith-Stewart, P.S.1 and Moma, New York, 2005
Relative Density, Fundação C. Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal, 2005
Guide to the Collection text by Leonor Nazaré CAM-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2004
From Tactical to Practical, Erin Donnelly, in www.anamnese.pt, 2004
Bienal de Pontevedra – In the Beginning there Was the Journey, Pontevedra, Spain, 2004
De Natura, text by Leonor Nazaré in Natureza Domesticada - Tamed Nature CAM-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2002
Tamed Nature, text by Catarina Leitão, in Natureza Domesticada - Tamed Nature CAM-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2002
Selected Press
Cotter, Holland; “Prevailing Climate”, The NY Times, NY August 11, 2006
Amado, Miguel, Critics’ Pick, Artforum Online, June 2006
Johnson, Ken, “Odes to Nature, Grand and Demure, at Two Bronx Gardens”, The NY Times, NY July 14, 2006
Amado, Miguel, Exit Express Nr. 21, Madrid, Summer 2006
Pomar, Alexandre, "Contaminações", Expresso, Lisbon, June 3rd 2006
Amado, Miguel, L+Arte Nr. 23, Lisbon, March 2006
Johnson, Ken; “Field: science, technology and nature”, The NY Times, NY July 23, 2004
Martins, Celso; "Catarina Leitão", Expresso, Lisbon, April 24, 2004
Johnson, Tom; Field: science, technology and nature, Brooklyn Rail, NY September 2004
Gilman-Sevcik, Frantisca and Tim, "Catarina Leitão - Andrea Rosen", FLASH ART, March/April 2003
Martins, Celso; "Catarina Leitão", Arte Y Parte No 40 - August – September, Spain, 2002
Rocha de Sousa; "Natureza Domesticada"; Jornal de Letras, Lisbon, September 18, 2002
Ruivo, Ana; "Ida ao Campo", Expresso, Lisbon, July 20, 2002
Soares de Oliveira; "Paisagem Self-service", Público, Lisbon, July 27, 2002
Cotter, Holland; "Domestic Images From Young Talent", The NY Times, New York, Jan 10, 1997