Letha was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in Greeley, Colorado. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

To get in touch with her please email her at letha@lethaprojects.com

To download Letha's resume as a PDF file, click here.

Education
   
1999 - 2003 Hunter College, New York, NY,
MFA in Combined Media
   
2001 Exchange semester at the Glasgow School of Art MFA Program, Glasgow, Scotland
   
1994 - 1998 Syracuse University School of Visual and Performing Arts
Syracuse, New York
BFA in Painting; graduated with Honors, Summa cum Laude
   
1997 Exchange semester with Syracuse University's
Division of International Programs Abroad in Florence, Italy
   

 

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

   
2008 Video A: Miguel Soares and Letha Wilson
at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Ridgefield, CT

There's No Place Like Utopia at Five Myles
Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Matt Freedman

 

Selected Past Exhibitions

   
2008

Waste Not, Want Not at Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY.
   
2007

between to and from at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ. Curators Veronica Mijelshon and Eleanor Eichenbaum

Merit Badge 2 at Rockland Center for the Arts
West Nyack, NY. Curated by Jason Middlebrook

Locations of Elsewhere at Peer Gallery
New York, NY. Curated by Leah Oates

Points of Departure: Inner and Outer Journeys in Contemporary Art
at Fox Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania

Landscape Architects at The Arts Center of the Capital Region
Troy, NY. Curated by Jennifer Moon.
   
2006

Heartfelt at 96 Gillespie
London, UK

The Searchers at White Box
New York, NY. Curated by Patricia Maloney.

The Peekskill Project 2006
Peekskill, NY. Selection curated by Tania Duvergne.

Paradise Lost at Frederieke Taylor Gallery
New York, NY. Curated by Dan Tague.

The Studio Visit at Exit Art
New York, NY
   
2005

Exit Biennial II: Traffic at Exit Art
New York, NY

No Apology for Breathing at Jack the Pelican
Brooklyn, NY. Organized by Matthew Lusk.

Red, White and Blue at Spencer Brownstone Gallery
New York, NY
   
2004

Look Closer.... at AG Gallery
Brooklyn, New York. Curated by Tomoko Ashikawa.

Ignite at the Puck Building, a GenArt event
New York, NY. Curated by Trong Nguyen.

AIM 24 at The Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx, New York

Re:Construct at PH Gallery
New York, NY. Curated by Tomoko Ashikawa.
   
2003

Project Room at Contemporary Artists Center
North Adams, Massachusetts

Hunter College MFA Thesis Exhibition at Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
   
2001 Minute: a boxed set of miniature multiples at Artists Space
New York, NY

 

Honors / Awards

   
2009 Santa Fe Art Institute Fellowship and Artist Residency
   
2004 Artist in the Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts
      
2000 Hunter College Exchange Scholarship
      
1998 Orlin Prize, Honors Thesis Project “Artspace: Art Beyond Academia”
      
1998 Augusta Hazard Painting Award, Syracuse University Painting Dept.
      

 

Press

   
 

Saltz, Jerry. "Waste Not, Want Not" Critic's Pick, New York Magazine online, June 27, 2008.

Dan Bischoff. “Artists take measure for its own sake”, The Star-Ledger, January 6, 2008.

Benjamin Genocchio. “Art Review; A Chance to Fill Up on Visual Treats”, New York Times, April 25, 2004, p. 9.

Middlebrook, Jason. "Top Ten", Artforum, February 2003, p. 55.

Powhida, William. "Majority Rules", The Brooklyn Rail, Summer 2002, pp. 8-9.

Paul, Christine. "Collaborative Curatorial Models and Public
Curation", Switch Journal, San Jose State University,
Issue 17, Feb. 2002