Barbara E. Leven Photography




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PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati , OH
The Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing, NY
The Baruch Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Baruch College New York, NY
The Actors Institute, New York, NY
St. Vincents, Hospital, New York, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011-2012 Enchanted Earth 2.0 - Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing, NY
2007 The Garden Path - Lounge B Gallery, Conant Hall, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
2007 Enchanted Earth - MH Art and Framing Gallery ,  New York, NY
1993 Passion & Metaphor  - TAI Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Unbuttoned  - Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Erotic Fantasies  - A Photographers Place, New York, NY
1978 Journey from the Center of Myself  - Walt Burton Galleries, Cincinnati, OH

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 
2023 American Album – El Barrio Artspace P.S. 109, New York, NY - Juried by Deborah Gilbert
2022 Osmosis – Art Cake Brooklyn, Brooklyn,
2022 My NYC – Matted, LIC, Long Island City, NY
2022 Dreamscapes – Professional Women Photographers Online Gallery
2021 Empty Places : Abandoned Spaces – Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2019 B/W Sculpting with Light – Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Abstracted Reality – Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Glimpses of Our World – Salmagundi Club, New York, NY; Juried by Magdalena Sole
2018 Photo Review Best of Show 2018 – University of the Arts, Sol Mednick Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Juried by Sarah Meister, MOMA Curator of Photography
2017 The Power of Tones – Jadite Gallery, New York, NY
2016 It's All in the Details – Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Really Really Affordable Art Show - BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition) Brooklyn, New York
2016 Seasons - Light Space and Time Online Gallery
2016 Nature - Light Space and Time Online Gallery
2015 Primarily Color - Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Butterflies and Insects - San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA
2015 Animals - Light Space and Time Online Gallery
2015 Botanicals - Light Space and Time Online Gallery
2015 Nature - Light Space and Time Online Gallery
2015 Abstracts - Light Space and Time Online Gallery
2015 Seasons - Light Space and Time Online Gallery
2014 Small Wonders - Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Botanicals - Light Space and Time Online Gallery
2011 Transporters - MH Art and Framing Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Group Exhibit - Baboo Photo Gallery, 37 West 20th St., NYC, NY
2010/2011 New Visions - Durst Organization Show Walls Gallery, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NYC, NY
2010 Inspired by Nature - Calumet Photo Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Art of Commerce - Manhattan Borough President's Office, New York, NY
2010 Botanica - Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2010 Americana -  MH Art and Framing Gallery, New York, NY
2009 7 Photographers -  Louis K. Meisel Gallery,   New York, NY
2008 What's for Dinner?-  MH Art and Framing Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Endless Inspiration: Flowers in the Work of 5 LIC Artists - Art-O-Mat, Long Island City, NY
2008 Virtual Sculpture & Transfigurations of the Human Figure - MH Art and Framing Gallery, New York, NY
2007 The Salon Show - MH Art and Framing Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Sun Pictures to Mega-Pixels - Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Worlds Apart - Gallery 225, New York, NY
2007 INDWELLING: Living in a Female Body - Cooper Union, New York, NY
2007 Elegy for Eden - Lobby Gallery, 1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
2006 Queens International 2006 - Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
2006 Dangerous Visions - The Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, CA
2005 Small Works/Big Ideas - Women's Studio Center, Long Island City, NY
2004 Postcards from the Edge - Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Diving into the Details - NURTUREart, Williamsburg, NY
2002 New York Academy of Arts Take Home a Nude - Sothebys, New York, NY
1999 Private Mythologies - Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Nude in Photography - Annual Intl Master Print Fair, Paddington, Sydney, Australia
1991 Cork Gallery Show - Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1990 Advertising Photographers of America Exhibition Nikon House, New York, NY
1989 Male Nude Show - CAGE, Cincinnati, OH
1987 Annual Juried '87 - The Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, NY
1986 Against the Grain - Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
1986 The Male Nude: Women Regard Men - The Hudson Center Galleries, New York, NY
1985 Beyond the New - Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Rated X - Neikrug Photographica, New York, NY
1982 Erotic Photography - Jacques Baruch Gallery, Chicago, IL
1982 Erotic Photography: An Exhibition - Stephen Rose Gallery, Boston, MA
1981 Centennial Exhibition - The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
1979 Stored Light, The Long Exposure - Northern Kentucky Univ., Highland Heights, KY
1977 The Suicide - Camera Works, Cincinnati, OH
 
SELECTED ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
 
"Urban Relics", Silvershotz Magazine, Volume 10, Edition 11, August 2016
Shadow & Light Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 3, March/April 2016, Single Image Showcase p.25
Shadow & Light Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Jan./Feb. 2016, Showcase Portfolio pp.39-48
Shadow & Light Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 4, May/June 2015, Single Image Showcase p.17
 
SELECTED PRINT PUBLICATIONS

IMPRINTS Magazine, NYC, NY Professional Women Photographers,  Winter/Spring 2012; p.11
INS&OUTS MAGAZINE, Vol. II, Issue 3, 2008; p.72
Focus Fine Art Photography Magazine, Vol.1, #6, April 2006; pp.69-73.
Adam P. and Renee Kennedy, Best of New York Artist & Artisans 2005, Kennedy Promotions, 2006
The Photo Review, Vol.27, #2, 2005; Photo No. 70
Grace & George Schaub, The Official Marshall's Handcoloring Guide & Gallery, NY: G&G Schaub, 1994; pp.82-83.
Digit, Pioneers for the Digital Age, Andover, NJ: Digital Education Cooperative, Issue One, February, 1993; p.13.
Gold Book's Eye on People Photography, New York: New York Gold, Inc., 1993; p.56.
New York Gold, Vol. 4, New York: New York Gold, Inc., 1990; p.122.
Conceptual People Photography, New York: New York Gold, Inc., 1989; p.96.
Advertising Photographers of America, NY Chapter Newsletter, Vol. 9, #2, March/April, 1990; front cover.
Annual Juried '87, New York: The Queens Museum of Art, 1987; p.27.
The Male Nude: Women Regard Men, New York: The Hudson Center Galleries, 1986; p.11.
Erotic Photography: An Exhibition, Trenton, NJ: The Demarais Studio Press, 1982; p.88.
 
REVIEWS

Lisa A. Fraser, "An Enchanted Earth Awaits in Queens", Queens Ledger, Queens, NY January 12, 2012: p.16
Rebecca Robertson, “7 Photographers”, Art News, NY, NY Vol. 108, No. 6, June, 2009; p.109.
Audrey Dimola, “What’s for Dinner”, INS&OUTS Magazine, L. I. City, NY Vol. II, Issue 3, 2008; p.13.
Joe Bendik, “Real Raw Food and Other Pleasures of the Table”, Chelsea Clinton News, NY, NY November 6, 2008; p.8.
"What's New Portfolio", Adweek, New York, NY, Oct. 29, 1990.
Laura Duggan, "Behind Scenes", Daily News, New York, NY, Oct. 5, 1990.
Owen Findsen, "Pictures at an exhibition", Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, Oct. 4, 1981.
Owen Findsen, "A private way of seeing", Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, Jan. 7, 1979
 
TEACHING WORKSHOPS and TALKS

2012 "Enchanted Earth: Up Close and Personal" - B&H Photo Superstore Event Space, NYC, NY May 24, 2012
2012 "Enchanted Earth: Up Close and Personal" - The Sierra Club, NYC, NY  February 29, 2012
2011 "Artist's Talk" - Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing, NY November 12, 2011
2005 "The Transition from Analog to Digital Photography" - Panelist for Professional Women Photographers, Inc. (PWP) New York, NY
2003 Showcase: Barbara E. Leven, Baruch College, New York, NY
1979 The Long Exposure, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY