Zoe Leonard

Biography

Born

Liberty, New York, 1961

Resides

Lives and works in New York NY

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024

The Chinati Foundation, 'Al río / To the River', Marfa TX

Contemporary Art Gallery, 'Zoe Leonard: View from Below', Vancouver, Canada

2023

Galleria Raffaella Cortese, 'Excerpts from Al río / To the River', Milan, Italy
Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, 'Al río / To the River', Sydney, Australia (Traveling Exhibition)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

Mudam – The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg, 'Radio Luxembourg: Echoes across borders', Luxembourg
Leeds Art Gallery, 'To Improvise a Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates', Leeds, UK (Traveling Exhibition)
Participant Inc., 'arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy amplified: Chapter Eight', New York NY

2024

Astrup Fearnley Museet, 'Between Rivers', Oslo, Norway
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 'To Exalt the Ephemeral: The (Im)permanent Collection', Berkeley CA
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 'All in! Redesigning democracy', Bonn, Germany
PST ART / Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 'For Dear Life: Art, Medicine and Disability', San Diego CA
Fotomuseum Winterthur, 'A Show of Affection – Collection Constellation 1', Winterthur, Switzerland

Museum Folkwang, 'Grow It, Show It!', Essen, Germany
'Phenomenon 5', cur. Ben Livne Weitzman, Anafi, Greece
mumok - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, 'Avantgarde and Liberation. Zeitgenössische Kunst und dekoloniale Moderne, cur. Christian Kravagna and Matthias Mischalka, Vienna, Austria

Awards and Grants

2020

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, New York NY

2014

Bucksbaum Award, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY

Public & Special Projects

2014

Denniston Hill, 'Cider Label. A collaboration between Zoe Leonard and the Cidery-Aaron Burr Cider', Glen Wild NY

Bibliography

Monographs

2022

Johnson, Tim (ed.), 'Zoe Leonard. Al río / To the River', Luxembourg: Mudam Luxembourg, Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2022 (exh. cat.)

2018

Crimp, Douglas, Lebovici, Elisabeth (et al.), ‘Zoe Leonard. Survey’, Munich: Prestel Publishing, 2018 (exh. cat.)

Artist Books & Writings

2024

Leonard, Zoe, 'Out of Time', in: Esparza Chong Cuy, José, Kwok, Jessica, Ruiz de Teresa, Guillermo (eds.), 'On the Ground: Reader', New York: Storefront for Art and Architecture, 2024, pp. 10-17, ill.

2022

'Al río / To the River', in: The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, September 2022, ill.

Selected Publications

2025

Participant Inc, 'arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy amplified: Chapter Eight', New York NY

Gumpert, Lynn, Princenthal, Nancy, Sretenović, Vesela (et al.), 'Anonymous Was A Woman. The First 25 Years', New York: Grey Art Museum, New York University and Hirmer Publishers, 2025, p. 204, ill. (exh. cat.)

2024

Bettin, Miriam, Museum Folkwang Essen (ed.), 'Grow It, Show It! A look at hair from Diane Arbus to TikTok', Essen: Museum Folkwang, Berlin: Distanz, 2024, pp. 225-227, ill. (exh. cat.)­

Dawsey, Jill, Casso, Isabel, 'For Dear Life. Art, Medicine, and Disability', La Jolla: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2024, pp. 112-113, 257, ill. (exh. cat.)
Vervaeren, Didier (ed.), Canonne, Xavier, Duplate, Guy (et al.), 'SAGA. A Photographic Journey from Lewis Baltz to Tarrah Krajnak. Astrid Ullens de Schooten Whettnall Collection', Brussels: Fondation A Stichting/Ludion, pp. 424-427, ill. (exh. cat.)
McCurdy, Melinda, Nielsen, Karla (eds.), 'Storm Cloud. Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis', San Marino CA: Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2024, pp. 59-60, ill.
Alemina, Cecilia, 'Elevated. Art on the High Line', New York: Monacelli/Friends of the High Line, 2024, pp. 122-123, ill.

Pugnet, Natacha, 'Le sec et le vif. Une histoire de l'arbre-sculpture depuis 1968', Brussels: La Lettre Volée, 2024, pp. 126-127, ill.
Janevski, Ana, Rocio Taboada, Lilia, Jackson, Danielle A., 'Joan Jonas. Good Night and Good Morning', New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2024, pp. 25-32, 175-181, ill.
Mara De Wachter, Ellen, 'More Than The Eyes. Art, Food & The Senses', Los Angeles: Atelier Editions, 2024, pp. 188-197, ill.
Felski, Rita, Schwartz, Camilla (eds.), 'Love, etc. Essays on Contemporary Literature and Culture', Charlottesville VA and London/UK: University of Virginia Press, 2024, pp. 86-88, ill.

Adam, Johanna, Klein, Amelie, Sacchetti, Vera (eds.), 'Für alle! Demokratie neu gestalten', Berlin: Distanz Verlag, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 2024, p. 20, ill. (exh. cat.)
Fellah, Nadiah Rivera, 'Picturing the Border', Cleveland OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2024, pp. 54-56, ill.

Rolls-Bentley, Gemma, 'Queer Art: From Canvas to Club and the Spaces Between', London: Francis Lincoln, 2024, pp. 181, 188, ill.
Tolleson, Max (et al.), 'The Core Program. 2023-2024 Fellows', Houston: Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2024, ill.
Jordanova, Judmilla, Grant, Florence (eds.), Whelan, Lucy (et al.), 'Where Words and Images Meet', London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, pp. 11, 117, 120-122, ill.
Dunster, Flora, Gordon, Theo, 'Photography — A Queer History', London: Ilex, 2024, pp. 180-181, ill.

Selected Press

2024

Fowler, Gene, 'Political Will Meets the Rio Grande’s Natural Power in Zoe Leonard’s Dual Project Al río / To the River', on: southwestcontemporary.com, 21 November 2024, ill.
Brizuela, Natalia, Dalal, Pradeep, Gonzales-Day, Ken (et al.), 'River as a Verb', in: Ursula Magazine, Hauser & Wirth, Fall/Winter 2024, pp. 78-88, ill.
Cantrell, Mary, 'Artist Zoe Leonard’s ‘Al río / To the River’ returns home', on: bigbendsentinel.com, 9 October 2024, ill.
___, 'Chinati to present first exhibition of Zoe Leonard's 'Al río / To the River' in the Americas', on: artdaily.cc, 7 October 2024, ill.
Mitter, Siddhartha, 'Art Exhibitions That Don’t Look Away From the Rocky Realities', on: nytimes.com, 5 September 2024, ill.
Bhatt, Rohin, 'Manifesting a manifesto: What queer people want from parties', on: timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 16 March 2024
Andreani, Lisa, 'Zoe Leonard "Excerpts from Al río / To the River" at Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan' [review], on: moussemagazine.it, 5 February 2024, ill.
Foschi, Gigliola, 'Zoe Leonard: il fiume del nostroscontento', on: doppiozero.com, 31 January 2024, ill.

2023

___, 'The Picture Universe | Zoe Leonard', on: generazionecritica.it, December 2023, ill.

Mannucci, Guido, 'Zoe Leonard. Guardare la frontiera', o: antinomie.it, 28 November 2023, ill.

Soller, Kurt, Brown, Liz, Courteau, Rose, 'The 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature', on: nytimes.com, 22 June 2023, ill.