Leah was born in 1985 in Olean, NY, and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.


Education

    Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 11205
        M.F.A. Painting/Drawing. October 2009, GPA: 3.9

    State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063
        B.F.A. Painting/Drawing, Minor: Art History. May 2007, GPA: 3.93
        Summa Cum Laude.

Exhibitions

    2011
        “Illumination (solo show),” Dacia Gallery, Manhattan, NY
        “Governor's Island Art Fair,” Governor's Island, New York, NY
        “Unlucky Art Social,” 269 Meserole Loft, Brooklyn, NY
        “Japan Society Benefit Exhibition,” Smile Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
        “Wide Open,” (awarded people's choice) Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
    2010
        “2010 Winter Salon,” Elga Wimmer PCC, Manhattan, NY
        “Small Works Invitational,” The Painting Center, Manhattan, NY
        “Lost in Space,” (solo show) Weeks Gallery, Olean, NY
        “Governor's Island Art Fair,” Governor's Island, New York, NY
        “Remedy,” The Loom, Brooklyn, NY
        “Wide Open,” (best in show) Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
    2009
        “Pratt MFA Exhibition,” Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Manhattan, NY
        “Leah Yerpe: Thesis Exhibition,” (solo show) Pratt Studios Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
        “Exchange,” Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
    2008
        “Small Works,” Lucky Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
        “BYOA Exhibition,” Steuben South Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
        “Refinement,” Aswoon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
    2007
        “First Year Works,” Steuben East Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
        “Erie Art Museum Annual Spring Show,” (juried show) Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
        “Senior Exhibition,” Rockefellar Arts Center, Fredonia, NY
        “Great Lakes Emerging Artist Competition,” (juried show) Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
        “Faculty Select,” Rockefellar Arts Center, Fredonia, NY
        “Monotype and Intaglio,” Emmitt Christian Gallery, Fredonia, NY
    2006
        “Fredonia Five,” 150 Central Gallery, Fredonia, NY
        “Figures,” Emmitt Christian Gallery, Fredonia, NY
    2005
        “UB-Fredonia Exchange Show,” University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
        “Art Forum Annual Exhibition,” Williams Center Gallery, Fredonia, NY
        “SUNY Student Art Exhibit,” State University Plaza Gallery, Albany, NY
        “Emerging Painters,” Palace Gallery, Jamestown, NY
        “30th Annual Jamestown Community College Young Artists Exhibit,” Jamestown, NY
    2004
        “Images in Black and White,” (solo show), Jamestown Community College, Olean, NY