Leonard Rosenfeld, detail of Untitled, 1957

Curriculum Vitae of Leonard Rosenfeld

Selected Exhibitions

2024
Southern Exposure Art Auction, San Francisco, CA (through Pastine Projects, San Francisco, CA) (“Hecho por Mano” painting)

2023
Pastine Projects, San Francisco, CA, Wires and Graffiti, one-person

2022
Patch & Remington Gallery, Marcellus, MI, Nuts and Bolts, one-person

Pastine Projects, San Francisco, CA, Jigsaw, Paintings by Leonard Rosenfeld, Livia Stein, and Lucy Traeger, group

Art on Paper, International Art Fair, New York, NY

2021
Pastine Projects, San Francisco, CA, Affinities: carrie lederer | leonard rosenfeld, two-person

Pastine Projects, San Francisco, CA, Yellow, group

Denise Bibro Fine Arts, New York, NY, COLLAGE, juried biennial, group

2020
Salomon Arts Winter Solstice Exhibition, group, Salomon Arts, New York, NY    

2018
Denise Bibro Fine Arts, New York, NY, Under Construction: Dimensional Interludes, group

2017
Denise Bibro Fine Arts, New York, NY, Leonard Rosenfeld, Wire and Can Pieces: 1981–1991, one-person

2016
Internal Politics: Great Expectations, group show, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
In the Spirit, group show, Viridian Artists, New York, NY

2015
La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY, Pattern of War, one-person, curated by Mary-Ann Monforton

The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY, On the Front Lines, group      

2013
24th International Juried Exhibition, group, curated by Elisabeth Sussman of the Whitney Museum, Viridian Artists, New York, NY

2011
Artwalk Art Auction for Coalition for the Homeless, group, auction by Sotheby’s, New York, NY

2010
Artwalk Art Auction for Coalition for the Homeless, group, auction by Sotheby’s, New York, NY

2009
Salomon Arts Gallery, New York, NY, Wire and Can Pieces, one-person

Van der Plas Gallery, New York, NY, two-person

2008
Wilson Chapel and Meetinghouse Galleries, Newton Centre, MA, War, Madness & Delusion, juried group

2007
President’s Gallery, LaGuardia Community College, New York, NY, Soldiers and Terrorists, one-person

Gallery 311, New York, NY, Soldiers and Terrorists II, one-person

2006
Gallery 311, New York, NY, Soldiers and Terrorists I, one-person

2005
Coalition for the Homeless, New York, NY, Benefit—Small Works, one-person studio show

Merz Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, group

2004
Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Angels, two-person, curated by Danny Simmons

Galeria Corona, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Angels, one-person

2003
Coalition for the Homeless, New York, NY,  Benefit, one-person studio retrospective

2002
Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Angels, two-person, curated by Danny Simmons

John Jay College, New York, NY, Art from Detritus, group

1999
Leonora Vega Gallery, New York, NY, Nuts and Bolts, one-person

1998
Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY, Black and White, group

1997
Daniel Peretz Gallery, New York, NY, group

1996
Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY, group

1995
Michael Kisslinger Gallery, New York, NY, Leonard Rosenfeld Selected Work, one-person

Soho Biennial, group, New York, NY

NatWest Bank, New York, NY, Blues, one-person

Massman Gallery, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO, group

Eleven East Ashland Independent Art Space, Phoenix, AZ, group

1991
The Knitting Factory, New York, NY, Wires, one-person

1989
The Knitting Factory, New York, NY, Wires, one-person

1988
The Robert Kidd Gallery, Detroit, MI, group

Casa Del Lago (University of Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico, three-person

1986
Central Falls, New York, NY, Wires, one-person

1984
Simone Gallerie, New York, NY, Wires, one-person

1983
Kenkaleba House, New York, NY, group

1982
OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY, group

The Race Street Gallery, with OK Harris Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, group

1981
OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY, group

1980
OK Harris Summer Invitational, New York, NY, group

1978
The Brooklyn Museum, with Jacques Seligman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, group

1976
Gloria Cortella Gallery, New York, NY, group

1975
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, group

1965
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY, group

1963
Stryke Gallery, New York, NY, group

1962
Waverly Gallery, New York, NY, Grand Opening, First New York Showing - Leonard Rosenfeld, one-person

1960
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn and Long Island Artists exhibition(featured, among other artists, Philip Pearlstein and Larry Rivers)

SELECTED Press/Presentations

Miller Spies, Jonathan, “Bearden, Rosenfeld, Thompson, Gabriel. Afro-Haitian influence on 80s Downtown Art Scene,” Hanging Papers, January 24, 2023

Miller Spies, Jonathan, “Art on the Tracks,” Hanging Papers, October 4, 2022

Miller Spies, Jonathan, “Independence Days,” Hanging Papers, July 5, 2022

Hoffman, Janet, “The Life and Work of Leonard Rosenfeld—An Artist Ahead of his Time,” Lecture at LaGuardia Community College, New York, NY, May 31, 2022

Laster, Paul, “The Beat Goes on in the Art of Leonard Rosenfeld,” Whitehot Magazine, July 2017 (review of one-person Leonard Rosenfeld, Wire and Can Pieces: 1981–1991 show at Denise Bibro Fine Arts, New York, NY)

Hoffman, Janet, “Leonard Rosenfeld—A New York Original,” Lecture at the New Britain Museum of American Art, April 2015

Hoffman, Janet, “In Memory of Len Rosenfeld: The Len Rosenfeld Scholarship for Painting,” Lines from the League Student and Alumni Magazine, Summer 2012

Laster, Paul, “Unlocking Leonard Rosenfeld,” December, 2011

International Contemporary Artists, Vol. I. ICA Publishing, 2010

Shapiro, Julie. “From de Kooning to Hookers, 50 years in the Downtown art scene.” Downtown Express, Vol. 22, No. 15, August 21–27, 2009

Reisman, Anna, “Galeria Corona Scores a Coup!” Vallarta Tribune 364, March 29–April 4, 2004

“New York’s Landscape: A Multi-Media Show,” The New York Times (The City), March 19, 1997 (Review of Daniel Peretz Gallery group show)

Brown, Lesley-Ann, “Leonard Rosenfeld,” One World, September 30, 1995 (review of Michael Kisslinger one-person show)

Johnson, Richard. “No sale.” New York Post. May 3, 1989 (Review of Knitting Factory one-person show)

“New York Painters Show Mexican Inspired Works,” The Mexico City News, February 16, 1988

“Pintores de Nueva York: Borofsky, Rosenfeld y Wechsler en la Casa del Lago,” Gaceta UNAM, February 11, 1988

“A Painter Lost to Painting,” publication not identified, February 1984 (?) (review of Simone Gallerie show)

“The Un-Schnabel Side, Going North.” publication not identified, October 1980 (?) (simultaneous with Julian Schnabel broken plate paintings opening at Mary Boone across from OK Harris)

Grants, INVITATIONALS (JURIED)

2021 Blue Lake, juried biennial, Denise Bibro Fine Arts, New York, NY

2013 Sneaker-X (graffiti), 24th International Juried Exhibition (group show invitational), curated by Elisabeth Sussman, Whitney Museum, Viridian Artists, New York, NY

1981 Grant, Edna St. Vincent Millay Art Colony, Austerlitz, NY

Museum Representation

Baby Blue Eyes and Champ w/Cowboys and Indians (wires),  New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

Jumpers (9/11), National September 11 Memorial & Museum at Ground Zero, New York, NY

Kaddish (soldiers), LaGuardia Community College, New York, NY

Untitled (large framed 1957 construction drawing), Art Students League of New York Permanent Collection, New York, NY

Pony (Coney Island), Museo de Peter Gray, University of Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

 

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