Leemour Pelli
Education: M.A., B.A., B.F. A.
1992-1994 The School of Visual Arts, New York. Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.
1991-1992 Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.
Academie Charpentiere, France.
1991-1990 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel.
1987-1990 Hunter College, New York. Master of Arts Degree, Art History.
Graduate Center, New York. Graduate Courses.
1984-1986 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. B.A. English Literature.
1984-1983 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Fine Art and Art History Courses.
One Person Exhibitions:
2009 Annina Nosei Gallery & Project Space, presentation and talk (March-
April). New York.
2008 Daneyal Mahmood Gallery. My Heart is in my Stomach, January 10-
February 9th. New York.
2005 Annina Nosei Gallery. Recent Paintings, New York.(April 11-May 31).
The Icehouse Gallery, "Love," said God, say "Love." Greenport, New York. (July
9 - 31).
Flying Space, "Love," said God, say "Love," Sag Harbor, New York (July 16-28).
2004 Anina Nosei Gallery, From the Heart, New York. (May 28 - July 15).
2003 The Art Gallery of the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
2000 ArtCore Gallery, Skins, Toronto, Canada
Nikolai Fine Art, New York, Life goes well in pink and green, New York.
The Gallery of South Orange, Never the same after that, New Jersey.
Two Person Exhibitions:
2003 Matthew Izzo Gallery, New works by Jen Petreshock and Leemour Pelli,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1999 Hartnett-Murray Gallery, New York.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2023 In it for the Long Haul, Lichtundfire Gallery, Curated by Robert Curcio. October 5 –
November 4, 2023.
2022 “I Heart Connections”, The Art Therapy Institute of North Carolina, Virtual
Exhibition, February 11, 2022 - March 10, 2022.
The Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art NFT show, February 1st –
April 30, 2022. Auction on Open Sea – February 21 – February 27, 2022.
2021 “The Heart,” Virtual Exhibition, The Art Therapy Institute of North
Carolina, Carrboro, North Carolina. February 12, 2021.
Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art Online Biennial, April 30 –
September 22, 2021.
Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art, This Show is Curated By a Machine, Online,
September 30 – October 30, 2021.
2020 Woman in Nature, Alison Milne Gallery, March 26 – April 44h, 2020.
Toronto, Canada. Curated by Emma Bain.
2019 The Surreality of Fear, BSB GALLERY, October 3 – October 26,
2019. Trenton, New Jersey.
2018 Art of Collecting, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan. November 23, 2018-
January 6, 2019.
2016 Studio 5404, Art and Chaos, curated by Neil Leinwohl, Massapequa, New
York. Jan 23 - February 24.
2013 Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami. December.
NOSPHERE Arts Gallery, I am My World, Lower East Side, New York.
Curated by David Gibson.
2012 Global Projects, Artists at Home and Abroad, Broadway Gallery, (August).
2011 Esturary Gallery, Love is a River, Beacon, New York. (March-May).
Painting with Pictures, Art Jail, New York. (April-May).
2010 Dorian Grey Gallery, New York. (January).
2009 Daneyal Mahmood Gallery. Bad News. June-August. New York.
The Jungle. Body Politic Curated by Christine Spangler and Tyler Wriston of
the Brooklyn Art Collective.
2009 Catherine slip art Gallery, Sick Love. Curated by Gillian Sneed. February
2008 The Pierre Menard Gallery, Boston. Curated by Heide Hatry.
2007 Kinz, Tillou and Feigen Gallery, By Invitation Only, May 19 – June 30th,
2007.
Pro Arts, Happily Ever After, Jersey City, New Jersrey. Sept. 21 – Oct. 20.
Curated by Debra Jenks.
Heskin contemporary Gallery, Anatomical Attitudes, New York (March 14
-april 28th). Curated by Robin Reisenfeld.
2006 Scope New York, Annina Nosei Gallery, (March 10 –13).
Rocket projects, The Social Body, Miami, Florida, April.
Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Woman: Self-portrait, (June 1st – July 1st).
Supreme Trading, Native Spirit, New York. (March 24 – April 30th).
Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York (May).
2005 Flying Space, Bedtime Stories, Sag Harbor, New York. (May 22 - June
30).
Spaces, Cleveland, Beautiful Dreamer. Ohio (September 9th - October 31).
Scope Miami, Step 1, Ombretta Agro and Rena Glickman (December).
2004 Riva Gallery, Beautiful Grotesque, New York (Curated by David Gibson).
Brooklyn Fireproof, Intimacy, (Curated by David Gibson).
The Pierro Gallery of South Orange, Synopsis@10, South Orange, New
Jersey.
2003 Paul Rodgers Gallery, Pandora’s Wink, Orly Cogan, Leemour Pelli, Jenny
Toth, New York.
Scope Miami, Paul Rodgers Gallery, (December).
Gangneung Cultural Art Center, Gangneung City, Korea. October, 2003
PS1 Institute of Contemporary Art, After Matisse/Picasso, New York.
Nurture Art, Id Entity, Williamsburg, New York.
2002 Red Dot Gallery, Living With Art, New York, New York.
Matthew Izzo Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Freight Elevator Project, Brooklyn, New York. (curated by Ombretta Agro).
2001 Artcore, Toronto, Canada.
The Freight Elevator Project Downtown Arts Festival, New York. The Body or
the Landscape C.S.V.Center, NewYork. (curated by David Gibson).
2000 Insites: Interior Spaces in Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art
at Champion, Stamford, Connecticut.
Artcore, Toronto, Canada.
Substance, Neoimages, New York. (curated by Robert Heckes).
Duchamp Traveling Exhibition, The New York Arts Magazine Collection.
Bahnhof Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany. Emanuel Heller Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
The Artist’s Museum, Lodz, Poland. Venice Biennial.
Sex, Sexism and Society The Gallery of Social and Political Art, , Boston.
1999 Jonathan Feldschuh and Leemour Pelli, Hartnett-Murray Gallery, New York.
New Drawing, Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
Cross Cultural Voices: Between Memories, Stephen Gang Gallery, New York – in
conjunction with the Asian American Art Center.
Size Matters, Gale Gates Gallery, Brooklyn. (curated by Mike Weiss).
A Millennium of Memory, The New York Law School.
1998 Stefan Stux Gallery, New York.
Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
1994 Inka Essenhigh, Steven Mumford, and Leemour Pell: Paintings, The School of
Visual Arts, New York.
Catalogues:
2021 The Heart Online Community Art Show, The Art Therapy Institute of North Carolina, Carrboro, North Carolina. February 12, 2021 – April 8, 2021, p.23-25.
2007 Heskin contemporary Gallery, Anatomical Attitudes, New York. March. By Robin
Reisenfeld.
2006 Annina Nosei Gallery 2003-2006. p. 5-6. p. 31. December 2006.
2005 Beautiful Dreamer, Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio. By David Gibson. P. 13, 31.
2003 Leemour Pelli: Paintings and Drawings, The Art Gallery of the University of
Central Florida in Orlando. Text: Kevin Haran and David Gibson.
The 4th Shinsaimdang Art Festival New York Paris Artists Exhibition,
Gangneung, Korea, p. 28, Oct, 2003.
Art Miami Catalogue, p.24-25, Jan 9-13, 2003.
The International Guide to Art Fairs and Antiques Shows, Jan 1-30, 2003, p.23.
2000 Insites: Interior Spaces in Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art
at Champion. P. 14-15.
Cross Cultural Voices: Between Memories. Asian American Arts Center and the
Stephen Gang Gallery, New York.
Bibliography:
2003 Annina Nosei. Published by Arte.Critica. 2003. Written by Roberto Lambarelli. Pages
130, 132, 133, and 281.
ArtDaily, “Survey of Artists from Robert Curcio’s 30-year career on view at Lichtundfire. October 16th, 2023.
New York Art Beat, In It For the Long Haul, November 4, 2023.
Museum Mile Contemporary. Leemour Pelli Body and Soul Investigations of the
human spirit. By Pamela Goldman. Parts I and II.
Canvas Rebel, 2003.
2022 Hyperallergic, For Women Artists, Studio Visits can be Risky Business,
by Hall W. Rockefeller. December 22, 2022.
Heart of Flesh Literary Journal. Issue 7 May 6, 2022.
Visual Arts Journal, The School of Visual Arts Magazine, Spring/Summer 2022, p.74.
2021 The Heart Online Community Art Show, The Art Therapy Institute of North Carolina,
Carrboro, North Carolina. February 12, 2021 – April 8, 2021, p. 23-25.
Visual Arts Journal, The School of Visual Arts Magazine, Fall/Winter 2021, p. 73.
2020 Visual Arts Journal, The School of Visual Arts Magazine, Spring/Summer
2020, p. 73.
2019 Heart of Flesh Magazine, “To Do Thy Will With a Perfect Heart, I, II, and
III, 2019. December, 2019.
2018 The Women’s Thing Magazine, How the me-too movement highlights
internalized misogyny. Feb 13, 2018. By Eva Jacobs and Katie Yee.
2016 ArtSpace, January 2016.
Blue Door Journal. Fall 2015/Spring 2016. Inside/Outside: Self Examination,
P.21.
2014 Thought Notebook. Vol 2. No 1. A Time of Renewal.
Thought Notebook. Vol 2. No 2. Nature of Occurrences.
2013 Thought Notebook. Vol 1 No 1. December. There is a First for Everything. Dec.
ArtSlant. New York. Jan 12, 2103.
2012 Kolaj Magazine, Montreal, Quebec.
2009 ArtSlant, Bad News, Better Luck Next Year, August. By Charlie Shultz.
2008 Art Forum, April, p.373. Lisa Turvey.
“M” The New York Art World.
2006 New York Arts Magazine. A Red Riding Hood and a Veil Dorit Cohen on
“Woman: Self Portrait at Kashya Hildebrand Gallery. Vol.11 no. 9/10 p.38.
2005 The Southampton Press, Bedtime Stories offers peek into Artists' Dreams, June
2, 2005, (Eric Ernst).
Orlando Leisure, Central Florida Sensation, April, p.125.
2004 TimeOut New York, Beautiful Grotesque, July 8-15, p. 56. (Joao Ribas).
Gay City, 15-21 July, 2004, Galleries, p. 19 (John Reed).
New York Arts Magazine. The Miami Cilantro-Basel Twist: Notes from the Not-
So-Underground. March - April (Lee Klein).
2003 Orlando Sentinel, August, 2003 (Terry Hummel).
Central Florida Future, August 25, 2003 p. A2. Orlando, Florida
Philadelphia Weekly, Sept 10-16, 2003. p. 38. (Roberta Fallon).
Philadelphia Citypaper, Art Picks, August 21-27, 2003, p. 22.
Tema Celeste, Jan-February, no. 95, p. 113. (Micaela Giovannotti), 2003.
2002 Philadelphia Weekly, June 2002.
2001 Tema Celeste, 2001, The Freight Elevator Project, Nov-Dec. Paola Noe, p. 103.
Arte Critica, 2001, The Freight Elevator Project. November-December.
American Artist, Catherine Noonan, May, p.21.
2000 Art News, October, 2000. (Rebecca Sonkin). P. 183.
The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada, September 16, 2000, p.
Shout, July 16, 2000. Artist’s Pick: Mark Kostabi on Leemour Pelli, p.12.
The New York Times, March 26, 2000 (NJ Barry Schwabsky).
New York Arts Magazine, March, Vol.5 no.3.p.66.
New York Arts Magazine, April, Vol.5 no.4.p.85.
New Jersey Star Ledger, March 10, 2000. p. 25.
1999 The New York Times, August, 1999 (We section 14 p.12).
New York Arts Magazine, September 1999. Vol. 4 no.8.p.46
The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada, July 17, 1999, C11.
Orlando Magazine, October, 1999.
Art Fairs:
2013 Scope Fair Art Basel, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami.
2008 Mamco, New Mexico. Daneyal Mahmood Gallery.
2007 Pool Art Fair, Bodies, (Art Basel Miami) curated by Heide Hatry.
2006 Scope New York, Group Exhibition, Annina Nosei Gallery.
2005 Scope Miami, Group exhibition, Step 1 (Ombretta Agro and Rena Glickman).
2003 Scope Miami, Solo exhibition, Paul Rodgers Gallery.
Scope New York, Group Exhibition. David Gibson - Article Projects.
Art Miami Catalogue, p.24-25, Jan 9-13, 2003.
Public Collections:
The Art Gallery of the University of Central Florida, Orlando
Honors College, The University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
The Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan.
Private Collections: New York, Florida, Philadelphia, Spain, among others.
Awards:
2020: ArtDex Competition Award. Third Place.