Curriculum Vitae
Juried Group Exhibitions
2024
Sisterhood, Palm Beach Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, February
Homo Faber, An Unexpected Journey, Venice, Italy, September
2023
Nature/Nurture, Onna House, East Hampton, NY
2022
Natural Rhythms, Main Gallery at Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
The Lightness of Being, Onna House, East Hampton, NY
2021
Particle and Wave: Paper Clay Illuminated, curated by Peter Held, traveling exhibition, opened 2019 ASU Art Museum, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Daum Museum, Fuller Craft Museum
2020
Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
The National Biennial Show, The Clay Studio
2019
Materials: Hard+Soft International Contemporary Craft Competition, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Clay International, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
2018
Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Vitreous, The Clay Center of New Orleans, LA
Small Works, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The National Biennial Show, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Clayworks, Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, NY
2017
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Crafting Contexts, Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Philadelphia, PA
Press
Telopea, Issue 5, March 2022, pages 16-19.
Interior Design Magazine, Fall 2021, https://interiordesign.net/products/whimsical-home-accents-abound-by-these-global-makers/
White Paper by, https://whitepaperby.com/leah-kaplan-ceramica-entrevista-artista-vasija/
The Herald News, "Fuller Craft Museum Presents: 'Particle and Wave, Paper Clay Illuminated.'" November 28, 2020.
Design and Live, https://www.designandlive.pub/interviews/ceramics-by-leah-kaplan
“Getting to Know Leah Kaplan,” Veronique Wantz Gallery, https://www.veroniquewantz.com/featured-artist/
Life with Objects, https://lifewithobjects.org/Leah-Kaplan.html
Ceramics Review, #CREmerging Highlights, July/August 2020, page 44
Ceramics Monthly, January 2020, Exposure, page 18
Masthead Magazine, https://www.mastheadmagazine.com/op-ed/leah-kaplan
Creative Quarterly Journal, issue 52, 2018, page 18
Through-Objects, https://through-objects.com/blog/ceramics-by-leah-kaplan/
Private Collections and Commissions
Onna House, East Hampton, NY
Ever Restaurant, Chicago, IL
Thrivent corporate art collection, Minneapolis, MN
Berwind corporate art collection, Philadelphia, PA
Education
Brown University, Providence, RI, Bachelor of Arts, 1988
Related Professional Experience
Board Member, The Clay Studio, 2018 to 2023
Board Member, The Crafts Center, Washington, D.C., 2002-2004
Board Member, The Renwick Alliance, Washington, D.C., 2001-2005
Executive Director, The Crafts Center, 2000-2002, Development Director, 1997-2000
Director, Fashion Exports/New York, 1992-1997
Freelance Writer, Ceramics Monthly, Fiberarts, Natural Home, Hand/Eye