JASON LEINWAND
Born 1979, Middletown, CT
Lives in Brooklyn, NY. Works in Long Island City, NY 

Education
2006     MFA, New York University, New York, NY
2001     BA, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Group Exhibitions

2011     Mine Eyes. Jason Leinwand, Lindsay Kane, and Rachel DeTrinis. The Front. New Orleans, LA
            Close Encounters. Curated by Rachel Faillace. Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, NJ

2010     Dans Van Alpha. Belgie Kunstencentrum, Hasselt, Belgium
            What’s So Funny: Exploring Humor in Art. Curated by Linda B. Horn, Spencertown Academy,
            Spencertown, NY
            The Perseids. Curated by Kari Adelaide and Sörine Anderson, The Custer
            Observatory, Southold, New York 
            Contemporary Puppetry: The Language Inside, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ
            Vision Quest: A Group Show of Neo-Shamanic Art. Curated by Pam Grossman. Observatory, Brooklyn, NY

2006     MFA Thesis Exhibition, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY
            New Art New York, Open Studios, New York University, New York, NY

2005     The Lurking Fear, with Chad Hamilton, Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
            Storefront/Forefront, New York University, New York, NY
            Turnover, The Commons, New York University, New York, NY
            Ball, Open Studios, New York University, New York, NY

2004     Renovation, Open Studios, New York University, New York, NY
           
2001     Senior Thesis Exhibition: Paraffinoma-Works on Paper, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan
            University, Middletown, CT

 

Circus Productions

CO-DIRECTOR, Cirque This

2010     Viva La Evolution! Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY

2009     The 3rd Annual Cirque Off, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY
            Dining with Cirque This, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY

2008     The 2nd Annual Cirque Off, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY
            The Circus of Epic Disproportions, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY

2007     The 1st Annual Cirque Off, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY
            The Circus of Dos and Don’ts, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY

2006     Sleeping with Cirque This!, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY

2005     Cirkin’ for the Man, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY

2004     Elemental Town, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY

 

DESIGNER, The Children’s Circus of Middletown

2010     Eats All Good, Macdonough Elementary School (Outdoors), Middletown, CT

2009     In Your Dreams, Spencer Elementary School (Outdoors), Middletown, CT

 

DESIGNER, ARTFarm’s Circus for a Fragile Planet

2011     Submerged, Middletown, CT, Traveling Show (upcoming)

 

Publications

2010     Sloow Ley Lines-D: Jason Leinwand, Belgium

ARTIST STATEMENT

“‘Faith’, ‘Love,’ and ‘Hope’

Faith of consciousness is freedom
Faith of feeling is weakness
Faith of body is stupidity.

Love of consciousness evokes the same in response
Love of feeling evokes the opposite
Love of body depends only on type and polarity.

Hope of consciousness is strength
Hope of feeling is slavery
Hope of body is disease.”

 

-G.I. Gurdjieff from Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson