JASON LEINWAND
Born 1979, Middletown, CT
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2006 MFA, New York University, New York, NY
2001 BA, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Group Exhibitions
2012 At the Edge of the World Like a Worm Eaten Sun. CultureFix, New York, NY.
2011 Mine Eyes. Jason Leinwand, Lindsay Kane, and Rachel DeTrinis. The Front. New Orleans, LA
Close Encounters. Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, NJ
2010 Dans Van Alpha. Belgie Kunstencentrum, Hasselt, Belgium
What's So Funny: Exploring Humor in Art. Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY
The Perseids. The Custer Observatory, Southold, NY
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
2011 The Quest of the Golden Nose, Macdounough Elementary School (Outdoors), Middletown, CT
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
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