Leonard Suryajaya
Chicago, Illinois 60605
leonardsuryajaya@gmail.com
leonardsuryajaya.com
EDUCATION
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME, 2017.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL,
Master of Fine Arts (Photography), 2015
California State University, Fullerton, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Creative Photography), 2013
Bachelor of Art (Theatre Arts), 2013
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Novi, Dear, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, 2019.
Is It Time Yet, Specialist Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2019.
Bunda, Chicago Artists Coalition at Expo Chicago, IL, 2016.
Don't Hold On to Your Bones, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL, 2016.
Bathe Me When I Die, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH, 2015.
Different Blood Type, Leroy Neiman Center Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2015.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Human Stories: The Satirists, Now Gallery, London, 2022.
A Lion for Every House, Art Institute Chicago, 2022.
Chosen Family, Fotomuseum Winthertur, Switzerland, 2022.
Revival, Jakarta International Photo Festival, Indonesia, 2022.
Fact Fiction Fantasy, Peckham 24 Festival, London, 2022
Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts, The Block Museum, Evanston, IL, 2021.
Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale of Venice, Venice, 2021.
Getxo Photo Festival, International Image Festival, Spain, 2021.
The Families, Out of Law, Hatch Art Project, Singapore, 2021.
Material Message, Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2021
The Long Dream, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, 2020.
Now You See Me, Foto Relevance, Houston, TX, 2020.
House to House, Frost Museum, Miami, FL, 2020.
Within Global Isolation, Virtual Exhibition, 2020.
In This Body of Mine, Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 2019.
Woven Matters, Unseen Platform, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2019.
Delirious City, Aperture Gallery, NYC, NY, 2019.
Red Hook Labs New Artists III, Red Rook Labs, Brooklyn, NY, 2019.
About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art, Wrightwood 659, Chicago, IL, 2019.
Twinkle, Barney Savage Gallery, NYC, NY, 2019.
Singapore International Photography Festival, National Library, Singapore, 2018.
Mike Cloud, Peter Fagundo, Joseriberto Perez, Leonard Suryajaya, Alice Tippit, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2018.
The Exotic Others - Athens Photo Festival 2018, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece, 2018.
Roy G Biv, Aurora Public Art Commission, Aurora, IL, 2018.
Third Saturdays, Mana Contemporary Miami, Miami, FL, 2018.
Love 2018: Purple Hearts, Leroy Neiman Gallery, NYC, NY, 2018.
Queering Space, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY, 2018.
Disruptive Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, 2017.
Disruptive Perspectives, Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland, 2017.
I Want to Be an Object that Screams, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL, 2017.
Front and Center, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2017.
Chicago Invitational 50x50, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, 2017
Precariat, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2017
Winter Formal, The Arts of Life, Chicago, IL, 2017
Hyde Park Art Center, Hyde Park Art Center at Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2016.
Ground Floor, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2016.
Aint-Bad Metropolis: Chicago, Filter Photo, Chicago, IL, 2016.
Dispossessed, Center and Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM, 2016.
Preview, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL, 2015.
Memories, Stories, Histories with Juror Amy Galpin, The Center for Fine Arts Photography, Fort Collins, CO, 2015.
What Would Barbara Do?, Defribillator Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2015.
SAIC MFA Thesis Show, Sullivan Gallery at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2015.
Art by America, The Art House, Chicago, IL, 2015.
Work Werq, Flats Studio, Chicago, IL, 2015.
Hair Club, Flaxman Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2015.
Context 2015, Juried by Michal Raz-Russo, Filter Photo, Chicago, IL, 2015.
Dance of Death, Ballroom Projects, Chicago, IL, 2015.
Many People, Someone Definitely, Nightingale Cinema, Chicago, IL, 2014.
SAIC at Expo Chicago, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago at Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2014.
Surface Tension, Sullivan Gallery at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2014.
Gratification, Satellite Space of the Chicago Urban Art Society, Mana Contemporary Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2014.
Somebody, Many People Probably, Defibrillator Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2014.
OC Academy Art Exhibition, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, 2014.
LGBT Caucus Film Festival at the Society of Photographic Education National Conference, Hilton Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 2014.
International Combined Caucus Juried Show, Juried by Catherine Lord and Leslie King-Hammond, Gormley Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2014.
Boundaries, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE 2013.
Edible Ephemera, Root Division, San Francisco, CA 2013.
Amongst Shadows and Figures, East Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA 2013.
Corporeal, Exit Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA, 2012.
Default Classification, Exit Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA, 2012.
Untitled, Exit Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA, 2012.
Camera Absurda Group Show, Exit Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA, 2011.
Juried Student Show, West Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA, 2010.
AWARDS AND HONORS
CENTER Excellence in Multimedia Award, 2020.
Aaron Siskind Foundation Grant, 2019.
Artadia Award, 2018.
Luminarts Fellowship, 2017.
The Santo Foundation Individual Artist Award, 2016.
Robert Giard Foundation Fellowship, 2016.
Newcity Breakout Artist, 2016.
Claire Rosen and Samuel Edes Prize for Emerging Artist, 2015.
James Weintstein Memorial Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2015.
Dean’s Grant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013-2015.
New Artist Society Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013-2015.
Richard Willis Award, California State University, Fullerton, 2013.
Scholarship from Department of Art, California State University, Fullerton, 2010-2013.
COLLECTIONS
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Photography
The Block Museum
Lightwork
Vontobel Art Collection
The Battery San Francisco
Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection
Mana Contemporary
Center for Photography at Woodstock