Leah Yerpe is an American artist most well-known for her, primarily black-and-white, drawings of people. Yerpe's drawings often include figures that appear to be falling or tumbling down the page.[1] She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.[2]

Leah Yerpe
NationalityAmerican
Alma materState University of New York at Fredonia (2003–2007)
Pratt Institute (2007–2009)
OccupationArtist

Early life

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Yerpe was born and raised in Cattaraugus County, NY.[3] She grew up around farms in western New York. The subjects of her early drawings were often drawn from the natural world she experienced in her youth.[3]

Education

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Yerpe attended the State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY. She graduated summa cum laude in 2007 with a B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing and a Minor in Art History.[4]

For her graduate studies, Yerpe attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. She earned her M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing in 2009.[5]

Work

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Yerpe's drawings are often sized to human scale.[6] Her drawings regularly take hundreds of hours to complete, refining details as fine as individual hairs.[7] Daniel Maidman of HuffPost has described Yerpe as "an artist of this extraordinarily rare type" and her work as "ultracrisp, high contrast, supercool."[8]

Exhibitions

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Solo exhibitions

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2016

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  • Levitation, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City[9]

2014

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2013

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  • Stellify, The Gallery at Le Poisson Rouge, New York City[12]

2012

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  • Infinitum, Dacia Gallery, New York City[13]

2011

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  • Illumination, Dacia Gallery, New York City[8]

2010

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2009

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  • Leah Yerpe: Thesis Exhibition, Pratt Studios Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004

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Group exhibitions

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2017

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  • Summer Cool, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City[15]
  • Upbeat, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City[16]

2016

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  • Summer Hours, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City[17]
  • A Fine Line: Masterwork Drawings, Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
  • Art on Paper, art fair, New York City[18]
  • Winter Tales, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Bodies Come Crashing to the Ground". Artists Network. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "Leah Yerpe". Clone Magazine. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "'Anonymous' exhibition provides new insights on subject, viewer of portraits". Chautauqua Daily. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "Leah Yerpe". The New York Optimist. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Leah Yerpe Biography". Anna Zorina Gallery. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  6. ^ "Leah Yerpe". Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  7. ^ "Rendering Flight". The Dance Enthusiast. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Bodies in Space: Leah Yerpe's Very Large Drawings". HuffPost. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  9. ^ "Leah Yerpe: Levitation". Anna Zorina Gallery. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  10. ^ "Purdue Galleries opens season with figurative artists". Purdue University News. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  11. ^ "Leah Yerpe: Stellify". Dillon Gallery. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  12. ^ "Leah Yerpe: Stellify". Le Poisson Rouge. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  13. ^ "Leah Yerpe 'Infinitum' at Dacia Gallery". Art in New York City. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  14. ^ "Leah Yerpe's "Lost in Space: the Ambiguities of Life and Art" exhibition". The Enchanted Mountains. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  15. ^ "Summer Cool". Anna Zorina Gallery. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  16. ^ "Upbeat". Anna Zorina Gallery. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  17. ^ "Summer Hours". Anna Zorina Gallery. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  18. ^ "Anna Zorina Gallery". Art on Paper. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  19. ^ "Winter Tales". Anna Zorina Gallery. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
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