SUSAN LESHNOFF  

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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Group Exhibition

Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia
20th Anniversary Exhibition
Sept. 2-27, 2026

Solo Exhibition

Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia
Feb. 10-March 7, 2027

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

Solo Exhibitions
Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia. November 12-December 7, 2025
Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, 20th Anniversary, Sept. 2-27, 2026 

Group Exhibitions

2026 The Color of Hope, Bluefield Arts Exhibits
2026 F/WORDS, Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, NJ
2025 Small Worlds. The Plastic Club. Philadelphia

2025 Summer Show.  Old City Jewish Art Center.  Philadelphia

2025 Celebration of Trees.  Old City Jewish Art Center. Philadelphia

2025 Rockland (NY) Arts Festival (online) January 29-February 9.

SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY

Group Exhibitions

2024 Bridgette Mayer Gallery. 9th Benefit Exhibition, Philadelphia. June11-August 3.

2024 Works on Paper (online)  The Plastic Club, Philadelphia.

2023 A Summer's Tale. The Plastic Club.Philadelphia

2023 The Cerulean Art Collective. Solo Show. Feb. 2023

2022 The Colors of Nature. Insidesmall.com (Online) Oct. 3, 2022 - Dec.15, 2022

2022 Emotions through Color. The Plastic Club, (Online) October 1-31, 2022

2022 Frieda for Generations. Featured Artist. “Green.” Philadelphia, Nov. 19-Jan. 30, 2022

2021 Bridgette Mayer Benefit Show. Philadelphia, Pa October 7-November 19, 2021.

2021 The Plastic Club. “Words, Words, Words.” Online. (November 1-30)

2021 “Skyvisions.” Le Pain Quotidien (1425 Walnut St, Philadelphia, Pa)
2021 “Words, Words, Words.” The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, Pa.

2021 “Hope and Possibility.” Bridgette Mayer Gallery Benefit, Philadelphia , Pa.

2019 “Shades of Purple.” (Award) The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, Pa. 0220””019

2019 “7^th Annual Juried Exhibition.” Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.

2018 “Into the Light” Bridgette Mayer Gallery Benefit. Philadelphia, Pa.

2018 “Small Works.” Pleiades Gallery, New York City

2016 “21^st Invitational Friends of Pleiades.” Pleiades Gallery, New York City.

2015 “Perpetually Plastic.” Philadelphia Foundation. Philadelphia, Pa.

2015 “The Great Outdoors.” The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, Pa.

2015 “Eyes Wide Open.” Open Juried Exhibition. Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia

2015 “Staying Cool.” Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pa.

2014 “19^th Invitational Friends of Pleiades.” Pleiades Gallery, New York City.

2014 “Insprational Artistry.” Fackenthal Pethick Gallery, The Baldwin School,

Bryn Mawr, Pa.

2014 “New Members Show.” The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, Pa.

2014 “Friends of Pleiades 18^th Invitational.” Pleiades Gallery, New York City.

2013 “Nature Abstracted.” Center City Artists Collaborative. Da Vinci Art Alliance,

Philadelphia, P Ta.

2013 “Scapes.” The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, Pa.

2013 “A Taste of Shabbos.” Old City Jewish Arts Center, Philadelphia, Pa.

2012 “Holy Lives.” Maloney Art Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station, N

2012 “Summer in the City.” Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia.

2012 “Chance Encounters.” Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia.

2012 “City Meets Country.” Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia.

2012 “City Meets Country.” Willingboro Art Alliance, Willingboro, NJ

2012 16^th Friends of Pleiades Group Show, Pleiades Gallery, New York City.

2009 13^th Friends of Pleiades Invitational Show, Pleiades Gallery, New York Cit

2008 “University Council for Art Education.” Pleiades Gallery, New York City

2008 “Art Educators of New Jersey.” James Howe Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ

2008 “University Council for Art Education.” Pleiades Gallery, New York City.

2006 12th Friends of Pleiades Invitational Exhibit. Pleiades Gallery, New York City

2006 New Jersey Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition, Monmouth

Museum, Lincroft, NJ.

2006 “University Council for Art Education.” Pleiades Gallery, New York City.

2003 “Celebrating the Art Faculty.” Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University.

1999 New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ

Members’ Show

MEDIA + PRESS

Brown. Roslsyn. Susan Leshnoff.  In " Kabbalah and Creativity: From Ancient Mystical Texts to Contemporary Artistic Practice." (Ph.D dissertation), pp. 253-279, 2024

"Artist Talk with Susan Leshnoff." Cerulean Arts Gallery. You Tube. 2025

Thornton, John. "Artists in the Time of the Pandemic." You Tube, 2000

R. Held. “Sky is the Limit for Lederer Gallery [sic.].” The Lamron, Oct. 30, 2014.

“Sky Vision Series Looks at Wonder of it All.” TheLCN.com Oct. 23, 2014

GALLERY AFFILIATION

Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.

EDUCATION 

Columbia University, Ed.D. Art/ Art Education;

University of the Arts, M.A. Painting/ Art Education.

University of Pennsylvania, B.A. Art History.

Additional Studies:

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Moore College of Art, Phildadelphia

Accademia di Belle Arti,Florence, Italy.

UNIVERSITY + COLLEGE TEACHING

l997 - 2016 Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.

2016 Distinguished Professor Emerita

College of Communication and the Arts

Associate Professor Emerita, College of Communication and the Arts( 2016-- currently)

Associate Professor of Fine Arts (2003 -2016 )

Chair, Dept. of Art, Music and Design (2007-2010)

l988-97 Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, N.J.

College of Fine and Performing Arts

Assistant Professor of Fine Arts

(l990-91; l992-93).(non-tenure track)

l987-92 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Lecturer, Jewish Art. .Department of Hebraic Studies.

l982-87 Essex County College, Newark, N.J.

Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts

1976-78 Middlesex County College, Edison,

Adjunct Faculty. Department of Fine Arts.