Exhibitions

Select One & Two Person Exhibitions:

 2010 Barren, The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD

2009 Green/house, Greater Reston Art Center, Reston VA 

Jessie Lehson, Oxford Occasional, Philadelphia, PA

2008 Healing Environments, Fox3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2007 Dirty, Sub-Basement, Baltimore, MD

2004 Cicada, Spare Room, Baltimore, MD

2002 Thesis Exhibition, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Select Group Exhibitions:

 2011 Planning Process, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA

2010 The Flat Earth, The Park School, Baltimore, MD

2009 Trawick Finalists Exhibition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD 

Sondheim Finalists Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD 

Hunter Gatherer, Catonsville Community College, Catonsville, MD 

I Heart Art, DUMBO Art Center, Brooklyn, NY

2008 A Clean Break, an exhibition of modern prefab architecture, high design, low waste innovations for the urban environment, Minima Gallery (outdoor location,) Philadelphia, PA 

Art Under the Bridge Festival, DUMBO Art Center, Brooklyn, NY 

Once Again, Again, curated by Annie Gawlak, McLean Project for the Arts, Mclean, VA 

Bright- Shiny New, Paperwork Gallery, Baltimore, MD 

Baltimore Sculpture Project, Sculpture Commission, City Government, Baltimore, MD 

Rotunda, Public Sculpture Commission, Design Associates, Baltimore, MD

2007 Rinehart, Fox3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD 

MakeBakeCake, curated by Duff Goldman, Load of Fun Studios, Baltimore, MD 

T.B.A. Fox3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD 

Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition, curated by Alex Baker, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE 

Intervene/Activate, curated by Don Russell, Union Gallery College Park, MD

2006 Consume, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC 

Arts Council@GRACE, curated by Jack Rasmussen, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA 

The Transient Modern Landscape, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD 

Mostre Rossa, an exhibit of contemporary American art, a part of the 3rd International Biennale of Ferrara, Zuni Gallery, Ferarra, Italy 

Exchange, Warehouse Arts Complex, Washington, DC 

Arbitrary Specifics, Sub-Basement, Baltimore, MD 

Critics Residency curated by Lilly Wei, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD 

Sculpture Unbound, curated by Glen Harper, Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC

2005 1st National Juried Exhibit at Pyramid Atlantic, Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD 

re:place, Gateway Corporation, Silver Spring, MD

2004 Matchbook, Spare Room, Baltimore, MD 

Phenomenology, curated by Maren Hassinger, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2003 Walters on the Wall, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD 

Beauty and the Mundane, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

2002 Artist Books, Fox3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2001 Wildflower, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD

1998 Recent Paintings, Chiostro di S. Maria delle Grazie Sorrento, Italy 

1997 “Trash Trees” Community Sculpture, Maryland Art Place/ Student Environmental Council/ Howard Community Col lege, Columbia, MD 

Never been so pleased to have a last name that starts with “L.”

Selected Bibliography:

2009 Capps, Kriston. “Participation Park: BDC Scores Sond heim Prize” Art in America- July 17, 2009 

Staff. “BDC Wins Sondheim Artscape Prize” Artforum- July 13, 2009 

Geltman, Liz. “Dirt as an Art Medium” DC Museum Exam iner- August 10, 2009 

Noonan, Kate. “The 2009 Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize” City Paper- July 8, 2009 

Smith, Tim. “Sondheim Finalists Present a Collage of Ideas” Baltimore Sun- June 28, 2009 

Mellema, Kevin. “Playful Psychology” Falls Church News

News Press- May 13, 2009 

Giuliano, Mike. “Six artists test their ‘concepts’ in BMA competition” Baltimore Messenger- July 1, 2009

2008 Ober, Cara. “Looks Like Art, Smells Like Art… I think it’s Art.” Baltimore Examiner- April 19, 2008 

Thomley, Amelia. “Thesis Review.” Bmore Art Blog- April 16, 2008 <bmoreblogspot.com> 

Ober, Cara. “Jessie Lehson.” Urbancode Magazine- February 2008 

Lark, 500 Handmade Books. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2008.

2007 Cohen, Jesse. “Jessie Lehson, featured artist” ArtDC.org- August 1, 2007 <artdc.org/fo rum/index.php?page=28> 

Ober, Cara, “Dirt Girl.” Gutter Magazine- September 2007 

Jagtap, Anisha “Pretty Tasty” City Paper- July 25, 2007 

Greenwall, Stuart. “We find this work beautiful intelligent and relevant” Urbancode Maga zine- July, 2007 

Gershwin, Justin. “American Dirt” Bmore Art Blog- May 31, 2007 <bmoreblogspot.com> 

Gershwin, Justin. Dirty Exhibit Catalogue, Sub Basement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD 

Tierney, Robin. “Agents of social change at intervene/activate” Washington Examiner- J anuary 22, 2007

2006 Debeau, Peter. Exchange Exhibit Catalogue, Warehouse Art Complex, Washington, DC 

Bradley, Rachel. Mostre Rossa Exhibit Catalogue, Zuni Gallery, Ferarra, Italy 

Wei, Lilly., et al. Mapping the Alternative Exhibit Catalogue, Md Art Place, Baltimore, MD 

Jerardi, Angela. Consume Exhibit Catalogue, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC 

Cudlin, Jeffry. “City Lights Pick-Consume” The Washington City Paper-December 15, 2006 

Dawson, Jessica. “First Impressions, Second Thoughts” The Washington Post- December 9, 2006 

Berger, Arion. “Consumerism Reports” The Washington Post Express- December 7,2006 

Tierney, Robin. “Overindulge the Senses” Washington Examiner- December 2, 2006 

Finn, Catherine “Flashpoint ‘Consumes’ New Art” The Daily Colonial- December 1, 2006 

“Fit for Consumption” The Washington Times- November 30, 2006 

Rems, Janet “Teaming Up on the Arts” The Reston Times- November 8, 2006 

Mellema, Kevin “Northern Virginia Art Beat” The Falls Church News- November 9, 2006 

Livingston, Jack. “Arbitrary Specifics” Peek Review- July 10, 2006 

Bowers, J. “Underworld” City Paper- June 28, 2006 

Collins, Dan. “MAP Engages Dialogue About Contemporary Art” Baltimore Examiner- May 29, 2006

2005 Massey, Bob. “Forgotten Things” Washington Post Express- May 26, 2005

2004 The Signal Radio Show. NPR- December 3, 2004 

Linskey, Annie. “Cicadas are back, but now they’re art” The Baltimore Sun- December 4, 2004 

Ober, Cara. “Art Scrape- Phenomenology” City Paper- July 21, 2004

2003 “Scaling the Walls: Integrating Paper Sculpture with Music, Dance, and spoken Word” Hand Papermaking- Winter 2003

DePastino, Blake. “Emerge and See Maryland Art Place Argues That Youth Is Never Wasted on Young Artists” City Paper- June 5- July, 1 2003 

Schaffer, Sarah. “Exhibit at MAP focuses on new talent Everyday items theme of mixed media show” The Baltimore Sun- July 2, 2003 

“Beauty & the Mundane: Transcendence within the Commonplace” Art Source- May 30, 2003

Selected Awards:

2009 

Award, Trawick Prize, Bethesda, MD

Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, Baltimore, MD

Finalist, Sondheim Prize, Baltimore, MD 

2008 

Award, Once Again, Again, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA

Rinehart Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship, Amherst, VA

Vermont Studio Center Residency Fellowship, Johnson, VT 

2007 

Award, MakeBakeCake, Load of Fun Studios, Baltimore, MD

Perl Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2006 

Award, Arts Council@Grace Juried Show, GRACE Gallery, Reston, VA

Rinehart Graduate Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Semi-finalist, Trawick Prize, Bethesda Arts District, Bethesda, MD 

2002

Seymour Mandlebaum Merit Award, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD