DUCATION:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Master of Science in Elementary Education, May 2012
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Bachelor of Arts, May 2011
Concentrations: Writing, Education and Language (Spanish)
Instituto Superior De Arte, Havana, Cuba
Apprenticeship with Alejandro Cordobés, 2009
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2020 Expectation/Reality, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, Upcoming
2019 Between, Jubilee Arts, Baltimore, MD, Upcoming
2019 Gallery Takeover, Night Owl Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2019 Pigeons and Power Lines, Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick MD
2018 Half Truth, High 5 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Papercut Pop Up, Ruckus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS:
2019 To and From, Gallery 311, Alexandria, VA, Upcoming
2019 Di Carta/ Papermade, Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, Italy, Upcoming
2019 China-U.S.-Japan Paper-Cutting Exchange Exhibition, Xianyang Worker Art Gallery,
Xianyang, China, Upcoming
2019 pa•per, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Upcoming
2018 Under 500, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2018 The Food Container Project, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018 December Open, The Art League at The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
2018 One House Project, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
2018 CraftNOW, The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia PA
2018 America Undone, Suzanne Roberts Theater & Mount Airy Art Garage, Philadelphia PA
2018 September Open, The Art League at The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
2018 What's Cooking?, Guild of American Papercutters' National Museum, Sommerset, PA
2018 Art Hop Takoma, Takoma, MD
2018 Out of Order: Annual Benefit Exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2018 Making Israel Real, Temple Judea Museum, Elkins Park, PA
2018 International Variety, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018 America From Sea To Shining Sea, Open Space Gallery, Rockville, MD
2017 Under The Knife, Hicks Art Center Gallery, Newtown, PA
2016 JOG 10: The 10th Anniversary Show, Philadelphia, PA
2016 City Arts Salon, Sharktown, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Rhapsody In Our Mind, Boston Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
GRANTS:
2017 Making Israel Real, The Philadelphia Jewish Federation, Philadelphia, PA
Funding allowed for the study of Jewish art history and creation of works in response to the
current state of Israel.
MEDIA:
Editor of First Cut Magazine, A Publication of the Guild of American Papercutters, October 2017- Present.
Sierzputowski, Kate. “Imitation China Plates and Layered Cut Paper Animals Explore the Sculptural Potential of Paper in a New Exhibition at Paradigm Gallery.” Colossal, 19 Apr. 2019, www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/04/paper-paradigm-gallery/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%2Bcolossal%2B%28Colossal%29.
Frisone, Nick. “Q&A: Rosa Leff.” Baltimore Media Blog, 2 Apr. 2019, baltimoremediablog.com/2019/04/qa-rosa-leff/.
Roach, Imani. “Rosa Leff Talks About Contemporary Cut Paper.” Artblog, 11 Nov. 2018, https://www.theartblog.org/2018/11/rosa-leff-talks-about-contemporary-cut-paper/.
Leff, Rosa. “One Piece Of My Papercut Art Takes Up To 80 Hours To Make.” Bored Panda, Bored Panda, 15 July 2017, www.boredpanda.com/this-is-what-happens-when-you-spend-80-hours-cutting-holes-in-a-sheet-of-paper/.
Leff, Rosa. “In Reflection.” Https://www.thepaulreview.com/, PAUL: Philadelphia Arts and Urban Literary Review, 1 Apr. 2017, www.thepaulreview.com/.
Laudenslager, Evan Paul. “Landscapes of Shadow and Line.” Artblog, 9 July 2016, www.theartblog.org/2016/07/landscapes-of-shadow-and-line-rosa-leffs-papercuts-at-boston-street-gallery/.
CLASSES, PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS:
2018 Artist Talk, The Art League Gallery, The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
2018 Artist Talk & Demonstration, High Five Gallery
2018 Cityscape Papercutting, Demonstration & Workshop, Blick Art Supply at CraftNOW
2018 Cutting Urban Landscapes, Workshop Instructor, The Portland Collection: Conference of The
Guild of American Paper Cutters
2018 Paper Art, Course Instructor, Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy
2016 Artist Talk, James Oliver Gallery
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
2019 Member, Torpedo Factory Artists' Association
2018- Present Member, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2017- Present Member, Guild of American Papercutters, Somerset, PA
2018- Present Vice President of Digital Communications, Guild of American Papercutters, Somerset, PA
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Master of Science in Elementary Education, May 2012
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Bachelor of Arts, May 2011
Concentrations: Writing, Education and Language (Spanish)
Instituto Superior De Arte, Havana, Cuba
Apprenticeship with Alejandro Cordobés, 2009
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2020 Expectation/Reality, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, Upcoming
2019 Between, Jubilee Arts, Baltimore, MD, Upcoming
2019 Gallery Takeover, Night Owl Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2019 Pigeons and Power Lines, Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick MD
2018 Half Truth, High 5 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Papercut Pop Up, Ruckus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS:
2019 To and From, Gallery 311, Alexandria, VA, Upcoming
2019 Di Carta/ Papermade, Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, Italy, Upcoming
2019 China-U.S.-Japan Paper-Cutting Exchange Exhibition, Xianyang Worker Art Gallery,
Xianyang, China, Upcoming
2019 pa•per, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Upcoming
2018 Under 500, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2018 The Food Container Project, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018 December Open, The Art League at The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
2018 One House Project, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
2018 CraftNOW, The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia PA
2018 America Undone, Suzanne Roberts Theater & Mount Airy Art Garage, Philadelphia PA
2018 September Open, The Art League at The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
2018 What's Cooking?, Guild of American Papercutters' National Museum, Sommerset, PA
2018 Art Hop Takoma, Takoma, MD
2018 Out of Order: Annual Benefit Exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2018 Making Israel Real, Temple Judea Museum, Elkins Park, PA
2018 International Variety, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018 America From Sea To Shining Sea, Open Space Gallery, Rockville, MD
2017 Under The Knife, Hicks Art Center Gallery, Newtown, PA
2016 JOG 10: The 10th Anniversary Show, Philadelphia, PA
2016 City Arts Salon, Sharktown, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Rhapsody In Our Mind, Boston Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
GRANTS:
2017 Making Israel Real, The Philadelphia Jewish Federation, Philadelphia, PA
Funding allowed for the study of Jewish art history and creation of works in response to the
current state of Israel.
MEDIA:
Editor of First Cut Magazine, A Publication of the Guild of American Papercutters, October 2017- Present.
Sierzputowski, Kate. “Imitation China Plates and Layered Cut Paper Animals Explore the Sculptural Potential of Paper in a New Exhibition at Paradigm Gallery.” Colossal, 19 Apr. 2019, www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/04/paper-paradigm-gallery/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%2Bcolossal%2B%28Colossal%29.
Frisone, Nick. “Q&A: Rosa Leff.” Baltimore Media Blog, 2 Apr. 2019, baltimoremediablog.com/2019/04/qa-rosa-leff/.
Roach, Imani. “Rosa Leff Talks About Contemporary Cut Paper.” Artblog, 11 Nov. 2018, https://www.theartblog.org/2018/11/rosa-leff-talks-about-contemporary-cut-paper/.
Leff, Rosa. “One Piece Of My Papercut Art Takes Up To 80 Hours To Make.” Bored Panda, Bored Panda, 15 July 2017, www.boredpanda.com/this-is-what-happens-when-you-spend-80-hours-cutting-holes-in-a-sheet-of-paper/.
Leff, Rosa. “In Reflection.” Https://www.thepaulreview.com/, PAUL: Philadelphia Arts and Urban Literary Review, 1 Apr. 2017, www.thepaulreview.com/.
Laudenslager, Evan Paul. “Landscapes of Shadow and Line.” Artblog, 9 July 2016, www.theartblog.org/2016/07/landscapes-of-shadow-and-line-rosa-leffs-papercuts-at-boston-street-gallery/.
CLASSES, PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS:
2018 Artist Talk, The Art League Gallery, The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
2018 Artist Talk & Demonstration, High Five Gallery
2018 Cityscape Papercutting, Demonstration & Workshop, Blick Art Supply at CraftNOW
2018 Cutting Urban Landscapes, Workshop Instructor, The Portland Collection: Conference of The
Guild of American Paper Cutters
2018 Paper Art, Course Instructor, Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy
2016 Artist Talk, James Oliver Gallery
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
2019 Member, Torpedo Factory Artists' Association
2018- Present Member, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2017- Present Member, Guild of American Papercutters, Somerset, PA
2018- Present Vice President of Digital Communications, Guild of American Papercutters, Somerset, PA
