Leo Tecosky
Brooklyn, NY
leotecosky@gmail.com
SOLO EXHIBITION
2016 Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk, VA, Filthy Precision
2005 Ivy Brown Gallery, New York, NY Manifest Density
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Turned On: Lighting Hooks Up With Sculpture
Wanted Design, Brooklyn, NY NYC X DESIGN
2015 The Actors Fund Art Center Brooklyn, NY, The People VS
Collaboration with Jamal Jackson
2014 Ann St Gallery, Newburgh, NY, An Aberrant View
Luminarte Gallery, Dallas, TX, International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art
2013 Tally Beck Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY, ARTiculate Exhibition
Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, Spectra
Armory Arts at Brooklyn Glass, Brooklyn, NY, Build and Destroy
Hot Glass Studio Performance
Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA, Carnival of Glass
2011 Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Occupy Norfolk (Hot Glass Studio Performance)
Stephen Stoyanov Gallery, New York, NY, Fragmentation
Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA, Floating World Projects
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, The Fluorescent Ball
SOFA Exposition, New York, NY, Urban Glass Featured Artist
SVA Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, MFA Thesis Show
2010 Freshthetic Brooklyn, NY, Bullets and Love III
2009 Exhibit A Gallery, Corning, NY, Luminous Evidence
Exit Underground, New York, NY, Model Citizens N
2008 Ivy Brown Gallery, New York, NY, The Seed and The Soil
LIU Humanities Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Urban Glass Instructors’ Show
2007 Parish Gallery-Georgetown, Washington, DC, Reclaiming African Iconography
2006 Robert Lehman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Artists of Urban Glass
SOFA Exposition, Chicago, IL, Urban Glass Featured Artist
2005 The Gallery at High Street Design, Milleville, NJ, Work It
2000 MONA: Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA, Evolving Light
RESIDENCIES & AWARD
2016 Pittsburgh Glass Center, In Residence 2016, Pittsburgh, PA
Urban Glass, Artist Talk, Brooklyn, NY
2015 IKKG Institute for Glass and Ceramics, Hohr-Grenhauzen, Germany, Visiting Artist
2012 University of Wisconsin, Stephen’s Point, Wisconsin, Visiting Artist
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Visiting Artist
2011 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, Visiting Glass Artist
(also 2006, 2009 and 2010)
Floating World Projects, Boston, MA, International Collaborative Residency
Urban Glass Visiting Artist Fellowship, New York, NY
2010 The Studio at Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, Instructor Collaborative
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey, Collaborative Residency
2006 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Nominee: Outstanding Teaching Assistance
2004 Museum of Luminous Phenomenon, Alfred, NY, Resident Artist
EDUCATION
MAY 2011 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, MFA in Fine Art
MAY 2003 Alfred University, Alfred, NY, BA in Fine Art: Concentration in Stone and Metal Sculpture and Neon Art
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016 Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
Instructor, Iconoplasticity, Glass and Neon
2011-Now School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Instructor, Sculpture Workshop at Brooklyn Glass
2008-Now Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Adjunct Faculty, Glass Department
Lecturer, Istanbul, Turkey, “East Meets West: An Intersection of Art”
2006-12 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Co-Instructor with Beth Lipman “Icon/Our Con: Exploration of Imagery” Instructor “From Within Out: the Graal"
Teaching Assistant for Ingalena Klenell and Beth Lipman “Building Walls, Breaking Barriers”
2005-11 New York University, New York, NY
Advisor, Independent Study Courses
Lecturer, Neon Workshops
Teaching Assistant, “Projects in Sculpture”
2005-10 Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
Instructor, Beginner through Advanced Workshops
2008-12 The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Co-Instructor with Erica Rosenfeld “Designing through Murrine”
2004-8 Pilchuck Glass School, Pilchuck, WA Teaching Assistant to Fred Tschida “Casting Light”
Teaching Assistant to Thurman Statom “More Constructo!”
Teaching Assistant to Fred Tschida and Ruth King “Light: The Outer Limits”
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Glass Quarterly “Three Questions with Leo Tecosky” August 2016
ArtLight-Magazine “Turned On: Lighting Hooks Up with Sculpture” June 2016
Glass Art Vol, 30 no. 2, Spring 2015
Nothing into Something “The Rare Earths FLUORESCENT BALL” June 2011
Pilchuck Glass School Annual Auction
Urban Glass Auction Catalogue
Glass Quarterly no. 104, Fall 2006
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-Now Brooklyn Glass, Brooklyn, NY, Lead Gaffer/Designer
Fabricate custom glasswork for NYC area artists and designers
2005-Now Freelance Glass Fabricator, Brooklyn, NY, Independent Glass Maker
Collaborate with area designers and artists in creating and fabricating custom and production blown glasswork
2008-Now Floating Worlds Project, Brooklyn, NY, Office and Project Manager
Non-profit for art and education
2005 Klenell Studio, Sunne, Sweden, Studio Manager, Glassblowing Assistant
Assisted in glassware production, sculpture installation
2004 Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ, Studio Assistant