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EDUCATION

1989 Masters of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1989 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1985 Bachelors of Fine Arts, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
1980 Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
   

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS

2010 Universal Solvent, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
Esther Massry Gallery, College at St. Rose, Albany, NY
   
2008 Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
   
2006 All of the Above, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
   
2005 Opener 8, Lee Boroson: Outer Limit, The Frances Young Teaching Museum and Art Galllery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
First Sight, Ingalls and Associates, Miami, FL
   
2004 Contrails and Clusters, Pieroi, Brooklyn, NY
Lee Bororson: Inbetween, Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, Boston, MA
Outpost,
Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
   
2003 View From Here, ArtSpace, New Haven CT
   
2002 Lake Effect, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
   
2000 Windowbox, H & R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Pleasure Grounds, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
   
1999 Pleasure Grounds , Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, Boston, MA
Underpass, Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris, New York, NY
   
1997 Whitewater , Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
Lee Boroson--New Sculpture, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Project Room, Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY
   
1993 Lee Boroson - Sculpture, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
   
1992 Lee Boroson - New Works, Quint Krichman, Projects, La Jolla, CA
   

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 GLOW, Santa Monica, CA
   
2009 Power of Ten, Perrella Gallery, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnston, NY
Shrink Wrap, Loft Gallery, Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, NY
   
2008 Landscapes for Frankenstein, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
475 Kent Lives, Queens Museum of Art @ Bulova Corporate Center, Queens, NY
   
2007 Material Pursuits, Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
   
2006 Welcome Home, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
Matter of Fact, Arts Manhattan, Manhattan Beach, NY
   
2005 New Tapestries, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
5 Projects, Wave Hill Glyndor Galley, Bronx, NY
   
2004 About Sculpture, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, NY
   
2003 NextNext, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
20/20 Vision, Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
   
2002 Artists to Artists: A Decade of the Space Program, Ace Gallery, NY
Thin Skin: The Fickle Nature of Bubbles, Spheres, and Inflatable Structures, AXA Gallery, NY; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ; Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Helmond, The Netherlands; McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Il; Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS; Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
   
2001 Brooklyn!, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
   
2000 Soft Core, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY
Superduper New York, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
Showroom, Rensselaer County Council for the Arts, Troy, NY
   
1999-2002 Humanoid, Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, Boston, MA; Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL; DiverseWorks, Houston, TX; Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
   
1999 Another Place, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY
Escape, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Men Who Sew, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, YWCA, New York, NY
Zero-G: When Gravity Becomes Form, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT
Neuberger Museum of Art 1999 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Skin Tight, The Work Space, New York, NY
Room With A View, Prince Street Gallery, New York, New York, NY
Lee Boroson / Heidi Schlatter, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
   
1998 Seven Year Itch, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
Here, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Polter-Zeitgeist: A Survey of Mischievous Art, Cape Museum of Fine Art, Dennis, MA
After Modernism, Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, Boston, MA
Fashioned, White Box Gallery, New York, NY
Southern Exposure, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
Crest Hardware Show, Crest Hardware, Brooklyn, New York, NY
   
1997 Pierogi Flat Files, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York. (Boroson's work has been shown in over a dozen Pierogi Flat Files traveling exhibitions since 1997. Selected venues include the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York; Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC,; Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; H & R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA)
  Emerging Sculptors 10, Sculpture Center, New York, January 7 - January 28.
   
1996 L'art du Plastique, "Nouvelles matières d'expression," Ecole nationale supérieure desBeaux-Arts, Paris, France
On the Map, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY
Delirious, Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, NY
Crest Hardware Show, Crest Hardware, Brooklyn, NY; Soho Arts Festival, New York, NY
Group Show, Sauce Gallery, New York, NY
   
1995 Sculpture Space: Celebrating Twenty Years, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY
Crest Hardware Show, Brooklyn, NY
   
1994 InSITE 94, Installation Gallery, installation at Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico
Long Island University Summer Sculpture Show, Long Island University Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, NY
   
1993 93 NY 50, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
   
1992 Just Visiting, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Streetsites '92, Sushi Performance and Visual Art; Tijuana River Estuarine Reserve, Imperial Beach, CA
Fifth International Triennial of Drawing, Museum of Architecture, Miejska Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland.
   
1991 Three Dimensions, Mandeville Gallery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
   

HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS

2005 Artist grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc., New York, NY
   
2004 Professional Development Grant, Part Time Union, Rhode Island School of Design, RI
   
2002 Professional Development Grant, Rhode Island School of Design, RI
   
2000 NYFA fellowship grant for Architecture/Environmental Structures
   
1998 Fellowship, computer video editing, BCAT & Rotunda Gallery, NY
   
1997 Artist grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc., New York, NY
   
1996 Art Matters (individual artist fellowship), Art Matters Inc, New York, NY
Fellowship and residency at Centre d' Art Contemporanie d' Herblay, Paris France
   
1993 Fellowship for two month residency at Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
   
1992 Fellowship to attend Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
   
1990 Fellowship for emerging artists, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ
   
1989 Residency and grant, Bemis foundation/ Alternative Worksite, Omaha, NE
Grant, Skowhegan School, Indiana University School of Arts and Sciences, Bloomington, IN

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