Education
2011 Fine Art 3D Post Baccalaureate Certificate, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA
2009 Diploma program, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA (partially completed)
2004 English Degree, Art Minor, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH
Additional Academic Activities
2021 art history coursework, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2019–20 various art history coursework, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Exhibitions
2021 Vision and Visibility, 3S Artspace, curated by guest artists Sachiko Akiyama, L'Merchie Frazier, and Ashley Page,
along with 3S Artspace and Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, Portsmouth, NH
Collective Liberation, Hopkinton Center for the Arts
curated by Leslie Anne Condon, Hopkinton, MA
Interstice, The Residency Project, shown at MOTOR Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
curated by Sarah Umles, founder and director of The Residency Project
Frame & Frequency VII, VisArts, curated by Frank McCauley, Rockville, MD
Absence/Presence, Raise Karma, curated by Medina Tenour Whiteman
2020 Bundok | Mountain, Dorchester Art Project, curated by Creatives of Color Boston, Boston, MA
Creatures, Beasts, and Myths, Vacant Museum
Thoughts and Prayers, Art Hustle & Chashama Gallery
curated by Christy E. O'Connor, Matawan, NJ
SUPERDOMESTIC, Asukal*Space, curated by Janna Añonuevo Langholz
Touchy Feely, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Thank You, No Thank You, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA,
curated by Catzie Vilayphonh, Founder & Director of Laos In The House
2013 Salon 21, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2012 Boston Artists Group Show, The Lilypad, Cambridge MA
2011 In/Flux, (co-organizer) group exhibition, Doran Gallery, Boston MA
2010 13 under 30, group show, Rubin-Frankel Gallery at Boston University, Boston MA
Mouthfeel, group show, Doran Gallery, Boston MA
2009 Bag It, Gasp Gallery, Brookline MA
Talk To Me, Axiom Gallery, Boston MA
3D Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
Curatorial Projects
2023 Call and Response: Illustration in Uncertain Times through Pao Arts Center, Boston, MA 2022 Visions/Voices two-part outdoor performance series at Mary Soo Hoo Park,
organized in partnership with the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway and Pao Arts Center
2021-2022 New Narratives, exhibited as three distinctive segments through Pao Arts Center, Boston, MA
(Embodied Identities, Intergenerational Storytelling, The Collective Imaginary)
2021 Collective Liberation, The Kris Waldman Curator-In-Residence
at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA
2020 New Narratives: Reclaiming Asian Identity Through Story
through Unbound Visual Arts, Brighton, MA
Awards and Honorariums
2023 Massachusetts Cultural Council, Cultural Sector Recovery for Individuals Grant
2022 Visions/Voices Curator, July & August performance series at Mary Soo Hoo Park
in partnership with Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston MA
2021 Kris Waldman 2021 Curator-in-Residence, Collective Liberations, month-long exhibition
Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA
Guest Speaker, Grief, Racialized Trauma, and Art, hour-long presentation
The Dying Year, Ann Arbor, MI
2020 Participating Artist, Thank You, No Thank You, two-month-long exhibition
Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
Panelist, Bundok Mountain: An Exploration of Intergenerational Trauma & Healing
Creatives of Color, Boston, Boston, MA
Presenter, New Narratives, hour-long presentation to community, hour-long class visit
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Publications
2023 Abigail Lee, "New exhibits at Pao Arts Center create spaces for community reflection," The Boston Globe, April 16.
Elisa Rowe, "'Call and Response" Imagines a Radical Collective Future in the Midst of Isolation," Boston Art Review, April 7. 2021 Janelle Bonasera, "Liberation and Curation: A Perspective from Leslie Condon, IRT ’21,"
Institute for Recruitment of Teachers blog, November 1, 2021:
https://irtblog.andover.edu/2021/11/01/liberation-and-curation-a-perspective-from-leslie-condon-irt-21/
"Interstice," exhibition catalog by The Residency Project.
Mark Jenkins, "In the galleries: An intimate panorama of video art’s variety and breadth,"
Washington Post, June 25, 2021 (digital) and June 27, 2021 (Sunday print). Museum Section.
2020 Christian Burno, "5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Drive-In Movie And A Sci-Fi
Virtual Convention," WBUR's The ARTery, August 13.
Celina Colby, "‘New Narratives’ explores diverse Asian American experiences,"
The Bay State Banner, September 2. Arts & Culture Section.
https://www.baystatebanner.com/2020/09/02/new-narratives-explores-diverse-asian-american-experiences/
Presentations and Speaking Opportunities
2023 Panelist, GBH Outspoken Saturdays Panel Talk w Amanda Shea, and payal kumar
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, May 6.
Co-moderator, "Artists in Conversation: Mimi Bai with Gohar Dashti & Ngoc-Tran Vu"
on behalf of Pao Arts Center in partnership with the Boston Center for the Arts Mill's Gallery
2022 Keynote Speaker, East Coast Asian American Student Union Conference, Boston, MA
Moderator, Artist Discussion with Collective Liberation, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA.
2021 Panelist, "Creative Advocacy, Creative Action," hosted by the Activist Academy’s
Getting to Zero MA Coalition through Fenway Health, November 17.
Moderator, Opening Reception for Embodied Identities, part of New Narratives
at Pao Arts Center, Boston, MA, October 21.
Guest Speaker, "Sibling Loss: Unspoken Grief and Art," with Leslie Condon and Caito Stewart
The Dying Year, Ann Arbor, MI, September 29. "
Guest Speaker, “Grief, Racialized Trauma, and Art with Leslie Anne Condon," hosted by The Dying Year,
accessed January 13, https://vimeo.com/500518913
2020 Guest Speaker, "The Art of Asian Identity with Curator Leslie Condon," hosted by Phillips Academy, Andover.
Discussion facilitator, "Bundok | Mountain: An Exploration of Intergenerational Trauma & Healing,"
on behalf of Creatives of Color Boston, access December 5, https://youtu.be/KVafU4Prv9A
Artist Speaker, "Art Hustle Presents Artists in Conversation Leslie Anne Condon Bullet Points,"
facilitated by Art Hustle Curator Christy E. O'Connor of Art Hustle, September 20 https://youtu.be/qQCqweaq8rc
Moderator, New Narratives Storyteller Roundtable Discussion," facilitated in partnership with the Asian
American Resource Workshop, accessed August 25, https://youtu.be/Eb4pX_57TsQ
Event organizer and facilitator, "New Narratives Opening Reception and Storyteller Open Mic,"
in partnership with Unbound Visual Arts and Asian Glow Boston, access August 1, https://youtu.be/AL8OqoFRUts
Guest Speaker, Leslie Anne Condon, "Virtual Studio Tour," Show N' Tell Series, Creatives of Color, Boston,
access July 17, https://www.facebook.com/CreativesofColorBoston/videos/3264609547097008/
Superdomestic!, "Where They Lie (Mom and Dad," Asukal*Space, access June 20,
https://www.asukalspace.com/superdomestic
Panelist, "From the Vietnam War to Black Lives Matter: A Southeast Asian Artists' Talk," Asian Arts Initiative, access June 12,
https://youtu.be/O-XmRg52yJQ
"Thank You, No Thank You, "for all of the many victories," Asian Arts Initiative, access June 5,
https://asianartsinitiative.org/all-many-victories-leslie-condon
Panelist, "Bundok | Mountain: A Virtual Panel Discussion on Intergenerational Healing," Creatives of Color Boston,
https://youtu.be/F0JOrfqVQCU
Professional Services
2023 Advisor, Open Door Arts (in affiliation w the Seven Hills Foundation) in partnership w
the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Universal Participation (UP) Program
RFQ Juror, 2024 Year of the Dragon, The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
2022. Grant Review Panelist, Boston Public School Arts Expansion through Edvestors, Boston, MA
Juror, Painting Fellowship, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA
2021 Panelist/Grant Reviewer, Visual Arts Project Panel, Somerville Arts Council on behalf of the
Massachusetts Cultural Council, October/November, Somerville, MA
Selected Opportunities
2023 Cohort Participant, Arts & Cultural Organization Management: Strategic Perspectives(ACOM)
1-week program through the American Repertory Theater in collaboration with the Initiative to Advance Racial
Equity at Harvard Business School.
2021 Mid-Level Leader Mentee, Barr & NAS Mid-Level Leader Initiative
The Barr Foundation and National Arts Strategies (Fall 2021, June -December 2022)
Associate Scholar, Institute for Recruitment of Teachers, Andover, MA
The Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT) addresses the lack of diversity in the nation’s teaching faculties by
recruiting outstanding students of color and other scholars committed to diversity, counseling them through the
graduate school application process, and advocating for sufficient funding for advanced study.
Cohort Participant, "Applying Collective Liberation for BIPOC artists"
Winter 2021 Cohort through Mass MoCA's Assets for Artists, North Adams, MA
2019 Sponsee, Sponsorship & Mentorship Pilot Project, ArtsBoston’s Network for Arts Administrators of Color, Boston, MA
Affiliations & Memberships
U.S. Latinx Art Forum
Arts Administrators of Color Network
API Arts Network Steering Committee, Boston, MA
Association for Critical Race Art History (ACRAH)
BBIPOC Artists in Collective Liberation Artist Collective, Boston, MA
Creatives of Color Boston, Boston, MA
The Network for Art Administrators of Color, ArtsBoston, Boston, MA
TargetCancer Foundation, Boston, MA