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		Vitae LEAH M. KLAPPERICH,M.A. 1242 S. 45th Street Milwaukee, WI 53214 Email: lklapperich@marianuniversity.edu ___________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION: John F. Kennedy University Marian College Orinda, California Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Master of Arts Bachelor of Science Art and Consciousness Studies Art/Education EXHIBITION RECORD: "Awakening Masked Rememberings", Personal Exhibition, Ashford University Gallery, Clinton, Iowa, November 13 - January 27, 2012 "Unmasking Our Eyes", Personal Exhibition, The Urban Ecology Center, Milwaukee, WI, October-December 2009 “Reinventing Rural”, Group exhibition, Langdon Divers Gallery, Fond du Lac, WI, Februrary-March, 2009 "Roots, Rocks and Rememberings", Solo Exhibition of masks, Windhover Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI, July - Sept., 2008 “Creative Pathways”, a two person exhibition, Langdon Divers Gallery, Fond du Lac, WI, October 1-30, 2007 “Bird as Visual Image”, Group exhibition by invitation only, Schlueter Art Gallery, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI, September 7-October 12, 2007 “Ancient Echoes”, Solo Exhibition, State Street Gallery, Madison, WI, March 2006 “New Visions – Old Faces”, Solo Exhibition, Windhover Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, August 2005 “Windows and Doors”, Group Exhibition, Awarehouse Gallery, Fond du Lac, WI, February 2005, Awarded Honorable Mention “Sticks and Stones”, Solo exhibition, Awarehouse Gallery, Fond du Lac, WI, October 2004 “Beyond the Classroom”, Juried exhibit of Fond du Lac County Art Faculty Windhover Art Center, Fond du Lac, WI, February 2004 Continuing exhibit, Wiselives Center, 8320 W. Bluemound Rd., Wauwatosa, WI, 1997 - present "A Celebration of Creativity", Juried exhibit, Crossman Gallery, Center of the Arts, UW-Whitewater, Wisconsin, July 14 - August 1, 1997 Awarded the Catherine Crossman Founders Award for innovative use of materials "Metamorphosis: A Juried Exhibit", Constance Lindholm Fine Art, Shorewood, Wisconsin, May 18 - July 12, 1997, Awarded Honorable Mention "Maskerade", Gallery Ten, LTD., Rockford, IL., April 14 - May 2, 1997 Juried mask exibition, Awarded Honorable Mention FiberWorks, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, November 1993 - October 1996 Wisconsin Women in the Arts 22nd Anniversary National Juried Exhibit, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI, March 18 - May 6, 1995 University of MA Harbor Art Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Boston, MA, July - August, 1993 "Face the Nation", A national juried mask competition, University of California, Davis, CA , February 22 - March 19, 1993 "Maskibition", International Hand Made Mask Competition, Eureka, CA, October 1992 and 1993, Awarded Honorable Mention Lotus Gallery, Berkeley, CA, October 1991 - September 1992 Many Hands Gallery, Eureka, CA, April 1991 - January 1995 Buffalo Gallery, Alexandria, VA, January 1990 - July 1995 Religious Science Creative Living Center, Orangevale, CA, Jan - Feb 1992 Gallery Imago, Juried Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, May 1990 Lilian Paley Center for Visual Arts, Juried Exhibitio, Oakland, CA, April - May 1990 California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, Solo exhibit and performance with masks, April 1989 Chaffey College, Juried Exhibition, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, March 1989 HeartCore Studio, Berkeley, CA, Solo Exhibit, December, 1988 Two Sisters Bookshop, Palo Alto, CA, June 1988 Inner Space Books, Lafayette, CA, March 1988 Shared Visions, Berkeley, CA, August 1987 - July 1988 Melia Foundation, Berkeley, CA, March 1987, Solo Exhibit John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA, Graduate Show, December 1985 AWARDS: Catherine Crossman Founder’s Award, for use of innovative materials, Crossman Gallery, UW Center for the Arts, Whitewater, August 1, 1997 Honorable Mention, Juried exhibition, Constance Lindholm Fine Arts, Shorewood, WI, July 1997 Honorable Mention, Juried exhibition, Gallery Ten, LTD, Rockford, IL, May 1997 Honorable Mention, Juried Exhibition, International Hand Made Mask Competition, Eureka, CA, 1992 PUBLISHED: CREATION Magazine, P.O. Box 19216, Oakland, CA 94619, July - August 1987; Front cover photograph and article GRANTS: Two grants received to initiate the art program at St. Florian School, West Milwaukee, Hope project for inner city schools from The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Agnes, 2000 received $2000, 2001 received $2500 VIDEOS: Following Creativity, Covers process of creativity and mask making, Sept. 199 Faces and Voices of Earth, Performance with masks, December 1988 The Journey, Personally designed and constructed costumes for this mythical dream enactment presented by Dream Theatre, Oakland, CA, April 1987 PERFORMANCE: Faces and Voices of Earth Personally designed costumes and masks, co-created and directed this dance performance piece presented at HeartCore Studio, Berkeley, CA, December 1988 and at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, April 1989 COSTUMING: Sweet Territory Personally designed costumes for this original dance performance by Kathleen O’Connor, presented at Studio One, Oakland, CA, December 5, 1987 Moonscapes Personally designed and constructed the costume for the final scene of this original dance piece by Lucy Lewis, performed at Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA, July 1987 Remember to Return Personally designed and constructed all costumes for this original dance piece by Lisa Yee, performed at Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA, December 1986 Dance of the Elements Personally designed and constructed complete dance costumes for an original dance piece created by Lucy Lewis and performed at the International Shaman’s Conference held at Dominican College, Marin, CA, August 1986 Memories, Dreams and Projections Personally designed and constructed all costumes for this original theatre piece by Jessica Allen, performed at the Civics Arts Center, Walnut Creek, CA, May 1986 Deer Rose Member of team of three, constructing all costumes for this original play by Tony Pelligrino, performed in Berkeley and San Francisco’s Theater on the Square, CA, 1986 REFERENCES: Available upon request