Leyla Jamil Rzayeva
lrzayeva@gmail.com
@leylajamilrzayeva
rzayeva.com
Residencies & Awards
2022 - Mejlisi Üns & Saloon Dresden Cultural Exchange Residency, Dresden, Germany
2022 - Artist-in-Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2016 - The Contemporary: Artist Retreat, Pearlstone Center, Baltimore, MD
2007 - Painting Departmental Recognition Award
2007 - C. Louise Mullan Flanigan '34 Scholarship
Education
2009 - University of New Mexico Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM (PTP)
2008 - Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (BFA, summa cum laude)
Group Exhibitions
2023 - All We Inherit, APAture 2023, Kearny Street Workshop, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 - de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2023 - ME in a(ME)rica, curated by WEDAPEPO Collective, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2023 - Excursions, curated by Hoi Leung, the Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA
2022 - Make Yourself at Home, Ta(r)dino 6 Art Platform, Icherisheher, Baku, Azerbaijan
2022 - SFMOMA Small Press Book Bazaar, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
2022 - Intervention at Two Truths and One Lie: the Success Story of Remaining Invisible, Oregon Contemporary, Portland OR
2022 - The Assembly of Friendship, Tar(d)ino 6 & Saloon Dresden, Dresden, Germany
2022 - Artists’ Annual, Kala Gallery, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2020 - Artists’ Annual, Kala Gallery, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2019 - From Substance to Silver, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth, DE
2019 - Artists’ Annual, Kala Gallery, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2019 - Study Me As Much As You Like You Will Not Know Me, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
2017 - Publications and Multiple Fair VII, Baltimore Design School, Baltimore, MD
2017 - More Creative Power, Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute & Cultural Car, Baltimore, MD
2017 - MoonLIT Festival, organized by HYSTERIA, 2640 Space, Baltimore, MD
2016 - Contemporary (Museum) Artist Retreat, Baltimore, MD
2015 - Artist Run Art Fair at Artscape, Baltimore, MD
2014 - Highlandtown Arts, Amalie Rothschild Gallery, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2013 - Lotta Art, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
2012 - Painting the World Together, George Mason University, Washington, D.C.
2011 - National Arts Program Exhibition, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2010 - Just 3, Arts Barn Gallery, Gaithersburg, MD
2008 - Fair for Contemporary Prints & New Editions, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2006 - Study Abroad: Canadian Landscape, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Press
2017 - “Interview with Artist Leyla Rzayeva”, Shop on the Mesa, Yucca Valley, CA, 12/06
2016 - “PMF VII Picks”, Baltimore Sun, 04/05
Employment Experience
2022 - present - Artist Residency Manager, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2020 - 2022 - Instructor, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2019 - 2022 - Lead Teaching Artist, Alameda Studio Time, Alameda, CA
2019 - 2020 - MPC Studio Exchange Program, Mário Pires Cordeiro Studio, San Francisco, CA
2015 - 2019 - Founder, Clubhouse Lithography Workshop, Baltimore, MD
2013 - 2015 - Lead Instructor, Walters Arts Museum, Baltimore, MD
2013 - 2015 - Adjunct Faculty, Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
2012 - 2015 - Art Instructor, Open Minds Art Club, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2009 - 2012 - Sr. Administrative Coordinator, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Talks & Public Projects
2020 - “Collaborative Printmaking: Clubhouse Lithography Workshop” presentation,
Howard County Community College, Columbia, MD
2015 - “Make Printmaking Accessible”, Kickstarter Fundraising Publication, Baltimore, MD
2015 - “FORCE Artist Residency at Pelham”, FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture and Clubhouse Lithography Workshop, Baltimore, MD