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Résumé

Gallery Representation

  • RioBravoFineArt Gallery, Truth or Consequences, NM

  • Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

  • New Camaldoli Hermitage, Big Sur, CA

  • Mary Ran Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

  • David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

  • Portraits, Inc., NYC, NY

Education

  • Copyist at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (2008)

  • Drawing from Animal Cadavers, Veterinarian School, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (1989-1990)

  • Art Students League of New York, NYC, NY (1976-77, 1978-81, 1982-84) Instructors: Ted Seth Jacobs, Harvey Dinnerstein, Robert Beverly Hale, David Leffel, Daniel Greene

  • Class Monitor/ASL for Ted Seth Jacobs (1979-81, 1982-83), John Howard Sanden (1980- 81), and David Leffel (1976-77)

  • Plaster Cast Drawing at the New York Academy of Art, NYC, NY (1983)

  • National Academy of Design, NYC, NY (1982-83)

  • Copyist at the Milwaukee Museum of Art, WI (1982)

  • Private Studio Classes with Burton Silverman, NYC (1982)

  • Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, (1980-81)

  • American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL (1977-78)

  • Private Studio with James Ingwersen, Door County, WI (1977)

  • Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1972), Major: Painting/Drawing

Teaching

  • The Neufeld Academy, Albuquerque, NM (2013- present)

  • Youth Intensive After-School Mentoring Program, Albuquerque, NM

  • Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM (1995-2013)

  • Valdez Studio, Santa Fe, NM (1998-99)

  • Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN (1992-94)

  • Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis, IN (1990-92)

  • National Academy of Design, NYC, NY (1988-89)

  • New York Academy of Art, NYC, NY (1985-88)

Awards

  • Local Treasure, Albuquerque Art Business Association (2011)

  • Notable New Mexican Portrait, Ambassador to Spain, Edward Romero, Albuquerque Museum Foundation (2003)

  • The Best of Burque 2001, 2005: Best Local Visual Artist

  • First Place: Oil Painting, New Mexico State Fair (1997)

  • Fellowship Recipient, Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, IN (1994)

  • Best of Show, Indiana State Fair (1993, 1992, 1990)

  • Rose Lehrer Memorial Award, Allied Artists of America, NYC (1989)

  • Salmagundi Club, NYC, Francis V. Kugler Memorial Award (1989)

  • Don Donaldson Memorial Award (1988)

  • Dumond Memorial Award (1987)

  • Suydam Bronze Medal, National Academy of Design School, NYC (1983)

  • Milwaukee Resident Artist, Department of Urban Affairs (1981)

Public Commissions

  • University of New Mexico (Albuquerque), College of Education, Dr. Chester C. Travelstead (2003)

  • The Albuquerque Museum, The Albuquerque Museum Foundation, Albuquerque, NM, Ambassador to Spain, Edward Romero (2003)

  • St. Bernadette Catholic Church, Albuquerque, NM, "Divine Mercy" (2002)

  • Federal Courthouse, Bay City, MI, Federal Court Judge/James Churchill (2001)

  • Roger A. Hoisington Police Academy, City of Albuquerque, NM (1996)

  • Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Department Head, John Osmun, School of Agriculture (1996)

  • Carl and Marietta Kettlehut, Civil Engineering (1994)

  • Dean/George McNelly, School of Technology (1993)

  • Executive Vice-President of Purdue University, John Hicks (1990)

  • Anderson University, Anderson, IN (Individual Portraits of Deans; Callen, Grubbs & Massey, School of Theology (1993-94)

  • Mt. Sinai Medical Center, NYC, Occupational Health, Dr. Irving Selikoff (1987)

  • Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, The Robert Purcell Student Union, Wendy Purcell (1986)

  • Chair of the Board of Trustees, Jansen Noyes (1986)

  • City of Milwaukee, WI, Department of Public Affairs, Mayor Maier (1982)

Public Collections

  • New Mexico Holocaust Survivors, New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum (2010)

  • St. Martins Homeless Shelter, "Faces of St. Martins" (2010)

  • Portraits of Holocaust Survivors, Coalition of Jewish Learning (2005)

  • Capitol Art Collection, State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM (2004)

  • Shakyamuni Buddhist Center, Albuquerque, NM (2002)

  • The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM, "Toby Chee" (1997)

  • Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN, "The Wabash River" (1994)

  • Minnetrista Cultural Center, Muncie, IN (1993)

  • Frankfort Community Library, Frankfort, IN (1992)

Solo Exhibitions

  • Summer in Taos. Oil Paintings by Leo Neufeld, The Farmhouse Cafe, Taos, NM (2016)

  • Palette of My Life, DSG Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM (2015)

  • A Celebration of Life, TorC, NM (2015)
    Ocean of my Heart, Tortuga Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (2014)

  • Art by Leo Neufeld, O'Niell's Pub in Nob Hill, Albuquerque, NM (2014)

  • Gente, Graduate and Professional Student Association- University of New Mexico- Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM (2014)

  • The Necessity of Water, DSG Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM (2012)

  • Capturing Neshema 'Soul of Life', Jewish Community Center, Albuquerque, NM (2011)

  • Landscape Portraits, Matrix Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (2010)

  • A Brush With Life, Ironic Horse Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (2008)

  • Recent Works, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (2005)

  • 30 Years of Making Art: A Retrospective, Jewish Community Center, Albuquerque, NM (2003)

  • Leo Neufeld, Art Studio-A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (2002)

  • Faces and Places of New Mexico, In-Crowd, Albuquerque, NM (2001)

  • 50th Birthday Celebration, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (2000)

  • New Works, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (1997)

  • Twenty-Year Retrospective, Minnetrista Cultural Center, Muncie, IN (1993)

  • Solo Exhibition, Mary Ran Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (1992)

  • New Works, Hubbard Gallery, Frankfort, IN (1991)
    Illusion of Reality, Union Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (1989)

  • Solo Exhibition, David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (1988)

  • I Am A Canvas, Grand Central Art Galleries, NYC, NY (1987)

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • Hidden and Revealed: Artists' Reflections of the Crypto-Jewish Experience, Congregation Nahalat Shalom, Albuquerque, NM (2014)

  • Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe,NM

  • Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque,NM

  • Vanier & Roberts, Ltd., Scottsdale, AZ

  • National Academy of Design, NYC, NY

  • Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, UT

  • New York University Gallery, NYC, NY

  • University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA

  • Chuck Levitan Gallery, NYC, NY

  • Harbor Gallery, Cold Springs Harbor, NY

  • University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

  • Allied Artists of America, NYC, NY

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