EDUCATION
M.F.A., Studio Art, Tufts University and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
B.F.A., summa cum laude, Photography and Art History, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
BOARDS and ORGANIZATIONS
Director, OnScreen International Film and Video Festival (current)
Board of Directors, Exchange Gallery, Bloomsburg, PA (current)
Phi Kappa Phi, Faculty Member (current)
Board of Directors, Central Pennsylvania Film Office (former)
Executive Board, Billtown Film Festival, (former)
JUROR
2021 Special Juror for the New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
“Rising Star Exhibition” DISCIPLINE: INTRA | INTER | CROSS| MULTI
2018 Exchange Gallery, “The Future Multi-Media Exhibition”, Bloomsburg, PA
RECENT PROFESSIONAL WORKS
2022 Brave Little Hawk, Narrative Short, 28-30 minutes (in post-production)
2018 Under the Walnut Tree, Stop Motion Animation, 6 minutes 20 seconds
2017 Momma Bear, Hand Drawn Animation, 21 second (loop)
2014 The Past is Present, Photography, video, and animation
2014 May I Go Blind, Hand Drawn Animation, 7 minutes 41 seconds
2013 Inchbes es, 3-channel Video Installation, 2 minutes 50 seconds (loop)
2012 Erasure 3-channel, 3-channel video installation
2011 Erasure, single channel video
2009 Yeah, I Was Looking at You, video installation
2004-06 The Turkish Coffee Maker, single channel video
2004-06 My Life As Fiction, single channel video
EXHIBITION AWARDS
2012 Best in Show, Park Art Fair International, Geneva, Switzerland
AWARD
2022 UFVF Faculty Award, UFVA
FESTIVAL SCREENING AWARDS
2019 Women Film Critics Circle Award Nominee, Socially Relevant Film Festival New York
Director’s Choice Award, Black Maria Film Festival, Traveling festival
2018 1st Place Audience Favorite, Florida Animation Festival, Tallahassee,FL
Best Animation Short Nominee, Arpa International Film Festival, Hollywood, CA
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS/Official Selection
2021 Demetera International Film Festival, Paris France
2020 Black Maria (Thomas Edison) Film Festival, New Jersey
AI Animation Festival, Armenian Institute, London, UK
2019 Armenians in Film at Lincoln Center, NYC, NY
2019 KIN International Women’s Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
The Armenian Film Festival. Sydney, Australia
University Film and Video Association National Conference, Minneapolis, MN
Arizona International Film Festival, Tucson, AZ
Socially Relevant Film Festival New York (Women Film Critics Circle Award Nominee), New York City, NY
Black Maria Film Festival (Director’s Choice Award), Traveling festival
SPE, Media Film Festival, Cleveland, OH
Dumbo Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Rockport Film Festival, Rockport, TX
Alexandria Film Festival, Alexandria, VA
Pomegranate Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario
Arpa International Film Festival (Best Animated Short Nominee), Hollywood, CA
Montana International Film Festival, Billings, MT
Atlanta ShortsFest/ Atlanta Film Series, Atlanta, GA
Florida Animation Festival (1st Place Audience Award), Tallahassee, FL
Austin Spotlight Film Festival, Austin, TX
Animayo (Semi-Finalist, Oscar qualifying festival), Gran Canaria, Spain
2015 Southern Colorado Film Festival, (Finalist for Best Foreign Film), Alamosa, CO
2014 Aesthetica Film Festival, (Finalist, BAFTA qualifying festival), London, UK
2013 Multicultural Caucus Film and Video Festival, SPE National Conference, Chicago, IL
2011 Women’s Film Festival, SPE National Conference, Atlanta, GA
Voice of This Generation: War Wedding Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA (Commissioned for Tony Solitro,
Operatic Composter)
2010 Local Female Filmmakers, Billtown Film Festival, Williamsport, PA
2009 Women’s Film Festival, SPE National Conference, Dallas, TX
2006 International Digital Media Arts Festival, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia
2004 Film and Video Annual, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
The Artists Foundation, Boston, MA
2000 Void Video Space, New York, NY (curated by Cecelia Dougherty)
EXHIBITIONS
2018 “I’m New Here: Perspectives on Migration”, The Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA
2015 3-person Exhibition, “Sorry, I Miss You”, The Gallery at Greely Center, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
2014 Solo Exhibition, “The Past Is Present”, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
2013 Park Art Fair International, Triberg, Germany
2012 Park Art Fair International, Geneva, Switzerland
“A Path Home: Visualizing Trauma and Healing”, Montclair University, Jersey City, NJ
“From What I Remember, From What I Forget”, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
“What a Long Night It Has Been”, Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
“Hyperrealism”, Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2011 Billboard Arts Project: Projections, Corona/Riverside, CA
“Final Girl Coup d’Espace”, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
2010 “Between Realities”, Principle Gallery, Alexandria VA
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA 2009
“24x24”, Thomas Paul Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibition, “Leah Bedrosian Peterson”, Flatiron Gallery, Williamsport, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2008 “Broken Telephone/Telefono Roto Version II”
Meliton Rodriguez Gallery
Art Institute of Medellin, Colombia
Workspace Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Women’s Month Exhibition, CT Room, Williamsport, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2007 Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2005 “Bridge-Breach”, Patricia Doran Gallery, Boston CyberArts Festival, Boston, MA
“Big & Awesome: Thesis Exhibition”, Aidekman Gallery, Medford, MA
“Suburban Archeology”, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Open Space, Foyer Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Media Room, The Artists Foundation, Boston, MA 2003
Photo Annual, Atrium Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA 2002
Solo Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 “Dreams and Nightmares”, Third Eye Gallery, Denver, CO
PUBLICATIONS
2013 Das Ereb Welt | Heritage of the World (Germany)|Feature Article published with National Geographic
(0ver 100,00 subscribers) pages 108-112, Spring 2013 ed.
2013 Hunger Magazine and HungerTV.com | Online Feature Story, London, UK (Finalist for print feature, Erasure)
2012 Park Art Fair International, Exhibition catalog
2005 The Dig Boston, Interview Feature about Armenian Online Dating
LECTURES and/or PANEL DISCUSSION
2020 Armenian Institute, London UK; Filmmaker Panel, “Under the Walnut Tree” virtual Q&A
2016 The School of Visual Arts, NYC, Artist Lecture, “On Identity and Praxis”
2015 Memphis College of Arts, MFA Program at the Nesin Graduate School (Professional Practices), Artist Guest Lecturer
2007 Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, Artist Lecture
TV INTERVIEWS and PANEL DISCUSSIONS
2018 Good Morning Armenians, Glendale, CA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jk2A_qeBN8&feature=youtu.be
2017 School of Visual Arts, NYC: On Identity and Praxis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfpqHvzioJI
LYCOMING COLLEGE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
2022 “Brave Little Hawk”
Student Research Grant
2017 LITT Grant (Technology and Innovation)
2015 “Under the Walnut Tree”
2014 “The Past is Present”
2012 “May I Go Blind”
Student Research Grant
2010 “Erasure”
2009 “Yeah, I Was Looking at You”
Sections
EDUCATION
M.F.A., Studio Art, Tufts University and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
B.F.A., summa cum laude, Photography and Art History, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
BOARDS and ORGANIZATIONS
Director, OnScreen International Film and Video Festival (current)
Board of Directors, Exchange Gallery, Bloomsburg, PA (current)
Phi Kappa Phi, Faculty Member (current)
Board of Directors, Central Pennsylvania Film Office (former)
Executive Board, Billtown Film Festival, (former)
JUROR
2021 Special Juror for the New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
“Rising Star Exhibition” DISCIPLINE: INTRA | INTER | CROSS| MULTI
2018 Exchange Gallery, “The Future Multi-Media Exhibition”, Bloomsburg, PA
RECENT PROFESSIONAL WORKS
2022 Brave Little Hawk, Narrative Short, 28-30 minutes (in post-production)
2018 Under the Walnut Tree, Stop Motion Animation, 6 minutes 20 seconds
2017 Momma Bear, Hand Drawn Animation, 21 second (loop)
2014 The Past is Present, Photography, video, and animation
2014 May I Go Blind, Hand Drawn Animation, 7 minutes 41 seconds
2013 Inchbes es, 3-channel Video Installation, 2 minutes 50 seconds (loop)
2012 Erasure 3-channel, 3-channel video installation
2011 Erasure, single channel video
2009 Yeah, I Was Looking at You, video installation
2004-06 The Turkish Coffee Maker, single channel video
2004-06 My Life As Fiction, single channel video
EXHIBITION AWARDS
2012 Best in Show, Park Art Fair International, Geneva, Switzerland
AWARD
2022 UFVF Faculty Award, UFVA
FESTIVAL SCREENING AWARDS
2019 Women Film Critics Circle Award Nominee, Socially Relevant Film Festival New York
Director’s Choice Award, Black Maria Film Festival, Traveling festival
2018 1st Place Audience Favorite, Florida Animation Festival, Tallahassee,FL
Best Animation Short Nominee, Arpa International Film Festival, Hollywood, CA
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS/Official Selection
2021 Demetera International Film Festival, Paris France
2020 Black Maria (Thomas Edison) Film Festival, New Jersey
AI Animation Festival, Armenian Institute, London, UK
2019 Armenians in Film at Lincoln Center, NYC, NY
2019 KIN International Women’s Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
The Armenian Film Festival. Sydney, Australia
University Film and Video Association National Conference, Minneapolis, MN
Arizona International Film Festival, Tucson, AZ
Socially Relevant Film Festival New York (Women Film Critics Circle Award Nominee), New York City, NY
Black Maria Film Festival (Director’s Choice Award), Traveling festival
SPE, Media Film Festival, Cleveland, OH
Dumbo Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Rockport Film Festival, Rockport, TX
Alexandria Film Festival, Alexandria, VA
Pomegranate Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario
Arpa International Film Festival (Best Animated Short Nominee), Hollywood, CA
Montana International Film Festival, Billings, MT
Atlanta ShortsFest/ Atlanta Film Series, Atlanta, GA
Florida Animation Festival (1st Place Audience Award), Tallahassee, FL
Austin Spotlight Film Festival, Austin, TX
Animayo (Semi-Finalist, Oscar qualifying festival), Gran Canaria, Spain
2015 Southern Colorado Film Festival, (Finalist for Best Foreign Film), Alamosa, CO
2014 Aesthetica Film Festival, (Finalist, BAFTA qualifying festival), London, UK
2013 Multicultural Caucus Film and Video Festival, SPE National Conference, Chicago, IL
2011 Women’s Film Festival, SPE National Conference, Atlanta, GA
Voice of This Generation: War Wedding Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA (Commissioned for Tony Solitro,
Operatic Composter)
2010 Local Female Filmmakers, Billtown Film Festival, Williamsport, PA
2009 Women’s Film Festival, SPE National Conference, Dallas, TX
2006 International Digital Media Arts Festival, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia
2004 Film and Video Annual, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
The Artists Foundation, Boston, MA
2000 Void Video Space, New York, NY (curated by Cecelia Dougherty)
EXHIBITIONS
2018 “I’m New Here: Perspectives on Migration”, The Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA
2015 3-person Exhibition, “Sorry, I Miss You”, The Gallery at Greely Center, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
2014 Solo Exhibition, “The Past Is Present”, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
2013 Park Art Fair International, Triberg, Germany
2012 Park Art Fair International, Geneva, Switzerland
“A Path Home: Visualizing Trauma and Healing”, Montclair University, Jersey City, NJ
“From What I Remember, From What I Forget”, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
“What a Long Night It Has Been”, Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
“Hyperrealism”, Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2011 Billboard Arts Project: Projections, Corona/Riverside, CA
“Final Girl Coup d’Espace”, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
2010 “Between Realities”, Principle Gallery, Alexandria VA
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA 2009
“24x24”, Thomas Paul Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibition, “Leah Bedrosian Peterson”, Flatiron Gallery, Williamsport, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2008 “Broken Telephone/Telefono Roto Version II”
Meliton Rodriguez Gallery
Art Institute of Medellin, Colombia
Workspace Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Women’s Month Exhibition, CT Room, Williamsport, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2007 Faculty Exhibition, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2005 “Bridge-Breach”, Patricia Doran Gallery, Boston CyberArts Festival, Boston, MA
“Big & Awesome: Thesis Exhibition”, Aidekman Gallery, Medford, MA
“Suburban Archeology”, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Open Space, Foyer Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Media Room, The Artists Foundation, Boston, MA 2003
Photo Annual, Atrium Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA 2002
Solo Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 “Dreams and Nightmares”, Third Eye Gallery, Denver, CO
PUBLICATIONS
2013 Das Ereb Welt | Heritage of the World (Germany)|Feature Article published with National Geographic
(0ver 100,00 subscribers) pages 108-112, Spring 2013 ed.
2013 Hunger Magazine and HungerTV.com | Online Feature Story, London, UK (Finalist for print feature, Erasure)
2012 Park Art Fair International, Exhibition catalog
2005 The Dig Boston, Interview Feature about Armenian Online Dating
LECTURES and/or PANEL DISCUSSION
2020 Armenian Institute, London UK; Filmmaker Panel, “Under the Walnut Tree” virtual Q&A
2016 The School of Visual Arts, NYC, Artist Lecture, “On Identity and Praxis”
2015 Memphis College of Arts, MFA Program at the Nesin Graduate School (Professional Practices), Artist Guest Lecturer
2007 Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, Artist Lecture
TV INTERVIEWS and PANEL DISCUSSIONS
2018 Good Morning Armenians, Glendale, CA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jk2A_qeBN8&feature=youtu.be
2017 School of Visual Arts, NYC: On Identity and Praxis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfpqHvzioJI
LYCOMING COLLEGE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
2022 “Brave Little Hawk”
Student Research Grant
2017 LITT Grant (Technology and Innovation)
2015 “Under the Walnut Tree”
2014 “The Past is Present”
2012 “May I Go Blind”
Student Research Grant
2010 “Erasure”
2009 “Yeah, I Was Looking at You”
Sections