alizalelah@gmail.com
Born: 03/25/82, Madison, WI
2007MFA Painting Savannah College of Art and Design - Savannah, GA
2005Non Degree Seeking The Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
2004BA Studio Art The University of Vermont - Burlington, VT
2002-03Studio Art Centers International - Florence, Italy
2007Professional Development Grant
2007Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center
2007College Art Association Award
2007The Drawing Center, New York, Viewing Program participant
2006The Gelman Trust Endowed Scholarship
2005Graduate Fellow in Artistic Achievement, Savannah College of Art and Design
2009(Forthcoming in April) McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2008Aliza Lelah and Lauren Dicciocio (two person show), Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008Recycled Remnants, Austin Homespa, Austin, TX
2008"Open Simsim!", Gallery Stokes, Atlanta, GA
2007Remnants, Rosewood Gallery, Savannah, GA
2004My Hair will be Longer Then, Francis Colburn Gallery, Burlington, VT
2009(Forthcoming in January), Milk and Honey Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2008Artist Fellowship Exhibit, The Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC
2008Red Dot Art Fair, NYC, NY
2007Group Show, RL Designs, Austin TX
2007Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, FL
200720th National Juried Art Exhibition, Mable House Arts Center, Mableton, GA.
Juror: Bruce Bobick
31st Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY.
Juror: Amy Smith-Stewart
IJAYA, Christies, London England.
Juror: Gill Hedley
200614th Annual College Juried Exhibit, The Art Place-Mountain View, Marietta, GA (honorable mention)
Juror: Kip Rogers
2006-07Spring Open Studio, Alexander Gallery, Savannah, GA
2005-06Fall Open Studio, Alexander Gallery, Savannah, GA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste, France
Paula Wallace (President of SCAD), Savannah GA and Atlanta GA
2009(Forthcoming) Artist-in-Residence, Country Day, Charlotte, NC
2008-presentAdmissions Counselor, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington DC
2008Artist Talk, Gallery Stokes, Atlanta, GA
2007-08Adjunct Professor, George Washington University, Washington DC
2007Graduate Teaching Intern, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2006-07Graduate Painting Administrative Assistant, Savannah, GA
2006Programming Intern, Threewalls Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005-07Woodshop Technician, Savannah, GA
2005Visiting Artist, Round Lake Elementary School, Round Lake, IL
2001Art Teacher, Renaissance Art School, Lake Zurich, IL
Anna L. Conti, "Needle and Thread at Jack Fischer," Bay Area Art Quake, August 11, 2008.
Peter Friedrichsen, "Aliza Lelah: Reforming the Scraps of Time," Fiberarts, Summer 2008.
Rebecca Stern, "Interview with Aliza Lelah at Gallery Stokes," February 22nd, 2008.
Jasmin Malik Chua, "Aliza Lelah's Remnants," Treehugger, July 24, 2007.
Reena Kazmann, "Recycled Remnants," Eco-Artware, July 15, 2007.
Susan Kane-Parker, "Artist Literally Pieces Family Together," Buffalo Grove Countryside, May 30, 2007.
Ally Hughes, "Thesis Exhibition All Sewn Up," The Chronicle, May 18, 2007.
Allison Hersh, "A Stitch in Time," Savannah Morning News, May 17, 2007.