Exhibitions

2012

October 10 Ken Cook Gallery at the Sun Gallery exhibit with Deborah Griffin

June 2, 3 and June 9, 10 | 11:00am–6:00pm
Pro Arts East Bay Open Studios, 3934 Madrone Avenue, Oakland, CA 94619

February 11–March 9, 2012 CK Gallery Oakland, CA
“INFLUENCE: Art Can Change the World”
Opening Reception Saturday, February 11, from 5:00-7:30pm

2011

Pro Arts Box Art Benefit Auction Pro Arts, Oakland, CA

Adobe Art Gallery presents the 34th Area Artists’ Annual Juried Exhibit curated by Jacqueline Cooper, Merit Award for “Snack”

Bibliophoria II Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Art House Co-op Sketchbook Project

Pro Arts East Bay Open Studios Oakland, CA

Pacific Pinball Museum (Solo)

2010

17th Annual Alameda Women Artists Group Exhibit Alameda, CA

Artists Engaged LIFE: Expressions of Living Past & Present Castro Valley, CA

Pro Arts Box Art Benefit Auction Pro Arts, Oakland, CA

Bay Area Book Arts Jam Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA

Bay Area Women Artists O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA

Dichotomy Kensington Library (Solo)

Pro Arts East Bay Open Studios

BLAGE Collage and Assemblage O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA

2009

Pro Arts Box Art Benefit Auction Pro Arts Oakland, CA

Alameda Women Artists Group Show, Alameda Museum, Alameda, CA

Bay Area Book Arts Jam Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA

Cross Currents IAA, Alameda Free Library, Alameda, CA

The Canvas Project Vol. 2 Art House Co-op, Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, GA

Pro Arts East Bay Open Studios Oakland, CA

Alameda on Camera Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA

Renew Alameda Women Artists Alameda Free Library, Alameda, CA

2008

A Visual Word Alameda Women Artists Alameda Free Library, Alameda, CA

Alameda on Camera Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA

Vision & Revision Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA

2007

Alameda Literati Book Fair, Alameda, CA

Reading Between the Lines Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA

Patterns, Portions and Pieces Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA

Bibliography
Virsik, Leah “Mini Watercolor Cover.” Cloth Paper Scissors Pages Winter 2011: 46-50.
Virsik, Leah “The Art Garage.” Cloth Paper Scissors Studios Summer 2011: 102-104.
Borgen, Susan. “Art Lives Here.” Cloth Paper Scissors Studios Spring 2011: 34-35.
Corpron, Anna “Eye Candy: Follow Friday–Leah Virsik.” The Sub-Studio Design Blog. 10 July 2009

Education
2011 Lisa Kokin Critique Group
Richmond Art Center class Mari Andrews
SFCB class Marsha Shaw
Nina Bagley 3-Day Workshop
2010 Lisa Kokin Mentorship and Critique Group
DJ Pettitt 3-Day Workshop
Lisa Kokin workshop
SFCB classes Jody Alexander, Michael Burke and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler
2009-Present Artists Engaged Critique Group
2008 Lisa Kokin workshop
2006 3-Day Workshop with Nick Bantock, Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC
2005 Lisa Rappoport, Oakland, Private Letterpress Instruction
SFCB Bookbinding and Letterpress Classes
2004 Claudia Laub, Los Angeles, Private 3-Day Letterpress Intensive
2002 Takeshi Nakayoshi, San Francisco, Painting Instruction
2000 UC, Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, CA, Graphic Design Certificate
1994 CSU, Hayward, CA, BS Major: Marketing Minor: Art Studio

Affiliation
2008–2010 Alameda Women Artists Board Member