ARTIST CV

b. Bangkok, Thailand. Living and working in Brooklyn, New York, USA.


Education

2019 MA in Arts Administration, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY

2016 BFA in Film, Photography & Visual Arts, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY


Awards and Residencies

2024-2025 Artists Alliance Inc. LES Studio Program Residency, New York, NY

2023 Image Text Workshop at Cornell University, Artist-in-Residence, Ithaca, NY

2023 Center for Book Arts, Book Artist-in-Residence, New York, NY

2022 Fire Island Artist Residency, Artist-in-Residence, Fire Island, NY

2021 Queens Council on the Arts New Work Grant, Queens, NY

2019 Teachers College Grant to Attend the National Arts Education Association Conference, Boston, MA

2018 Rehearsal Residency, Artist-in-Residence, Amagansett, NY

2017 Columbia University Teachers College Scholarship, New York, NY

2016 Outstanding Senior Award in Film, Photography, and Visual Arts, Ithaca College, NY

2015 James B. Pendleton Production Grant for Photography, Ithaca College, NY


Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2026 TBD, Cuchifritos Gallery, New York, NY (Upcoming)

2025 “Visitor Center”, Anne Reid ‘72 Gallery at Princeton Day School, curated by Gwen Shockey, Princeton, NJ

2024 “This is as far as I can take you”, curated by Rachel Vera Steinberg, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY

2023 “Naturalization”, curated by Tanya Gayer, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

2017 “Towards Tenderness” a two-person exhibition with David Lurvey, Lubov (Projects), New York, NY


Group Exhibitions and Screenings

2024 “Translating Life, Death, and Language: A Screening and Conversation with Kyuri Jeon and Sunny

Leerasanthanah“, organized by Claire Kim, Asia Art Archive in America, Brooklyn, NY

2023 “Waves” Screening and live performances curated by Em Marie Kohl, Houseparty, Brooklyn, NY

2021 “In Practice: You may go, but this will bring you back”, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY

2020 “Travel”, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, Scotland

2020  Ayi Ayi x Uklon Screening and live music performances, (Pop-up space), Brooklyn, NY

2019 “On Reverse Commuting”, (Pop-up gallery), Brooklyn, NY

2018 “The Feeling Is Mutual”, Local Project Gallery, Long Island City, NY

2016 “Tell Us Where: Senior Exhibition Selected Work”, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca, NY

2016 “Cinema Thesis Screening & Exhibition”, Roy H. Park School at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

2015 “Luncheon Special: Photography Exhibition”, (Pop-up gallery), Ithaca, NY

2015 “Substrate: Experimental Film Screening”, (Pop-up gallery), Ithaca, NY


Presentations, Talks, and Readings

2024 “Photos I Didn’t Take” and “Names of Things” Reading at exquisites queer reading series event curated by

danilo machado and Em Marie Kohl, Purgatory, Brooklyn, NY

2024 “Contain Yourself” Artist Performance-Presentation at Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY

2024 “Photos I Didn’t Take” Reading at Dear Giulia reading series event curated by Genevieve Sachs, Rita & Maria, Brooklyn, NY

2024 “TL;DR” Discussion with Dr. Jill H. Casid at John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

2023 “DREDGE/ CHOP/ CATCH/ GROW” Presentation with Daniel Pravit Fethke at Urban Soils Institute at Governors Island, NY

2023 “Lesbian Narratives of Cherry Grove” by FIAR’s Fire Island Histories Project at Candice Madey Gallery, New York, NY. Presented with Ksenia D. Soboleva and AK Burns.

2022 “Let’s Talk About Photo Books” Panel at Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY. Presented with Erica Reade, Cindy Trinh, Emily Sanchez, Nancy Scherl, and Melissa Breyer.

2022 Fire Island Artist Residency: Artist Talk, Cherry Grove Community House, Fire Island, NY

2022 Queer | Art’s Digital Book & Print Fair Show ‘N’ Tell (Virtual)


Collections

2022 Publication Mom’s Magnets included in the collection of Asia Art Archive in America (Brooklyn, NY)

2021 Publication Mom’s Magnets included in the collection of Fathom Library (Providence, RI)

2019 Publication Homes Against Tides included in the collection of Fathom Library (Providence, RI)


Select Press and Bibliography

2024 “Sunny Leerasanthanah” Interview and Artist Feature, TAGTAGTAG

2024 “Sunny Leerasanthanah” Video Interview Feature, The Here And There Collective

2023 “New Work at John Michael Kohler Arts Center Explores Xenophobia Through Lens of Invasive Species”, Shepherd Express, October 11, 2023

2022 “Artist Awards Roundup”, ARTNews, July 14, 2022

2021 “Your Concise New York Art Guide for April 2021”, Hyperallergic, April 6, 2021

2021 “In Practice: You may go but this will bring you back”, TheGuide.Art, March 26, 2021
2018 Emergency Index: An Annual Document of Performance Practice Vol. 8, May 2021