SUNNY LEERASANTHANAH
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 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
Group Exhibitions and Screenings
2025 TBD, BGSQD, New York, NY (Upcoming)
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 Charlie 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
2017 Towards Tenderness, a two-person show with David Lurvey, Lubov (Projects), NYC, 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
2025 Presentation on Offerings Project at Asian American Arts Alliance Town Hall, NYC, NY
2025 Presentation and Class Workshop for MFA Students at University of British Columbia (Virtual)
2025 Presentation for Students at Princeton Day School in New Jersey (Virtual)
2025 Reading at exquisites queer poetry series event curated by danilo machado and Charlie Marie
Kohl, Aberdeen Community Garden Brooklyn, NY
2024 Reading at exquisites queer poetry series event curated by danilo machado and Charlie Marie Kohl,
Purgatory, Brooklyn, NY
2024 “Contain Yourself” Artist Performance-Presentation at Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Reading at Dear Giulia poetry series 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 Video and Written Interview, The Here And There Collective
2024 Interview Feature and Photo Essay, TAGTAGTAG
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
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 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
Group Exhibitions and Screenings
2025 TBD, BGSQD, New York, NY (Upcoming)
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 Charlie 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
2017 Towards Tenderness, a two-person show with David Lurvey, Lubov (Projects), NYC, 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
2025 Presentation on Offerings Project at Asian American Arts Alliance Town Hall, NYC, NY
2025 Presentation and Class Workshop for MFA Students at University of British Columbia (Virtual)
2025 Presentation for Students at Princeton Day School in New Jersey (Virtual)
2025 Reading at exquisites queer poetry series event curated by danilo machado and Charlie Marie
Kohl, Aberdeen Community Garden Brooklyn, NY
2024 Reading at exquisites queer poetry series event curated by danilo machado and Charlie Marie Kohl,
Purgatory, Brooklyn, NY
2024 “Contain Yourself” Artist Performance-Presentation at Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Reading at Dear Giulia poetry series 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 Video and Written Interview, The Here And There Collective
2024 Interview Feature and Photo Essay, TAGTAGTAG
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