Leah Beeferman: A Warm Cold
October 23 - December 4, 2022
Reception Sunday October 23, 4-8pm

CO-OPt Research + Projects presents an exhibition by Leah Beeferman. Join us for the reception on Sunday October 23, from 4-8pm. The artist will be in attendance at the opening.

A Warm Cold brings together work made in the Arctic (Finland) and the desert (Utah and Arizona) with reflections on the frigid empty space of the universe (just warmer than absolute zero, where molecular motion stops). Climates, landscapes, and their details: what does it mean to measure?

As part of the exhibition, CO-OPt will also screen Beeferman’s video RAIN FOREST (2019-22), filmed in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The screening will take place in November, with more details to come.

About the artist:
Leah Beeferman has had solo exhibitions at Rawson Projects, New York; Arcade on Stadium, Utah; and Sorbus, Helsinki. Recent two-person or group exhibitions include Helsinki Art Museum, Finland; Fiskars Village Biennial, Finland; Sirius Arts Centre, Ireland; SOLU, Helsinki; The Anderson, Richmond. Beeferman has participated in many residencies, including LMCC Workspace, New York; The Arctic Circle, Svalbard; Tiputini Biodiversity Research Station, Ecuador; ArsBioarctica, Finland; Mustarinda, Finland; Digital Painting Atelier, OCAD, Toronto; and Sirius, Ireland. Her work has been discussed in publications including BOMB, Objektiv, Temporary Art Review, Art in Print, Taupe Magazine, and ArtPulse. In 2016 she published an artist book, Triple Point, with Lodret Vandret Copenhagen. She received an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University (2010) and a BA from Brown University (2004) and was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Grant to Finland (2016-17). Beeferman is now based in Providence, where she is an Assistant Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. leahbeeferman.com

Leah Beeferman, A Warm Cold, 2022, installation views, CO-OPt Research + Projects, Lubbock, TX.