AYDEN LEROUX
EDUCATION
2020 M.F.A. in Cross-Genre Writing, UCSD
2012 B.A. New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Magna Cum Laude
2008 ESDIT Escuela de Gastronomia y Tourismo, Arequipa, Peru, Culinary School
BOOKS
2016
Odyssey Works (co-authored with Abraham Burickson), Princeton Architectural Press
2013
Isolation and Amazement, Samsara Press
RESIDENCIES, GRANTS, AWARDS, & HONORS
2023
Shortlist, DISQUIET Literary Prize in Nonfiction
2022
Bread Loaf Summer Writers Conference, Middlebury, VT
Tin House Summer Workshop, Portland, OR
MICA Adjunct Faculty Grant for Notes on Breathlessness
2021
MASS MoCA residency, North Adams, MA
2019
UCSD Summer Research Fellowship, San Diego, CA
2018
UCSD Summer Research Fellowship, San Diego, CA
UCSD Winter Research Fellowship, San Diego, CA
Shortlist, DISQUIET Literary Prize in Nonfiction
Runner-up, Summer Literary Seminar Contest in Fiction
2017
UCSD Winter Research Fellowship, San Diego, CA
Artist in Residence, Institute for American Art, Portland, ME
Artist in Residence, A-Z West, Joshua Tree, CA
2015
Seeking the Source, Alaskan Parks & Recreation Dept., Anchorage, AK
2014
Artist in Residence, ACE Hotel, NY, NY
2013
LMCC/Creative Capital Professional Development
Artist in Residence, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
2012
iBñ grant recipient
Artist in Residence, Frog Hollow Farm, Lower Lake, California
Finalist, Bourse Jean Claude Reynal, École des Beaux Arts, Bordeaux, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Every Bed I've Ever Slept In, Institute for American Art, Portland, ME
2016
(Untitled), four beds, IDIO Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Pillow Book, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Out of Lines, La Jolla Public Library, La Jolla, CA.
2017
Unbound and Reincarnated: Beyond the Boundaries of the Book, Prizer Arts and Letters, Austin, TX
2015
FAIR Show, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
STROBE Network, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
2014
Flux Hospital, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
Homecoming, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
You Made It!, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
ΣΩΜΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ/BODY AND POLITICS, EMBROS Theater, Athens, Greece
2013
Havana Muerte, Almost Holden Gallery, LA, CA
2012
Objects as Subjects, Gallatin Gallery, NY, NY
Against the Frame, Gallatin Gallery, NY, NY
We Survived Our Youth, Gallatin Gallery, NY, NY
2011
Inventario, Fundación Ludwig, Havana, Cuba
2010
The Gifted Show, Synchronicity Space, NY, NY
2009
Visible/Invisible, Calumet Gallery, NY, NY
Young Artists Emerging in America, International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
READINGS, LECTURES, & CONFERENCES
2023
Boston University, Sculpture MFA
2022
Yale University, Sculpture MFA
Central St. Martin’s University of the Arts London, Narrative Environments MA
2021
Stanford University
Kaleidoscoped magazine launch, virtual
2021
University of Montevallo, Alabama
2019
NOW That’s What I Call Poetry, San Diego, CA
Immersive Design Summit, San Francisco, CA
2018
The Future of Storytelling, New York, NY
University of Texas, Austin, Texas
California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco, CA
2017
Malvern Books, Austin, TX
2016
BookCourt, Brooklyn, NY
Art + Hospitality, IDIO Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Poor and Literate, Berlin, Germany
2014
Psychogeography, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
ACE Hotel, New York, NY
Tenderpress Poetry Reading, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
2013
Salon 122, New York, NY
Williamsburg Community Circus, Brooklyn, NY
After the Show, Segal Center, New York, NY
Fordham University, New York, NY
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Adventure Design Group, San Francisco, CA
Franconia Performance Salon, San Francisco, CA
2012
Lit Crawl, San Francisco, CA