Ledelle Moe was born in Durban, South Africa in 1971. She studied sculpture there at Technikon Natal and graduated in 1993. Active in the local art community, Moe was one of the founding members of the FLAT Gallery, an artist initiative and alternative space in Durban. A travel grant in 1994 brought her to the United States where she embarked on a period of study at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Sculpture Department Master’s program. She completed her Master’s Degree there in 1996 and soon after accepted an adjunct position in the Sculpture Department at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland. Later she taught at the Corcoran College of Art in Washington, DC, Virginia Commonwealth University and St.Mary’s College of Maryland. Moe has exhibited in a number of venues including the Kulturhuset (Stockholm, Sweden) the NSA Gallery (Durban, South Africa), the International Sculpture Center (Washington, DC), The Washington Project for the Arts (Washington, DC) and Maryland Art Place (Baltimore). Though Moe remains strongly connected to South Africa, returning to visit annually, she has continued to live and work in the United States. Based presently far from home, the perspective particular to her roots as a South African artist remains central to her work. Recent projects include large-scale concrete installations at Socrates Park and Pratt Institute in New York City, and Decatur Blue in Washington, DC. In 2002 Moe was the recipient of a Joan Mitchell Award which has allowed her time to work on new sculptures and travel back to South Africa where she has made and exhibited work, Recent projects include two installations shown in Salzburg, Austria and Brooklyn, New York this year. Presently based in Baltimore, Maryland, she continues to work on large-scale pieces and travels home annually to work and visit in South Africa.
EDUCATION
1994 – 6 MFA, Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
1994 National Higher Diploma, Technikon Natal, Durban, South Africa
1992 National Diploma, Technikon Natal, Durban, South Africa
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Collapse V, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2006 Collapse IV, Axis Gallery, New York, New York
Congregation, G-Fine Arts, Project Room, Washington DC
Memorial (Collapse), G-Fine Arts, Washington DC
2005 Memorial (Collapse), Anderson Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2005 Memorial, Kwa Zulu Natal Society for the Arts, Durban South Africa
2004 Collapse, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2003 Thrust, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
2003 Collapse, NSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa
2002 Dogs, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC
1998 Kings Court, Washington, D.C. (performance/installation)
1995 FLAT INTERNATIONAL, Richmond, VA
1994 Forecast of Human Trembling II, FLAT Gallery, Durban, South Africa
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Turbulence, Red Bull Hangar, Salzburg, Austria
2004 Post Mortem, Signal 66, Washington, DC
2001 Untitled, Pratt Institute, NY
Six Sculptors, Long Island University, NY
2000 Once Removed, Socrates Park, NY
1999 Fresh Meat, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY.
1998 Drömmar och moln, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
Art Sites ’98, Washington, D.C. (performance)
Anton Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1997 Options ’97, WPA, Washington D.C.
1996 Art Sites ’96, Tudor Gardens, Washington D.C.
Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA.
1995 Kwa Muhle Museum, Durban South Africa.
Inaugural Exhibition, Bartel Arts Trust Art Center, Durban, South Africa.
1994 FLAT Gallery, Durban, South Africa.
1993 Gainer/Moe/Erlich, FLAT Gallery, Durban South Africa
1992 Face to Face, Technikon Natal Art Gallery, South Africa.
AWARDS
2002 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Jessica Dawson ; “Storefront Art That’s Turning Heads” Washington DC, Saturday, August 19, 2006
Amanda Pierre ; “Heading Towards Collapse” Des Moines Register, Sunday, October 16, 2005
Peter Machen ; “Conversation of objects” Weekend Witness, Saturday, August 13, 2005
Glenn Mc Natt ; “Monumental Work a Tribute to Slain Men” The Baltimore Sun,
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
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Post, Friday December 19, 2003
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