EDUCATION
2025 Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2025 Major in Fine Arts, Minor in Graphic Design
2024 New York Academy of Art Summer Undergraduate Residency, New York, NY
New York Academy of Art, July 2024
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Reflections of Home Long Hall Gallery, Toast Coffee House, PAC, Patchogue, NY
We’ve Been Down This Road Before Gallery at Contour Mortgage, PAC, Patchogue, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Annual Senior Thesis Exhibition Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
The Cyclical Now Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
The Agenda Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2024 IT’S NOT A PHASE (MOM!) Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Oddities, Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Dog Days Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Technical Touch New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
M.A.D Savage Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Big Girls Don’t Cry Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2023 CLUSTERF*#K!??!? Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Spring 2023 Student Show, Madeby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Untitled Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2022 Borderline Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2025 Annual Senior Thesis Exhibition Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
The Cyclical Now Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
The Agenda Curated Exhibition, Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2024 IT’S NOT A PHASE (MOM!) Curated Exhibition, Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Oddities Curated Exhibition, Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Dog Days Curated Exhibition, Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
M.A.D Group Curated Exhibition, Savage Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2021 Ringling College Grant, Ringling College of Art and Design
Deans Scholarship, Ringling College of Art and Design
Horizon Award, Ringling College of Art and Design
PRESS
2024 Office of Marketing and Communications. “Fine Arts Students and Alumni Attend New York Art Residencies - Ringling College.” Ringling College, 13 Aug. 2024, www.ringling.edu/news/081424-faresidencies
@newyorkacademyofart “Leyla Sefket is currently participating in the July session of the Summer Undergraduate Residency Program (SURP)...) New York Academy of Art, 19 July. 2024 @newyorkacademyofart
ArtBeat on WSLR, Interview with Kathleen Murray, 28 Oct. 2024 https://wslr.org/shows/artbeat/