photo credit: Joli Hunt
About
Aïsha Lehmann is a Chicago-based artist and Sociology doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Originally from Utah, she completed Brigham Young University’s Studio Art BFA program, minoring in Sociology and Africana Studies. As a social scientist, Lehmann’s research interests include racial identity formation and categorization, in particular their ability to shape resource allocation and mobility. Her art practice builds on these same themes, visualizing the components and essences of social constructions and their lovely, or contrarily, detrimental real-life manifestations. Her illustrative metaphors employ quotidian objects, patterns, and the human figure, utilizing drawing, collage, and printmaking techniques.
Contact
email: aishaelehmann[at]gmail[dot]com
instagram: @aishalehmann.art
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Education
University of Illinois at Chicago (expected April 2027)
Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology
Brigham Young University (April 2022)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art; Minors in Sociology and Africana Studies
Solo Exhibitions
2023
My Roots, Your Roots, Traveling Art Truck Show, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT (2022-2023)
2022
Formation, Grace Adams Tanner Gallery, Southern Utah University Museum of Art, Cedar City, UT
Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2021
Mixed, Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Concluding Residency Show, Upstairs at Modern West Fine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
No Mixing, BF Larsen Gallery, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2020
Untitled, Downtown Art Stroll, Provo, UT
Two-Person/Group Exhibitions
2023
A Dream Deferred: New Perspectives on Black Experience, Southern Utah University Museum of Art, Cedar City, UT (two-person)
2022
You May Find Yourself, Modern West Fine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
98th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, Springville, UT (honorable mention)
All Are Alike unto God, 12th International Art Competition, Church History Museum, Salt Lake City, UT (purchase award)
2021
Range: Big and Small, Modern West Fine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
97th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, Springville, UT
We Are BYU, Brigham Young University Gallery 303, Provo, UT
Department of Art Annual Student Show, Brigham Young University Gallery 303, Provo, UT (2019-2021)
2020
Small Works, Covey Center for the Arts, Provo, UT (two-person)
Expressions, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA
Publications
2023
Art on the Road: Aïsha Lehmann’s My Roots, Your Roots (Curriculum Video), Traveling Art Truck Show, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT (2022-2023)
2022
art/inter/acts short film: meet Aïsha Lehmann, Framework Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
Exponent II Magazine, Vol. 41, No. 4 (cover)
2021
Create! Magazine, Issue #26, Missoula, MT
Inscape Journal, Fall 2021 Issue, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2020
Exponent II Magazine, Vol. 40, No. 2
Inscape Journal, Fall 2020 Issue, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Press
2023
SUMA Observations & Conversations, “Inspirations of Aïsha Lehmann,” Cedar City, UT
2022
Juxtapoz, “You May Find Yourself: The Interviews from Salt Lake City”
Salt Lake Community College, “College Receives Mini-Grant to Improve Lactation Space”, UT
Y Magazine, “Mixed Backgrounds”, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
15 Bytes, “How Aïsha Lehmann Found her Mojo” by Geoff Wichert
BYU Department of Art, “Undergraduate Aïsha Lehmann Finds Unique Opportunity as Artist-In-Residence”
2021
“The Calm Within the Storm: Aïsha Lehmann’s “Mixed” at Finch Lane” by Geoff Wichert, 15 Bytes
Residencies
2022
Tanner Center Artist in Residence, Southern Utah University, UT
2021
Residency Modern West Fine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (April-June)
Lectures and Presentations
2022
Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research, Utah Tech University, St. George, UT
A.P.E.X. Lecture Series, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
2021
Mixed Identity Through Personal Narrative, Sociology, and Art, Upstairs at Modern West, Salt Lake City, UT
No Mixing, Race: Myths and Realities Lecture Series, Kennedy Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
No Mixing, Africana Studies Student Symposium, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Awards and Grants
2021
Experiential Learning Funding, Department of Art Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (2020-2021)
Kennedy Research Fellows, Kennedy Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Creative Works Award, Africana Studies Student Symposium, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Talent Award, Scholarship, Department of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Cory Nathan Belleau, Scholarship, Department of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Best in Show, Department of Art Annual Student Show, Brigham Young University B.F. Larsen Gallery, Provo, UT
2020
Mary Lou Fulton Chair, Grant, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2019
Merit-Based Half scholarship, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Social Science Research
Publications
Gabriel,Ryan, Jacob Rugh, Hannah Spencer, and Aïsha Lehmann. 2021. “The Neighborhood Attainment of Mixed-Race Couples across the Black/White Spectrum.” Sociological Perspectives.1-24.doi:10.1177/0731121421996397
Presentations
Lehmann, Aïsha 2021. “Race in Brigham Young Academy Curriculum: 19thCentury White American Superiority on a Latter-Day Saint Campus.” Panelist presenter at conference In the Wake of Slavery and Dispossession, September 30, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=J4rMX8OPKwE
Gabriel, Ryan and Aïsha Lehmann. 2020. “The Residential Mobility Processes of Latinx-White Couples: A Neighborhood Typology Approach.” Poster presentation at the Population Association of America Conference. April 22-25. Washington, D.C