Leela Corman is a painter, educator, and graphic novel creator. Her books include Unterzakhn (Schocken/Pantheon, 2012) and the short comics collection We All Wish For Deadly Force  (Retrofit/Big Planet, 2016). She is currently at work on the graphic novel Victory Parade, a story about WWII, women's wrestling, and the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Her short comics have appeared in The Believer Magazine, Tablet Magazine, Nautilus, and The Nib.

GRAPHIC NOVELS

2022 - Victory Parade, Schocken/Pantheon 

2016 - We All Wish For Deadly Force, Retrofit/Big Planet

2012 - Unterzakhn, Schocken/Pantheon, Published in translation by Editions Ca Et La (France), Hop Edizioni (Italy), Ediciones La Cupula (Spain), XTRA (The Netherlands), Epix (Sweden)

2002 - Subway Series, Alternative Books

1999 - Queen's Day, Xeric Grant Winner

AWARDS

2015 - ROMICS Prize for Best Anglo-American Comic

2014 - Society of Illustrators Silver Medal for Digital Comics

2013 - Finalist, L.A. Times Book Award

2013 - Finalist, Eisner Award

2013 - Finalist, Le Prix Artemisia

2013 - Le Prix Millepages

GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

2021 (Sept) - Macdowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire

2019 (Fall) - Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY

2019 (April) - Trailer Blaze, Seaview, Washington

2018 (June) - Illustration Institute, Peaks Island, Maine

2018 (Fall) - Sustainable Arts Foundation Grant

1999 (Fall) - Xeric Foundation Grant

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2018 (Fall) - Sex, Death, and Visceral Honesty: Artworks and Publications by Independent Women's Comic Book Artists from the 1960's Underground Movement to Today, co-curated by Leela Corman and Layet Johnson for Central Connecticut State University's Fine Art Gallery

2019 (Fall) - Indie Americans, traveling show, LaVallée Cultural Center, Brussels, Belgium, Fall 2018/ BD Amiens, Amiens, France, Spring 2019; Quai des Bulles Festival, Saint-Malo, France

2016 - Interference Archive, Brooklyn NY

2016 (Summer) - Solo show at Volta, Gainesville FL

2016 (Summer) - Society of Illustrators Comics & Cartoon Art Anthology Show

2015 (Summer) - JOMIX: Group Show of Jewish Comics, Philadelphia PA

2015 (Spring) - Group Show, Protocol Gallery, Gainesville, FL

2014 (Oct) - Tell It To My Face, Turn-Based Press, Miami, Florida

2014 (Summer) - Society of Illustrators Comics & Cartoon Art Anthology Show

2014 (May) - Everyday Heartbreaks, Solo Exhibition, Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL

2014 & 2013 (Spring) MASS Visual Arts Group Show, Gainesville FL

2014 (Feb) - Graphic Jews: Negotiating Identity In Sequential Art, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga NY

2013 (Fall) - Drawable, Group show at F.L.A. Gallery, Gainesville FL, Fall 2013 MASS Visual Arts group exhibition, Gainesville FL

2013 (Oct) - Drawings And Stories: The Graphic Novel Art of Leela Corman and Tom Hart, St. Johns College, Palatka FL

2012 (Spring) - MASS Visual Arts group exhibition, Gainesville, FL, Fall 2012 Mid-career retrospective, SAW Gallery, Gainesville, FL, curated by Tom Hart