2010 Figurative Distance - Connecticut Commission on Arts Gallery, Harford, CT
2010 Where Lies Beauty - Mattatuck Museum of Art and History, Waterbury, CT
2010 Art Chicago - Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2010 Ripe - Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
2009 New Selections - Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Never Routine: Women in the Course of Their Daily Lives, Grace Institute, New York, NY
2008 Special Selections - Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Here and There: Stories or Immigration - Artworks, New Bedford, MA
2006 Contemporary Asian Art 2006 - Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI
2006 Summer Selections - Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Summer Exhibition - Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2005 Navy Pier Art Expo - Chicago, IL
2004 Truth or Fiction - Overseas Korean Artist Exhibition, Hangarm Art Museum, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, S. Korea
2004 Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Kansas City Flatfiles - HR Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2004 Navy Pier Art Expo - Chicago, IL
2003 Landscape Unlimited - The Fine Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 The Perception of Appearance-A Decade of Contemporary American Figure Drawing - Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2002 Urban Nomads - Courtland Art Center, Courtland, KS
2002 Gathering Influences - H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2002 New Talent - Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Summer Exhibition - Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2001 Small Packages - Wood Street Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Chicago, IL
2001 Kansas City Flat Files - H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2001 Charlotte Street Fund Exhibition - H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2000 New Faculty Exhibition - H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
1999 Supermarket 1999 - Lamar University, Beaumont, TX and Slop Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1998 Jan Weiner Gallery Group Exhibition, Prairie Village, KS
1998 Women in Visual Arts - Erector Gallery, New Haven, CT
1998 International Perspectives - University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
1998 6 Schools Faculty Exhibition - Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut
1997 Halpert Biennial - Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
1997 Connecticut Women Artists - University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
1996 New Talent - Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 Art of Northeast - Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
1996 Figures and Space - Hamden Hall Gallery, Hamden, CT
1996 Painting Today - Erector Gallery, New Haven, CT
1994 Group Exhibition - Waldron Art Center, Bloomington, IN

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alan Artner, "Leeah Joo's Storytelling Works" Chicago Tribune, March 25, 2005
Teggi Moon, "Six Korean Artists Selected..." The Korea Times, October 7, 2004
"Korean Artists Distinguished Themselves" The Korea Daily, October 12, 2004
Mi-Jin Kim, "Review: Truth and Fiction" Seoul Art Center Magazine, August 2004
Dong-Hyun Yu, "Young Artists Reaction" Wolganmisool, August 2004
Yun-Mee Lee, Young Artists -  Truth and Fiction, Herald Media, July 2004
Young-Jin Kim, "Adventures from Foreign Lands, Misulsegae, July 2004
Min-suk, Suh, "The Truth and Fiction in Art" Seoul Art Center Magazine, July 2004
Christopher Swetala, "Intimations through a Veiled Window"Review, Feb/Mar 2003:102.
Alice Thorson, "Panes and Pleasures"Kansas City Star, December 13, 2002.
Theresa Bembnister, "A Glass Act" Pitchweekly, December 5-11, 2002.
Kate Hackman, "Charlotte Street Fund"Review, April 2001, Vol.3, No.6:14-15.
Alice Thorson, "Winning Works" Kansas City Star, March 25, 2001:I-1 and I-3.
Lisa Fanning, "Joo at Michael Cross" Review, November 2000, Vol.3, No. 1:41.
Jan Marsh, "Faculty Show at Block" Review, October 2000, Vol.2, No.12.
Elizabeth Kirsch, "A block party for creative versatility: Extraordinary diversity marks..." Kansas City Star, September 1, 2000.
Christopher Leitch, "A Room with a View of One's Own" Review: News, Features and Art in KC May 1999, No.7: 18.
Elisabeth Kirsch, "Cat Always Comes Back in: Paintings From the Attic" Kansas City Star: Preview April 18, 1999: 16-18.

PUBLICATIONS

2007 "Charlotte Street Foundation, 10 Years", Kansas City, MO: Charlotte Street Foundation
2004 "Truth and Fiction, Young Korean Overseas Artists", Seoul, Korea: Seoul Art Center and Hangaram Art Museum
2002 "Perception of Appearance, A Decade of Contemporary American Figure Drawing", Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press and Frye Art Museum
2000 "New Letters, A Magazine of Writing and Art", Vol 67, No.1, Kansas City, MO: University of Missouri-Kansas City

LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

2010 Gallery Talk - Mattatuck Museum of Art and History, Waterbury, CT
2009 Visiting Artist, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2009 Visiting Artist, Eastern Tenn. State University, Johnson City, TN
2008 Visiting Artist, Hendrix College, Conway AR
2008 Panel Speaker, Grace Institute, New York, NY 
2005 Visiting Artist,DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
2003 Juror, Public Art Program Competition for Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
2003 Juror, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO
2003 Visiting Artist, University of Kansas, Lawrence,KS
2003 Visiting Artist, Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS
2003 Juror, Messiah Art Exhibition, Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS
2002 Visiting Artist, Barstow School, Kansas City, MO
2002 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
1999 Visiting Artist,Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
1998 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, KCAI, Kansas City, MO
1996 Visiting Artist, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1996-1998 University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
1998-2004 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO