Refractions, 2024
I take photographs of myself and then modify them through a digital production chain that includes Stable Diffusion, Photoshop, Painter, and other programs. I then
Shows
A selection of images from my solo booths at Scope Art Fair in NYC and Miami (which sold out) as well as some works from
Nu Matrearchs
This essay was originally published as part of the online art show “Nu Matrearchs” as part of The Wrong Biennial. The Instagram Model as Art
My First Time, 2020
An art installation and performance broadcast. The first installment in “The Artist is F#cked” Series at the newly launched Bedroom Gallery, NYC Press Release: NYC
Leah – An American Dream
Standing seductively and defiantly at the hyper-contemporary crossroads of politically problematic social media performance, secretive art world patronage arrangements, and en vogue academic resistance to
Glamour Commission
The following images were commissioned by Glamour Magazine for their Summer of Sex 2017 series.
Self-Made Supermodels
On Being an Instagram Model as a New Form of DIY, Digital, Feminized Performance September 8, 2016 Click here to read the essay on Rhizome
Glitter Peach, 2016
The black censor bars in the photographs are attached as a removable and optional sticker.
Ona Artist – 5M Instagram
Schrager’s celebrity-as-art-practice project is called ONA, and ran from 2015-2020. She started the project with the question: Is it possible to create a celebrity as
Body Anxiety
Body Anxiety is an online exhibition that opened January 24, 2015. It made an unexpectedly strong impact and was highly discussed. See below for “The
Onas
During my MFA program I developed a series of conceptual websites for online personas, including Escart Girl, Devotology, ArtSexyStudio, Free Girl, Painted O, and Art
Multimedia Works, 2013
These pieces were printed on my home printer at 8.5” x 11” or 13” x 19”. The base images come from the Conceptual Online Projects
Am I Not Art/ist?
On April 19, 2012, I was accepted as an artist into the West Chelsea Artists Open Studios. On May 1, 2012, I was removed from
Stolen, 2012
My only time experimenting with appropriated images or text. Princesses Porn Intermixd The Young Girl
My Modeling Portfolio, 2011
Wanting to try my hand at making art out of my modeling images, I reached out to some photographers requesting co-copyright of our images and
The Google Project
“The Google Project” began as an artistic interaction and documentation of the “web” and “image” results from Googling “Leah Schrager” in response to her online
Sarah White – Naked Therapy
Naked Therapy was founded by Sarah White in 2010 at SarahWhiteTherapy.com. In 2010 I had just moved to NYC, was pursuing modern dance while supporting
