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BIO
Leishman grew up in Georgia, moving to the Los Angeles area after completing her MFA from the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Originally trained as a photographer, she now works in mixed media. Using both traditional and non-traditional materials, including fragments of old projects, Leishman explores the dichotomies she witnesses. Select solo and group presentations include Ahmad Shariff Gallery, Claremont, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Claremont Museum of Art, Susan Elay Fine Art, New York, Granary Art Center, UT among others.
Leishman’s work has been featured in Feel Free magazine, Penumbra, Flyway, Whitefish Review, VoyageLA, Artemis Journal, and others. She has been awarded grants and residencies including the Anderson Center, and Prairieside Outpost. Her work is beloved by collectors, art advisors, and designers. She recently completed a large commission for Stream Realty for their Regions Plaza commercial building in Atlanta, GA, designed by Gensler. She collaborates with evolutionary biologist Steven Peck on bodies of work investigating the loss we will continue to experience with climate change. Their work has been featured in multiple publications and their entire first body of work was bought by a major University library for their permanent collection.
Leishman’s work has been featured in Feel Free magazine, Penumbra, Flyway, Whitefish Review, VoyageLA, Artemis Journal, and others. She has been awarded grants and residencies including the Anderson Center, and Prairieside Outpost. Her work is beloved by collectors, art advisors, and designers. She recently completed a large commission for Stream Realty for their Regions Plaza commercial building in Atlanta, GA, designed by Gensler. She collaborates with evolutionary biologist Steven Peck on bodies of work investigating the loss we will continue to experience with climate change. Their work has been featured in multiple publications and their entire first body of work was bought by a major University library for their permanent collection.
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Lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS Pilgrim, Paul Williams Gallery, Ontario, CA 2025 (Upcoming) This universe, brimming with a drunken glee, Women United, 2025 The Way In, Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA, 2024 The Skin of the Land, Ahmad Shariff Gallery, Claremont, CA, 2024 Beyond Mountains, Meyer Gallery, Park City , UT, 2021 Heaving Into Mountains, Granary Art Center, Ephraim, UT, 2019 If We Ever Wake At All, Writ & Vision, Provo, UT, 2017 Yosemite, Sullivan Vineyards, St. Helena, CA, 2017 Transitions & Repetitions, Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT Transitions & Repetitions, Gallery OneTen, Provo, UT Transitions & Repetitions, Mondavi Vineyards, Napa, CA Process/ing, Provo Art Center, Provo, UT Process/ing, 913 Alabama, San Francisco, CA SELECTED GROUP AND JURIED SHOWS NOMAD, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, 2025 (Upcoming) As Grass Grows, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO, 2025 (Upcoming) The Other Side, Garel Fine Art, Manhattan Beach, CA, 2025 (Upcoming) The Delicate Ties that Bind, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2024 Ahmad Shariff Gallery, Claremont, CA, 2024 Kindling: Art and Environmentalist Awakenings, Pomona College Chan Gallery, Claremont, CA, 2021 Group show, Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, 2020 Contemporary Collage, Face Guts, Los Angeles, CA Art Box, Mary Paxon Gallery, Norwalk, CA The Better Part, Museum of Biblical Art, Dallas, TX On the Rocks, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY Where They Want To Go, NAID Art Center, Richmond, CA The Other Art Fair, Majestic Hotel, Los Angeles, CA NextGen, Venice, CA The Diptychs, Writ & Vision, Provo, UT The Blues, The Saguaro, Palm Springs, CA The Fourth Artist, Culver City, CA ABC Project, InkRunPress, Salt Lake City, UT Breaking in Two, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA Venice ArtWalk, Venice, CA Works on Paper, Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA GEM, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA Venus: Goddess of Love, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA Truth or Dare, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA Novella, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA Works on Paper, Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA Accessorize, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA Made in California, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA Fat City, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA Penumbra, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA |
RESIDENCIES
The Center, New York, NY, 2025 Prairieside Outpost, Matfield Green, KS 2021 Pressworks, Claremont, CA 2018 Anderson Center, Red Wing. MN 2006 PUBLICATIONS VoyageLA, 2025 Creative Collage Magazine, Issue 33, 2024 Bold Journey, 2023 Feel Free Magazine, 2022 Penumbra Literary and Art Journal, 2022 Flyway: Journal of Writing and Environment, 2020 Friend of the Artist, Volume 12, 2020 Artemis Journal, 2020 Whitefish Review, 2020 Cold Mountain Review, 2019 Art World Podcast, Episode 25 CREATE! Magazine, Winter 2019 Issue CreativPaper, Issue 009, Volume 1 VoyageLA, April 30, 2018 This is Range Magazine, Issue Eight, page 4 Room in the Trees, Episode 35, Podcast Best of Photography Annual Artists of Utah: 15bytes AWARDS Gold Award, Contemporary Collage Magazine Awards, 2024 Highly Commended, Contemporary Collage Magazine Award, 2023 Perry Award, 2021 Mother Artist Grant, Vision of the Arts, 2020 Finalist, Hopper Prize, 2019 Gerald & Georgia Brommer Award, Brand Library Art Galleries, 2008 Honorable Mention, International Photo Awards, 2006 Juror’s Award, Utah 2006: Fine Crafts & Photography, 2006 Best in Show, Museum of Utah Art & History, 2006 PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Nordstrom BYU Library, Special Collections Region Plaza Building, Atlanta, GA EDUCATION B.A. University of Georgia M.F.A., Academy of Art University |