About the Artist
Leah grew up on the Northern Beaches in Sydney and relocated to Northern NSW in 2008. Growing up she always pursued the arts, studying fashion design at East Sydney College and working as a designer in the fashion industry. Moving away from fashion and seeking a connection to the fine arts, in 1998 Leah completed a Diploma of Fine Arts in Sydney alongside a Certificate in Ceramics at Brookvale TAFE.
In 2014 she successfully completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Southern Cross University and has since been selected in a number of group shows including a group exhibition at Watters Gallery, East Sydney 2016. She was also selected to be an associated artist at Scott Livesey Galleries Victoria 2017. Since her completion, she has also had five Solo exhibitions while taking part in many more group exhibitions in different galleries in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
Leah has been selected as a finalist in many prominent contemporary art shows around Australia, such as the Paddington Art Prize, The John Leslie Art Prize, The Calleen Art Award and The John Glover Art Prize in 2020 and 2022. She has also received a highly commended at the prestigious Natural Science Art Award in 2014 and in the Gosford Art Award 2017.
She continues to paint and explore abstraction and the emotional gravity of place in her studio which is situated on the water’s edge in Northern NSW. Her work is a constant investigation about capturing the pulse and rawness of the land she is immersed within.
Education
2014 Bachelor of Visual Art - SCU - Painting major
1997 Diploma of Fine Arts - Seaforth TAFE (Sydney)
1996 Certificate in Studio Ceramics – Brookvale TAFE (Sydney)
Exhibition
2023 Bloom- Solo- Lethbridge Gallery- Brisbane
2022 Calleen Art Award- finalist - Cowra Regional Gallery
2022 20000 Small Scale Art Award- Finalist- Brisbane
2022 Lethbridge Landscape Art prize- Finalist – Brisbane
2022 Walcha Gallery- joint exhibition- NSW
2022 “Melbourne Art Fair 22” -Flinders Lane Gallery- Melbourne
2022 “Summer Show” – Lethbridge Gallery- Brisbane
2022 “Rhythms of the Monaro”- Wagner Gallery- Group- Sydney
2021 Despard Summer show- Group- Hobart
2021 Grounded- Solo- Despard gallery- Hobart
2021 Broadwater- Solo- Flinders Lane gallery- Melbourne
2021 Muswellbrook Art Prize- Finalist- Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
2020 Despard Summer show- Despard Gallery- Hobart- GROUP
2020 John Leslie Art Prize- Finalist- Gippsland Art Gallery- Melbourne
2020 Afternoon light - Lethbridge Gallery- Solo- Brisbane
2020 Abstract- Despard Gallery- Joint exhibition - Hobart
2020 Live in art - invitation art prize- Finalist- Sydney
2020 John Villiers Art Prize- Finalist – QLD
2020 Glover Art Prize- Finalist- Tasmania
2019 30 x 30 – Flinders Lane Gallery- Melbourne- GROUP
2019 My Backyard – Rochfort Gallery – Sydney- GROUP
2019 20/20 -Sothern Cross University- Exhibition of excellence-Gold Coast
2019 Clayton UTZ Art Prize- Finalist- Brisbane
2019 Gosford Art Prize- Finalist- Gosford Regional Gallery
2019 Calleen Art Prize- Finalist- Cowra Regional Gallery
2019 “Ebb & Flow” – Lethbridge Gallery- Brisbane- SOLO
2019 “Girt by sea”- Rochfort gallery- Sydney - GROUP
2018 John Leslie Art Prize – Gippsland Art Gallery- Victoria
2018 Drawn in – Wooloongabba Art Gallery- BRISBANE- GROUP
2018 Pro Hart outback art prize- Finalist -Broken Hill
2018 “Pigments at play”- Rochfort Gallery- Sydney- GROUP
2018 “Paint” -Saltcontemporary- Victoria- GROUP
2018 “The spirit of place”- Boom Gallery-Victoria- SOLO
2018 “ESSENSE”- ARO Gallery- Sydney-
2018 “Land and Sea”- Rochfort Gallery- North Sydney- GROUP
2018 “Summer Series” - Saltcontemporary Gallery- Victoria- GROUP
2017 Gosford Art Prize- Gosford Regional Gallery- COMMENDED
2017 Terra Firma- Boom Gallery- Victoria- GROUP
2017 Dirt Music- Lethbridge gallery- SOLO
2017 Associated Artist- Scott Livesey Galleries- Victoria
2016 The Paddington Art Prize- Sydney
2016 Redland Art Awards – Redland art gallery – Cleveland
2016 John Leslie Art Prize- Gippsland art gallery- Victoria
2016 Depot Gallery- #asociallandscape- Waterloo Sydney- GROUP
2016 Woollongabba Art Gallery- 23rd Degree- Brisbane - GROUP
2016 Calleen Art Award – Cowra Regional Gallery
2016 Watters Gallery - Sydney – Group
2016 “Immersion”- Lethbridge gallery-Brisbane – SOLO
2015 Calleen Art Award – Cowra Regional Gallery
2015 Clayton Utz- Art Prize- Brisbane
2014 The Paddington Art Prize
2014 Clayton Utz- Art Prize- Brisbane
2014 The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize – Highly Commended
2014 ‘Undiscovered’ – Lone Goat Gallery Byron Bay – GROUP
2013 Gold Coast Art Prize- Finalist- Gold Coast Gallery
2012 Landscape – School of Art Gallery – ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Awards/Grants/ Collections
2020 Arthur & Suzie Roe Collection - Melbourne
2017 Gosford Regional Art Prize- Highly Commended
2014 The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize - Highly Commended
2013 William Fletcher Foundation Grant
2011 The Kaske Award- Painting
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