Emily Leonard
www.emilyleonard.com

 

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art, 1998, Furman University, Greenville, SC, magna cum laude
1995, 1996, 1997 Award for Outstanding Achievement and Service to the Dept. of Art

Studies Abroad Program, 1998, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy,
1998 University of Georgia Presidential Scholar, for 4.0 grade point average

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007 In Returning
Davidson Contemporary
Seattle WA

2006 Summer Road Trip 2006
Ballard Fetherston Gallery
Seattle, WA

2006 Together
SouthGate Studio and Fine Art
Nashville, TN

2005 Lead Me Here Any Night
Tashiro Kaplan Building
Seattle, WA

2005 A Suitcase Show
University Club of Nashville
Nashville, TN

2004 Forrest Through the Trees
The Art House Gallery
Nashville, TN

2003 Rising
Marnie Sheridan Gallery
Nashville, TN

2002 Standing Our Ground
The Gallery of Franklin
Franklin, TN

2001 New Landscapes by Emily Leonard
Thompson Gallery (Furman University Art Gallery)
Greenville, SC

2001 Recent Paintings by Emily Leonard
The Gallery at the Belcourt Theater
Nashville, TN

2001 New Landscapes
Laurel Creek Gallery
Greenville, SC

1998 Landscapes and Cityscapes
Galleria dell'Arte
Cortona, Italy

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 New Work by Emily Leonard and Julia Martin
TAG Gallery
Nashville TN

2006 Aqua Art Fair Miami
exhibiting with Davidson Contemporary
Miami, FL

2006 Grand Opening, featured artist
Daniel Kany Gallery
Portland,ME

2006 CoCA Painting Marathon: They Shoot Painters, Don’t They?
Center on Contemporary Art
Seattle, WA

2005 Christmas Group Show
Corridor Gallery
Seattle, WA

2005 Invitational Art Auction to benefit TK Artist Lofts
TK Artist Lofts
Seattle, WA

2004, 05, 06 Annual Summer and Winter Salons
SouthGate Studio and Fine Art
Franklin, TN

2004 1oo2 Project: From One to Chemistry
Calvin Charles Gallery
Scottsdale, AZ

2003 Artrageous, annual gallery tour and gala to benefit Nashville Cares
The Art House Gallery
Nashville, TN

2001 Mother and Daughter Exhibition, paintings by Wendy and Emily Leonard
Centennial Club
Nashville, TN

 

Collections

Swedish Hospital, Seattle (WA)
Martha Ingram
Suzy Bogguss
Ron and Sandra Bloch
Burton and Gloria Grant

 

Publications

Nashville Scene Critics Pick for show at TAG gallery with published image,
January 10 2008

ArtNews, published image in feature on Maine, summer edition 2007

Nashville Scene Critics Pick for 'In Returning' with published image,
October 18 2007

Visual Codec One Shot, January 2007.

' It's 'Twighlight' Time at New Gallery,’ The Portland Forecaster, November 22, 2006.

Cover Painting for J. Wes Yoder’s novel, Carry My Bones
MacAdam/Cage Publishing, May 2006

Not Your Average Landscape Artist: Emily Leonard’ Profile of the Artist in Southern Exposure Magazine, April/May 2006.

' Local Artist Returns’, a write-up for 'Together’ by Vicki Stout
The Tennessean, April 30, 2006

'Homecoming’, a write-up for 'Together’
Review Appeal, May 17, 2006

' Inspired by home: Half a country away, artist finds inspiration from local landscape’,
The Williamson Herald, April 30, 2006.

'Little snippets of nature' by Alan Bostick, review of The Suitcase Show,
The Tennessean, July 17, 2005

'Parks' preservation' by Alan Bostick, review of 'Rising'
The Tennessean, March 1, 2003

 

 

Professional Experience

1997, 1999 Ceramics Director, Camp Rockmont for Boys, Black Mountain, NC

1999 Ceramics Instructor, Cheekwood Museum of Fine Art

1999 private drawing and ceramics instructor

1998 Assistant Program Director, for summer camps, Cheekwood Museum of Fine Art