LEAH WILSON
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E d u c a t i o n
MFA, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 2003
BFA, Painting & Drawing, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA, 1995
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Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
Leah Wilson: Collecting Evanescence, Lane Community College, Main Gallery, Eugene, OR (Solo), 2019
Leah Wilson: Collecting Evanescence - Six Years at the Andrews, Joan Truckenbrod Pop-Up Gallery, Corvallis, OR, (Solo), 2018 Solstices and Equinoxes: Paintings by Leah Wilson, Roger W. Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem, OR, (Solo), 2017
Leah Wilson: Ambient, Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg, OR (Solo), 2015
The Structure of Nature, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR (Two Person), 2014
Leah Wilson: Distillations of Place, Cascade Gallery, Portland, OR (Solo), 2013
Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR (Two Person), 2010
Tropes, Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, Eugene, OR (Solo), 2009
Shifting Landscapes, Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA (Two Person), 2006
Yuba Songs, Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Nevada City, CA (Solo), 2006
Love Poems to the Yuba, 560, Nevada City, CA (Solo), 2005
Internal, Howard Rice, San Francisco, CA (Solo), 2002
New Works, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA (Solo), 2000
Collaborative & Public Art Metanoia Catalyst, BRIDGE Exhibitions, Hult Center Plaza, Eugene, OR 2018
(Leah Wilson & Kate Ali, Sponsored by Gray Space)
Selected Group Exhibitions
Gray Space and Tailgate Party for Art, Eugene Contemporary Art, Eugene, OR, 2018
Rot: The Afterlife of Trees, The World Forestry Center, Portland, OR, 2016
Rot: The Afterlife of Trees, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR, 2016
The Art of Plankton, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR, 2012
Green, Green the Color of New, David Joyce Gallery, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, 2012
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Nevada City, CA, 2008
Below the Surface, Fly Trap Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2005
Small Works, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA, 2004
Small Works, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2004
River Lovers, Lotus Art Studio, Lotus, CA, 2004
Spring!, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA, 2004
Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Project Space East/West, Sausalito, CA, 2004
San Francisco Art Institute Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Fort Mason, Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, CA, 2003
Continuing, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2002
Slack Jaw, Studio Z, San Francisco, CA, 2002
Crossing Bridges, CBS MarketWatch, San Francisco, CA, 2002
Ambulatory Gambit, Sunnyside Conservatory, San Francisco, CA, 2002
Berührungsangst, 701 Chestnut, San Francisco, CA, 2001
Magnificent Seven, Café Roma, Davis, CA, 2001
Spring Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 2001
Me We, Justice League, San Francisco, CA, 2001
Pigmentations, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA, 2001
Annual Alumni Exhibition, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA, 2000
That Figures, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, 1998
Annual Alumni Exhibition, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA, 1998
Unusual Perceptions, Hello Artichoke Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 1997
Annual Alumni Exhibition, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA, 1997
The Really Big Show, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, 1997
Southern California Open Juried Exhibition, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, 1997
Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA, 1996
Thirteen After Four, Artegeo, Orange, CA, 1994
Collections
Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR
Oregon State University, HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, Blue River, OR
Adobe Systems, Inc., Frankfurt, Germany
Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA
eBay, Inc., San Jose, CA
Namco Hometek, Inc., Santa Clara, CA
Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, San Francisco, CA
Featured Publications
Oregon Historical Quarterly, Winter 2018/2019 (Artwork featured on the front and back covers)
Bibliography
McInally, Mike, “‘Evanescence’ at the Intersection of Art, Science” The Corvallis Gazette-Times, October 4, 2018
Fourie, Andries, “Solstices and Equinoxes: Paintings by Leah Wilson” Roger W. Rogers Gallery, January, 2017
Sherk, Christine, “Outside the Lines, Nature as Muse” The Register-Guard, April 4, 2012
Keefer, Bob, “Trash Runs Through It,” The Register-Guard, July 16, 2009
Steffen, Suzi, “Colored by Science,” Eugene Weekly, July 16, 2009
Chamberland, Celeste, “On the Cutting Edge,” The Davis Enterprise, August 16, 2001
Es s a y s “Discovery Trail”, ROT: The Afterlife of Trees, Exhibition Catalog, The Arts Center, January, 2015
Professional Presentations, Events & Community
Guest Lecturer, Imagining Ecosystems Over Time, Environmental Arts & Humanities Field Course, Oregon State University, 2016
Professional Presenter, Art-Science Convergences at OSU, Spring Creek Project, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 2016 Professional Presenter, Science Pub, Corvallis, OR, 2015
Professional Presenter, Artists: Voices, Perceptions, & Motivations, Real Time Data Visualizations: A 21st Century Confluence of Art,
Music and Science at Ecological Research Sites, Hubbard Brook LTER, NH, 2015
Professional Presenter, HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, HJA Day, 2015
Invited Artist, Honoring Our Rivers Anthology, 2015
Professional Presenter, HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, HJA Day, 2014
Professional Presenter, Portland Community College, Cascade Campus, 2013
Guest Artist, Willamette Riverkeeper, Paddle Oregon, 2010
Curatorial & Collaborative Projects
Gray Space, Co-Founder, Eugene, Corvallis & Roseburg, OR 2016
Present Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, Eugene, OR, 2008 - 2009
Awards, Grants & Other
Episodic Lifetime Resident Artist, HJ Andrews Experimental Forest Lane Arts Council Fiscal Sponsorship: Distillations of Place
Project (HJ Andrews), 2013 - 2014
Artist in Residence, HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, 2012
