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DAVID LEONARD

EDUCATION
1987  Banff Centre for the Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada
1985  BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010  George Billis Gallery in New York, NY
2008  Street Level at Norwood Flynn Gallery in Dallas, TX
2007  George Billis Gallery in New York, NY
2007  These Days at Julie Baker Fine Art in Nevada City, CA
2005  Working Monuments at the On Gallery in S. Pasadena, CA
1999  Americana at Crystal Fine Art Gallery in Boston, MA

SELECTED GROUP AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011  The Buildings of New York, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2010  Red Dot Miami with Mason Murer Fine Art in Miami, FL
2010  That Summer Feeling at the Davis Gallery in Austin, TX
2010  Group Show at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta, GA
2010  Group Show with George Billis Gallery at Merchandise Mart, Art Chicago, IL
2010  Annual Juried Exhibition, Live Oak Art Center in Columbus, TX, Juror: Jim Edwards;
          Awarded First Prize
2009  Group Show at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta, GA
2008  The Living at the Davis Gallery in Austin, TX
2008  Inside/Out at Julie Baker Fine Art in Nevada City, CA
2008  City Lights at George Billis Gallery in New York, NY
2007  Paint at the Davis Gallery in Austin, TX
2007  Good Night Sun at the George Billis Gallery in New York, NY
2007 2007  Art Exhibition at the People’s Gallery, Austin City Hall in Austin, TX
2006  In The City at the George Billis Gallery in New York, NY
2006  Pillar and Stretch at the Davis Gallery in Austin, TX
2005  Architect Tonic at the 2040 Gallery in Austin, TX
2005  Summer Show at the Davis Gallery in Austin, TX
2005  A New View at Julie Baker Fine Art in Grass Valley, CA
2005  Urban Fragments at Travis Tower Lobby in Houston, TX
2005  Selections from New American Paintings Vol. 54 at the Plus Gallery in Denver, CO
2004  Arts International Exhibition 2004 at the International Museum of Art in El Paso, TX,
         Jurors: Ellen Landis and Andrea Karnes; Avant Contemporary Painting Award
2004  New Directions V at the Hoorn-Ashby Gallery in New York, NY
2004  American Beauty at the 2040 Gallery in Austin, TX
2003  Texas National at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX, Jurors: Jerry
          Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor
2003  20x20x20: A Compact Competition at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA,
          Juror: Michael Rooks
2002  Contemporary Realism at Mesa Contemporary Arts in Mesa, AZ, Juror: Bill Lykins
2002  The Austin Art Scene III at the ACA Gallery @ ArtPlex in Austin, TX, Juror: Ron Prince
2001  The Austin Art Scene II at the ACA Gallery @ ArtPlex in Austin, TX, Juror: Billy Kirkland
1999  National Prize Show at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in Boston, MA, Jurors: Peter,
          Eliza, and Belinda Rathbone; Juror’s Award
1999  ArtForms Gallery in Philadelphia, PA, Juror: Ivan Karp
1998  Julia C. Butridge Gallery at the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin, TX
1998  New Texas Talent at the Craighead-Green Gallery in Dallas, TX, Juror: Robert McAn
1998  20x20x20: A Compact Competition at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA
1997  Open Show at The Art League of Houston in Houston, TX, Juror: Susie B. Kalil
1997  Global Warning at Galeria Mesa in Mesa, AZ Juror: Anne Coe; Juror’s Award
1996  Contemporary Realism ’96 at the Gallery Alexy in Philadelphia, PA Juror: Sidney
          Goodman
1996  Southwest ’96 at The Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, NM, Jurors: Luis Jimenez,
          Charlene Teters, and Willis Hatshorn
1996  Behind Closed Doors II at the Artspace Gallery in Austin, TX
1995  Tri-State Plus at the Beaumont Art League Galleries in Beaumont, TX Juror: The Art Guys
1995  Behind Closed Doors at the Artspace Gallery in Austin, TX
1994  National Juried Exhibition at Oklahoma Art Workshopsin Tulsa, OK Juror: Doug Dawson
1994  Spring ’94 at the Artspace Gallery in Austin,TX
1993  Art at the Armory II: Philadelphia Comes to Long Beach Island at the Long Beach Island
          Foundation for the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies, NJ Juror: Robert T. Koening, Director
          of the Noyes Museum
1993  Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition at the Manayunk Arts Center in Philadelphia, PA Juror:
          Bill Greenberg
1992  In Art We Trust; 200 Years Exercising the Bill of Rights, Art at the Armory at the 103rd
          Engineers’ Armory in Philadelphia, PA
1989  Disquietudes at the Pyramid Arts Center in Rochester, NY, Curator: John Worden, Director
          of the Pyramid Arts Center
1988  Six New Eyes at the Laushe State Office Building in Cleveland, OH, Curator: Joe Glasgow,
          Cleveland Institute of Art
1987  Enclosure, Memory, Dialectic, Pleasure at The Other Gallery in Banff, Alberta, Canada

PUBLICATIONS
2010  Southwest Art, August.
2010  The Austin Chronicle, July 2.
2009  The Austin Chronicle, December 18.
2009  D Magazine, August.
2008  The Austin Chronicle, November 21.
2008  Dallas Observer, November 20. 
2008  The Austin American-Statesman, November 3.
2007  SouthwestArt,September.
2007  American Art Collector, July.
2006  The New York Sun, July 20.
2006  The Austin Chronicle, June 9.
2006  The Daily Texan, June 8.
2006  Voices of Art, Volume 14.1
2005  ARTnews, September.
2005  Artweek, July/August.
2005  Rocky Mountain News, January 21.
2004  New American Paintings, Volume 54, October.
2004  Art Business News, September.
2004  The Austin Chronicle, May 28.
2004  The Austin American-Statesman, May 13.
1998  The Dallas Morning News, July  24.

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