David Leonard
BORN
1962 Wilmington, DE
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
Southwest Art, August 2010
The Austin Chronicle, 7/02/10
The Austin Chronicle, 12/18/09
D Magazine, August 2009
The Austin Chronicle, 11/21/08
Dallas Observer, 11/20/08
The Austin American-Statesman, 11/03/08
SouthwestArt,September 2007
American Art Collector, July 2007
The New York Sun, 7/20/06
The Austin Chronicle, 6/09/06
The Daily Texan, 6/08/06
Voices of Art, Volume 14.1 2006
ARTnews, September 2005
Artweek, July/August 2005
Rocky Mountain News, 1/21/05
New American Paintings, Volume 54 10/04
Art Business News, 09/04
The Austin Chronicle, 5/28/04
The Austin American-Statesman, 5/13/04
The Dallas Morning News, 7/24/98