Leah Gerrard Leahgerrard.com leahgerrard2@gmail.com
14931 107th way
Vashon Wa 98070
206 504 6668
Exhibitions (solo)
2019 Sentiment, 4culture Gallery, Seattle WA
2018 Connection through form, Metro Gallery, City Hall, Reno NV
Wire form, City Hall, Auburn WA
Moonlight, Shoreline Community College, Shoreline WA
2017 Northwinds Art Center, Artist Showcase, June
Koch Gallery Vashon Island, Chain Series, May
Artist Trust Auction, Featured photo wall artist, Feb
2015 Counterbalance Brewing co., Seattle Way, October-December
goCstudio, Seattle Wa, June
2014 Good; a gallery, Portland Or, September
Luna cafe, Vashon Wa, June
2013 Zeitgeist, Seattle Wa, August
2012 Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Wa, August
Group Exhibitions:
2019 Nature: Black and White, Northwinds Art Center, Port Townsend WA
2018 Black and White, Ashton Gallery, San Diego CA
Crossings, Annie Meyers Gallery, Portland OR
All Things Considered 9, Basketry in the 21st century, Tacoma WA, Layton NJ,
Boston, MA
2017 Base Experimental art space, "Like Love" Invitational Seattle Art Fair satellite show
2017 Northwinds Art Center, Port Townsend WA
2016 Roslyn Art festival, Roslyn WA
2016 EAFA 2016 Juried open exhibition, Mercer Island WA
2016 Bellwether Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue WA
2016 Giant Steps, An Artist Residency on the Moon, Seattle WA
2016 35 Live, COCA members exhibit, Seattle WA
2015 Women in Metal Pratt fine art center, Seattle WA
2015 Vashon allied arts auction, September 2012-2015
2013 The metal artist and the urn, Lundgren Monuments, Seattle, WA
2005 Women Do Iron, Aztec, NM
2000 Coca, Black and Raw, Seattle WA
1998 Winter Fair, Black Lab Gallery Seattle WA
1996 Linfield College Senior Thesis Show, Renshaw Gallery McMinnville OR
Awards
2016 Artist Trust Fellowship
Education:
1996 Bachelor of Arts Linfield College, McMinnville, Or
1995 Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Wa
1993 Studio Art Centers International, Florence Italy
Professional Experience:
1999-2008 Intent llc, Architectural metal fabrication/ art mounting, owner
2000- present Big building llc, studio aggregate SODO, founding partner
Workshops and Classes:
2016 Office of Arts and Culture, Seattle Wa, Public Art Boot Camp
2015 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Printmaking and Collage
2015 Artist trust, I am an Artist
2014 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Hollowware
2014 Willingham Weaving Works, Weaving Intensive
2014 Vashon Allied Arts, Wire Basketry (instructor)
2006 Coupeville Arts Center, Basketry
2005 Coupeville Arts Center, Coil Basketry
2000 Penland School of Craft, Creative Blacksmithing
Memberships:
Artist Trust
COCA, Center on Contemporary Art
Seattle Art Museum
Society of North American Goldsmiths