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