Exhibitions

Leah Lewman Laird has exhibited works in renowned galleries and art spaces across the country, in both solo and group contexts.

 

American Landscapes, 2023

Aug 30 - Sept 23, 2023 at MFA’s Circle Gallery: From the oceans surrounding it to the mountains dividing it, this land is home to some of the world’s most powerful landscapes. Whether urban, rural, or suburban, landscapes are always changing.

Juror: Nora Sturges, Head of Painting and Drawing at Towson University

View one of Leah’s most recent oil paintings, entitled “Dead End.”

 
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Art in the Time of Corona, 2022

Currently online through Dab Art Co. in Los Angeles, CA. Check out Leah’s work alongside other talented contemporary artists creating work during the global pandemic.

Leah’s painting, “Overlook” will be included in the online exhibition as well as the print publication coming in 2022.

Project Details
 

Erasing Places, 2020

VisArts Center in Rockville, MD. Solo exhibition. Collection of paintings and mixed media work inspired by the wildfires in California as well as repeated flooding in the historic district of the artists’ hometown, Ellicott City MD.

 
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Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, 2017

University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ. Collection of artistic works in painting, drawing, 3D and multi media arts created by the graduating class of Spring 2017.

Thesis Project Title: From the Inside, Out

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Solo Exhibitions

2020 Erasing Places, The Artists’ Gallery at Taylor’s Collective: Ellicott City, MD

2019 Erasing Places, VisArts Center, Concourse Gallery: Rockville, MD

Fire and Flood, The Artists’ Gallery at Taylor’s Collective: Ellicott City, MD

2015                        Detachments, Graduate & Alumni Gallery: Tucson, AZ

2013                        Incompleteness, Gallery 303: Salisbury, MD

2012                        Moments of Connection, Guerrieri Student Union Art Space: Salisbury, MD

 

Two-Person Exhibitions

2016                        Hot and Cold, Graduate & Alumni Gallery: Tucson, AZ

2014                        Two Channels Off The Sea, Bernice Kish Gallery: Columbia, MD

 

Group Exhibitions

2023 American Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery: Annapolis, MD

2021 Art in the Time of Corona, Dab Art Co.: Los Angeles, CA

H2O, Virginia Beach Art Center: Virginia Beach, VA

2020 American Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery: Annapolis, MD

The Big Show, 25th Anniversary, Creative Alliance: Baltimore, MD

Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery: Annapolis, MD

2019 Water’s Edge, InSquare Art: Baltimore, MD

2018                        Annual Faculty Exhibition, The Mary Condon Hodgson Art Gallery: Frederick, MD

Glances from Infinity, University of Maryland Art Gallery: College Park, MD

Pushing Paper, Barrett Art Center: Poughkeepsie, NY

                                The Built Environment, Orr Street Studios: Columbia, MO

                                Small Things Considered, Davis Dominguez Gallery: Tucson, AZ

                                Dancing for Claudia, Columbia Art Center: Columbia, MD

                                HoCo Open 2018, Howard County Arts Council: Ellicott City, MD

                                Love in the Winter, The Artists' Gallery: Ellicott City, MD

 

2017                        Homecoming, Salisbury University Art Galleries: Downtown, Salisbury, MD

    Small Things Considered, Davis Dominguez Gallery: Tucson, AZ

    Healing Hands / Words of Inspiration, Columbia Art Center: Columbia, MD

                                 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art: Tucson, AZ

                                 Vast Vicinities, Cartel Coffee Lab: Tucson, AZ

 

2016                        All Art Arizona 2016, Art Intersection: Gilbert, AZ

                                Night Vision - Still Life, Exploded View Gallery: Tucson, AZ

                                A/R/T: Artist / Researcher / Teacher, Union Gallery: Tucson, AZ

                                Wet Paint MFA Biennial Exhibition, Zhou B. Art Center: Chicago, IL

 

2015                        Landscape at Escape Velocity, Fine Arts Complex 1101: Tempe, AZ

                                Evolvement: MFA Invitational, Lionel Rombach Gallery: Tucson, AZ

 

2014                        MISPLACED: six four two, Exploded View Gallery: Tucson, AZ

            Things That Scare Me: Themed Invitational, Columbia Art Center:  Columbia, MD

 

2013                        Ellicott City Plein Air Painting Exhibition, Howard County Arts Council: Ellicott City, MD.

                                Beverly Bassford Memorial Juried Exhibit, Ocean City Center for the Arts: O.C., MD.

                                Emerging Artists, Galleria - Ocean City Center for the Arts: Ocean City, MD.

                                48th Annual Senior Fine Arts Show, Fulton Gallery: Salisbury, MD.

 

2012                        Art Department Technician Show, Gallery 303: Salisbury, MD.

                                21st Annual National Juried Exhibition, Art Institute & Gallery: Salisbury, MD.

                                Grow, The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art: Salisbury, MD.

                                Expression and Interpretation, Gallery 303: Salisbury, MD.

                                Drawing School, Q Gallery, CCBC: Catonsville, MD.

                                Light and Form, Cool Beans Gallery: Salisbury, MD.

 

2011                        New Beginnings, Cool Beans Gallery: Salisbury, MD.