Lacey Leonard
b. 1994 in Victoria, Texas
Lives and works in Roanoke, Virginia
Education
2015 Virginia Commonwealth University | Sculpture + Extended Media | BFA
Exhibitions and Screenings
2024
”FLOWERS” | Juried Group Exhibition | Arthouse Richmond, VA
“The Stately Mansion of Radiolaria” | Collaborative Exhibition with Andrew Franklin | Alexander/Heath Contemporary | Roanoke, VA
2022
“Symbiosis” | Group Exhibition | Berkshire Botanical Gardens | Stockbridge, MA
”THE SHOW” | Group Exhibition | VALLT Gallery | Roanoke, VA
”Walkway to Being” | Solo Exhibition, Sweet Briar College | Amherst, VA
2021
“Welcome to Roanoke” | Juried Group Exhibition | Roanoke, VA
“Not Our Monument Project” | Group Exhibition | Roanoke College, Salem, VA
“THE SHOW”, Group Exhibition, VALLT Gallery | Roanoke, VA
2020
“Color” | Juried Online Exhibition | Gallery 5 | Richmond, VA
”Island of Self” | Solo Exhibition | Alexander Heath Contemporary Gallery | Roanoke, VA
”It’s a Multipurpose Shape” |Undergraduate Research Grant Unveiling | Richmond, VA
2014
“Phatic Communication” | Film Screening | Richmond, VA
2013
“Measure Once Cut Twice” | Juried Group Craft Exhibit | Richmond, VA
2012
“Scholastic Nationals Exhibit” | New York, NY
Curatation
2021
“On Jupiter; Works from the Private Collection of Beth Rudin Dewoody” | Solo Debut | Olin Hall Galleries | Roanoke College
2022
“The Things We Are” | Co-Curated | Richard Pasquarelli | Olin Hall Galleries
2021
“Artist-As-Collector: Works from the Private Collection of Dorothy Gillespie” | Co-curated | Olin Hall Galleries
“Coming of the Great Fish” | Donald Nield | Co-Curated | Olin Hall Galleries
2020
“Selections: Works from the Permanent Collection” | Co-Curated | Olin Hall Galleries
2019
“Post Nostalgia” | Rob Wynne | Co-Curated | Olin Hall Galleries
Grants and Awards
2022
Kegley Preservation Award | Histories of Enslavement Walking Tour | The Center for Studying Structures of Race
Kendig Award | Olin Hall Galleries | Roanoke College
2015
Faculty Distinguished Student Award | Virginia Commonwealth University
Undergraduate Research Grant | Virginia Commonwealth University
Peachtree Foundation Art Scholarship | Virginia Commonwealth University
2012
National Gold Key | Mixed Media | Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
National Silver Key | Jewelry | Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2011
National Gold Key | Mixed Media | Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Residencies
Neighborhoods of Opportunity | Roanoke, VA | 2022-23
Print
2023
Altus | Album Cover Artwork |
2022
Craft Makerspace Cookbook | Contributing Artist | designed by Christina Sadovnikov
2021
Not Our Monument | Contributing Artist | The Center for Studying Structures of Race | Roanoke College | Catalog
On Jupiter | Photography, Essay, and Co-design | Olin Hall Galleries | Roanoke College | Catalog
2020
Artemis Journal | Contributing Poet | Roanoke, VA
2020
Exit Route, Heroux the God | Album Cover Artwork | Houston, TX
Press
2022 “Symbiotic Relationships” | New york Social Diary
2020 “Art Gallery sets out to showcase emerging artists” | Roanoke Times
2020 “Collages Capture Meditations in Isolation” | written by Mike Allen | Roanoke Times
2015 “Sustainability and Tiny Bus Home” | Richmond Homes Magazine