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Leanne C. Miller
Tucson, AZ
Leannecmiller.com
Education
2012-2015 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Master of Fine Arts, Painting
May 2015
2001-2005 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting
Professional Experience , Lectures
Summer 2016 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Instructor of Record, Adjunct, Painting 280, 380, 480
Spring 2016 Guest lecture on residencies and career development post graduation
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Southwest University of Visual Art, Tucson AZ:
Instructor of Record, Adjunct, 200 level painting,
Instructor of Record, Adjunct, Encaustic, 300 level painting
Instructor of Record, Adjunct, Graduate Studio
Fall 2015 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Instructor of Record, Adjunct, Painting 280
Spring 2015 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Instructor of Record, Beginning Figure Drawing
Winter 2014Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
2015 Assistant Preparator, restoration/archival work, framing, re-stretching paintings, wiring and hanging work.
Fall 2014 Spring/ Fall University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Instructor of Record, (Graduate Teaching Assistant), Painting
Spring 2014 Spring 2014, Fall 2014, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Instructor of Record, (Graduate Teaching Assistant), Painting
Spring/Fall Infuse, Facilitator/Coordinator, La Cocina, Tucson, AZ
2014 Infuse: A monthly collaborative Artists event
2013-2014 Amado Youth Center/ Compass Behavioral Health, Amado, AZ; Mural Artist/ facilitator/mural design, summer art instruction, Supervisor, Mentorship
2012 Teachers Assistant, Preceptor-ship, Intermediate painting under supervision of Dimitri Kozyrev, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2008- 2012 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Front of house staff; Membership office, Book Store, Admissions Department
2009-2011 Pure Beauty Salon, Curation and promotion of monthly art shows
San Francisco, CA
Residencies:
2015 Starry Night Artists Residency, Truth or Consequences, NM, December
2015 Penland School of Art, North Carolina, Studio Assistant for “Exploratory Drawing” with Joseph Hart, July/August; full scholarship
Awards:
2016 First Place, Arizona State Fair, Drawing Category,
Fourth Place, Arizona State Fair, Acrylic Category
2015 Art Slant, 6th 2015 Show Case Prize Winner, Juried, Jurors: Mark Beasley PHD, Curator, Oscar Florit Director of L21 Gallery, Madrid, Spain, Bob and Roberta Smith, Artists
2015 Penland School of Art Residency, Studio Assistant Award, Tuition waived Penland, NC
2015 Spring, Graduate Tuition Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
2015 Spring, Graduate College Fellowship, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
2014-2015 Fall/Spring, Edward Francis Dunn Scholarship, Cash/Tuition, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
2012-2013 Fall /Spring Cash/Tuition Fellowship at University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2005 Cover Art Award for SFAI Handbook, San Francisco, CA
2000-2005 Merit Tuition Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, (SFAI)
San Francisco, CA
Internships/Committees:
2016/2017 Pima Arts and Community Design Committee (PACDC)
2005 Root-Division Community Arts Education Program; Teaching, Curriculum development, San Francisco, CA
2005 Southern Exposure Gallery; “Mission Voices” Summer Program; Artist’s assistant and curriculum development, San Francisco, CA
2003-2005 Southern Exposure Gallery; Gallery prep, art installation, data entry, bar tending at openings, San Francisco, CA
Murals/Commissions:
2014 Compass Behavioral Healthcare, Amado Youth Center
Mural Theme: Amado History, Amado, AZ
2013 Compass Behavioral Healthcare, Amado Youth Center, Mural Theme: Amado Future, Amado, AZ
2009 San Francisco Arts Commission, “Art in Store Fronts Program” 170 ft mural on Market Street “Find Yourself in Natural History”San Francisco
2009-2010 Lower Haight Neighborhood Association, Mural, San Francisco, CA
2009 Urbanshare.org, Mural on corner of Gough and Eddy, Community Garden, San Francisco, CA
Exhibitions
2017 Upcoming: SF StArtUp Fair, Hotel Del Sol, San Francisco, CA (April) Juried
Upcoming: BG Gallery, “Spectrum”, Santa Monica, CA (June)
Upcoming: Haunted Hands Gallery, “Nasty Women Portrait Painting” Tucson, Az Solo (September)
2016 Galerie Metanonia, “A Singe Grain of Rice” Paris, France
Tiny Town Gallery, “Material Tendencies”, Tucson, AZ Solo
Chocolate and Art, SOMaArts, San Francisco, CA
Tiny Town Gallery, “Monson Inspirations ”, Tucson, AZ Solo
Urbano Cellars Gallery, “Material Tendencies”, Berkeley, CA Solo
2015 Boathouse Gallery, “Students and Alumni of U of A; Selected Works”
Tucson, AZ
ArtKudos Online Exhibition 2015, www.artkudos.com
Juried
Boathouse Gallery, “1st Annual Group Show”, Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA) Graduate Exhibition, “Time Shifts/Fleeting Remains”, Tucson, AZ
Porter Hall Gallery, “Shifting Quantum Geologies” Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson AZ, Solo
2014 Lionel Rombach Gallery, Pushing Through the Layers, Tucson, AZ Solo
Paintings and Drawings, Olli Learning Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Solo
The Art Gallery, New Paradigms, The University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
Juried
Cartel Café and Gallery, Sedimentary Layers, Tucson, AZ, Solo
Lessedra Gallery, Lessedra World Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
The Steinfeld, Installations 2014, Tucson, AZ
2013 Graduate Gallery Combining Media, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Graduate Gallery 642-2, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Kachina Gallery A/R/T; Artists, Researchers, Teachers, Tucson, AZ
2010 Family Restraints, Café Royale, San Francisco, CA, Solo
2009 New Work, Pure Beauty Salon, San Francisco, CA, Solo
Benefit for St. Nicks Alliance, Brooklyn, New York
2008 New Work Cowboys and Angels Salon, San Francisco, CA, Solo
You are my Mountain Top, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Annual Staff Art Show, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2-D work 2008-2010, San Francisco, CA
2007 Empire of Habit, Ar+space Gallery, Collaborative, installation show
San Francisco, CA, 2-person
2006 Guilty by Association, Melting Pot gallery, 2-D work, San Francisco, CA
2006 Instinctual Distraction, Ar+space Gallery (Co-Curator), emerging American artists, San Francisco, CA
2005 Hip Hop and Evolution, Springer Croak Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2 person
2005 Unclaimed Baggage, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Reviews, Internet Press, Publications:
Arizona Daily Star/Tucson.com http://tucson.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/ua-fine-arts-students-thesis-exhibit-runs-through-friday/article_06902645-9adf-5e0c-9a1b-3ac1e5cdcc65.html#.VVI3XZWssHw.gmail, Author: Daniel J. Burkhart May 12th, 2015
UANews.orghttp://uanews.org/photos/class-2015-artists-exit-museum-show April 28th, 2015, Author: Beatriz Verdugo
The Voyager.com http://uwfvoyager.com/2014/10/tag-exhibit-brings-new-art-mediums-to-uwf/, Review of “The New Paradigms” Group Exhibition in Pensacola Florida, November 2014
Author: Ashley Seifert
“Unitel”, Universalists Congregation online news magazine, Vol. 23, Issue 10 Page 8, RE: Amado Youth Mural at the Amado Youth Center, Community Project, October 2014
Author: Cara Williams
Open Studios Press, Studio Visit Magazine, Boston, Ma Issue 8 Winter 2010, Issue 9, Spring 2011
Haighteration.com/ blog
https://hoodline.com/2010/11/mural-update-lots-of-new-art-most-but-not-all-great,
Nov. 2010
Author: Andrew Dudley
Show reviews; “Instinctual Distractions” 2005, “Family Restraints” 2010
Author: Alan Bamberger
Online representation of my work and press/event updates
2008-2009
Author: Elizabeth Hall
www.tamaralowenstein.wordpress.com, Urbanshare community garden updates and press, San Francisco, CA 2009
Author: Tamara Lowenstein
www.urbanshare.org/www.urbanshare.blogspot.com 2009
Author: Reverend Megan Rhorer
www.sfgate.com http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Artwork-to-aid-San-Francisco-s-blighted-streets-3213002.php, 2009
Author: Rachael Gordon
The San Francisco Chronicle; Art In Store Fronts Program, (Mural), Title: “Find Yourself in Natural History”, Write up for the San Francisco Arts Commission
Oct. 24th 2009
Author: Michael Macor
www.sfartscomission.org http://www.sfartscommission.org/CAE/art-in-storefronts/2010/05/12/deep-roots-03-art-in-storefronts/
May 12th 2010
Author: Robyn Takayama