Leah Gonzales
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Education:
2017 M.F.A. in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), San Francisco, CA
2011 B.F.A. in Drawing, Concentration in Illustration, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
2011 Study Abroad, Studio Art Center International (SACI), Florence, Italy
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2007 RISD Pre-College Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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Juried/Solo Exhibitions:
2019
Leah Gonzales (Retrospective), The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
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2017
Fam Sauce, The Family Room, San Francisco, CA
Sauce Ally, The Mint, SFAI Thesis Exhibition San Francisco, CA
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2013
Pink Elephants, Pareidolia, Santa Fe NM
​2011
Solo Thesis Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
​2009
Juried Undergrad Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
​Group Exhibitions:
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2022
Opening Group Exhibit, Element Art Center, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
Metaverse Schmetaverse, Doors. (Pop Up), Hollywood, CA
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2021
SMC Faculty Show, Barrett Gallery, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
Other Worlds, Doors. x Beautyque, New York, NY
Pot Shop, Ed Varie Gallery, New York, NY
A Spirit of Disruption, San Francisco Art Institute 150th Anniversary Exhibition, Walter & McBean Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
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2020
LA is Bananas, I Want to Go to Paradise, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Pot Shop, Ed. Varie Gallery, New York, NY
It’s a Trap, That That Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2018
Best in Show, That That Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Communities and Collectives Exhibition, Embark Gallery, San Francisco, CA Curated by Matt Goldberg
Defining Form, The Untitled Space, Tribeca, NY
Galactish, Fly, San Francisco CA
Hospitality House Auction and Benefit, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
Out of Reach, Peep-Hole Cinema, San Francisco, CA
Space Bar Open Studios, Francisco Studios, San Francisco, CA
2017
Strange Pleasures, That That Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Animated Shorts Film Festival, Aggregate Space, Oakland, CA
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2016
The New Wrinkle, Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
Outlandish Escapeland, Swell Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
XXX Stop Punkrockimation, New Nothing Cinema, San Francisco, CA
The Artist's Body, Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
2015
Dissilience, Studio Fab, Oakland, CA
2014
Fifth Annual Salon Show, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013
Grand Opening, Pareidolia, Santa Fe, NM
2012
Ferus, Eggman & Walrus, Santa Fe, NM
Sandy Besser Collection, Eggman & Walrus, Santa Fe, NM
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2011
Grand Opening Featuring John Barker, Eggman & Walrus, Santa Fe, NM​
2010
SACI Studio Show, MICA, Baltimore, MD​
MICA Studio Show, SACI, Florence, Italy​
Disegno 3: Contemporary Drawing (Traveling Exhibition), Kansas City Art Institute, University of South Carolina, & MICA
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Art Book Fairs:
2019
Independent Art Book Fair, That That Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Lips, Blossom Plaza: ChinaTown Summer Nights, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Forming, Lower East Coast, Miami, FL
Cultural Traffic, That That Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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Teaching Experience:
Currently
Adjunct Art Professor, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
Adjunct Art Professor, El Camino College
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​Studio Assistant Experience:
2019
Ceramic Mold Making Production Assistant for Jocelyn Marsh, Los Angeles, CA
Ceramic Mold Making Production Assistant for John DeFazio, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
2016
Studio Painting Assistant for Brad Khalhamer, Headlands Art Residency, Sausalito, CA
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Gallery Experience:
2019
Co-Director of That That, That That Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Exhibitions Technician, Bruce Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Co-Founder of Space Bar Art Collective, Francisco Studios Inc., San Francisco, CA
2012
Exhibitions Technician, Eggman & Walrus, Santa Fe, NM
2010
Exhibitions Technician, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Exhibitions Intern, Smokebrush Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
Publications:
2020
“Zooming Forward in Studio Arts”, SMC, In Focus: Volume VI: Issue 4 (smc.edu)2018
Introducing Space Bar, Zine Bazaar, Self-Published at Every Day Skate Shop, San Francisco, CA
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2018
Introducing Space Bar, Zine Bazaar, Self-Published at Every Day Skate Shop
2015
MFA NOW, Archive Project: Juried Exhibition, Published by Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2014
Popsy In Versailles, Published by Betsy Walker, Santa Fe, NM
2012
"Animal Instincts," Published in Santa Fe Reporter, June Issue, Santa Fe, NM
2011
“Studio Visit,” Published in THE Magazine, November Issue, Santa Fe, NM
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Awards & Honors:
2021
Grant Recipient, Covid-19 Relief Grant, CERF+ The Artists Safety Net
2020
Grant Recipient, Artist Recovery Fund of the Pikes Peak Region, Pikes Peak Community Foundation
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2016
Diversity Scholarship, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
2011
Honorable Recognition in the Drawing Department upon graduating, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Graduated Cum Laude, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2007-2011
Adduce Foundation Scholarship, Colorado Springs, CO
2007-2011
Scholarships from MICA: Alumni Scholarship, Talent Grant, MICA Grant, Drawing, Presidential Scholarship