Artist Bio

David C. Leonard was born in Wilmington, DE in 1962. He grew up in the Central New York village of West Eaton and spent most summers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Since earning his BFA in Painting from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1985, he has established a solid exhibitions career. He has also participated as an Artist in Residence at Banff Centre for the Fine Arts in 1987, Banff, Alberta, Canada and at Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild in 2016, Woodstock, NY.
 
Solo exhibitions of Leonard’s work have been held in New York City, Los Angles, Boston, Dallas and Canajoharie, NY. His paintings are part of numerous private collections in the United States of America, Canada and France as well as in the collections of Exelon New England, Texas State University in San Marcos, and The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
 
His work has been reviewed in publications such as ARTnews, The Dallas Morning News, The Dallas Observer, The Austin American Statesmen, The Austin Chronicle, and The New York Sun. Articles featuring his work have appeared in SouthwestArt Magazine, New American Paintings, and American Art Collector.
 
The subjects of his paintings are drawn from the places he’s lived and traveled, such as Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, New York City, San Francisco and Austin. He looks for locations where the man-made environment inundates the natural.
 
He currently lives and works on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
 
  
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Artist Resume

Solo Exhibitions:

Arkell Museum & Canajoharie Library (Canajoharie, NY) 2016
George Billis Gallery (New York, NY) 2016
Art with a View at Bar Belmont with Norwood Flynn Gallery (Dallas, TX) 2011
George Billis Gallery (New York, NY) 2010 
Street Level at Norwood Flynn Gallery (Dallas, TX) 2008 
George Billis Gallery (New York, NY) 2007 
These Days at Julie Baker Fine Art (Nevada City, CA) 2007 
Working Monuments at the On Gallery (S. Pasadena, CA) 2005 
Americana at Crystal Fine Art Gallery (Boston, MA) 1999
 

Two-Person + Group EXHIBITIONS:

Small Treasures at American Painting Fine Art (Washington, DC) 2023
“101 Artists” Selections from Fred Danziger Collection of Contemporary Art at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Loretto, PA) 2021
Together Apart at Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2020
Native Landscapes of the Eastern Shore at Adkins Arboretum (Ridgely, MD) 2020
Second Tri-Annual MSAC Juried Exhibition at Maryland Art Place (Baltimore, MD) 2019
Circadian Buzz at Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2019
Saturation at District Atrs Gallery (Frederick, MD) 2019
Earth, Land, Property at Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2018
Annual Members’ Exhibition: The Museum @ 60 at Academy Art Museum (Easton, MD) 2018
Native Landscapes of the Eastern Shore at Adkins Arboretum (Ridgely, MD) 2018
Annual Members’ Exhibition at Academy Art Museum (Easton, MD) 2017
Kindred Spirits at Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2017
Summer Salon Group Show at Rodger Lapelle Galleries (Philadelphia, PA) 2016
Urbanscapes at Artspace 111 (Fort Worth, TX) 2015
Collective Chemistry at Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2014
Houston Fine Art Fair with George Billis Gallery (Houston, TX) 2014
Industrial Beauty at George Billis Gallery (New York, NY) 2014
Between the Boroughs at George Billis Gallery (New York, NY) 2014
All Summer Long at Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2014
In The City: Artists’ Views of NYC at George Billis Gallery (New York, NY) 2013
The Town & The City at Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2013
Three-Person show at Art Essex Gallery (Essex, CT) 2013
The Hunting Prize finalist (Houston, TX) 2013 Jurors: Karlota Contreras-Koterbay, Jeanne Klein, Margaret Winslow
City Streets Part 1 at the George Billis Gallery (New York, NY) 2012
Artists of the 21st Century at The Bennington Center for the Arts (Bennington, VT) 2012
Holiday Group Show at the Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2011
11th Annual Summer Group Show at the Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2011
Buildings of New York II at George Billis Gallery (New York, NY) 2011
Exteriors at the Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2011
Art Chicago with George Billis Gallery at Merchandise Mart (Chicago, IL) 2011
San Francisco Fine Art Fair with George Billis Gallery at the Festival Pavilion (San Francisco, CA) 2011
Realism at Mason Murer Fine Art (Atlanta, GA) 2011
Art Exhibition at the People’s Gallery, Austin City Hall (Austin, TX) 2011
Red Dot Miami with Mason Murer Fine Art (Miami, FL) 2010
That Summer Feeling at the Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2010
Group Show at Mason Murer Fine Art (Atlanta, GA) 2010
Art Chicago with George Billis Gallery at Merchandise Mart (Chicago, IL) 2010
Annual Juried Exhibition at the LIve Oak Art Center (Columbus, TX) 2010 Juror: Jim Edwards; Awarded First Prize
Holiday Group Show at the Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2009
Summer in the CIty at George Billis Gallery (New York, NY) 2009
D Art Slam at F.I.G. Dallas with Norwood Flynn Gallery (Dallas , TX) 2009
Affordable Art Fair NYC-Spring with George Billis Gallery (New York, NY) 2009
Group Show at Mason Murer Fine Art (Atlanta, GA) 2009
The Hunting Prize finalist (Houston, TX) 2009
The Living at the Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2008
Inside/Out at Julie Baker Fine Art (Nevada City, CA) 2008
City Lights at George Billis Gallery (New York, NY) 2008
Paint at the Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2007
Good Night Sun at the George Billis Gallery (New York, NY) 2007
Art Exhibition at the People’s Gallery, Austin City Hall (Austin, TX) 2007
In The City at the George Billis Gallery (New York, NY) 2006
Pillar and Stretch at the Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2006
Los Angeles Art Show at the Barker Hanger with Julie Baker Fine Art (Santa Monica, CA) 2006
Architect Tonic at the 2040 Gallery (Austin, TX) 2005
Summer Show at the Davis Gallery (Austin, TX) 2005
Affordable Art Fair NYC-Fall with Julie Baker Fine Art (New York, NY) 2005
A New View at Julie Baker Fine Art (Grass Valley, CA) 2005
Urban Fragments at Travis Tower Lobby (Houston, TX) 2005
Selections from New American Paintings Vol. 54 at the Plus Gallery (Denver, CO) 2005
Arts International Exhibition 2004 at the International Museum of Art (El Paso, TX) 2004 Jurors: Ellen Landis, Andrea Karnes;
   Avant Contemporary Painting Award
New Directions V at the Hoorn-Ashby Gallery (New York, NY) 2004
American Beauty at the 2040 Gallery (Austin, TX) 2004
Texas National at Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, TX) 2003 Jurors: Jerry Uelsmann, Maggie Taylor
20x20x20: A Compact Competition at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) 2003 Juror: Michael Rooks
Contemporary Realism at Mesa Contemporary Arts (Mesa, AZ) 2002 Juror: Bill Lykins
The Austin Art Scene III at the ACA Gallery @ ArtPlex (Austin, TX) 2002 Juror: Ron Prince
The Austin Art Scene II at the ACA Gallery @ ArtPlex (Austin, TX) 2001 Juror: Billy Kirkland
National Prize Show at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Boston, MA) 1999 Jurors: Peter, Eliza, Belinda Rathbone; Juror’s Award
ArtForms Gallery (Philadelphia, PA) 1999 Juror: Ivan Karp
Julia C. Butridge Gallery at the Dougherty Arts Center (Austin, TX) 1998
New Texas Talent at the Craighead-Green Gallery (Dallas, TX) 1998 Juror: Robert McAn
20x20x20: A Compact Competition at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) 1998
Open Show at The Art League of Houston (Houston, TX) 1997 Juror: Susie B. Kalil
Global Warning at Galeria Mesa (Mesa, AZ) 1997 Juror: Anne Coe; Juror’s Award
Contemporary Realism ’96 at the Gallery Alexy (Philadelphia, PA) 1996 Juror: Sidney Goodman
Southwest ’96 at The Museum of New Mexico (Santa Fe, NM) 1996 Jurors: Luis Jimenez, Charlene Teters, Willis Hatshorn
Behind Closed Doors II at the Artspace Gallery (Austin, TX) 1996
Tri-State Plus at the Beaumont Art League Galleries (Beaumont, TX) 1995 Juror: The Art Guys
Behind Closed Doors at the Artspace Gallery (Austin, TX) 1995
National Juried Exhibition at Oklahoma Art Workshops (Tulsa, OK) 1994 Juror: Doug Dawson
Spring ’94 at the Artspace Gallery (Austin, TX) 1994
Art at the Armory II: Philadelphia Comes to LongbeachIsland at the Longbeach Island Foundation for the Arts and
   Sciences (Loveladies, NJ) 1993 Juror: Robert T. Koening, Director of the Noyes Museum
Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition at the Manayunk Arts Center (Philadelphia, PA) 1993 Juror: Bill Greenberg
In Art We Trust; 200 Years Exercising the Bill of Rights, Art at the Armory at the 103rd Engineers’ Armory (Philadelphia, PA) 1992
Disquietudes at the Pyramid Arts Center (Rochester, NY) 1989 Curator: John Worden, Director of the Pyramid Arts Center
Six New Eyes at the Laushe State Office Building (Cleveland, OH) 1988 Curator: Joe Glasgow, Cleveland Institute of Art
Enclosure, Memory, Dialectic, Pleasure at The Other Gallery (Banff, Alberta, Canada) 1987
 
 

PublicaTIONS:

CollecTIONS:

“101 Artists” Catalog, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art 2021
City Journal (cover artwork): Spring 2016
Art Galleries & Artists of the South: Volume 11, Issue 1
American Art Collector: January 2014
Heartfelt – Public Art at Texas State University: 12/2013
Austin American Statesman: 7/19/2013
Dallas Observer: 12/15/11
The Austin Chronicle: 7/29/11
Southwest Art August: 2010
The Austin Chronicle: 7/02/10
The Austin Chronicle:12/18/09
D Magazine August: 2009
The Austin Chronicle: 11/21/08
Dallas Observer: 11/20/08
The Austin American-Statesman: 11/03/08
SouthwestArt: September 2007
American Art Collector: July 2007
The New York Sun: 7/20/06
The Austin Chronicle: 6/09/06
The Daily Texan: 6/08/06
Voices of Art: Volume 14.1 2006
ARTnews: September 2005
Artweek: July/August 2005
Rocky Mountain News: 1/21/05
New American Paintings: Volume 54 10/04
Art Business News: 09/04
The Austin Chronicle: 5/28/04
The Austin American-Statesman: 5/13/04
The Dallas Morning News: 7/24/98
City News Paper: 12/21/1989
Democrat & Chronicle: 12/1989
Signatures Magazine: Spring 1985
 
 
 
Aegon Corporation (New York, NY)
Exelon New England (Boston, MA)
Farley White Management Company (Boston, MA)
Hunter Klarish Law (NewYork, NY)
Pennybacker Capital (Austin, TX)
St. David’s Foundation (Austin, TX)
Texas State University (San Marcos,TX)
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque-AIPPP
University of Texas, Austin, Dell Seton Hospital