ANNE LEONE

Anne Leone was born in Los Angeles, California and lives in Berkley, Massachusetts and Brooklyn, New York. She has been featured in over 50 exhibitions. She was awarded a Mass Cultural Council Professional Development Grant as well as residencies at Millay Colony in Austerlitz N.Y. and Banff Center for the Arts in Alberta, Canada. She is a Professor Emeritus of UMass Dartmouth, where she taught from 1987-2007.

Since 1994, Anne Leone has been making paintings of the human figure suspended in water. Beyond its metaphorical significance -- for life, birth, and purity – she is fundamentally interested in how swimmers move expressively and freely when released from the corporeal bounds of gravity. The setting for her recent works are the natural limestone ponds called “cenote” found near Tulum, Mexico. Though very deep and dark, the water is as clear as air, and coruscating light filters down from above, creating luminous color. This allows for a meditation on the freedom of movement, provoking feelings of isolation, serenity, confidence, fear, distress or joy.

PRIMARY EXHIBITIONS

2016 “IHEARTNYC 4”, Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, Germany

2016 “Anne Leone & Daniel Ludwig From New York City with Love Part III”, Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, Germany

2016 “Scatt: Teacher, Artist, Curator - Work by G.A. Scattergood-Moore and his Students”, Dana Hall Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA

2015 “Swimmers Under Water: Paintings by Anne Leone”, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA

2014 “The Contemporary Figure”, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA

2014 “IHEARTNYC 2”, Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, Germany

2012 "Anne Leone: New Drawings", Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

2011 "Anne Leone: Paintings", Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA

2008 “Anne Leone and Daniel Ludwig”, Cadogan Contemporary, London, England

2008 Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

2007 “Anne Leone and Daniel Ludwig: Figuring the Figure”, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College

2007 “Anne Leone: Backward/Forward, 30 Years of Painting”, Dana Hall Gallery, Wellesley, MA

2006 Cadogan Contemporary, London, England

2005 Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

2005 Boulevard Gallery, Newport, RI

2004 Cadogan Contemporary, London, England

2002 Cadogan Contemporary, London, England

2002 Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

2001 Cadogan Contemporary, London, England

2001 Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

2000 “Water”, Heike Pickett Gallery at CMW, Lexington, KY

2000 “Face Off: Confronting the Figure”, Fuller Museum, Brocton, MA

2000 Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

1999 DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI

1999 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI

1999 Cadogan Contemporary, London, England

1998 "Pool Stage, The Figure in Water", Leeanne Schmidt and Anne Leone, Southern Ohio Museum, Portland, OH

1998 Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY

1997 Cadogan Contemporary, London, England

1996 Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY

1995 McKillop Gallery, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI

1995 Mabey Gallery, Richmond, VA

1994 Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY

1993 "Asphodel Fields", Dana Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA

1993 Mabey Gallery, Richmond, VA

1993 Cadogan Contemporary, London, England

1990 Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY

1988 Cadogan Contemporary, London, England

1988 Triangle Gallery, Lexington, KY

1987 Nancy Lincoln Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA

1985 Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY

INVITATIONAL OR FEATURED EXHIBITIONS

2017 “New Works Invitational 2017”, Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

2017 Art Karlsruhe 2017, Karlsruhe, Germany

2012 "Contemporary Drawing: A survey of contemporary drawing by artists with connections to Southern New England", New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA

2009 “New Works Invitational”, Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

2008 “Out of the Blue”, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA Jurors Prize

2007 “Humanly Possible: Four Figurative Artists”, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA

2007 “New Works Invitational”, Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

2006 “New Works Invitational”, Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

2004 “New Works Invitational”, Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

2003 “Twenty Years”, Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

2002 Georgetown University Art Museum, Georgetown, KY

2001 “Artists Collect”, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA

2000 “Virginia Lynch; a Curatorial Retrospective”, Providence, RI

2000 “Fine Arts Downtown 2000”, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA

1999 “Annual Invitational”, Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

1999 "Creative Connections", Fuller Art Museum, Brockton, MA

1999 "Inaugural Exhibition", Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

1998 “New Works”, Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY

1998 "Figurative Work", Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY

1995 "Portrait-Self-Portrait", Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY

1994 "Five Rhode Island Artists", South County Art Association, Kingston, RI

1994 "Six Painters", UMass Dartmouth Art Gallery, N. Dartmouth, MA

1992 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI

1992 "Ten Figurative Artists", Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY

1991 Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY

1990 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI

1990 "Gallery Artists Summer Exhibition", Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY

1988 Cadogan Contemporary, London, England

1988 "Ten Who Teach", Arnold Art Gallery, Newport, RI

1985 "Showcase 1985", Water Tower Art Association Invitational, Louisville, KY

1984 "Figurative Art", Central Trust Company, Cincinnati, OH

1984 "Realism Today", Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA

1999 The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1999 Newick Park Gallery, Newick, England

1996 "Contemporary Landscapes", Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI

1996 "Landscapes", 1996 Invitational Exhibition, Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY

1995 UMass Faculty Show, UMass Medical Center, Worcester, MA

1995 Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY

1995 "Crucifixion of the Feminine", Dadian Gallery, American University, Washington, D.C.

1995 "Crucifixion of the Feminine", Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

1995 "Crucifixion on the Feminine", St. Catherine's School, Richmond, VA

1994 International Art Fair, Philadelphia Armory, Philadelphia, PA

1994 "1994 Invitational", Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY

1994 "Crucifixion of the Feminine", Mabey Gallery, Richmond, VA

1994 Annual Show, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI award winner

1993 "Native to Neon", Philadelphia Armory, Philadelphia, PA

1993 "Thirty at Ten", Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY

1993 "Tenth Anniversary Exhibition", Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI

1993 Annual Show, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI

1993 "The Children Among Us", Lehman College, White Plains, NY

1993 "1993 Gallery Show", Mabey Gallery, Richmond, VA

1993 "Women in The Arts", New Bedford Women’s Center, Friends Academy, N. Dartmouth, MA

1992 Annual Show, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI

1992 Woman’s Caucus for Art, Zone Art Center, Springfield, MA

1992 "New Works", Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY

1992 "20th Century Artists", Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY

1991 "72nd National Exhibition", George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA

1991 "Artists and the American Yard", Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI

1991 Annual Show, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI award winner

1989 "New Works", Triangle Gallery, Lexington, KY

1989 "Gallery Invitational", Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY

1988 Annual Show, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI award winner

1987 "Explorations", Dartmouth Gallery, Dartmouth, MA

1987 Annual Show, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI

1986 "1986 Kentucky Art Exhibition", J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY

1985 "1985 Conference of Cincinnati Women", Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY

1985 "Tri-State Small Drawing Show", Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

1985 "1985 Painting Competition", Cincinnati Arts Consortium, Cincinnati, OH

1984 "2-Dimensions", University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX

1983 "Eight State Annual", J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY

1983 "Opening Exhibition", Arts Place, Lexington, KY

1983 "Premier Gallery Artists Show", Triangle Gallery, Lexington, K

EDUCATION

1985 Masters of Fine Arts, University of Cincinnati

1981 Bachelors of Fine Arts, Boston University

GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES

2001 Hershey Foundation Fellowship

2000 Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY

1999 Leighton Artists Colony, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada

1999 Massachusetts Cultural Council Professional Development Grant

1994 UMass Dartmouth Professional Research Grant

1993 College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Research Grant, UMass Dartmouth

1993 Finalist for Rhode Island State Council of the Arts Fellowship in Painting