LEIGH WELLS (American, b. 1964)
Sister Series, 2019
Collage, fabric, and mixed media on wood panel
Dimensions vary: 9.75" - 30" H x 8" - 22" W
Leigh Wells constructs collage, drawings and sculpture of found materials, paper, and fabric as well as paintings on pieced textiles that consist of simple, restrained abstract forms.
As an internationally exhibiting artist, her work has been shown in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Hamburg and Amsterdam. Bay Area solo shows include Gregory Lind Gallery, Ampersand International Arts, and Gallery 16 in San Francisco. She is a 2022 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant recipient, was a SFMOMA SECA Award nominee and an artist member of Minnesota Street Studios in San Francisco.
Leigh's work appears frequently in The New York Times and Harper’s Magazine, and has been featured in Elle Decor among other publications. She earned a BFA from the University of San Francisco with subsequent art studies at Parsons/The New School, New York where she was an instructor, Crown Point Press and the San Francisco Art Institute.
