Leah Piepgras
Biography
Leah Piepgras, a resident of Boston, earned a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and a MFA from Carnegie Mellon University. She is both a performance artist and visual artist. Leah paints with a desire to combine both the botanical and the human form adding passion and sexuality to her work, something she calls “biological eroticism.” Her palette elicits warm and tender imagery creating a “glorification of sex and love.”
Awards and Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2007
Pleasure Maps, OMA, Boston, MA
Flesh and Bones, Walter Jacob Architects, Marblehead, MA
2006
After Glow, 412, Boston, MA
Paintings at Walter Jacob Architects, Marblehead, MA
2005
Lovers: Botanical Pornography, New Paintings, 412, Boston MA
SOWA: Open Studios, Paintings, Studio 412, Boston, MA
2000
Cavalcade of Cod, White Cod Nebulae, Boston, MA
1997
Remains, AAP Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1995
Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Marriage Project, Indiana University, Indiana, PA
1993
A Perfect World, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Group Exhibitions
2007
12x12, OMA, Boston, MA
Group, OMA, Boston, MA
2006
Homage, Diamond Newman Fine Art, Boston, MA
DeCordova Museum Annual Fundraising Exhibition, Lincoln, MA
OMA@SOWA, Boston, MA
Cell Division, New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA
Nervous Systems, Ojai, CA
Eros, paintings, 412, Boston, MA
2005
Home Show, Paintings, Diamond-Newman Fine Art, Boston, MA
5 Star, Paintings, 412, Boston, MA
SOWA: Open Studios, Paintings, 412, Boston, MA
White Light, White Heat, Sculpture in collaboration with Colin Piepgras, Reception, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
2000
Cavalcade of Cod, White Cod Nebulae, Boston, MA
1997
Remains, AAP Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1995
Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Marriage Project, Indiana University, Indiana, PA
1993
A Perfect World, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Permanent Collections
Meditech, Westwood, MA
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Color Kinetics, Boston, MA
New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA
Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO
Publications
Hacking the Future by Arthur and Marilouise Kroker
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Source: Diamond-Newman Fine Arts LLC has sourced this information from the artist. This information is solely for historical perspective and we can not guarantee the comprehensivenessor complete accuracy of this information since we did not directly comprise the historical log of the artist's shows ourselves. Exhibition information should not be a basis for purchasing artwork.
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