David C. Leonard (b.1962 Wilmington, DE) received a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1985. He has also studied at the Banff Centre for the Fine Arts in Banff, Alberta, Canada. He currently resides in Austin, TX.
solo exhibitions
2008 Street Level at Norwood Flynn Gallery in Dallas, Texas
2007 George Billis Gallery in New York, New York
These Days at Julie Baker Fine Art in Nevada City, California
2005 Working Monuments at the On Gallery in S. Pasadena, California
1999 Americana at Crystal Fine Art Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts
2009 Group Show at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta, Georgia
2008 The Living at the Davis Gallery in Austin, Texas
Inside/Out at Julie Baker Fine Art in Nevada City, California
City Lights at George Billis Gallery in New York, New York
2007 Paint at the Davis Gallery in Austin, Texas
Good Night Sun at the George Billis Gallery in New York, New York
2007 Art Exhibition at the People's Gallery, Austin City Hall in Austin, Texas
2006 In The City at the George Billis Gallery in New York, New York
Pillar and Stretch at the Davis Gallery in Austin, Texas
2005 Architect Tonic at the 2040 Gallery in Austin, Texas
Summer Show at the Davis Gallery in Austin, Texas
A New View at Julie Baker Fine Art in Grass Valley, California
Urban Fragments at Travis Tower Lobby in Houston, Texas
Selections from New American Paintings Vol. 54 at the Plus Gallery in Denver, Colorado
2004 Arts International Exhibition 2004 at the International Museum of Art in El Paso, Texas
Jurors: Ellen Landis and Andrea Karnes; Avant Contemporary Painting Award
New Directions V at the Hoorn-Ashby Gallery in New York, New York
American Beauty at the 2040 Gallery in Austin, Texas
2003 Texas National at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Jurors: Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor
20x20x20: A Compact Competition at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Juror: Michael Rooks
2002 Contemporary Realism at Mesa Contemporary Arts in Mesa, Arizona. Juror: Bill Lykins
The Austin Art Scene III at the ACA Gallery @ ArtPlex in Austin, Texas. Juror: Ron Prince
2001 The Austin Art Scene II at the ACA Gallery @ ArtPlex in Austin, Texas. Juror: Billy Kirkland
1999 National Prize Show at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in Boston, Massachusetts.
Jurors: Peter, Eliza, and Belinda Rathbone; Juror’s Award
ArtForms Gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Juror: Ivan Karp
1998 Julia C. Butridge Gallery at the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin, Texas.
New Texas Talent at the Craighead-Green Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Juror: Robert McAn
20x20x20: A Compact Competition at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1997 Open Show at The Art League of Houston in Houston, Texas. Juror: Susie B. Kalil
Global Warning at Galeria Mesa in Mesa, Arizona. Juror: Anne Coe; Juror’s Award
1996 Contemporary Realism ’96 at the Gallery Alexy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Juror: Sidney Goodman
Southwest ’96 at The Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Jurors: Luis Jimenez, Charlene Teters, and Willis Hatshorn
Behind Closed Doors II at the Artspace Gallery in Austin, Texas.
1995 Tri-State Plus at the Beaumont Art League Galleries in Beaumont, Texas. Juror: The Art Guys
Behind Closed Doors at the Artspace Gallery in Austin, Texas.
1994 National Juried Exhibition at Oklahoma Art Workshopsin Tulsa, Oklahoma. Juror: Doug Dawson
Spring ’94 at the Artspace Gallery in Austin,Texas.
1993 Art at the Armory II: Philadelphia Comes to LongbeachIsland at the Longbeach Island Foundation for the Arts and
Sciences in Loveladies, New Jersey. Juror: Robert T. Koening, Director of the Noyes Museum
Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition at the Manayunk Arts Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Juror: Bill Greenberg
1992 In Art We Trust; 200 Years Exercising the Bill of Rights. Art at the Armory at the 103rd Engineers’ Armory
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1989 Disquietudes at the Pyramid Arts Center in Rochester, New York. Curator: John Worden, Director of the Pyramid Arts Center
1988 Six New Eyes at the Laushe State Office Building in Cleveland, Ohio. Curator: Joe Glasgow, Cleveland Institute of Art
1987 Enclosure, Memory, Dialectic, Pleasure at The Other Gallery in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
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
