Leanna Hicks Carey [email protected]
Education
2012: Memphis College of Art
Bachelors in Fine Arts, Painting
Memphis, Tennessee
Professional Experience
2013 Set design assistant for Imperial Woodpecker Production Company.Assisted with a Kevan Durant nike commercial.
2013-2014 Project Coordinator For Homeless Organizing for Power and Equality ( Mid South Peace and Justice Center) . Responsible for facilitating meetings and training members to run a silkscreen T-shirt Co-op.
2013-2020 Personal Assistant to photographer William Eggleston
2016 -2023 Studio Assistant/ Assistant Painter for Paul Edelstein Studio and Gallery
2017-2024 Self Employed Working Artist
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Moveable Collection Exhibition, Urban Arts Commission, Memphis, TN
Art of the South, Juried Show by Number Inc. Stove Works Gallery, Chattanooga,TN
Leanna Carey (solo show), Shainberg Gallery, Memphis, TN
Building Inspector, ANF ARchitects, Memphis, TN
2023 Arrow Creative Holiday Bazaar, Memphis, TN
Black & White, Off the Walls Artist Collective, Memphis, TN
Old Gods, New Tricks, ANF Architects, Memphis, TN
Rainbow Factory, The Medicine Factory, Memphis, TN
2022 The Half Moon Trail, Seraphim Gallery, Memphis, TN (solo)
2021 Get to the Other Side, Juried Show at Elephant Gallery, Nashville, TN
How to Kill Your Houseplants, KO Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
Calling Panther Lake, Off the Walls Arts Collective, Memphis, TN (solo)
Spin Density, Rowdy Department . Memphis, TN (solo)
The Other Art Fair, presented by Saatchi Art, Chicago, IL
2019 Velvet Ropes, Shrine Gallery. New York, NY
The Memphis Current, Carolina Watershed. Memphis, TN
Velvet Ropes, Marthas Contemporary. Austin TX
The Astral Club, hosted by Hatch Art. Detroit, MI (solo)
Sign of the Times , Playground Detroit. Detroit, MI (juried show, received
honorable mention
Velvet Ropes, Soulland Store. Copenhagen, Denmark
The Sun Gospel, Aquarium Gallery Public Art Installation , Ann Arbor Art Center Ann Arbor, MI
Horn Island Artist Retreat, Rust Hall. Memphis TN
Art Now: Painting, Ann Arbor Art Center. Juror Roula David. Ann, MI
You Can’t Touch A Ghost: Five Senses For A Cause, Galleri 2987. Detroit, MI
2018 Brooks Museum of Art Grand Auction, Brooks Museum. Memphis, Tn
A Call to the Wild, Germantown Performing Arts Center
Memphis, TN (solo)
Eggleston & Goetze Inaugural Show , Novel. Memphis, Tn
Young Collectors Contemporary Art Fair. Memphis, Tn
2017 CASEWORKS Project, University of Memphis Art Museum . Memphis Tn
The Deep Show, The Art Factory. Memphis, Tn
Reference, ROSEGALLERY. Santa Monica, Ca
Vital Ingredients, Marshall Arts Gallery. Memphis, Tn
Exhibition Momentum, Overton Park Ave. Memphis Tn (jurors choice)
Elvis Has Left The Building, L Ross Gallery. Memphis, Tn
New Works, Crosstown Arts. Memphis, Tn
Leanna Hicks, Stock & Belle. Memphis, Tn (solo)
2016 Tea Tree Oil , FOUND Broad Avenue Arts District. Memphis, Tn
2015 Unconditional , Glitch Gallery. Memphis, Tn
Her First Meteorite, ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, Ca
2014 Miami Art Fair , ROSEGALLERY. Miami, Fl
Media
2024 Tennessee Highlighter, Meet Leanna Hicks Carey, Oil Painter, April 9, 2024
https://tennesseehighlighter.com/meet-leanna-hicks-carey-oil-painter/
2020
Charlotte Grussing, “Meet the Others: Leanna Hicks” Saatchi Art, July 28, 2020. http://canvas.saatchiart.com/art/art-news/meet-the-others-leanna-hicks
2018 "The Pinch" Issue 38.2. October 2018. 124 125
2017 Rebecca Bengal, “How William Eggleston Changed the Way We See The World”, Vogue, February 20 2017. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vogue.com/article/william-eggleston-photographer-election-eve-new-york/amp
2014 Katie Fretland "Past, Present Homeless show art at KOART,” Commercial Appeal, July 2 2014. http://archive.commercialappeal.com/entertainment/arts/homeless-artists-showcased-at-downtown-event-ep-475660361-324278931.html/