Leah Thiessen
Born in Manly, NSW, 1969
Lives and works in Bilambil Heights, NSW
EDUCATION
2014 Bachelor of Visual Art – SCU – Painting major – Bachelor of Visual Art
1997 Diploma of Fine Arts – Seaforth TAFE (Sydney)
1996 Certificate in Studio Ceramics – Brookvale TAFE (Sydney)
EXHIBITIONS
2019 20/20 – Sothern Cross University- Exhibition of excellence- Gold Coast
2019 Clayton UTZ Art Prize- Finalist- Brisbane
2019 Gosford Art Prize- Finalist- Gosford Regional Gallery
2019 Calleen Art Prize- Finalist- Cowra Regional Gallery
2019 “Ebb & Flow” – Lethbridge Gallery- Brisbane- SOLO
2019 “Girt by sea”- Rochfort gallery- Sydney
2018 John Leslie Art Prize – Gippsland Art Gallery- Victoria
2018 Drawn in – Wooloongabba Art Gallery- BRISBANE- GROUP
2018 Pro Hart outback art prize- Broken Hill
2018 “Pigments at play”- Rochfort Gallery- Sydney- GROUP
2018 “Paint” -Saltcontemporary- Victoria- GROUP
2018 “The spirit of place”- Boom Gallery-Victoria- SOLO
2018 “ESSENSE”- ARO Gallery- Sydney-
2018 “Land and Sea”- Rochfort Gallery- North Sydney- GROUP
2018 “Summer Series” – Saltcontemporary Gallery- Victoria- GROUP
2017 Gosford Art Prize- Gosford Regional Gallery- COMMENDED
2017 Terra Firma- Boom Gallery- Victoria- GROUP
2017 Dirt Music- Lethbridge gallery- SOLO
2017 Associated Artist- Scott Livesey Galleries- Victoria
2016 The Paddington Art Prize- Sydney
2016 Redland Art Awards – Redland art gallery – Cleveland
2016 John Leslie Art Prize- Gippsland art gallery- Victoria
2016 Depot Gallery- #asociallandscape- Waterloo Sydney- GROUP
2016 Woollongabba Art Gallery- 23rd Degree- Brisbane – GROUP
2016 Calleen Art Award – Cowra Regional Gallery
2016 Watters Gallery – Sydney – Group
2016 “Immersion”- Lethbridge gallery-Brisbane – SOLO
2015 Calleen Art Award – Cowra Regional Gallery
2015 Clayton Utz- Art Prize- Brisbane
2014 The Paddington Art Prize
2014 Clayton Utz- Art Prize- Brisbane
2014 The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize – Highly Commended
2014 ‘Undiscovered’ – Lone Goat Gallery Byron Bay – GROUP
2013 Gold Coast Art Prize
2012 Landscape – School of Art Gallery – ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
AWARDS & GRANTS
2017 Gosford Regional Art Prize- Commended
2014 The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize – Highly Commended
2013 William Fletcher Foundation Grant
2011 The Kaske Award- Painting