Curriculum Vitae
EXHIBITIONS:
2024 Things That Can't Be Forgotten. Riffe Gallery. Columbus, OH
2024 Figurative Realism of Ohio. Schumacher Gallery. Bexley, OH
2024 Figurative Realism of Ohio. Beeler Gallery. Columbus College of Art & Design. Columbus, OH
2023 On Line: Drawing our Reality. Worthington Yards. Cleveland, OH
2023 Big Ass Art Show. Valley Art Center. Chagrin Falls, OH
2023 Group Show. New York, NY
2023 Women.Life.Freedom. Woman Made Gallery. Chicago, IL
2022 Art Market San Francisco Art Fair. San Francisco, CA
2023 Woman XV. The Gallery at Lakeland. Kirtland, OH
2023 Affordable Art Fair. Art Unified. New York, NY
2023 Solo Show. Battle Scars. The New Protagonist. Mansfield Art Center. Mansfield, OH
2023 Her Story. Virgil Catherine Gallery. Chicago, IL
2023 Windows to the Inside: Expressions of Mental Health. Woman Made Gallery. Chicago, IL
2023 LA Art Show. Art Unified. Los Angeles, CA
2023 Art Rise. Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA
2023 Women.Life.Freedom. Mozaik Philanthropy. International Virtual Show of Honorariums.
2022 Scope. Art Unified. Art Basel. Miami, FL
2022 Paul and Norma Painting Prize Juried Show. Ashtabula, OH
2022 Solo Show. All of Me. Kaiser Gallery. Cleveland, OH
2022 101 Wishes. A benefit for Max. Bonfoey Gallery. Cleveland, OH
2022 Art Market Hamptons Art Fair. Bridgehampton, NY
2022 CAN Triennial. You Are Here. Bonfoey Gallery / CSU Gallery. Cleveland, OH
2022 Bearing Witness: Urgent Response Unprecedented Times. D. Colabella Gallery. Ridgefield, CT
2022 LA Art Show. Art Unified. Los Angeles, CA
2022 Biennial Juried Exhibition. Medici Museum of Art. Warren, Ohio
2021 Biennial Juried Exhibition. Riffe Gallery. Columbus, Ohio
2021 BYND LMTS. National Group Show RPAC Gallery. Ridgefield, CT
2021 All About Women. National Juried Show. Marin Society of Artists. San Raphael, CA
2021 All Women’s Show. Group Show. District Gallery. Cleveland, Ohio
2021 Gaze. International All Women’s Show. All She Makes & Art to Hearts. India.
2021 Mouse House Party Group Exhibition. Akron Art Museum. Current Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio
2021 Re-Imagining Democracy. Future Art Awards. National Group Show. Mozaik Philanthropy. Honorariums Show
2021 Cleveland Print Room’s International Peer Show. Cleveland, Ohio
2021 Ohio Art League Spring Juried Show. Columbus, Ohio
2021 Women in Art 2021. Las Laguna Art Gallery. Laguna Beach, California
2021 One in a Year. The Painting Center. Chelsea. Manhattan, New York
2021 Spaces Member Juried Show 2021. Spaces. Cleveland, Ohio
2019 I AM A WOMAN. Lichtundfire Gallery. Manhattan, New York
2019 Figurtivas 2019 Semifinalist. European Museum of Modern Art. Barcelona, Spain
2018 Artwork Chosen for Midtown billboard during Art Basel. Miami, Florida
2018 Ohio Art League Fall Juried Show. Ft. Hayes Shot Tower. Columbus, Ohio
2016 60 Americans. Makeshift Museum. Los Angeles, California
2010 BMA Spring Show. Cleveland Institute of Art. Cleveland, Ohio
2009 Virtue, Vice, and Contraband. Allen Memorial Medical Library, CWRU. Cleveland, Ohio
2009 The Art and Science of Botanical Illustration. Cleveland Botanical Gardens. Cleveland, Ohio
2009 IME Show and BMA Spring Show. Cleveland Institute of Art. Cleveland, Ohio
2008 BMA Spring Show. Cleveland Institute of Art. Cleveland, Ohio
2007 Annual CCAD Student Exhibition. Columbus College of Art & Design. Columbus, Ohio
2006 Young American Patriotic Art Show. National VFW Women’s Auxiliary. Reno, Nevada
2006 National Congressional District Art Show. U.S. Capitol Building. Washington, D.C.
2006 Regional Ohio Congressional District Art Show. Akron, Ohio
2006 Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition. James A. Rhodes State Office Tower. Columbus, Ohio
2006 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Alliance Gallery. Manhattan, New York
2006 Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Lorain County Community College. Elyria, Ohio
2005 National Congressional District Art Show. Senator Sherrod Brown’s Office. Washington, D.C.
2005 Regional Ohio Congressional District Art Show. Akron, Ohio
2005 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Diane Von Furstenberg Studio. Manhattan, New York
2005 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Alliance Gallery. Manhattan, New York
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2023 Kelby King Show. TV Interview. June 5th
2023 Canvas Magazine. Breaking Boundaries. Leigh Brooklyn Explores Concepts of Women's Identity and Strength. Cover and Featured Article. Spring 2023
2023 Richland Source. Mansfield Live Art Talk April 13th. March 30th
2023 Richland Source. Mansfield middle schoolers learn about street art during Mansfield Art Center Visit. March 27th
2023 WMFD.COM. Mansfield Art Center Debuts New Exhibits from March 19th Through April 16th. March 21
2023 Artelibre. ModPortrait. Barcelona, Spain.
2023 CAN Journal. Empowered & Armed: Hijacking the Female Narrative: Leigh Brooklyn at Mansfield. March, 3, 2023
2022 Cleveland Scene Magazine. Artist Leigh Brooklyn Displays Anatomical Mastery, Dystopian Vision in "All of ME". Sept. 29, 2022
2022 CAN Journal. The CAN Triennial 2022 Purchase and Exhibition Prizes. August, 2022
2022 Adcom Cleveland Arts Podcast, Episode 2. Recorded June, 6, 2022
2022 068 Magazine. On Bearing Witness: An Urgent Response to Unprecedented Times. March-April
2022 Mimi Magazine. Girl Power: Meet the Artist: Leigh Brooklyn. February, 2022
2022 Mills Road. Leigh Brooklyn, Artist. Feature. January 2, 2022
2021 American Illustration 40. Book published featuring the top illustrations in the year 2020. Nov.
2021 WKYC News 1. All Good News: We’re explaining the newest mural up in public square. Sept. 15
2021 Cleveland.com. Tennis in the Land Finals Set: Spirited Matches, Cleveland on Display. Aug 27
2021 FreshWater Cleveland. Students, artists team up w/ Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Aug. 26
2021 Spectrum News 1. NE Ohio Artist Uses Talents to Combat Domestic Abuse. Jan. 23, 2021
2020 More By Her. Leigh Brooklyn, Figurative Artist and Activist. Dec.16, 2020
2020 Fresh Water Cleveland. Dropping a Love Bomb: Local Artist Fights Domestic Violence with Newest Series.
2020 Creative Compass. Leigh Brooklyn: Creating a Women’s Empowerment Movement. Oct. 14
2019 WhiteHot Magazine. I AM A WOMAN. July 2019
2019 FreshWater Cleveland. 5 Up-and-Coming Artists to Watch in Cleveland. July 2019
2019 Beautiful Bizarre. Leigh Bongiorno and the Importance of Portraits in our Digital Age. April 20
2019 ArtVoices Magazine 10th Annual Special Edition. Cover & Feature. Spring 2019
2019 WhiteHot Magazine. Artist Leigh Bongiorno: Wants to Change the World. March 2019
2019 American Art Collector. Collector’s Focus. March 2019
2018 Beautiful Bizarre. Loving Humanity: The American Realism of Leigh Bongiorno. Dec. 2018
2018 The Cleveland Foundation. InterUrban Phase II Debuts. Part of Cleveland Book Week. Sept. 28
2018 Cleveland Scene Magazine. 23 Artists You Should be Following on Instagram. Sept. 2018
2017 ArtVoices Magazine 9th Annual Special Edition. Cover & Feature. Winter 2017
2017 Real Art Real Talk. Episode 3: In the Studio: Leigh Bongiorno. By Clayton Cambell. YouTube
2013 Surgical Atlas of Intestinal Stomas, Cleveland Clinic
2011 Santa’s Hideaway Hollows. Children’s Book
2010 Digital Art Revolution. Scott Ligon
2006 National VFW Women’s Auxiliary Magazine
AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
2023 American Illustration 42. One of 393 artists selected from 8000 entries from the US. AI - PI. Manhattan, NY
2023 Women.Life.Freedom. Future Art Awards. Mozaik Philanthropy Virtual Show of Honorariums
2022 Paul and Norma Painting Prize. Ashtabula Art Center. Ashtabula, OH
2022 Solo Exhibition Award at CAN Triennial. The Mansfield Art Center Museum. Mansfield, OH
2022 Art Thug. One of Sixty Six artists given hoodies as cultural creators & activists across the US. Los Angeles, CA
2021 American Illustration 40. One of 426 artists selected from 7000 entries from the US. AI - PI. Manhattan, NY
2021 All About Women. National Juried Show. Honorable Mention. Marin Society of Artists. San Raphael, CA
2021 Mozaik Philanthropy National 2nd Annual Future Art Awards. Virtual Show of Honorariums
2021 Cleveland Print Room’s International Peer Show. Honorable Mention. Columbus, Ohio
2021 Ohio Art League Spring Juried Show. Honorable Mention. Columbus, Ohio
2020 Spaces Juried Member Show. People’s Choice. Spaces. Cleveland, Ohio
2020 Spaces Emergency Relief Grant. Spaces. Cleveland, Ohio
2020 Boynes International Emerging Artist Award. Melbourne, Australia
2013 Association of Medical Illustrators. Award of Merit for contributions to the Surgical Atlas of Intestinal Stomas.
2007 Columbus College of Art & Design. President’s List. Columbus, Ohio
2006 Columbus College of Art & Design. Trustees Scholarship and Top Scholar Student. Columbus, Ohio
2006 Nat’l Congressional District Art Show. Best of Show & First in Drawing. U.S. Capitol Building. D.C.
2006 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. American Vision Gold Award. Alliance Gallery. Manhattan, NY
2006 National VFW Women’s Auxiliary Patriotic Art Competition. Best in State & 2nd in U.S. Reno, Nevada
2005 Nat’l Congressional District Art Show. First in Painting & 2nd Overall. Washington D.C.
2005 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. American Vision Gold Award. Diane Von Furstenberg Studio. Manhatten, NY
2005 National VFW Women’s Auxiliary Patriotic Art Competition. Best in State. Cincinnati, Ohio