TERRY LENESS

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Terry Leness is part of a new generation of painters pushing Photorealism forward. Her highly detailed paintings in this new series focus on an unexpected subject matter: manufactured homes and trailers in the southeastern California desert. By depicting the underprivileged in an area known for its images of excessive privilege, Leness is elevating important voices - she is commenting on the complexities of these domestic spaces as seen through her eyes - the eyes of a female painter - still an underrepresented group in Photorealism.

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EDUCATION
1981          BA, Art History, Harvard University
1977/79    Morehead Fellow, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025       Affordable Housing, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019       Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
2017       Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
2017       G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015        Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014        Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013        Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2011        Museo Gallery, Langley, WA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025        Palm Springs Modernism with Billis Williams Gallery, CA
2024        The Cityscape Show XIV, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA    
2024        Seattle Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024        San Francisco Art Fair with Billis WIlliams Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024        Palm Springs Modernism with Billis Williams Gallery, CA
2023        Lights, Shadows, Reflections, Gallerium and the Book of Arts
2023        10x10x10 Tieton, Tieton Arts & Humanities, Tieton, WA
2023        The Cityscape Show XIII, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023        Rhode Island Watercolor Society, The Limited Palette/Online show
2018        Group Exhibition, J. Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2018        Thick as Thieves, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018        Centers of Gravity, Permanent Collection Exhibition, Shoreline, WA
2017        Food Art Invitational, Seattle, WA
2016        American Painting Today, Sponsored by Hedreen Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016        Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA/Group Show
2016        Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA/Group Show
2016        American Road Trip, SITE:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY/Brooklyn Prize
2015        On the Road, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015        Mrs. Goldberg, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA    
2013        Sugar Rush, En Em Artspace, Sacramento, CA
2013        Suburbia, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013        G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012        Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
2012        10x10x10 Tieton, Tieton, WA
2012        Contained, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2012        Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA
2012        Damage Control, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2011        Art Port Townsend, Northwind, Port Townsend, WA/Merit Award
2011        10x10x10 Tieton, Tieton, WA
2011        Material World, Northwind Arts Alliance, Port Townsend, WA
2011        Saints & Sinners, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
2010        Home, DIGS, Bellingham, WA/Solo Show
2010        Dwelling, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
​2010        Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
2010        Sweet Laurette’s, Port Townsend, WA/Solo Show
2010        Safe Harbor, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
2010        Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA
2010        Bainbridge Island Public Library, Bainbridge Island, WA
2009        Northwind Arts Alliance, Port Townsend, WA
2009        Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA
2009        Envision Cascadia, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
2009        Sweet Laurette’s, Port Townsend, WA/Solo Show
2009        Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA        
2008        Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA/Merit Award
2008        Strait Art, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
2008        Northwind Arts Alliance, Port Townsend, WA    

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2025        Kingsley Crocker Exhibition Catalog
2024        The Experience of a Better Suburbia: The Suburban Landscape Paintings of Terry Leness | PLACE Curated
2022        New American Paintings, #163, Pacific Coast
2021        Splash, Jihyun, Woo, Wisdom House Publishers, Seoul, South Korea
2018        New American Paintings, Supplement
2017        The Seattle Times, April 19, 2017, “Please Don’t Eat the Art,” by Bethany Jean Clement
2015        Seattle Magazine, vol. 24, no. 9, September 2015, pg. 123
2015        City Arts, October 2015, pg. 3, http://cityartsonline.com/articles/beautiful-gloom
2014        New American Paintings, no. 115, Pacific Coast
2014        Cover art, The Stranger
2013        The Seattle Times, December 20, 2013, “Suburbia: Dream or Nightmare?” by Michael Upchurch, pg. 23.
2013        International Artist, No. 92, August/September 2013, “The Power of Notan in Landscape Composition” by Mitchell Albala, pg. 50.
2013        Studio Visit, Volume 19
2010        On Center, JULY-OCTOBER 2010, Vol. XXII, No. 4
2010        Studio Visit, Volume 9
2010        On Center, MARCH-MAY 2010, Vol. XXII, No. 2
2009        On Center, SUMMER/FALL 2009, Vol. XXI, No. 4
2009        The Leader, JUNE 10, 2009, Issue 23/Vol. 120
2008        On Center, MAR-MAY 2008, Vol. XX, No. 2

RESIDENCIES
2012        Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
2010        Centrum, Port Townsend, WA