Leigh Suggs

Leigh Suggs


I am interested in an in-between space during the act of seeing. The in-between space lies on the spectrum of the reality in front of us and what our brain tells us. It is within this “pure” space, that an individual can experience an unaltered, unaffected, and unchanged vision. While this purity can only exist for a fleeting moment, that moment defines the highest peak of personal experience. After this moment passes, the sight/vision can never be the same. We are constantly bearing witness to the inexpressible, and this fleeting moment of pure seeing is something we should all revel in.

Deceptively simple and minimalistic in content, my work asks the viewer to be patient and to contemplate what is happening. I explore movement, light, and translucency through the use of singular, pattern producing gestures. The reflective surfaces and vibrant intense colors are a simultaneous reflection of physical and psychological states, which make my work ocular and auric. I make art that investigates visual manipulations as subdued objects and experiences.

If you are interested in learning more or purchasing a piece of Leigh Suggses’ artwork, please contact Sara McDonnell at Art Makers, artmakers.com/contact.

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Selected Solo or Two-Person Exhibitions

2016     Reflection as a Shadow, Solo Show, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, MN

             Conversation | Unspoken Language, Two Person Show, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC

             Double Vision, Solo Show, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA

2015     IN VISIBLE LIGHT, Solo Show, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC

             Mapping My Mind, Solo Show, Horace Williams Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

             TRYING TO EXIT HERE, Solo Show, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA

2014     Leigh Suggs & Ippy Patterson, Two Person Show, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016     REDUCE, Group Show, Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC (expected)

             The Contemporaries, Group Show, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC (expected)

             Summer Show, Group Show, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC

             Rock Candy, Group Show, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA

             Go For Baroque, Group Show, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI

             Repeat, Group Show, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

2015     The Contemporaries, Group Show, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC

             Dog Days, Group Show, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA

             Summer Show, Group Show, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC

             LIGHT 4, Group Show, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC

 2014    METAL IV, Group Show, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC

             Following Threads, Group Show, Greenhill Center for Art, Greensboro, NC

             FIBER OPTIONS, Juried Show, Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD

             Where Words Are Not Enough, Group Show, Artspace, Richmond, VA

             GROW, Group Show, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC

             Black White Blue, Group Show, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC

             NCAC Fellowship Exhibition, Group Show, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC