Artist Information:
Alicia Leeke
Columbia, SC
United States
Member Since: Aug 2005
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Artist Statement:
My creativity is inspired by
the French Salon painters and
how they captured history,
social conscience and
architecture by painting the
people and environments
surrounding them. Using the
term I coined for a new era of
art, called “Constructionism,”
I meld familiar scenes and
transform them into
contemporary masterpieces.
This theory views art as a
construction rather than as a
transmission of artistic
teachings meaning the painter
actively experiences and
expresses themselves through
creative experimentation. The
art begins, transcends and
evolves. The majority of my
work revolves around vignettes
while other pieces focus on
the abstract. Stylistically,
the foundation of all of my
paintings is the use of
intense black lines found most
often in Fauvism. The use of
line and color also flows over
into my work on fiber whether
it is creating a batik,
shibori or hand-painted silk
piece. My work is located in
private collections from New
York and California to
Paris....
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Artist Exhibitions:
Spoleto Festival USA, May
2010.
New York One of A Kind,
December 2010.
Chicago One of A Kind,
December 2010....
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Artist Galleries:
Columbia Museum of Art
Gift Shop
Corner of Hampton and Main
Streets
Columbia, SC
803-799-2810
Michael Mitchell Gallery
438 King Street
Charleston, SC
843-564-0034 29401
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Artist Reviews:
Lake Murray Magazine Writes
Feature Article on Alicia
Leeke
Alicia Leeke is the featured
artist for Lake Murray
Magazine's July Issue in the
Arts Beat Section. Read more
about it in on of the the blog
sections below.
Leeke Juried into Two
Noteworthy Statewide Art
Competitions
Alicia was recently ...
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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Alicia Leeke's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Alicia Leeke's Portfolio.
My creativity is inspired by the French Salon painters and how they captured history, social conscience and architecture by painting the people and environments surrounding them. Using the term I coined for a new era of art, called “Constructionism,” I meld familiar scenes and transform them into contemporary masterpieces. This theory views art as a construction rather than as a transmission of artistic teachings meaning the painter actively experiences and expresses themselves through creative experimentation. The art begins, transcends and evolves. The majority of my work revolves around vignettes while other pieces focus on the abstract. Stylistically, the foundation of all of my paintings is the use of intense black lines found most often in Fauvism. The use of line and color also flows over into my work on fiber whether it is creating a batik, shibori or hand-painted silk piece. My work is located in private collections from New York and California to Paris.... |
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