Jeffrey James Leake
EDUCATION:
2000 University of California at Davis, Davis, CA
Master of Fine Arts Degree
1997 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2013-Present Portland State University, Portland, OR
Adjunct faculty
2013-Present Portland State University, Portland, OR
Adjunct faculty
2012-Present NWNOGGIN: multi institutional outreach program, Portland, OR
Art Education Coordinator
President
2014-2017 Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA
Adjunct faculty
2009-2011 Art Institute Online, Pittsburgh, PA
Adjunct Faculty,
2009 –2010: Multnomah Art Center, Portland, OR
Instructor,
2002 – 2008 Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Adjunct Faculty
2000 University of California at Davis, Davis, CA
Adjunct Faculty
AWARDS:
2021 UCROSS, Sheridan, WY
Hallie Ford Foundation Grant
2019 Art Laguna Prize, Venice, Italy
Residency Award
2019 Portland State University, Portland, OR
Professional Development Grant
2019 Oregon Arts Commission, Portland, OR
Opportunity Grant
2019 Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
Professional Development Grant
2014 Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
Arts in Schools Grant
2014 UCROSS, Sheridan, WY
Hallie Ford Foundation Grant
2013 Caldera Art Center, Sisters, OR
Hallie Ford Golden Spot Award
RESIDENCIES:
2022 Pedvale Art Park, Pedvale, Latvia
2021 Montello Foundation, Montello, NV
2021 UCROSS, Sheridan, WY
2019 Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2015 Caldera Art Center, Sisters, OR
2014 UCROSS, Sheridan, WY
2013 Caldera Art Center, Sisters, OR
SELECTED GALLERY EXHIBITIONS:
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 “Hagiography”, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2020 “Sharpness to a Blade”, ARC Gallery, Cottonwood, AZ
2019 “Armies in the Clouds”, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2018 “The Effect of Small Things”, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2018 “Inner Landscapes”, P:ear Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 “Cerebral Wilderness”, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2015 “Cabbages and Kings”, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2014 “Last Song of The High Desert”, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2013 “Jeff leake, Golden Spot Exhibit”, Weiden & Kennedy, Portland, OR
2013 “Aesop Revisited”, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2012 “Animal Kingdom”, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2010 “The Nature of Alchemy”, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2008 “Weather Patterns”, Western Kentucky University Art Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
2007 “The Effect of Gravity on Flying”, Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY
2006 “Birds”, Art and Invention, Nashville, TN
2005 “New Work”, Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY
2004 “Convergence”, Open Mind Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
2001 “Introductions”, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Invitational Group Exhibitions:
2020 “Class of 2020 Reunion Tour” Elliot Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2019 “Three Lines” Ying Gallery, Beijing, China
2017 “Anything Goes” Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2017 “Views From Oregon” Ucross foundation art gallery, Ucross, WY
2015 “Teaching Artists” Weiden & Kennedy, Portland, OR
2014 “Claw Tooth and Fang” Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 “+1”, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2013 “Forced Beginnings”, University of Portland Buckley Center Gallery, Portland, OR
2012 “Year of the Dragon” Lunar Boy Gallery, Astoria, OR
2012 “Gifted” Bherd Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 ” Menagerie” Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 ” Memento Mori” Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 “Art About Agriculture” Oregon State University Lasells Stewart Center, Corvallis, OR, Rogue Art Gallery, Medford, OR
2011 “Renewals” Gallery 114. Portland, OR
2007 “State of the Arts”, Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY
2002 “Process”, Western Kentucky University Art Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
2001 “Still Life”, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2000 “Keep This Copy for Your Records”, Memorial Union Gallery, Davis, CA
2000 “Fortune Cookie”, Center for the Arts, Sacramento CA
1999 “The Wedding”, Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
- “Blind Date”, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Richard Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England