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'''Alicia Leeke''', a native South Carolinian, is a [[Painting|painter]] and [[artist]] working in [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]] and Charleston, South Carolina. She first became known for her [[Post-impressionism|post-impressionistic]] style and incorporation of [[Fauvism]]. Her artwork is distinctive for its dry brush painting technique, gentle distortion of [[linear perspective]], and use of thick line and brush strokes.<ref name="From Sketches" />
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'''Alicia Leeke''', a native South Carolinian, is a painter and artist working in [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]] and Charleston, South Carolina. She first became known for her [[Post-Impressionism|Post-Impressionistic]] style and incorporation of [[Fauvism]]. Her artwork is distinctive for its dry brush painting technique, gentle distortion of [[linear perspective]], and use of thick line and brush strokes.<ref name="From Sketches" />


She became widely known for her curated exhibition, View From Under the Microscope, which uses phytoplankton to garner awareness about climate change and ocean acidification.
She became widely known for her curated exhibition, ''View From Under the Microscope'', which uses [[phytoplankton]] to garner [[Climate change education|awareness about climate change]] and [[ocean acidification]].


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Leeke was born in Columbia, [[South Carolina]]. She began her education at [[Columbia College (South Carolina)|Columbia College]],<ref name="Saatchi">{{cite web | url=http://www.saatchionline.com/leekeka | title=Alicia Leeke | publisher=Saatchi Online | accessdate=December 23, 2013}}</ref> an all-girls, private liberal arts school,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.columbiasc.edu/about/about-columbia-college | title=Why Columbia College? | publisher=Columbia College | accessdate=December 23, 2013}}</ref> to study biology in hopes of becoming a veterinarian.
Leeke was born in [[Columbia, South Carolina]]. She began her education at [[Columbia College (South Carolina)|Columbia College]],<ref name="Saatchi">{{cite web | url=http://www.saatchionline.com/leekeka | title=Alicia Leeke | publisher=Saatchi Online | access-date=December 23, 2013}}</ref> an all-girls, private liberal arts school,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.columbiasc.edu/about/about-columbia-college | title=Why Columbia College? | publisher=Columbia College | access-date=December 23, 2013}}</ref> to study biology in hopes of becoming a veterinarian.


During her sophomore year she vacationed in Paris and visited the Louvre, where she fell in love with the French Impressionists and solidified her passion for painting. She also visited her most inspiring spot in France, Montmartre. She later transferred to the [[University of South Carolina]] where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[Journalism]].<ref name="From Sketches">{{cite news | author=Deena C. Bouknight | date= July 1, 2006 | title=From Sketches to Scarves, Her Art Evolves | work=The State Newspaper | page=E3 }}</ref>
During her second year she vacationed in Paris and visited the Louvre, where she fell in love with the French Impressionists and solidified her passion for painting. She also visited her most inspiring spot in France, [[Montmartre]]. She later transferred to the [[University of South Carolina]] where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism.<ref name="From Sketches">{{cite news | author=Deena C. Bouknight | date= July 1, 2006 | title=From Sketches to Scarves, Her Art Evolves | work=The State Newspaper | page=E3 }}</ref>


Upon graduation, she worked in computer graphics and went on to work for six years at the [[South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control]] as the Art Director.<ref name="World Muse">{{cite journal
Upon graduation, she worked in computer graphics and went on to work for six years at the [[South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control]] as the Art Director.<ref name="World Muse">{{cite magazine
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| author = Kristine Hartvigsen
| author = Kristine Hartvigsen
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|magazine=Lake Murray Magazine
}}</ref> Leeke then worked at [[General Binding Corporation]] (GBC) in outside sales.<ref name="From Sketches" /> Just a year after her employment at GBC, she began taking art classes again at the [[Columbia Museum of Art]]<ref name="From Sketches" /> and used her spare time off work to attend art shows and sell work in Atlanta and Chicago. She also studied under Virginia Anderson and Ginger Munnerlin.<ref name="Saatchi" /> Inspired by the [[French Impressionism|French Impressionist]] masters, she further developed her own loose, abstract style. She was named by [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]'s Red Sky Gallery as an Emerging Artist in 2006.<ref>.{{cite web | url=http://www.carolinaarts.com/506gallery80808.html | title=Gallery 80808 in Columbia, SC, Features Works by Alicia Leeke | publisher=Shoestring Publishing Company | work=Carolina Arts | date=May 2006 | accessdate=December 23, 2013}}</ref>
}} subsequent page is at: [http://media.merchantcircle.com/22647743/LAKE%20MURRAY%20MAGAZINE%20JULY%2008%20PAGE%202_full.jpeg this page]</ref> Leeke then worked at [[General Binding Corporation]] (GBC) in outside sales.<ref name="From Sketches" /> Just a year after her employment at GBC, she began taking art classes again at the [[Columbia Museum of Art]]<ref name="From Sketches" /> and used her spare time off work to attend art shows and sell work in Atlanta and Chicago. She also studied under Virginia Anderson and Ginger Munnerlin.<ref name="Saatchi" /> Inspired by the [[French Impressionism|French Impressionist]] masters, she further developed her own loose, abstract style. She was named by [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]'s Red Sky Gallery as an Emerging Artist in 2006.<ref>.{{cite web | url=http://www.carolinaarts.com/506gallery80808.html | title=Gallery 80808 in Columbia, SC, Features Works by Alicia Leeke | work=Carolina Arts | publisher=Shoestring Publishing Company | date=May 2006 | access-date=December 23, 2013}}</ref>


In the summer of 2008, she experimented with her palette by using a technique known as [[Color Field painting]] and began painting city and landscapes in bright, vibrant colors.<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="Saatchi" /><ref name="Color Her World" /> She developed a brushstroke style,<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="World Muse" /><ref name="Color Her World" /> using acrylics in a way to give the appearance of oils and included "intense black lines."<ref name="Saatchi" />
In the summer of 2008, she experimented with her palette by using a technique known as [[Color Field painting]] and began painting city and landscapes in bright, vibrant colors.<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="Saatchi" /><ref name="Color Her World" /> She developed a brushstroke style,<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="World Muse" /><ref name="Color Her World" /> using acrylics in a way to give the appearance of oils and included "intense black lines."<ref name="Saatchi" />


Her company underwent a merger in 2008 and she took the opportunity to embark on her dream of becoming a full-time, self-supporting artist.
Her company underwent a merger in 2008 and she took the opportunity to embark on her dream of becoming a full-time, self-supporting artist.
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Her travels to paint landscapes during ''[[plein air]]'' painting sessions led her to produce a body of beautiful abstract paintings inspired by nature’s ever-changing scenery. Although some paintings may take up to a year, she generally prefers to make a painting ''[[alla prima]]'', all in one sitting.
Her travels to paint landscapes during ''[[plein air]]'' painting sessions led her to produce a body of beautiful abstract paintings inspired by nature's ever-changing scenery. Although some paintings may take up to a year, she generally prefers to make a painting ''[[alla prima]]'', all in one sitting.


More recently, she is inspired by photographers Susan Kae Grant of Texas and John E. Powell of Columbia, SC to produce a body of work combining conceptual art, photography and digital mixed media.
More recently, she is inspired by photographers Susan Kae Grant of Texas and John E. Powell of Columbia, SC to produce a body of work combining conceptual art, photography and digital mixed media.
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=== Subject, themes, and methods ===
=== Subject, themes, and methods ===
While the majority of her art involves abstract [[cityscape]]s and [[landscape]]s,<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="Color Her World">{{cite journal | author=Margaret Gregory | date=October 2009 | url=http://issuu.com/colametro/docs/october2009 | title=Color Her World: Artist Alicia Leeke’s vibrant home | work=Columbia Metropolitan | pages=48–51 }}</ref> she also focuses on conceptual and science-based work.
While the majority of her art involves abstract [[cityscape]]s and [[landscape]]s,<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="Color Her World">{{cite journal | author=Margaret Gregory | date=October 2009 | url=http://issuu.com/colametro/docs/october2009 | title=Color Her World: Artist Alicia Leeke's vibrant home | journal=Columbia Metropolitan | pages=48–51 }}</ref> she also focuses on conceptual and science-based work.


==== Conceptual work ====
==== Conceptual work ====
In 2014, she worked on a series of digital mixed media works that address the issues of consumerism and manufacturing excess by society’s overconsumption. Leeke’s concept for the show was to encourage consumers to choose more wisely and spend more for quality merchandise versus throwing it away.<ref name=":0" />
In 2014, she worked on a series of digital mixed media works that address the issues of consumerism and manufacturing excess by society's [[overconsumption]]. Leeke's concept for the show was to encourage consumers to choose more wisely and spend more for quality merchandise versus throwing it away.<ref name=":0" />


==== Science-based work ====
==== Science-based work ====
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=== Influence ===
=== Influence ===
Leeke’s work is inspired by [[South Carolina]]'s coastal landscape as well as Columbia landmarks, New York, [[Paris]] and [[Venice]].<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="Color Her World" /> The quaint street scenes and sprawling landscapes found in her paintings strive to capture the essence of common events and convert them into lively images of color and movement. During her second trip to [[Montmartre]], [[France]] in 2009, Leeke developed an interest in Fauvism and began to incorporate intense black lines into her work.<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="Color Her World" />
Leeke's work is inspired by [[South Carolina]]'s coastal landscape as well as Columbia landmarks, New York, Paris and [[Venice]].<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="Color Her World" /> The quaint street scenes and sprawling landscapes found in her paintings strive to capture the essence of common events and convert them into lively images of color and movement. During her second trip to [[Montmartre]], France in 2009, Leeke developed an interest in Fauvism and began to incorporate intense black lines into her work.<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="Color Her World" />


Leeke’s visits to Europe served as inspiration for many of her works. Her Columbia cityscapes often have the charming appeal of street scenes in Paris, like the painting, ''Nonnah’s'', in which she captures Columbia's vista and Paris' personality.<ref name="World Muse" />
Leeke's visits to Europe served as inspiration for many of her works. Her Columbia cityscapes often have the charming appeal of street scenes in Paris, like the painting, ''Nonnah's'', in which she captures Columbia's vista and Paris' personality.<ref name="World Muse" />


She has been influenced by the works of French Impressionist masters, such as [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]], [[Maurice Utrillo]], [[Georges Rouault]],<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="World Muse" /> [[Edgar Degas]], [[Édouard Manet]], [[Claude Monet]], [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], and [[Piet Mondrian]].<ref name="World Muse" /> She was inspired by the way they conveyed social conscience, history and architecture.<ref name="Saatchi" />
She has been influenced by the works of French Impressionist masters, such as [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]], [[Maurice Utrillo]], [[Georges Rouault]],<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="World Muse" /> [[Edgar Degas]], [[Édouard Manet]], [[Claude Monet]], [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], and [[Piet Mondrian]].<ref name="World Muse" /> She was inspired by the way they conveyed social conscience, history and architecture.<ref name="Saatchi" />

=== Exhibitions ===
Selected exhibitions<ref name="Exhibits">{{cite web | url=http://www.alicialeeke.com/exhibits.shtml | title=Exhibits | publisher=Alicia Leeke | accessdate=December 23, 2013}}</ref>
* 2008 - Piccolo Spoleto Vanishing Landscapes Exhibition<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/l/leekeka/artist_reviews.html | title=Alicia Leeke Artist Portfolio | publisher=Absolute Arts | accessdate=December 23, 2013}}</ref>
* 2008 - McKissick Museum's "Spring for Art" exhibition.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://uscnews.sc.edu/2008/02292008-MCKS077.html | title=McKissick Museum to ‘Spring for Art’ March 28 | work=USC (University of South Carolina) News | accessdate=December 23, 2013}}</ref>
* 2008 - Florence Art Museum<ref name="Exhibits" />
* 2009 - "Parallel 32, 47, 79, 56," a selection of Leeke's landscapes of the South Carolina shore at the Courtyard Art Gallery in [[Charleston, South Carolina]]<ref>{{cite news | author=Olivia Pool | date=September 17, 2009 | url=http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/sep/17/17arts/ |title=Alicia Leeke interprets the Lowcountry in new exhibit| work=The Post and Courier | location=Charleston }}</ref>
* 2009 - Showing of her work landscape and cityscape paintings, "Frame of Mind," [[Columbia Museum of Art]]<ref name="Color Her World" /><ref name="Exhibits" />
* 2009 - "One-of-a-Kind" show, New York<ref name="Exhibits" />
* 2009 - "One-of-a-Kind" show, Chicago<ref name="Exhibits" />
* 2010 - "Let It Snow," works of 36 artists at The Newark School of the Arts Gallery<ref>{{cite news | author=Local Talk News Editor | date=December 9, 2010 | url=http://localtalknews.com/newark/education/684-newark-school-of-the-arts-to-host-qlet-it-snowq-exhibition-on-dec-10 | title=Newark School of the Arts to Host "Let It Snow" Exhibition on Dec. 10 | work=localtalknews.com }}</ref>
* 2013 - Frame of Mind’s monthly art shows<ref>{{ cite news | title= One Columbia kickoff tonight on Main Street: Frame of Mind’s monthly art show | url=http://www.thestate.com/2013/04/04/2706411/one-thursday.html#storylink=cpy | work=The State | date=April 4, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite news | title=Art Planner: Frame of Mind’s monthly art show | url=http://www.thestate.com/2013/03/31/2700875/arts-planner.html | work=The State | date=March 31, 2013 }}</ref>
* 2013 - Center for Contemporary Studies exhibition in Columbia.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://carolinaartsnews.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/701-center-for-contemporary-art-announces-participating-artists-for-columbia-open-studios-march-23-24-2013/ | title=701 Center for Contemporary Art Announces Participating Artists for Columbia Open Studios, March 23-24, 2013 | work=Carolina Art News | date=January 30, 2013 | accessdate=December 23, 2013}}</ref>
* 2010-2016 - Piccolo Spoleto USA<ref name="Exhibits" />


== References ==
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
* http://www.carolinaarts.com/216/216carolinaarts.html
* {{Cite web | url=http://www.carolinaarts.com/216/216carolinaarts.html |title = Carolina Arts - February 2016}}
* http://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2015/11_alicia_leeke.php#.Vr5WX_krLEY
* {{Cite web | url=http://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2015/11_alicia_leeke.php#.Vr5WX_krLEY |title = Under the microscope}}
* http://www.free-times.com/blogs/art-under-the-microscope-020416
* {{Cite web | url=http://www.free-times.com/blogs/art-under-the-microscope-020416 | title=Art Under the Microscope}}
* http://www.thestate.com/entertainment/local-events/article59148643.html
* {{Cite web | url=http://www.thestate.com/entertainment/local-events/article59148643.html |title = 'View from Under the Microscope:' A new exhibit at Richland Library}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* www.alicialeeke.com [http://www.alicialeeke.com/bio.shtml Official site]
* {{Cite web | url=https://www.alicialeeke.com | title=Official site}}

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Alicia Leeke
Photograph by John E. Powell
Born
South Carolina
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia College (art), University of South Carolina (B.A. journalism)
Known forPainting and digital mixed media
MovementPost-Impressionistic
Websitewww.alicialeeke.com
Alicia Leeke, Achnanthidium duthiei
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Alicia Leeke, Oedogonium

Alicia Leeke, a native South Carolinian, is a painter and artist working in Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina. She first became known for her Post-Impressionistic style and incorporation of Fauvism. Her artwork is distinctive for its dry brush painting technique, gentle distortion of linear perspective, and use of thick line and brush strokes.[1]

She became widely known for her curated exhibition, View From Under the Microscope, which uses phytoplankton to garner awareness about climate change and ocean acidification.

Early life

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Leeke was born in Columbia, South Carolina. She began her education at Columbia College,[2] an all-girls, private liberal arts school,[3] to study biology in hopes of becoming a veterinarian.

During her second year she vacationed in Paris and visited the Louvre, where she fell in love with the French Impressionists and solidified her passion for painting. She also visited her most inspiring spot in France, Montmartre. She later transferred to the University of South Carolina where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism.[1]

Upon graduation, she worked in computer graphics and went on to work for six years at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control as the Art Director.[4] Leeke then worked at General Binding Corporation (GBC) in outside sales.[1] Just a year after her employment at GBC, she began taking art classes again at the Columbia Museum of Art[1] and used her spare time off work to attend art shows and sell work in Atlanta and Chicago. She also studied under Virginia Anderson and Ginger Munnerlin.[2] Inspired by the French Impressionist masters, she further developed her own loose, abstract style. She was named by Charlotte's Red Sky Gallery as an Emerging Artist in 2006.[5]

In the summer of 2008, she experimented with her palette by using a technique known as Color Field painting and began painting city and landscapes in bright, vibrant colors.[1][2][6] She developed a brushstroke style,[1][4][6] using acrylics in a way to give the appearance of oils and included "intense black lines."[2]

Her company underwent a merger in 2008 and she took the opportunity to embark on her dream of becoming a full-time, self-supporting artist.

Art career

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Leeke compares a series of art in a body of work to that of multiple product lines in sales. She has paintings produced in a series over time including: abstracts, landscapes, cityscapes, and the most recent conceptual works in digital media.[7]

Her travels to paint landscapes during plein air painting sessions led her to produce a body of beautiful abstract paintings inspired by nature's ever-changing scenery. Although some paintings may take up to a year, she generally prefers to make a painting alla prima, all in one sitting.

More recently, she is inspired by photographers Susan Kae Grant of Texas and John E. Powell of Columbia, SC to produce a body of work combining conceptual art, photography and digital mixed media.

Leeke has also painted and marketed silk scarves and other consumer products, such as mouse pads, coloring books, and greeting cards.[1][4] Leeke has been invited to exhibit her art in New York, Chicago, Atlanta and has art collectors around the globe.

Subject, themes, and methods

[edit]

While the majority of her art involves abstract cityscapes and landscapes,[1][6] she also focuses on conceptual and science-based work.

Conceptual work

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In 2014, she worked on a series of digital mixed media works that address the issues of consumerism and manufacturing excess by society's overconsumption. Leeke's concept for the show was to encourage consumers to choose more wisely and spend more for quality merchandise versus throwing it away.[7]

Science-based work

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Other themes explored in her work are based on science and biology. Leeke was awarded a grant by the Charleston Scientific and Cultural Education Fund to produce a traveling exhibition in 2015 entitled: View from Under the Microscope: Science-based Learning Through Art. The exhibition consists of 18 vibrant, digitally created paintings that educate the non-scientific community about the importance phytoplankton play in relation to all living things on the planet and the need to maintain healthy, sustainable oceans and water bodies.

Influence

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Leeke's work is inspired by South Carolina's coastal landscape as well as Columbia landmarks, New York, Paris and Venice.[1][6] The quaint street scenes and sprawling landscapes found in her paintings strive to capture the essence of common events and convert them into lively images of color and movement. During her second trip to Montmartre, France in 2009, Leeke developed an interest in Fauvism and began to incorporate intense black lines into her work.[1][6]

Leeke's visits to Europe served as inspiration for many of her works. Her Columbia cityscapes often have the charming appeal of street scenes in Paris, like the painting, Nonnah's, in which she captures Columbia's vista and Paris' personality.[4]

She has been influenced by the works of French Impressionist masters, such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Maurice Utrillo, Georges Rouault,[1][4] Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Piet Mondrian.[4] She was inspired by the way they conveyed social conscience, history and architecture.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Deena C. Bouknight (July 1, 2006). "From Sketches to Scarves, Her Art Evolves". The State Newspaper. p. E3.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Alicia Leeke". Saatchi Online. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "Why Columbia College?". Columbia College. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Kristine Hartvigsen (July 2008). "World Muse: Local artist inspired by European masters" (JPEG). Lake Murray Magazine. pp. 58–59. subsequent page is at: this page
  5. ^ ."Gallery 80808 in Columbia, SC, Features Works by Alicia Leeke". Carolina Arts. Shoestring Publishing Company. May 2006. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e Margaret Gregory (October 2009). "Color Her World: Artist Alicia Leeke's vibrant home". Columbia Metropolitan: 48–51.
  7. ^ a b "Alicia Leeke embarks on conceptual art series | October 3, 2014 | www.thecolumbiastar.com | Columbia Star". www.thecolumbiastar.com. Retrieved February 26, 2016.

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