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[[Image:NonnahsbyAliciaLeeke.jpg|thumb|Alicia Leeke, ''Nonnah's'']]
[[Image:NonnahsbyAliciaLeeke.jpg|thumb|Alicia Leeke, ''Nonnah's'']]
[[Image:NotreDameatDaybreakbyAliciaLeeke.jpg|thumb|Alicia Leeke, ''Notre Dame at Daybreak'']]
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[[File:Oedogonium painting .jpg|alt=ALT TEXT|thumb|Alicia Leeke, ''Oedogonium'']]
[[File:Oedogonium painting .jpg|alt=ALT TEXT|thumb|Alicia Leeke, ''Oedogonium'']]
'''Alicia Leeke''', a native South Carolinian, is a [[Painting|painter]] and [[artist]] working in [[Columbia, South Carolina]] 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" />
'''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" />


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 awareness about climate change and ocean acidification.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Leeke was born in Irmo, [[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 | 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.


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 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>
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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. Leeke used her background in marketing and promotional skills to make her dream a reality.
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 ==
== Art career ==
Leeke compares a series of art in a body of work to that of multiple product lines in sales. This means she has paintings produced in a series over time including: abstracts, landscapes, cityscapes, and the most recent conceptual works in digital media.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web
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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web
| url = http://www.thecolumbiastar.com/news/2014-10-03/News/Alicia_Leeke_embarks_on_conceptual_art_series.html
| url = http://www.thecolumbiastar.com/news/2014-10-03/News/Alicia_Leeke_embarks_on_conceptual_art_series.html
| title = Alicia Leeke embarks on conceptual art series {{!}} October 3, 2014 {{!}} www.thecolumbiastar.com {{!}} Columbia Star
| title = Alicia Leeke embarks on conceptual art series {{!}} October 3, 2014 {{!}} www.thecolumbiastar.com {{!}} Columbia Star
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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.


Leeke has also painted and marketed silk scarves and other consumer products, such as mouse pads, coloring books, and greeting cards.<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="World Muse" />
Leeke has also painted and marketed silk scarves and other consumer products, such as mouse pads, coloring books, and greeting cards.<ref name="From Sketches" /><ref name="World Muse" /> Leeke has been invited to exhibit her art in New York, Chicago, Atlanta and has art collectors around the globe.

Working from her home studio, Leeke has been invited to exhibit her art in New York, Chicago, Atlanta and has art collectors around the globe.

=== 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 | work=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 is to encourage consumers to choose more wisely and spend more for quality merchandise they will cherish for years to come 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 ====
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 our life and why we need to be good stewards of our water bodies.
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.

Many people believe our clean air comes from the rainforests. However, phytoplankton actually produce over 50 percent of the oxygen humans need to survive. Scientists believe phytoplankton on the surface of the ocean soak up 30-50 percent of the carbon dioxide that would otherwise accumulate in Earth’s atmosphere. The microbes are also being studied as an alternate source of fuel.<ref>{{Cite web
| url = http://www.thecolumbiastar.com/news/2016-02-19/Arts_%2528and%2529_Entertainment/Art_from_under_the_microscope.html
| title = Art from under the microscope {{!}} February 19, 2016 {{!}} www.thecolumbiastar.com {{!}} Columbia Star
| website = www.thecolumbiastar.com
| access-date = 2016-02-26
}}</ref>

=== 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" />

Revision as of 23:45, 26 February 2016

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
File:NonnahsbyAliciaLeeke.jpg
Alicia Leeke, Nonnah's
File:NotreDameatDaybreakbyAliciaLeeke.jpg
Alicia Leeke, Notre Dame at Daybreak
File:AllegroNo1 2005by AliciaLeeke.jpg
Alicia Leeke, Allegro No. 1
Alicia Leeke, Achnanthidium duthiei
ALT TEXT
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

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 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.[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

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

While the majority of her art involves abstract cityscapes and landscapes,[1][6] she also focuses on conceptual and science-based 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.[7]

Science-based work

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

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]

Exhibitions

Selected exhibitions[8]

  • 2008 - Piccolo Spoleto Vanishing Landscapes Exhibition[9]
  • 2008 - McKissick Museum's "Spring for Art" exhibition.[10]
  • 2008 - Florence Art Museum[8]
  • 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[11]
  • 2009 - Showing of her work landscape and cityscape paintings, "Frame of Mind," Columbia Museum of Art[6][8]
  • 2009 - "One-of-a-Kind" show, New York[8]
  • 2009 - "One-of-a-Kind" show, Chicago[8]
  • 2010 - "Let It Snow," works of 36 artists at The Newark School of the Arts Gallery[12]
  • 2013 - Frame of Mind’s monthly art shows[13][14]
  • 2013 - Center for Contemporary Studies exhibition in Columbia.[15]
  • 2010-2016 - Piccolo Spoleto USA[8]

References

  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". Lake Murray Magazine: 58–59. subsequent page is at: this page {{cite journal}}: External link in |quote= (help)
  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 f 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.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Exhibits". Alicia Leeke. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  9. ^ "Alicia Leeke Artist Portfolio". Absolute Arts. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  10. ^ "McKissick Museum to 'Spring for Art' March 28". USC (University of South Carolina) News. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  11. ^ Olivia Pool (September 17, 2009). "Alicia Leeke interprets the Lowcountry in new exhibit". The Post and Courier. Charleston.
  12. ^ Local Talk News Editor (December 9, 2010). "Newark School of the Arts to Host "Let It Snow" Exhibition on Dec. 10". localtalknews.com. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  13. ^ "One Columbia kickoff tonight on Main Street: Frame of Mind's monthly art show". The State. April 4, 2013.
  14. ^ "Art Planner: Frame of Mind's monthly art show". The State. March 31, 2013.
  15. ^ "701 Center for Contemporary Art Announces Participating Artists for Columbia Open Studios, March 23-24, 2013". Carolina Art News. January 30, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2013.

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