New York, New York
leah.e.thornton@gmail.com
Education
Suny Purchase, NY
MFA
2024
Auburn University, AL
BFA
2009
Exhibitions
2023 Full Bleed, The Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY
MFA group show
2022 Dig If You Will, The Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY
MFA group show
2020 ADIEUX, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL.
2020 Groock’s Gallery (virtual), Bristol, UK
2019 Earth Libraries Studio, Birmingham, AL
2018 Leah Thornton, Trim Tab Brewing Tasting Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2015 Current and Past Conversations, 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
Curated by Peter Prinz
2014 CROSS//PROCESS, 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
Curated by Jared Ragland
2014 The Shape of Things Something Good Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2014 Student/Teacher Exhibit, Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL
2014 Hung—a group exhibit, Parkside in Avondale, AL
2013 The Figure, 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
2012 Behind the Yellow Door, 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
Curated by John Fields
2012 Structured Paths, 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
2011 Drawing on Alabama, Biggin Gallery, Auburn, AL
Juried Exhibition. Juror: Carter Foster
2009 Auburn University Fine Arts Annual, Biggin Gallery, Auburn, AL
Juried Exhibition. Juror: Ron Platt
2008 Russel County: Community Art Collaborations, Jules Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn, AL
Professional Experience
2023 - present Gallery Assistant, The Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, New York, NY
2023 - present Professor of Introduction to Drawing, SUNY Purchase, New York, NY
2017 Art Educator, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL
2013-14 Gallery Owner/Operator, Something Good, Birmingham, AL
2013-14 Art Educator, Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL
2012-15 Art Educator, Better Basics/Hope Center, Fairfield, AL