LEONIE BARTON
Leonie Barton is a self-taught artist based rurally on the Mid North Coast of NSW, Australia. The environment feeds into her practice as she follows the changing seasons around her and how the complexity of nature is in constant flux. Both the power and still-ness of the outdoors informs her practice, whether it’s her drawings, paintings, ephemeral installations, or the large format photography from solo travels through remote areas of the world. Leonie has exhibited in Sydney, Melbourne, London and Singapore by invitation of the curators of PHOTO17. In 2019 the artist was commissioned by Oatleys Wines to create a range of exclusive la-bels for the Artist Series with Craigmoor Wines created on-site in the vineyards at Mudgee NSW. Most recently Leonie was invited by Noosa Regional Gallery to instruct a week-long Masterclass and mentor the artists in the biannual land art festival, Floating Lands and was a finalist in the Little Things Art Prize 2021 Leonie works intuitively, discovering shapes, balance and harmony in compositions. Spending time in nature is essential to the artist’s practice, for its grounding and for its allowance to encounter the in-timate details of life — slowly.
EXHIBITIONS & RESUME
SOLO EXHIBITION
2024 Upcoming August - Maunsell Wickes
2023 “Looking Out to the Block” - Curatorial + Co
2023 “Running In Cirles with Corners” - The G Contemporary
2022 “Boxed In and Packed Up” - Maunsell Wickes
2022 “Smalls Collection” - Sydney Road Gallery
2022 “Geometrically Speaking” - The G Contemporary
2022 “From an Umber Landscape Curated by Rosby Art Gallery
2021 “Textura” Curated by Sophie Vander - Curatorial + Co
PRIZES
2020 “Little Things Art Prize” Finalist - Sydney
2016 “The Contemporary Art Award” Finalist - Brisbane
2006 “The Churchie Emerging Artist Prize ” Finalist - Brisbane
2006 “Warringah Art Prize” Finalist - Sydney
2006 “Willoughby Art Prize” Finalist - Sydney
2006 “Woollahra Art Prize” Finalist - Sydney
2006 “Hills Grammar Art Prize” Finalist - Sydney
2006 “Toyota Community Spirit Award” Finalist - Melbourne
COMMISSIONS
2024 Upcoming September - R M Williams
2019 Oatley Wines “Artist Series Labels” Craigmoor Vineyards, Mudgee
INTERIOR DESIGN COLLABORATIONS
2019 Space & Co Sydney by BVN Architecture and Curatorial + Co
WORKSHOPS + MENTORING
2019 Masterclass Leader, Ephemeral Workshop
July - Noosa Regional Gallery
2019 Mentor/Lead Ephemeral Artist Floating Lands
Land Art Exhibition October - Noosa Regional Gallery
2016 Workshop Leader Commissioned by
Pittwater Council - Newport Art Festival
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Salon” - Lundberg Gallery
2022 “Geometrically Speaking” - The G Contemporary
2022 “Darlings” - Curatorial + Co
2022 “Corroboree” (Series) - Curatorial + Co
2021 “Darlings” - Curatorial + Co
2020 “Here With Me” - Curatorial + Co
2020 “August” - Sydney Road Gallery
2020 “Small Works” - Sydney Road Gallery
2020 “June” - Sydney Road Gallery
2020 “April” - Sydney Road Gallery 2020 “Jan” - Sydney Road Gallery
2019 “Share the Dignity” - The Happen Store
2019 “One Day in June” - Sydney Road Gallery
2019 “Pause and Reflect” - Sydney Road Gallery
2019 “Where We Stand” - Sydney Road Gallery
2019 “Autumnal” Curated - Sydney Road Gallery
2019 “Take Me Back” - Sydney Road Gallery
2019 “Tickled Pink” - Sydney Road Gallery
2018 “Why So Serious” - Sydney Road Gallery
2018 “The Green Room” - Sydney Road Gallery
2018 “What Lies Beneath” - Sydney Road Gallery
2018 “Chasing the Sun” - Sydney Road Gallery
2017 “PHOTO17” - Patricia De La Motte, Singapore Contemporary
2017 “The Other Art Fair” - The Facility Melbourne
2017 “Landshape” - Curatorial + Co & Sheffer Gallery
2017 “LAND” - Manly Regional Art Gallery +Museum
2016 “The Other Art Fair” - Community, Sydney
2016 “Artisans in The Gardens” - The Sydney Royal Botanical Gardens
2016 “Vantage Points” - ArtEst
2015 “The Game” Curated by Kendall Henry Officer for Public Works, New York
2015 “Your Art Our Walls” - Kings Place Gallery, London
2008 “ASX-Reuters Art Exhibition” - Sydney
2007 “ASX-Reuters Art Exhibition” - Sydney
2005 “Queenwood Art Show” - Sydney
2005 “St Josephs Art Show” - Sydney
2005 “St Augustines Art Show” - Sydney
2005 “Harbord Art Show” - Sydney
2005 “ArtSPOT Summer Show” - Sydney
RESIDENCIES
2016 Awarded by Jacky Winter Gardens - Melbourne