LEIGH SALGADO
EDUCATION
Santa Monica College Of Design, Art & Architecture, Santa Monica, CA
M.A., Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
B.A., Painting, Sculpture & Graphic Arts, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 WORKS OF WONDER, onodreamgallery.com
2021 AS THE WORLD TURNS, Launch LA
2019 SOLILOQUY, Launch LA
2016 LOVE IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES, Launch LA
2015 GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN, Museum Of Art & History, Lancaster, CA
2015 BLISSFUL DEFLOWERING, Launch LA, Los Angeles, CA
2014 CLOTHESLINE LANES, LAX, Thomas Bradley International Terminal, Los Angeles, CA
2012 NEW WORK, Coagula Curatorial, China Town, CA
2010 PAPER VERNALIA, The Box Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2008 SO BIG, IT HURTS, Patricia Correia Gallery,
2007 PUBESCENT BEATNIK, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 All HALLOW’S WEAVE, Upfront Gallery, Ventura, CA
2004 SCULPTURED DRAWINGS, Coagula Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2003 MADE IN FORMS, American Intercontinental University Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 DRAWN, Coagula Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2001 CLARE’S PASSION, Crazy Space, Santa Monica, CA
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012 STRAPS & STRIPES, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA
2007 RECENT WORKS, Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA
2006 SPACES BETWEEN, Greenlease Gallery, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
•PAPER ROUTE, ArtShare, Los Angeles, CA
2022
•PAPERWORK FROM THE SOUL, LAUNCH LA
•CUTTING EDGES, Riverside City College Quad Gallery, Riverside, CA
•HUMAN NATURES, Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, CA
•THE FUTURE IS FEMALE, Bermudez Projects, Los Angeles, CA
•LET ME TALK, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA
2021
•DEFIANCE OF JUNCTURE, ArtShare, Los Angeles, CA
2020
•L.A. STORIES, Leo Castelli Gallery, Brenau University, GA
2019
•DRESS RESEARSAL, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
•EROTIC-VULVIC-PHALLIC, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
•KITSCH-IN-SYNC: ART AND ITS OPPOSITE, Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2018
•COUTURE SMASH, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
•NEIGHBORHOOD GIRLS, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
•LUXE!, ChimMaya Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
•LOS FOUR MEETS LOS 40, La Bodega Gallery, San Diego, CA
2015
•AQUI ESTAMOS/WE ARE HERE: CALIFORNIA CHICANO ART, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
•CHICANITAS: SMALL PAINTINGS FROM THE CHEECH MARIN
COLLECTION, Traveling exhibition including Vincent Price Museum, CA; Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA; Staniar Gallery, Washington & Lee University, VA;
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY; Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, TX;
Museum Of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
2014
•OBSESSIVE REDUCTIVE, The Museum Of Craft & Design, San Francisco, CA
2013
•PAPERWORKS: LET THE MAGIC OF PAPER UNFOLD, City Of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
•SEVEN BEAUTIES, Ave 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA
2012
•ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
•LINEAMENTA, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA
•EDGE, Da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
2011
•AVANT-L.A., Papillon Institute Of Art, Los Angeles, CA
•TEL-ART-PHONE, Beacon Arts Center, Inglewood, CA
•EVERYTHING BUT THE KITSCHEN SYNC, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
•SOUNDMIGRATIONZ, Crafton Hills College Art Gallery, Yucaipa, CA
•39NOW, Sophia Louisa at Den Contemporary Art, West Hollywood, CA
2009
•GRACE BEAUTY FORTITUDE, Sophia Louisa Projects w/ PGLA, CA
•CUT, MAKINGS OF REMOVAL, Wignall Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2008
•CUT, MAKINGS OF REMOVAL, Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
•SABADO GIGANTE, Patricia Correia Gallery
•DREAM(land), The Jail Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
•15/15, Patricia Correia Gallery
2007
•MOCA FRESH, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2006
•DRAWING SHOW, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA
2005
•LA ONDA, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
•THE CURIOUS & THE PROFOUND, 18th Street Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004
•DOUBLE TAKE, The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
2003
•PRISM, The Advocate Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
•PRET A PORTER ET LES ACCESSOIRES, The Advocate Gallery, L.A., CA
•GIVE & TAKE, Highways, Santa Monica, CA
2001
•QUINCEANERA, Coagula Projects
•A BORROWED DAY, Luna International, Berlin, Germany
•ROOKIES, Coagula Projects, Los Angeles, CA
•THE WINTER MUSEUM, Electric Lodge, Venice, CA
2000
•TREASURE IN SANTA MONICA, Highways, Santa Monica, CA
•WEIRD BENT, Crazy Space, Santa Monica, CA
PRESS
Artillery Magazine, Gallery Rounds: Leigh Salgado, LAUNCH LA Gallery, by Genie Davis, Nov 9, 2021
Artillery Magazine, Leigh Salgado’s Thrills & Frills, by Betty Ann Brown, January, 2020
Art Now LA, The Da Vinci Questionnaire: Leigh Salgado, A Feminist for our Time, by Victoria Looseleaf, April, 2019
Art and Cake, The Power of Pink by Gary Brewer, August 2018
Art and Cake, The Sublime Beauty of Leigh Salgado & Ching Ching Cheng, December 3, 2016
Los Retratos, LEIGH SALGADO: PAPER LADY, Aimee Santos, November 29, 2015
Artillery Magazine, Launch/Los Angeles by Betty Ann Brown, May 2015
Hyperallergic, Searching for an Idea at Pulse Art Fair, May 13, 2014
Cartwheel, Paper Cuts: Interview with Leigh Salgado, November 7, 2012
HuffPost Arts Interviews Leigh Salgado, January 24, 2012
Leigh Salgado: There’s No Crying In Baseball…Or Art, Eric Swenson on Vimeo, January, 2012
Atelier Visit: Interview with Leigh Salgado, Atelier Visit on Vimeo, February, 2010
Los Angeles Times, PAPER WORK? BRING IT ON, October 26, 2008
Buzzine, SO BIG IT HURTS, The Sculptures Of Leigh Salgado, September 2008
LA Weekly, DREAM(land) Pick of The Week, June 12, 2008
Los Angeles Times, SEEKING SOLACE IN ANOTHER WORLD, May 27, 2008
LA Weekly, PUBESCENT BEATNIK, Pick of The Week, March 1, 2007
The Kansas City Star (Mo), May 23, 2006, Two Find Burning Inspiration on Paper, p. E3
Los Angeles Downtown News, November 3, 2003, Volume 32, Number 44, p.17
PUBLIC ART
LA World Airports, Exhibitions & Installations/City Of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs/Tom Bradley International Terminal, Aug 2014 through Mar 2015