BIOGRAPHY

Born 1966 Scarborough, Ontario
Education 1986 Sheridan College School of Crafts and Design, Mississauga
1989 Surface Design for Textiles A.O.C.A. (Experimental Arts), Ontario College of Art Toronto

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005 Angela Leach: Shimmy, Doris McCarthy Gallery UTSC, Scarborough, Ontario
2005 Angela Leach: Skip, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, Ontario
2005 Angela Leach: Paintings, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick
2004 Angela Leach: Shimmy, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
2004 New Paintings, State, Vancouver, B.C.
2004 Angela Leach: Shimmy, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
2004 Abstract Repeat Series, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003 Angela Leach: Shimmy, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
2001 New Paintings, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Abstract Repeat, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1996 One Work, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario
1995 Long -Thin, Tableau Vivant, Toronto, Ontario

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005 Extreme Abstraction, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
2004 Vivid: Karen Azoulay, Jordan Boradworth, Angela Leach, Scott Silverthorn & Julie Voyce,
University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2003 The Big Abstract Show, Painting Center, New York, New York.
2003 Hard Curves, Soft Points, (two person) State Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2000- 2002 Various Group Exhibitions, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2001 Duologue –Case Studies, York Quay Gallery, Toronto
2000 Visual Stimulants, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2000 Informal Ideas 00.3 (Play), Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2000 Translinear, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
1999 Translinear, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario
1999 Wynick/Tuck Gallery at Art 1999 Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1999 Four Days in the White House, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Informal Ideas 99.1 (Preview '99), Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Figuratively Speaking, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Cross-eyed, 60 Bathurst, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Layers, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Wynick/Tuck Gallery at Art 1998 Chicago, The Sixth Annual Exposition of International Galleries featuring 20th Century Art, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1998 Informal Ideas 98.2 (Degrees of Abstraction), Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1997 Toronto Abstract Painting, James Allen Fine Art, Toronto, Ontario
1997 R+D (Research and Development), Case Studies, York Quay Centre, Toronto, Ontario
1997 Rococo Tattoo: The Ornamental Impulse in Toronto Art, The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario
1997 c.1997, Celebrating generations of painting and sculpture, 371 Wallace Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
1997 The Sex Show, featuring multi-disciplinary works by 32 artists, 689 King St. West, Toronto, Ontario
1997 ARCO '97, Art Fair exhibit with Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1997 Informal Ideas 97.5, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1997 Informal Ideas 97.1, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1996 c.1996, 525 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ontario
1996 Perspective 96, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
1996 Fast, (Painting Disorders Collective exhibition), 520 King Street West, 2nd floor, Toronto, Ontario
1995 Surface Matter, (Painting Disorders Collective exhibition), 425 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, Ontario
1994 Painting Disorders, (Painting Disorders Collective exhibition), 455 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario
1993 You Are Here, Southside Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1992 Diverse City, 1400 Dupont Street, Toronto, Ontario

AWARDS

1996 Canada Arts Council, Project Assistance for Artist-Run Centres and Artists' Collectives
1995 Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Visual Arts Grants
1989 Ontario College of Art, W.O. Forsyth Scholarship for proficiency in painting

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2004 Goddard, Peter. Galleries awash in winter abstractions, Toronto Star, What’s On, Feb. 26, G.7
2004 McDowell, Adam. Toronto artist is turning heads, Toronto Observer, Entertainment, Feb. 26
2004 Jordan, Betty Ann. February at a glance, Toronto Life, p.21 & 34
2004 Eichhorn, Virginia M. & Carol Podedworny. Vivid. University of Waterloo, Waterloo: Ontario
2003 Dault, Julia, Illusions to Caress The Eyes, National Post, October 23, p. AL12
2003 Johnson, The Big Abstract Show, New York Tilmes, Art Listings, Galleries Soho, June 13, p.2
2003 Golbert Bouchard, New technoques yield new art, Edmonton Journal, The visual Arts, March 28, p. E 10
2001 Eye Magazine, Arts Best Bet: Angela Leach, May 17th, 2001
2001 Hanna, Deirdre. Leach’s lines, NOW Magazine, May 17-23, 2001
2000 Wallace, Keith. Visual Stimulants, exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1999 Holubizky, Ihor; Moos, David; Wolin Joseph R., Translinear, exhibition catalogue and essays.
1999 Jordan, Betty Ann, Adventures in Art, Three Toronto Painters Make Their Marks, Where Toronto, Sept. 1999
1998 Hanna, Deirdre, Essence of teamwork captured in Crosseyed, Now Magazine, May 21, 1998
1998 Artery, Winter 1998, cover
1998 Hanna, Deirdre, Painted Promise, Now Magazine, Jan 1-7,1998, p.41
1997 Osbourne, Catherine, Perspective 96, Parachute #87, p.51
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1997 Fischer, Nathalie-Roze, Painters Give off Mixed Signals, Now Magazine, Dec.5, p.85
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1996 Fischer, Nathalie-Roze, Old Lions and Young Cubs Unite, Now Magazine, Dec.5, p.85
1996 Hume, Christopher, Art by Numbers, The Toronto Star, May 23, p.G1
1996 Hanna, Deirdre, Highly Recommended, Now Magazine, May 30, p.65
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1994 Girling, Oliver, Art: The Big Picture, Eye Weekly, Nov.24, p. 46
1992 Taylor, Kate, Art About. The Globe and Mail, 9 October 1992, 6(D).

Angela Leach is represented by the Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada