Biography Margaret Frances Leonard
Born: January 30, 1956 Brunswick, Maine
1982 BFA in painting Maine College of Art
Address: 1706 Harpswell Neck, Rd
Harpswell, Maine 04079
Part of Maine Historical Society's Permanent Collection
website: Margaret Leonard's Art (margaretleonardsart.com)
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Artist Residencies
2023 NEIRO, Prague, Czech Republic
2017/2018 Wassard Elea Artist Retreat, Ascea Italy
2017 ARTErra Residencias Rurais Artisticas, Lobao de Beira, Portugal
2012 OBRAS Holland, Renkum, Netherlands
2008 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
2007 Spring Artist in Residence, Chowan University, Murfreesboro, North Carolina
2005 Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada
2004 Julia and David White Arts Colony, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica
2002 International School of Painting and Sculpture, Umbria, Italy
2002 Hambidge Art Center, Dillard, Georgia
2001 Dorland Mt. Arts Colony, Temecula, California
2001 Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic
2000 Buffalo National Park, Arkansas
1997 Acadia National Park, Maine
1996 Carina House, Monhegan Island, Maine
Exhibitions
2023 MECA Collect, Maine College of Art and Design
2022 One-person show, The Gallery, Readfield, Maine
2021 Port Clyde Art Gallery, Port Clyde, Maine 10x10 Juried show (2nd place winner by Juror Jon Mort)
2021 MECA Juried Show and Sale, Portland, Maine
2021 Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine, Annual Juried Show (2nd place winner by Juror Barbara Sullivan)
2015 Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick Maine
2014 Monhegan Artist Residency 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Thomas Moser Gallery, Freeport, Maine015
2012 Local Trees, Brunswick Municipal Meeting Room, Brunswick, Maine
2012 The Figure Revealed VI, Atrium Art Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston/AuburnI
2012 Boothbay Arts Foundation Juried Show, Boothbay Harbor, Maine
2012 Juried Fall Show Damariscotta Rivers Gallery, Damariscotta, Me.
2011 20 Year Celebration: Carina House, Monhegan Island, Me.
2008 50th Annual Visiting Juror's Exhibition, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Me.
2007 One Person Show, Chowan University, Murfreesboro, North Carolina
2006 Maine Art Gallery Juried Show, Wiscasset, Me.
2004 Vision as Source,Group Show,GALEYRIE, Falmouth, Me.
2003 The Figure Revealed V, Juried Show, University of Maine, Lewiston/Auburn
2003 New Paintings, Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, Me.
2002 Woodfords Gallery, Group Show, Portland, Maine
2001 Artistas en Residencia Primavera 2001, Leo Nunez, Margaret Leonard, WilfredoTorres, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic
2000 Carina House: The First Decade, Blaine House, Augusta, Me.
2000 Lancaster Lounge, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me.
1999 10th Anniversary: Carina House, Monhegan Island, Artists in Residence, Crossman Gallery, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Me.
1999 Carina House Group Show, Lupine Gallery, Monhegan Island, Me.
1999 Maine College of Art Juried Alumni Show, Portland, Me.
1997 Gallery by the Sea, Port Clyde, Me.
1997 Lupine Gallery Group show, Monhegan Island, Me.
1997 New to Our Walls, Bayview Gallery, Portland and Camden, Me.
1996 City Critters, Invitational Show, Davidson and Daughters, Portland, Me.
1995 Kristinia's Benefit for Family Crisis Center, Bath, Me.
1993 Group Show, Icon Gallery, Brunswick, Me.
1992 UMVA (Union of Maine Visual Artists) Gallery, Brunswick, Me.
1991 Billboard Art, UMVA/Maine Festival, Brunswick, Me.
1990 Benefit for the Homeless, UMVA Traveling Exhibit
1990 12th Annual Juried Exhibiton, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Me.
1988 Inside/Outside Art, University of Maine, Portland
1988 Maine Art Gallery Juried Show, Wiscasset, Me.
1988 10th Annual Juried Show, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Me.
1988 Art Works, Maine's Corporate Collections, Jean Payson, Whitney Gallery, Portland, Me.
1986 8th Annual Juried Show, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Me.
1986 Collector's Show, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Me.
1984 Maine Artists for Survival, Democratic National Convention, San Francsisco, CA
1983 Ghost Dance, Group Show, University of Maine, Farmington
1982 Billie Bowman, Margaret Leonard, Richard Wilson, Chroma Gallery, Portland, Me.