Leigh Suggs

Reticulating Lines

Handcut, acrylic on Yupo

13" x 13"

2020

Retail Value: $2,500

Courtesy of Reynolds Gallery

Leigh Suggs was born in Boone, North Carolina and currently resides in Richmond, VA. She received her BFA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2003 and her MFA from the Virginia Commonwealth University in 2015. Her recent solo shows include Hurry Slowly (2021) at Second Street Gallery (VA), Massey Klein Gallery (NYC) TOAST (2021), Reynolds Gallery Keep Coming Round (2021), Pushing Edges Rounding Corners at Cole Pratt Gallery (LA) (2021). Her notable group shows include DRAWN (2021) at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Go for Baroque at the Racine Art Museum in Racine, WI (2016), NCAC Fellowship Exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh, NC (2014), and Art on Paper (2012) at the Weatherspoon Museum in Greensboro, NC. Suggs has been awarded several grants and honors, including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Award, the North Carolina Fellowship Award and two City of Richmond CultureWorks Grants. Her work is a part of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Weatherspoon Museum collections and corporate collections, including the Federal Reserve Bank, Capital One, Markel Corporation, Suntrust Bank and Fidelity Investments.