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Leisa Rich

Howe Island Canada
monaleisa@bellsouth.net
613-893-4004
Leisa Rich visual artist specializing in 2D, sculpture and installation works in fiber art and mixed media, art educator, published writer, experimenter. MFA, BFA and Bof ED.

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Sheer Ice

Immerse

Installations & Interactive works

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Installations & Interactive works

Sheer Ice

Sheer Ice

2024

60” X 100” X 6” this view- dimensions variable, hanging variable, too

Materials: Fosshape

Technique: Heat press

$4900

Hooked On Love

Hooked On Love

SOLD

Ocean Atmosphere

Ocean Atmosphere

2023

Safe Zone, solo exhibition; MELT Gallery, Picton, Ontario

Dimensions variable. This view 10’ x 10’ room

Materials: Fosshape, lucite, PLA, fabric, resin

Techniques: Crochet, sewing, heat manipulation, resin casting, constructed, 3D printing

Ocean Atmosphere

Video

Zen Zone

Zen Zone

2022

She Packs A Punch, solo exhibition; MAK Gallery, Gananoque, Ontario

Dimensions: Variable

Materials: Fosshape, light

Technique: Heat press

Su Halle, Gananoque, performing

Su Halle, Gananoque, performing

Design TO/Stantec Architecture, Toronto installation

Design TO/Stantec Architecture, Toronto installation

2022

120” X 54” X 36”

Materials: New and repurposed fabrics, Fosshape, thread, dyes, acrylic paint, mixed media

Techniques: Sewn, free motion machine embroidered, constructed, hand painted, dyed, and more

Aftermath: In The Pink

Aftermath: In The Pink

2018

Aftermath: In The Pink, solo exhibition; Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta

Dimensions variable

Materials: Fosshape, thread, dyes, resin, fabric, mixed media

Technique: Heated, stitched, constructed, and more

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VIDEO: "Aftermath: In the Pink"

Everyone Shines

Everyone Shines

2020

Acquisition- The Works, Atlanta; Consultant: Anne Lambert Tracht of ConsultArt

29’ X 7’

Materials: Sequins, acrylic, oil, thread, wood

Technique: Free Motion machine embroidery, sewn, smocked, hand painted, constructed on wood frame/panel

SOLD

Meanderings and Memories of Butterflies

Meanderings and Memories of Butterflies

2019

Dimensions variable, this view 9’ X 29’

Materials: Thread, vinyl, fabric, dye, acrylic and oil paint

Technique: Free motion machine embroidery, hand painted, dyed

Commissions available

 Photography by Steve Pomberg

Photography by Steve Pomberg

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A Glorious Requiem for Beasts and Souls

A Glorious Requiem for Beasts and Souls

2018

Solo exhibition of same name; Mason-Scharfenstein Museum Gallery, Demorest, Georgia

Materials: Vinyl, thread, acrylic and oil paint, fabric

Technique: Free motion machine embroidery

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Garden of Unearthly Delights

Garden of Unearthly Delights

2018

12’ X 6’ X 8’

Materials: Fosshape, dyes, fabric, mixed media

Techniques: Heat manipulated, sewn, crochet, embroidery, etc.

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Willow, Weep For Me

Willow, Weep For Me

2016

grownupland, Solo exhibition; Stanley Beaman Sears Gallery 180, Atlanta, Georgia

Materials: Fosshape 300, dyes, acrylic, wool, dryer lint, felt, digital image (from artist's original photos) transfer, thread, embroidery floss

Technique: Heat formed, painted, dyed, free motion machine embroidered, heat transfer method, resin set, felted, needle felted

Photo: Brian Rucks

NFS

Willow, Weep For Me, front view

Willow, Weep For Me, front view

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Contortion/interaction performance by Lacy of Liquid Sky

Contortion/interaction performance by Lacy of Liquid Sky

Hand dyed, embroidered bodysuit. Matches the pure wool, hand-dyed, needle-felted, mixed media floor sculpture Leisa made, for the performance that took place Nov. 3, 2016.

Solo Exhibition, 2020, Coastal Carolina University Bryan Art Gallery

Solo Exhibition, 2020, Coastal Carolina University Bryan Art Gallery

Varykino

Varykino

2016

14’ X 30’ X 1’

Solo exhibition, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans

Material: Fosshape

Technique: Sewn and heat manipulation

NFS

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Some elements became a new installation at my new home in Canada

Some elements became a new installation at my new home in Canada

Branching Out

Branching Out

2017

Private home commission, Atlanta

70" X 120" X 4"

Materials: Twig, thread, vinyl

Technique: Free motion machine embroidery

SOLD

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Follow The Wind Wherever It Blows

Follow The Wind Wherever It Blows

2016

Private commission, Omaha, Nebraska

Dimensions 6’ X 14’ X 3’

Materials: Vinyl, thread, acrylic paint, plaster, wire, resin

Techniques: Constructed, resin casting, free motion machine embroidery, painted

SOLD

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Knowledge Overcomes Ignorance As Sunlight Darkness

Knowledge Overcomes Ignorance As Sunlight Darkness

2015

Private home commission, Atlanta, Georgia

Dimensions: 7’ X 19’ X 6”

Materials: Fosshape, paper, fabric, thread, acrylic

Technique: Free motion machine embroidery, sewn and constructed

SOLD

Follow the Leader

Follow the Leader

2015

Ernest B. Welch Gallery- Georgia State University, Atlanta

Material: Vinyl, thread

Technique: Free motion machine embroidery

SOLD

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Mass Hysteria

Mass Hysteria

2012

Dimensions variable- this view 78” X 72” X 28”

Materials: Thread, vinyl, resin, mixed media

Technique: Free Motion embroidery, cast resin

NFS

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Dallas Museum of Art Commission

Dallas Museum of Art Commission

2011

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas commission

Materials:  VELCRO® brand hook tape and VELTEX ® brand loop fabric, vinyls, thread, acrylic paint

Techniques: painted, free motion stitching, quilted

SOLD

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Beauty From The Beast

Beauty From The Beast

2009

Beauty From The Beast, solo exhibition, Callanwolde Gallery, Atlanta

Garden- 25 ft. by 20 ft.

Materials: Wool, fabrics, vinyl, thread. Recycled elements: plastic straws, plant stakes, packing materials, strapping tape, bubble wrap, carpet samples, quilts, cut up art pcs. and more

Techniques: Machine and hand stitched; embroidery; trapunto; quilting; dyed; hand painted; rolled; constructed and more

NFS

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In progress

In progress

2016

Multiplicities- Baylor University: Martin Museum of Art, Waco, Texas; curated by Mary Ruth Smith

In the permanent collection of Delta Airlines Inc.

SOLD

Play With Me...No, REALLY! Play With Me

Play With Me...No, REALLY! Play With Me

2016

Multiplicities- Baylor University: Martin Museum of Art, Waco, Texas

In the permanent collection of Delta Airlines Inc.

On Scarlet Wings in Verdant Fire

On Scarlet Wings in Verdant Fire

2014

Private home commission

60" X 60" 

Materials: Plastic panel, metal frames, thread, fabric, acrylic, embroidery floss

Technique: Free Motion machine embroidery, quilting, painted

SOLD

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Teal (is the closest I get to being blue)

Teal (is the closest I get to being blue)

2014

Dimensions Variable- this view 29" X 40" X .5"

Materials: Plastic panels, thread, fabric, digital images from artist original photos, paper, embroidery floss

Technique: machine and hand embroidery, digital image transfer, painted and printed

SOLD

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No Blues Allowed

No Blues Allowed

44" X 32"

Materials: Plastic panel, fabric, thread, digital images from artist original photos

Technique: Free motion machine embroidery, trapunto

SOLD

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Teal (is the closest I get to being blue) & Ecstatic Alien together

Teal (is the closest I get to being blue) & Ecstatic Alien together

The two pieces hung together create a larger, more comprehensive (and really FUN!) viewer interactive installation- this view 44" X 64"

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Architects in Flux

Architects in Flux

2010

88” X 108”

Materials-  VELCRO® brand hook tape and VELTEX ® brand loop fabric, vinyls, thread, grommets

Technique- Free Motion Stitched, quilted, constructed

* Viewers are able to rearrange and create infinite combinations

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Decorticated- Saucy version

Decorticated- Saucy version

2011

97” X 57”

Materials: VELCRO® brand hook tape and VELTEX ® brand loop fabric fabric, vinyls, thread, acrylic

Technique: Free Motion Stitched, painted, quilted, constructed

* Viewers are able to rearrange and create infinite combinations

$790

Decorticated- Sweet version

Decorticated- Sweet version

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