Liz Leggett

Liz Leggett's drawings and paintings have been exhibited internationally and she has been awarded artist residencies in France, Israel, Spain, the Pyrenees, Nova Scotia, New York and Connecticut. She received a BA from Skidmore College and MFA from the Maine College of Art. Beyond her studio practice, she has curated numerous shows, such as Marilyn Minter SMASH, PUNK is Coming, and World Peace. She is the former Director of Exhibitions at MoCA Westport and now works as an independent curator and Studio Director for an internationally renowned artist. She lives and works in Westport, Connecticut.

My paintings and drawings are process driven, the colors and mark making used to express speed, tension, rebuilding, frenzy, balance, conformity, control, hope and joy. My primary interest is the play between abstraction and imagery to create visual confusion, uncomfortable associations and ambiguity–leaving the work open for interpretation and a visceral response. 

Selected Exhibitions

2025

Light Speed, The Contemporary Art Modern Project Gallery, Miami

2024

Volta Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland

2023

Abstract, Frenzied & Separate, CAMP Gallery, Westport, CT
In Media Res, URSA Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
As Is, ART06870 Gallery, Old Greenwich, CT

2022

Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Southampton, NY
Art Market San Francisco, Chloe Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2020

Abstract is Not a Style: Five Women Painters, Hollis Taggart, Southport, CT
A•ONE, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT

2019

Paper, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Highlight Gramercy Park, National Arts Club, New York, NY
What She Hides, Main Street Space, Westport, CT

2018

Head Over Heels, Newton Roux Gallery, Westport, CT
Wearable Books, One Main Street, Westport, CT

Residencies
Swindells Studio, Montot, France, July 2024
Brown Pink, Kingston, NY, February 2023
The Ridgefield Guild, Ridgefield, CT, January, 2021
Weir Farm, Wilton, CT, 2012 & 2017
Baie St. Marie, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2016
Fundación Valparaiso, Almería, Spain, 2004
Centre d’Art i Natura, Catalunya, Spain, 2003
Summer Six, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2001, 2003
Arad Arts Project, Arad, Israel, 1997-1998

Education

Bachelor of Science
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1994
Studio Art Major, Art History Minor
Concentration in painting & drawing

Master of Fine Art
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, 2006
Concentration in painting & drawing

CT

United States