Leigh Suggs

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 most recent solo shows include Best, in Pieces (2024) with Cole Pratt (LA), Bent Out of Shape (2022) with Massey Klein Gallery (NYC), Hurry Slowly (2021) at Second Street Gallery (VA), and Reynolds Gallery Keep Coming Round (2021).  Her notable group shows include Coined in the South (2022) at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, 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 her work is included in several corporate collections, including the Federal Reserve Bank, Honeywell, Capital One, Markel Corporation, Truist Bank and Fidelity Investments.