Leigh Behnke

Artist

Leigh Behnke

Birth

1946

Birthplace

Hartford,  Connecticut

Death

 

Place of Death

 

Gender

Male

Nationality

United States

Movement

Contemporary Realism

Media

Painter

BORN:

1946 Hartford, Connecticut

EDUCATION/AWARDS:

1969 Pratt Institute, New York, BFA

1976 New York University, New York, MA

1999 E.D. Foundation Grant, New Jersey

TEACHING:

1979 Kent State Blossom Program

1979-present School of Visual Arts, New York

1989 National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Master Teacher

1990-93 National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Panelist

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1978 Fischbach Gallery, New York

1979 Fischbach Gallery, New York

1981 Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston

1982 Fischbach Gallery, New York

1985 Fischbach Gallery, New York

1991 Fischbach Gallery, New York

1992 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC

1994 Fischbach Gallery, New York

1998 Fischbach Gallery, New York

2000 Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

2003 Cloistered Spaces and Other Environments, Fischbach Gallery, New York

2006 The Garden, Fischbach Gallery, New York