Samuel Leopold

Samuel Leopold

 

Biography

Samuel Leopold grew up along the banks of the Mississippi in New Orleans and was introduced to painting in oils at age nine. As a teenager, Leopold debuted at the Gasperi Gallery and also represented his congressional district in the 6th Annual Congressional Art Competition, exhibiting at the U.S. Capitol Building. Throughout his twenties and thirties, Leopold showed at galleries, contended in contests, and became part of a variety of collections. International acclaim came to him as a finalist in the Hyogo International Competition of Painting at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe, Japan. Leopold continues to exhibit his work in galleries, competitions, and private events across the country and around the world. He now lives in semi-rural Indiana with his family of muses and critics.

Artist Statement

“Architectural ideas and spatial experiments live in my work. From fictional skylines to whimsical structures, I express the unique human condition of carving spaces.

Through the medium of oils, using the three genres of landscape, surreal, and abstract, I convey my ideas. Those ideas often contain architectural designs that frequently exist only as concepts, universal and personal symbolism, and exaggerated coloring.

A painted cutout that is integrated around some of my works has become a developing trademark. It is part of my underlying belief that every work should be a total composition and that I should leave no part of the canvas untouched.”

Selected Awards and Honors:

  • 3rd Place. “Winter Juried Show 2022”, group exhibition, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI, November 21, 2022 to January 9, 2023

  • Finalist. 45th Annual Art Comp Juried Competition, group exhibition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL, March 4 to April 16, 2022

  • Finalist. 9th Annual Bridgeport Art Competition Exhibit, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL, May 21 to July 2, 2021

  • ArtPrize 10, Grand Rapids MI, September 19 to October 5, 2018

  • Finalist. Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series 2012 – Gallery Guichard, October 18 to November 16, 2012

  • Finalist. The 10th Anniversary of the Post-Earthquake Restoration, Hyogo International Competition of Painting, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan, January 17 to February 20, 2005

  • Finalist.  The Louisiana Festival of the Arts 29th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA,
    April 20 to June 8, 2002

  • Finalist. LaGrange National Biennial 2002, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA, March 9 to
    April 20, 2002

  • Finalist.  Project Harmony 1996 Art Competition and Exhibit, Louisiana Arts and Science Center Riverside Museum, Baton Rouge, LA, January 4 to 26, 1996

  • Finalist.  “Absolut New Orleans Competition,” Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, June 2 to
    June 25, 1995

  • Finalist.  The Louisiana Festival of the Arts 18th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA,
    March 9 to April 20, 1991

  • Finalist.  Zigler Museum 1990 Juried Art Competition, Jennings, LA, October 1 to 20, 1990

  • Honorable Mention.  1990 17th Annual “Festforall” Gallery Show, Baton Rouge, LA, May 25 to June 22, 1990

  • Finalist.  The Louisiana Festival of the Arts 17th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA,
    March 25 to May 12, 1990

  • Finalist.  Louisiana Competition 1989, Louisiana Arts and Science Center Riverside Museum, Baton Rouge, LA,
    November 10 to December 17, 1989

  • 1st Place.  “An Artistic Discovery,” 6th Annual Exhibition Congressional Art Competition, U. S. Capitol Building,
    Congressional Art Caucus, Washington, D. C., June 25, 1987 to May 3, 1988

Selected Exhibitions:

  • AJAC “Summer’s Memories”, North Shore Art League, group exhibition, Winnetka Community House, Winnetka, IL August 22 to September 21, 2023

  • “71st Annual Chesterton Woman’s Club Art Show Exhibition”, group exhibition, Chesterton, IN June 2 to July 1, 2023“Solo Shows 2023”, solo exhibitions, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI, April 16 to May 28, 2023

  • Art Barn School of Art’s 29th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, group exhibition, Art Barn School of Art
    Valparaiso, IN

  • “Tiny Works”, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL, November 18 to December 19, 2022

  • ArtPrize 2022, Grand Rapids, MI, September 15 to October 2, 2022

  • Stroll Lowell Art Walk, group exhibition, Lowell, IN, August 5 to August 31, 2022We’re not in Kansas Anymore Art Show”, group exhibition, Studio 659, Whiting, IN, April 15 to May 20, 2022

  • AJAC “Isolation in the World”, group exhibition, Northshore Senior Center, Northfield, IL 60093, January 4 to February 25, 2022

  • “Winter Juried Show 2021”, group exhibition, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI, November 21, 2021 to January 9, 2022

  • “9th Annual Bridgeport Art Competition Exhibit”, group exhibition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL, May 21 to July 2, 2021

  • AJAC AIR Gallery Exhibit, group exhibition, Glencoe, IL, June 6 to June 27, 2021

  • “The As You Like It Exhibit,” solo exhibition, As You Like It Gallery, Evanston, IL, July 8 – October 30, 2019

  • AJAC ”Your Mind Creates America”, group exhibition, North Suburban YMCA’s Community Gallery, Northbrook, IL, July 2 to August 3, 2019

  • Mako James, Chicago, IL, September 16 to November 16, 2018

  • ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI, September 16 to October 7, 2018

  • AJAC ”Magic of the Ordinary”, group exhibition, Winnetka Community House, Winnetka, IL, June 7 to July 7, 2018

  • AJAC “Seeing Things in a New Light”, group exhibition, group exhibition, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL, August 4 to 26, 2017

  • Leigh Gallery (on consignment), Chicago, IL, May 21, 2005 to May 24, 2014

  • AJAC “Memories of Winter”, group exhibition, Northbrook Library, Northbrook, IL, June 2 through June 27, 2014

  • Mezz Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Mayne Stage, September 4, 2013 to October 30, 2013

  • AJAC & North Shore Art League 84th Annual Award Art Exhibit, Winnetka Community House, Winnetka, IL,
    July 19 to August 18, 2013

  • Skokie Art Walk, group exhibition, Skokie, IL, April 29 to May 31, 2013

  • Blackbird Gallery, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, December 7, 2012 to March 9, 2013

  • AJAC: From Generation to Generation: Artists Acknowledge Learning From Another”, group exhibition, Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL, December 1, 2011 to January 3, 2012          

  • “Inspiration, Connection & Creation,” group exhibition, Chicago, IL, October 20 to August 31, 2011

  • River Bank Lofts Condominium Association, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, June 9 to August 28, 2011

  • Samuel Leopold “Meet & Greet” Mini-Solo Show, Leigh Gallery, Chicago, IL, May 9, 2011

  • Art Loop Open 2010, group exhibition and competition, Chicago, IL, October 15 to November 15, 2010

  • Chicago Art Open 2010, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, April 20 to May 7, 2010

  • “Places – From Arcadia to Urban Landscape,” group exhibition, Murphy Hill Gallery, Chicago, IL, January 21, 2009 to February 28, 2009

  • Chicago Art Open 2008, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, October 3 to 19, 2008

  • JCUA “Chocolate for Change,” group exhibition, Slaymaker Gallery, Chicago, IL, March 15, 2008

  • River Bank Lofts Condominium Association, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, March 9 to May 26, 2008

  • Chicago Art Open 2007, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, October 4 to October 27, 2007

  • Brothers K Coffeeshop, solo exhibition, Evanston, IL, November 13, 2006 to October 3, 2009

  • Chicago Art Open 2006, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, October 17 to November 4, 2006

  • “Mansion After Hours,” group exhibition, October 27 to October 29, 2006

  • “Love Show,” group exhibition, Open Door Gallery, Chicago, IL, February 4 to February 25, 2006

  • “Masquerade Ball,” group exhibition, Open Door Gallery, Chicago, IL, January 14 to January 28, 2006

  • “The Tree of Art,” group exhibition, Lenz Studio, Chicago, IL, December 2 to December 17, 2005

  • “Side by Side,” group exhibition, Open Door Gallery, Chicago, IL, October 8 to October 28, 2005

  • Chicago Art Open 2005, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, October 10 to 21, 2005

  • “The Small and the Mighty Exhibit,” group exhibition, Open Door Gallery, Chicago, IL, September 16 to
    October 1, 2005

  • “Around the Coyote 2005,” art festival, Open Door Gallery, Chicago, IL, September 9 to 11, 2005

  • “Let Us Introduce Ourselves,” group exhibition, Open Door Gallery, Chicago, IL, August 6 to 31, 2005

  • “Chicago My Chicago,” group exhibition, Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL, June 11 to August 20, 2005

  • “Vibrations in Color ,” group exhibition, CCT Gallery, Northwestern University Settlement House, Chicago, IL,  January 11 to March 25, 2005

  • Chicago Art Open 2004, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, October 9 to 31, 2004

  • “Pockets,” group exhibition, The Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, IL, January 17 to February 21, 2004

  • “Blues, Jazz, Dance…That’s Chicago!,” Gallery 415, Chicago, IL,  October 24 to January 31, 2004

  • Chicago Art Open 2003, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, October 11 to 19, 2003

  • “The Implicit View,” Morgan Park Academy, Chicago, IL, September 12 to October 26, 2003

  • Juniper Island Art Festival, group exhibition, Stony Lake, ON, August 8 to 10, 2003

  • “Chicago Works on the Run,” Orleans Street Gallery, group exhibition, St. Charles, IL, June 6 to August 11, 2003

  • Chicago Art Open 2002, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, October 18 to 24, 2002

  • “Around the Coyote,” The Twilight Gallery, Chicago, IL, August 8, 2002 to Sept. 16, 2002

  • “The As You Like It Exhibit,” solo exhibition, As You Like It Gallery, Evanston, IL, April 21 – July 14, 2002

  • “One of a Kind Art Show and Sale-Chicago,” booth exposition, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL, December 6 to December 9, 2001

  • Chicago Art Open 2001, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, October 19 to 27, 2001

  • Galerie Gora, group exhibition, Montreal, QC, August 14 to September 1, 2001

  • “Déjà vu,” group exhibition, Excalibur, Chicago, IL, May 18 to August 14, 2001

  • “Earth Music,” group exhibition, CCT Gallery, Northwestern University Settlement House, Chicago, IL,  March 9 to April 20, 2001

  • The CORE Foundation, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, October 5, 2000 to March 9, 2001

  • Gull Lake Galleries—Great Northern Shows (on consignment), Richland, MI, January 15, 2000 to
    November 1, 2002

  • Studio 34 Gallery (on consignment), Glenview, IL, August 31, 1999 to May 30, 2000   

  • Chicago Art Open 2000, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, November 10 to 19, 2000

  • Juniper Island Art Festival, group exhibition, Stony Lake, ON, August 12 to 13, 2000

  • Gloria Jones Gallery, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, May 5 to July 7, 2000

  • “2000 Area Invitational Art Exhibition at Aurora University,” group exhibition, Aurora, IL, May 5 to June 10, 2000

  • Studio 34 Gallery, solo exhibition, Glenview, IL, May 1 to June 2, 2000

  • Chicago Art Open 1999, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, November 12 to 20, 1999

  • Lindenberg, group exhibition, New York, NY, June 17 to July 3, 1999

  • Intercontinental Hotel, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, December 5, 1998 to April 25, 1999

  • “Art From The Heart—Celebrating the Passion of Art,” group exhibition, Sherman Gallery, Chicago, IL,  Feb. 5 to March 3, 1999

  • Chicago Art Open 1998, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, November 19 to 22, 1998

  • Soho Galleries (on consignment), Pensacola, FL, October 1, 1998 to November 4, 1998

  • The Enchanted Easel (on consignment), Chicago, IL, September 1, 1997 to August 6, 1998

  • “Cityscapes and Chimera,” solo exhibition, As You Like It Gallery, Evanston, IL, March 15 to July 11, 1998

  • Chicago Public Library, solo exhibition, Chicago, IL, September 1 to October 31, 1997

  • Magnums, solo exhibition, Chicago, IL, September 1 to October 15, 1997

  • “Big City,” group exhibition, Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, IL, July 11 to August 8, 1997

  • Ariana Gallery (on consignment), Royal Oak, MI, May 1, 1996 to July 1, 1997

  • “Redemption:  Artists Examine Life and Death,” group exhibition, National Pastime Theatre
    (Anatomically Correct Gallery), Chicago, IL, October 11 to December 22, 1996

  • Freschetti’s, solo exhibition, Princeton, NJ, June 1 to June 30, 1996

  • “Icons,” group exhibition, 800 East Gallery, Atlanta, GA, March 15 to April 5, 1996

  • Gallicurrci Original Works, group exhibition, Evanston, IL, March 1 to May 31, 1995

  • “Magic on Magazine Street (Christmas Collection Exhibition 1994),” group exhibition, Hilderbrand Galleries,
    New Orleans, LA, December 3 to December 31, 1994

  • “Architectural Angles,” group exhibition, Eclectic Junction Gallery, Chicago, IL, November 8 to December 4, 1994

  • Zeus Gallery (on consignment), Chicago, IL, October 29, 1993 to September 30,1995

  • The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, September 16 to October 28, 1994

  • The Chicago Fine Arts Exchange (on consignment), Chicago, IL, December 15, 1993 to October 31,1994

  • “Men’s Show,” group exhibition, Liz Long Gallery, Chicago, IL, July 9 to July 19, 1993

  • Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center Art Gallery, solo exhibition, Chicago, IL, June 1993

  • Design Effects Gallery (on consignment), Chicago, IL, April 1993 to June 1993

  • “Cohesion,” group exhibition, Excalibur, Chicago, IL, February 5 to May 2, 1993

  • “Love, Death, and Architecture,” solo exhibition, The Body Politic Gallery, Chicago, IL, January 3 to
    February 28, 1993

  • Gasperi Gallery (on consignment), New Orleans, LA, November 1986 to December 1992