Bio: Sharon Leong

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"Sharon Leong is Queen of B-Paintings! If you're a fan of the old dramatic bad-girl pulp paperback covers, then Ms. Leong's art will quicken your pulse. Humorously sexy, lovingly cliche and dead on creatively genius, Ms. Leong's art will very soon be gracing museum walls." JT Leroy, Author (Sarah; The Heart is Deceitful Above all Things) (8/06/01)

ART RESUME

NAME: Sharon Leong (aka the "Queen of B-Paintings")

PRIMARY MEDIA: Acrylic on stretched canvas; b/w photography

ART EDUCATION:

California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
L'École des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
L'École du Louvre, Paris, France

EXHIBITIONS:

  1. Day of the Dead Show - Produced by Ghia Gallery at Trinity Episcopal Church, San Francisco (November 1992)
  2. 111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco – "Pop Tarts", group show (August 1998)
  3. Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle - "Dangerous Dolls" group show (May 1999)
  4. 111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco – "Pop Tarts II": group show (September 1999)
  5. Jezebel’s Joint Upstairs Gallery, San Francisco – "A Taste of Sin" solo exhibition (June 2000)
  6. Zero One Gallery, Los Angeles - "Best of the West" group show (August 2, 2000)
  7. DeeDee TV’s Gala Opening, San Francisco – solo exhibition (August 9, 2000)
  8. La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles - "Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artists" group show (March 2001)
  9. 111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco - "7-11" Group Show (April 19-June 2, 2001)
  10. Key Club, VIP Room, West Hollywood, CA - "Put Out or Else" solo exhibition (May 10-July 10, 2001)
  11. L.A. Friends of Tibet Auction (at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, L.A.), TBA
  12. Well Hung Gallery, San Francisco - "Dangers of Sex" solo show(October 19-Nov. 11, 2001)
  13. Optical Artistry Gallery, San Francisco - "Fortune Cookie Show" (August 9-August 25, 2002)
  14. Blah Blah Gallery, Online Gallery - www.blahblahgallery.com - Guest Artist (September 1-30, 2002)
  15. Ne Plus Ultra Project Space, Toronto, Canada - "Vicious Delicious" (October 17-November 3, 2002)
  16. The Tart Gallery, Vancouver, Canada - "Vicious Delicious" (November 23, 2002)
  17. CoproNason Gallery, Los Angeles - "Vicious Delicious" (December 14, 2002- February 2003)
  18. La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles - "Ladies of Low Brow Art" (January 4, 2003)

WORKS ABOUT MY WORK:

Four-part interview, aired weekly on local cable show, DeeDee TV (August 2000)

Short documentary ("Real Conversations") by filmmaker, Marian Wallace, interviewed by V. Vale of RE/Search Publications (June 2000)

Featured in "Vicious, Delicious and Ambitious: 20th Century Women Artists" by Sherri Cullison (Schiffer Publisher) (Oct. 2002)

PUBLICATIONS:

My artwork and photographs have also appeared in Erotica (including a nine-page feature in No. 7), Juxtapoz, Me!Dea, and Bust magazines; McSweeneys Journal; and in the Magic Whistle comic book

OTHER MEDIA - MIXED MEDIA/FILM/GRAPHICS/DESIGNS:

"Art" Vending Machines (dispense artwork from 10 cents to 50 cents)

Animated short film, "Dougboy’s Nightmare" – premiered December 9, 2000, in San Francisco, CA, at the Café International; Zeitgeist 2001 Film Festival, August 26, 2001, San Francisco, CA

"Raw Flesh on the Streets of San Francisco" - Performance piece from enacted from the corner of Pine and Mason Streets, to Powell Street cable car line, to San Francisco Art Institute (Spring 1982)

Gift cards (animal penis bones, animal scrotal sacs and cloacae) for natural science stores (Paxton Gate, S.F.; Maxilla and Mandible, N.Y.)

Fabric and fashion designs for Josef Illouz (prèt-a-porter), Paris, France

Appliqué designs for t-shirts, handbags and accessories for Paul Smith, London & Paris