About the Artist
Current exhibition: Leigh Wells: Drawings
at Gallery 16 in San Francisco (www.gallery16.com)
through July 31.
Leigh's work explores complexity and the unknown, with an interest in attempts by science, religion and history to address these issues.
With inspiration as diverse as scientific diagramming, early Chinese ceramics, theoretical physics and extreme religious beliefs, Wells transforms her drawing and collage materials into beautiful tangles, shadow objects and cosmic conglomerations that swirl together to form a dynamic whole.
Leigh Wells was born in Oakland, California and holds a BFA from the University of San Francisco. She has studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and Parsons/New School in New York.
