Jennifer Leach
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Woodcut and linoleum relief techniques are visual artist and printmaker Jennifer Leach’s primary media. She also makes collages, altered books, and paintings.
Jennifer’s work explores themes of identity and emotion. Each new work she creates is a series with themes and variations. She relates new work to previous work to maintain an evolutionary flow of ideas. She is excited to see how next year’s work will be connected to last year’s.
Jennifer has an BFA in graphic design and illustration and studied printmaking at Kent State University. She has a post baccalaureate in art education from Cleveland State University. She has taken woodcut workshops with Karen Kunc at Constellation Studios, April Vollmer at the Morgan Conservatory, and Jimin Lee at Anderson Ranch, among many others.
Jennifer’s work has been shown nationally and locally in galleries including at The Providence Art Club, Worthington Yards Gallery in Cleveland, The Gallery at the Met Store in NYC, the Salmagundi Club in NYC, Boston University, The Fawick Gallery at Baldwin Wallace University, Manhattan Graphics Center, the Erie Art Museum, the Butler Institute of American Art, and the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve.
Private and public collections have acquired Jennifer’s work including the Summa Hospital Healing Arts Collection, Dalad Art Collection, Dealer Tire Art Collection, and Newark Public Library Special Collections.
Jennifer is a member of The Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA), a NYC-based artist printmakers organization, and serves on its board. She is a past president and board member of The Print Club of Cleveland, and is a board member of Zygote Press.
Select Collections
Summa Hospital Healing Arts Collection, Akron
Tinnerman Lofts Dalad Art Collection, Cleveland
Midtown Cleveland Inc.
Dealer Tire Inc., Cleveland
Newark Public Library Special Collections, New Jersey
Margaret and Pete Dobbins, Cleveland
Jack and Linda Lissauer, Cleveland
Paula Mindes, Cleveland
Dave and Gwen Zielasko, Akron
Education/Workshops
Letterpress workshop at the Morgan Conservatory with R. E. Anderson, Fall 2024
Tradition and Innovation: Woodblock Printmaking, workshop at Anderson Ranch in Aspen Colorado with printmaker Jimin Lee, a professor of art and head the print media program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, 2022
Wood Engraving workshop with Joanne Price, 2021
Cleveland Institute of Art studio practice painting with Susan Danko, Winter 2019
BIG INK large scale woodblock printing with Lyell Castonguay, Pittsburgh PA, Fall 2018
Morgan Conservatory pressure printing on the Vandercook workshop with Wendy Partridge, Winter 2018
Moku Hanga workshop with April Vollmer at the Morgan Conservatory, Summer 2016
Color Woodcut Printmaking with Karen Kunc at Constellation Studio in Lincoln Nebraska, five day workshop, Summer 2016
Printmaking, portrait painting, Tri-C East, 2014
Cleveland State University; Post Baccalaureate Art Education/State of Ohio Teaching Certification, 2010
Letterpress printing, Zygote Fine Art Press, 2008
Printmaking, University of Akron, 2006
Kent State University; BFA Graphic Design and Illustration, 1988
Organizational/Curatorial Activities
October 2024. Fawick Gallery at Baldwin Wallace University, “From Woodcut to Inkjet,” printmaking invitational covering the history of printmaking. Worked with BW to identify printmakers for the exhibition, and connected with the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve to do an expanded exhibition of this show in their Galleries in 2025.
May 2023. Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, “Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) Juried Exhibition.” As a board member of the Regional Council of the Society of American Graphic Artists, arranged an exhibition with the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, and secured a sponsorship of the show by the Print Club of Cleveland.
January 2023. The Gallery of Moreland Courts, “A Big Relief,” an exhibition of large-scale woodcut prints created with the Big Ink printmaking workshop. Arranged an exhibition of large scale woodblock prints made at the Big Ink event at Baldwin Wallace University (see below).
2022. Baldwin Wallace University, organized a student/professional event with Big Ink, a group founded to provide large-scale woodblock printmaking workshop opportunities for people of all skill levels. Secured a sponsorship of the event by the Print Club of Cleveland.
Yearly. As a member of the Print Club of Cleveland publication committee, engage and commission artists to create a print edition to be distributed to each member of the Club.
2022. Co-organized an exhibition of publication prints of the Print Club of Cleveland during the Mid America Print Conference at Kent State University.
May 2021. The Salon at the Screw Factory, five artists who are part of the Salon exhibit at the Screw Factory. Organized exhibition and sale at Screw Factory Studio.
Professional Membership and Board Service
Print Club of Cleveland, President 2019-2021, board member www.printclubcleveland.org
Society of American Graphic Artists, NYC, Regional Council, current board member www.sagaprints.com
Zygote Press, Board member zygotepress.org
Shaker Community Gallery, former board member
Boston Printmakers
Los Angeles Printmaking Society
SALON, art critique group
No Pressure, printmaking critique group
Altered Book Club
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
Cleveland Museum of Art
Heights Arts
Morgan Conservatory
Solo/Invitational/Juried Exhibitions
2026
Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair, Brooklyn, NY. A portfolio of my prints is available at the fair shown with Windblown Editions. I will also be represented in the Society of American Graphic Artists booth.
2025
Constellation Studios, Lincoln Nebraska, “Clouds,” invitational exhibition with two other artists curated by Karen Kunc, November-December 2025.
SAGA Gallery, Union Square NYC, “Society of American Graphic Artists 4th Annual Mini Gems,” December 2025 – January 2026.
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, Connecticut, “Ink and Impressions, 110 Years of the Society of American Graphic Artists,” September-February 2025.
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, “The New Now 2025,” juried by Tiffany Gaines, September-October 2025.
Mansfield Art Center “80th Annual May Show,” a juried annual statewide exhibition, April-May 2025.
Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair, New York, Society of American Graphic Artists members booth, March 2025.
Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg, Kansas, “127th Annual Midwest Art Exhibition” featuring a juried exhibition from the Society of American Graphic Artists, January- April 2025.
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, “Continuing Conversations: Woodblock to Inkjet”, four prints included in an exhibition of works by regional printmakers curated by Baldwin Wallace University’s Paul Jacklitch, Professor of Art, and Darlene G. Michitsch, Associate Professor of Art History, in conjunction with AAWR Executive Director Mindy Tousley. Featuring regional printmakers whose work both addresses foundational media (relief, intaglio, planar) and inventively expands on them, using techniques ranging from hand-coloring, stenciling, and found objects to laser-cut, digital, and more. January-March 2025.
2024
SAGA Gallery in Union Square, NYC, “Third Annual Mini Gems,” December-January 2025.
The Arts Center at Governors Island NYC, “SAGA 89th Annual Exhibition,” October-November 2024.
Fawick Gallery at Baldwin Wallace University. “From Woodcut to Inkjet,” printmaking invitational covering the history of printmaking, October-November 2024.
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, “The New Now 2024,” juried by George Whitten, Executive Director of the Mansfield Art Center in Ohio, September-October 2024.
“The 14th May Show at Lakeland Community College,” juried exhibition, May-June 2024.
Tinnerman Lofts, “Jennifer Leach and Lisa Schonberg, New Print Works,” two-person exhibition curated by Liz Maugans, April -June 2024.
The Providence Art Club, “CELEBRATED: Selections from the 2023 North American Print Biennial,” 40 prints from The Boston Printmakers continuously acclaimed print competition for 75 years. Michael Rose, art historian and gallery manager, selected works for the Southern Graphics Council International audience, April 2024.
Morgan Conservatory, “Morgan Makers Exhibition,” December-January 2024.
Wasmer Gallery at Ursuline College, “New Masters 3: Women Artists of Northeast Ohio,” Hilary Gent Juror, November-January 2023-24.
2023
Fawick Art Gallery at Baldwin Wallace University, “2023 Northeast Ohio Print Invitational,” October-November 2023.
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, “The New Now 2023,” juried by Charlotte Gordon, Artistic Director and Mark Chepp, Executive Director, both of the Southern Ohio Museum, September-October 2023.
Boston University, “Boston Printmakers 2023 North American Print Biennial,” juried by Elizabeth M. Rudy, Curator of Prints at the Harvard Art Museum, October-December 2023.
Old Print Shop, New York City, “Society of American Graphic Artists 88th Annual Members Exhibition,” received the Speedball Art Products Materials Award for Relief Printmaking, October-November 2023.
SAGA Gallery, Union Square New York City, “Society of American Graphic Artists Second Annual Mini Gems Exhibition,” September 2023.
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, “Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) Juried Exhibition,” May – July 2023.
FIG Community Gallery, “Women Who Print,” invitational exhibition, March-May 2023.
Artist Archives of the Western Reserve Annual Members Exhibition March-May 2023.
The Gallery of Moreland Courts, “A Big Relief,” an exhibition of large-scale woodcut prints created with the Big Ink printmaking workshop, January-March 2023.
Gallery East at Tri-C, “Cleveland Prints,” November-February 2022-23.
2022
Worthington Yards Gallery, “The Series and the Multiple,” November – January, 2022.
The Gallery at The Met Store, “SAGA / The Society of American Graphic Artists, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” New York, October – November, 2022.
“SAGA 87th Annual Members Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club”, New York, October – November, 2022.
The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, “NewNow 2022,” Northeast Ohio’s premier biannual competitive art exhibition, September October 2022.
The Society of American Graphic Artists, “Mini Gems,” a national mini print exhibition, juror Erica Criss, New York City SAGA Union Square Gallery, June-July 2022.
Loganberry Books Annex Gallery, “Transitions,” an exhibit by the Altered Book Group, June 2022.
Screw Factory Spring Open House, New Work, May 2022.
The Society of American Graphic Artists, “Hand to Press,” group show of SAGA’s regional council members, New York City Union Square Gallery, April 2022.
Morgan Conservatory National Juried Exhibition, March-May 2022.
Artist Archives of the Western Reserve Annual Members Exhibition March-May 2022
2021
Screw Factory Holiday Open House, December 2021.
Heights Arts Holiday Show, November-December 2021.
Valley Art Center 50th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, November-December 2021.
Kindred Objects: Ceramics & Glass from the Western Reserve, print-based glass work chosen for exhibition at the Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, November-December 2021.
Mid America Print Council virtual “#MAPCHISTORYSHOW,” Juried by Phyllis McGibbon, Wellesley College professor of art, August 2021.
The Salon at the Screw Factory, five artists who are part of the Salon exhibit at the Screw Factory. May 2021.
Loganberry Books Annex Gallery, “Reflections and Shadows,” an exhibit by the Altered Book Group, May-June 2021.
Artist Archives of the Western Reserve Annual Members Exhibition March-May 2021
The Providence Art Club, “Society of American Graphic Artists 86th Annual Members Print Exhibition”.The juror for the show was Andrew Raftery, a noted American artist and associate professor of painting and printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design. My print won the In Memory of Ruth Leaf Award. Providence RI, March to April 2021.
Worthington Yards, “Open Yards II,” exhibition of regional artists whose work has been acquired by the Dalad Collection in Cleveland, January-March 2021.
Tinnerman Lofts, work acquired and included in the permanent collection. January 2021.
The Trudy Wiesenberger Gallery at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, “Heights Artists Showcase,” November 2020 – February 2021.
2020
Worthington Yards, “Art Made in the Shut Down,” June-August 2020
Loganberry Books Virtual Gallery, “Door Ways,” an exhibit by the Altered Book Group, May 2020
Morgan Conservatory National Juried Exhibition, October-November 2020
Manhattan Graphics Center, “It’s in the Cards,” group show March 4-28, 2020
Valley Art Center, “Identity: THINGS,” juried exhibition January 24-March 4, 2020
2019
Heights Arts Holiday Show, November-December 2019
Society of American Graphic Artists’ 85th Members Print Exhibition at the Newark Public Library in Newark, NJ. My print will become a part of the Library’s Special Collections Department’s permanent collection. The show runs from September 23-December 31, 2019
Valley Art Center, “Mixed Emotions,” solo show of nine woodcut prints created by layering various combinations of 5 woodblocks, June-August 2019
Heights Arts Spotlight Show, solo show of prints on the theme of personal identity, June-August 2019
Loganberry Books Annex Gallery, “Yin Yang,” an exhibit by the Altered Book Group, May-June 2019
Artist Archives of the Western Reserve Annual Members Exhibition March-May 2019
Valley Art Center, “Identity/PLACES,” juried exhibition, January-March 2019
The SALON at Judson, a group exhibition of new works by the five artist members of the SALON, January-March 2019
2018
Valley Art Center, “47th Annual Juried Art Exhibit,” Best of Show Award, November-December 2018
Manhattan Graphics Center, NY New York, “The Print Effect 2018: Small Works/Big Impact,” November 2018
Heights Arts Members Show, April-June 2018
BAYarts Annual Juried Exhibition, April-May 2018
Morgan Conservatory Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition “Paper Trails,” March-April 2018
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Members’ Exhibition 2018, March-May 2018
Valley Art Center, first juried show in a three-year series; “Identity: PEOPLE,” January-March 2018
2017
Valley Art Center 46th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, November-December 2017
J-Show, Mandel JCC Juried Art Show, September-November 2017
MOCA Cleveland, Contribution of a self portrait to artist Liz Maugans’ collective work “The Artist’s Pension Trust: A Portrait of the Artist in Cuyahoga County,” her contribution to the “Constant as the Sun” exhibition, 2017
Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition 2017, June-July 2017
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Members’ Exhibition 2017, March-May 2017
Morgan Conservatory Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition “American Fiber”, March-April 2017
The Nicholson B. White Gallery at St. Paul’s; “The Salon Shows,” Work of four artists from Cleveland, March-June 2017
2016
Invisible Cities Book Project at Constellation Studios in Lincoln NE, Oct/Nov 2016
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve juried exhibition; “The New Now,” Sept/Oct 2016
Morgan Conservatory juried exhibition; “From the Ground Up: Surface and Dimension,” April/May 2016
The Australian Bookplate Design Award Exhibition, March/April 2016
2015 and Earlier
Valley Art Center juried exhibition; “It’s Secondary,” Winter 2015
Artists’ Archives of the Western Reserve juried exhibition; “Textures & Patterns,” Summer 2014
Morgan Conservatory juried exhibition; “Transformation,” Summer 2014
Artists’ Archives of the Western Reserve Spring Show, 2014
Butler Institute of American Art; 70th Area Artists Annual Juried Exhibition, 2006
Erie Art Museum; 83rd Annual Juried Spring Show, 2006
NOIS (Northern Ohio Illustrators Society), 2005
Cleveland Museum of Art; “A City Seen,” Gund Annual Report included in show of photographs from The George Gund Foundation Collection, 2002
Kent State University; Alumni Exhibition, 1998
Akron Art Museum; “Ohio Perspectives,” show of architectural, graphic and industrial design, 1992