CV
Recent Exhibitions
2023 Broads at Belco, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra
2022 Eden Unearthed, Eden Gardens, Macquarie Park*
2022 Winter Festival Sculpture Walk, Machattie Park, Bathurst
2022 Permeare, Cementa22 Contemporary Arts Festival, Kandos*
2022 Recovering Roots, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown
2021 Environmental Art and Design Prize, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly
2021 Current, Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea
2020 Sculpture in the Garden, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea
2020 2020, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea
2019 Eden Unearthed, Eden Gardens, Macquarie Park*
2017 NOX, Night Sculpture Walk, Randwick Environment Park, Randwick
2017 The Sculpture Show, Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea
2017 Eden Unearthed, Eden Gardens, Macquarie Park*
2017 Harbour Sculpture, Woolwich*
2017 NOX, Night Sculpture Walk, Randwick Environment Park, Randwick
2016 Impressure-Squeeze, Airspace, Marrickville
2015 Biodiversity Dreaming Conference, Charles Sturt University Bathurst
2015 Harbour Sculpture, Woolwich*
2015 Rockdale Outdoor Gallery Art Prize, Rockdale
2014 Living Data Lab – Evolving Conversations, University Technology Sydney*
2014 Figure This, Pine Street Creative Arts Centre, Chippendale
2014 Harbour Sculpture, Woolwich*
2013 Unfourseen, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange
2013 Harbour Sculpture, Woolwich
2013 Living Data – Art from Climate Science, The Muse Gallery, Ultimo
2012 Lyricism, King Street Gallery on William, Darlinghurst
2012 Views and Visions, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Darlinghurst
2011 Seasons of Life, Art Gallery of NSW Library & Archive, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Pivot, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea*
2012 Aqua Alta, Mary Place Gallery, Paddington
Awards
Major Stipend Recipient - 2022 Eden Unearthed
Randwick Council Art Grant - 2017 NOX Night Sculpture Walk
Major Stipend Recipient - 2017 Eden Unearthed
Winner - Outside (Environmental Award) - 2017 Harbour Sculpture, WoolwichWinner - Winner - Inside (Rennie Prize) - 2013 Harbour Sculpture, Woolwich
Highly Commended - Waverly Art Prize / Warringah Art Prize / Lloyd Rees Youth Art Award
Collections
2021 Inaugural acquisition (permanent collection), Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea
Interactive workshops / installations / projects (also includes * above)
2022 - Regenerating Lithgow - People, Place and Planet, in collaboration
with KSCA, Maldhan Ngurr Ngurra Lithgow Transformation Hub and Western
Sydney University, Lithgow
2022 Land Studio #3, collaboration with KSCA and UOW, Hartley Valley
2022 Waterland, Way Out Artspace, Kandos
2021 Land Studio #2, in collaboration with KSCA, University of Wollongong and
Mulloon Institute, Capertee Valley
2019-20 Capertee Hydrology Project – various workshops and installations, Glen
Alice, Glen Davis, Bogee, Kandos
2020 Land Studio #1, in collaboration with KSCA and University of Wollongong,
Capertee Valley
2019 Eco Art Fest, Hazelhurst Regional Arts Centre, Gymea
2019 Sustainability Expo, Bundeena Community Centre, Bundeena
2019 EcoArts Australis Conference, University of Wollongong, Wollongong
2019 Grounding Story: 2019 ASLEC Conference, New England University, Armidale
2015 Biodiversity Dreaming Conference, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst
Residencies
2022 Art for Here Lab with Critical Path, Kandos NSW
2016-2023 Land-art residency and creative collaboration with Paul Newell
(landsmanship & natural sequence farming pioneer), Canowindra NSW
2013, 2014 Collaborator with Cat Jones (Aust. Council Fellow), Bundanon Art Residency
2010, 2011, 2013, 2022 Stuart Town Studios, Central Tablelands, NSW
2008 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Collectives
2017 - Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation (KSCA)
2019 - The Broad Collective
Study
2016-17 Master Fine Arts candidate, Art & Design, University of New South Wales
1999-00 Bachelor Visual Art (Honours), Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University
1986-1988 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts
Selected Commissions
1998 Welcome Fountain, Evergreen Taoist Temple, Sydney
1993-95 Mural projects: Crown Casino, Melbourne / St.George Private Hospital,
Sydney / Ettalong Club, Central Coast / Gold Coast Hotel, Hong Kong
Publications
Thompson, Leanne - “A terrain of belonging: Unravelling habitats and re-weaving with care.” Chapter 12 in Using the visual and performing arts to encourage pro-environmental behaviour, edited by David Curtis. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Thompson, Leanne - Mapping a terrain of belonging: An artistic response to the gathering and vision of the Biodiversity Dreaming Conference 2015, BIODIVERSITY DREAMING: Sustaining nature and agriculture after 200 years of European inland settlement in the Central Western Region of NSW, Ed’s C. Kinross, D. Goldney, A. Kerle and B. Mactaggart, Bathurst: Greening Bathurst, 2019
Cooper, Dani - Livelihoods and Liberation Struggles / Illustrations by Leanne Thompson, Sydney: Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA, 2015
Thompson, Leanne - Groundswell: The concept of symbiosis as metaphor for an emerging cultural paradigm - shifting concepts of identity from self to relationship, Sydney: SCA University of Sydney Research Paper, 1999
Memberships
NAVA Professional Member / AANZ / Alternative Technology Australia / ASLEC / Print Council of Australia / NSW Art Galley Society / Museum Contemporary Art
Other Professional Experience
Director, Designer/Sculptor, Design & Manufacture: McGaw Metalwork P/L (1994-ongoing)
Creative Director, Curator & Exhibition Co-ordinator: Art in the Park Festival (2008-2015)
Various Management Committees: Art organisations, council affiliated art organisations, community groups (1993-ongoing)
Art Tutor, Lithography Tutor, Custom Printer: Schools, art centers, print workshops, private classes (1990-2019)
Monthly Open Studio Program: Bundeena Maianbar Art Trail (2001-2012)
Illustration, Mural Artist, Graphic Artist & Freelance Design: various companies and freelance (1989-ongoing)