I want to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land I live and work on, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation.
Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.




About

Leanne Xiu Williams lives and works on Gadigal land (Sydney). She is currently completing a Master of Fine Arts in Painting at the National Art School.


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Education

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2020
Master of Fine Arts at the National Art School 
BA in Art History/Japanese from the University of Sydney

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Finalist in Fisher’s Ghost Art Award
Finalist in Burwood Art Prize 
Group show ‘Side by Side’ at Studio Kura (Fukuoka)
Group show ‘Another Day in Paradise’ at LSG NAS 
Group show ‘Let’s Eat’ at Blank Gallery 
Group show ‘Homebody’ at Landslide Gallery
Solo show ‘Linger’ at Saint Cloche
Group show ‘In Bloom’ at Blank Gallery 
Solo show ‘Change the Course’ with Two Good Co x Saint Cloche
Finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award
Group Show ‘Good Fortune’ at Blank Gallery  
Group show ‘Point to Point’ with The Design Files x Saint Cloche (Melbourne)
Solo show ‘Vessels’ at Saint Cloche
Group show ‘Best Life’ at Saint Cloche
Featured on Sydney Contemporary Online Platform with Saint Cloche
FBi Digital Art Auction
Solo Show “Between Dreams” at Gaffa Gallery
Finalist in the Lloyd Rees Memorial Award
Finalist in the Lethbridge 20000
Solo show ‘Threshold’ at Babekuhl Gallery
Group show ‘Love me, Love me not’ at Goodspace

                       

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Feature in American Chordata  Article Feature in Rush Magazine, ‘Distilled Life’
Collaboration with Two Good Co for their cookbook, ‘Change the Course’ 
Exhibition Feature in Concrete Playground
Featured in The Design Files’ ‘10 Emerging, Affordable Artists You Need To Have On Your Watchlist’ article
Collaboration with Maillot for their project “In-Motion” ‘5 Artists To See This July’ in Life Without Andy, written by Andrew Yee
Featured in Flight Facilties’ NEVER FOREVER mixtape visualiser by Babekühl