BIO

MEDIA
Inside Columbia Magazine (pp 53 - 55) - The Art of Wayne Leal: A Merging of Realities - January, 2010
Columbia Tribune - Ovations - Large Ideas, Little Art - December, 2009
Packingtown Review, Literary Journal - April, 2009 (Inaugural Issue)
           Art Reproductions on Cover & Inner Pages
Columbia Missourian - Collaborative Art - January, 2009
Erraticus Art Zine - Artist Feature - October, 2008
KRCG TV News - Mid-Missouri Traveller - ArtCycles - May 2008
Columbia Tribune - Ovations - The Core of Orr - October, 2007
PS Gallery - Artist in the Spotlight - September, 2007
Columbia Missourian - Muse - Metropolitan Artist's Work Finds a Midwestern Home - August, 2007
PS Gallery - Writing On The Wall - July, 2007
Columbia Daily Tribune - Ovations - August, 2006
Columbia Art League - Columbia, Missouri - 47th Annual Juried Art Show Winner - July, 2006
The Baltimore Sun - New Factory Show
The York Dispatch - Please Touch

Exhibits - 2000's
Columbia Art League - Columbia, Missouri - December, 2009
Perlow Stevens Gallery - Columbia, Missouri - December, 2009
Orr Street Studios and Gallery - Columbia, Missouri - December, 2009
Columbia Art League - 50th Annual Juried Art Show - Columbia, Missouri - October, 2009
Perlow Stevens Gallery - Columbia, Missouri - July 2009
Orr Street Studios and Gallery - Columbia, Missouri - April 2009
           Seeing Visions - Featured Speaker
Xnihilo Gallery - Houston, Texas - April 2009
Columbia Art League - Members Show - Columbia, Missouri - December, 2008
Orr Street Studios and Gallery - Columbia, Missouri - December, 2008
Columbia Art League - 49th Annual Juried Art Show - Columbia, Missouri - September, 2008
Soho Myriad Art Consulting Services - Signed On As Represented Artist - September, 2008
Santa Fe Art - Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico - June 2008
ArtCycles - Public Art Fundraiser Commission - Columbia, Missouri - June 2008
          Collaboration Project with Chris Teeter, Sculptor
                    First Place - Peoples Choice Award
                    First Place - Commissioned Art Award
Missouri Theatre - Public Art Fundraiser Commission - Columbia, Missouri - May 2008
          Collaboration Project with Chris Teeter, Sculptor
VLAA, Business Edge Seminar - Guest Speaker, The Fine Art of Marketing
          Orr Street Studios, Columbia, Missouri - March 2008
Perlow Stevens Gallery - Columbia, Missouri - July 2007
Xnihilo Gallery - Houston, Texas - April 2007
Columbia Art League - 47th Annual Juried Art Show - Columbia, Missouri - September, 2006
          Received Bank Purchase Award from 650 Entrants

Exhibits - 1990's
Fitzgeralds Gallery - Baltimore, Maryland
1601 Art Views - Baltimore, Maryland
The Galerie et Ses Freres - Brooklandville, Maryland
Saxon Swan Gallery - Lewes Beach, Delaware
The Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute Gallery - Baltimore, Maryland
Maryland National Bank Corporate Headquaters - Baltimore, Maryland
The National Museum of Ceramic Art - Baltimore, Maryland
The Galery at 96 - York, Pennsylvania
Art Showcase Gallery - Baltimore, Maryland
The Keystone Gallery - Baltimore, Maryland
The New Factory Gallery - Baltimore, Maryland
The Bau-House Gallery - Baltimore, Maryland
The Offices of Governor William Shaefer - Baltimore, Maryland
York Art Association Gallery - York, Pennsylvania
Fota Gallery - Alexandria, Virginia

Exhibits & Education - 1980's
Maryland Institute College of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1982 - 1986
Maryland Institute College of Art Galleries - Various Individual & Group Shows During Tenure
University of Maryland, Videography / Printmaking - 1988 - 1990
University of Maryland Galleries - Various Individual & Group Shows During Tenure



Wayne Leal, artist, creates minimalist bas relief sculptures, using various textures and monochromatic paints in combination with light, leaving interpretation and inspiration for the viewer.