Rosemary Leach’s paintings explore the rich character of familiar objects. She responds to the contemporary “cool” aesthetic with a focus on what is warm, personal and evokes a story; a milk carton strapped to an old bicycle, espresso on a messy countertop. Her compositions honour a contemplative approach to everyday life and a celebration of lives deeply lived.
Her paintings are featured in collections from California to the east coast of Canada, in the UK and in Europe.
Rosemary Leach lives in Almonte, Ontario with author Jacob Berkowitz and their two teenage tech supports.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 The Ten Collective, Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
2017 "Container; Solo Exhibition", Mainline Gallery, Mtl, QC
2016 10th Annual Open Studio Exhibition, Almonte ON
2015 9th Annual Open Studio Exhibition, Almonte ON
2014 Alice’s Café, Carp ON
1014 8th Annual Open Studio Exhibition, Almonte ON
2014 Neat, Burnstown, ON
2013 7th Annual Open Studio Exhibition, Almonte, ON
2013 Galerie Espace 33, Aylmer, QC
2012 Galerie Old Chelsea, Chelsea, QC
2011 Private Exhibition, Guanajuato, Mexico
2011 MacDonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, ON
2009 The Village Idiot Gallery, Almonte, ON
2008 MacDonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, ON
2008 Gloucester Gallery, City of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
2006 Lux Gallery, Carleton Place, ON
2006 Centrepointe Theatre Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2005 Keffer Gallery, Almonte, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Juried).
2017 "Provender", Cube Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2016 The New Art Festival, Ottawa, ON
2015 The New Art Festival, Ottawa, ON
2014 Ottawa Art Expo, Ottawa, ON
2014 The New Art Festival, Ottawa, ON
2013 Ottawa Art Expo, Ottawa, ON
2013 The New Art Festival, Ottawa, ON
2012 The New Art Festival, Ottawa, ON
2010 The New Art Festival,Ottawa, ON
2010 A Sense of Colour, Gallery Perth, Perth, ON
2009 The New Art Festival, Ottawa, ON
2009 Featured Artist, Gallery Perth, Perth, ON
2008 Toronto Art Expo, Toronto, ON
2004-7 Crown and Pumpkin Studio Tour, Almonte, ON
FORMER GALLERIES
Koyman’s Gallery, Ottawa, ON
General Fine Craft, Almonte, ON
Espace 33, Aylmer, Quebec
Gallery Perth, Perth Ontario
Art Avenue, Toronto
PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA
2017 Focus Montreal, Global TV Montreal
2017 Art Montreal, CTV
2017 Ottawa Citizen, March 29, Our Town
2016 Ottawa Citizen, March 31, Our Town
2015 Ottawa Citizen, Style Section feature, Karen Turner
2014 Ottawa Woman, Women on the Move, September
2014 Ottawa Citizen, September 10
2011 Life After Leaving by Sophie Tamas. Cover Illustration, Left Coast Press
2010 Ottawa Citizen Feature
2010 Regional Contact CTV- Featured Artist
2010 CD Cover illustration--Peggy White
2007 This Then Was Home, by Mary Cook,
Book cover illustration Rosemary Leach. Creative Bound Publishing
2006 Mollie and Muddie children’s book by Patricia Whitney,
Illustrated by Rosemary Leach
Speaking Engagements
2016 Ottawa Art Association, Speaker
2015 Arts Night, First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa
2008 “Creative Coupledom”, (with Jacob Berkowitz),
Mississippi Mills Arts Council Guest Speaker
2008 West Carleton Arts Society, Guest Speaker
2006 Manotick Artists’Assn, Guest Speaker
2004 Almonte Artists’ Assn, Guest Speaker
Teaching
Rosemary Leach has taught fine art for a variety of organizations including MASC Artists in the Schools Program, Continuing Education courses for the City of Ottawa, and professional development workshops for educators for Ottawa Carleton District School Board, as well as having taught a variety of private retreats in Quebec and the Ottawa Valley. Rosemary previously taught high school for the Grey County Board of Education (1992-94). She currently teaches 3 day workshops once a year.
Education
1994-7 School of Craft and Design, Sheridan College, Oakville
1992 Bachelor of Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
1991 Bachelor of Arts, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON