Shawn Bishop-Leo
Alter Ego
Mixed Media on Canvas
48 x 36




Shawn Bishop-Leo
Avalon
Mixed Media on Canvas
18 x 18




Shawn Bishop-Leo
Boom
Mixed Media on Canvas
6 x 6




Shawn Bishop-Leo
Camoflage
Mixed Media
12 x 16




Shawn Bishop-Leo
Chain of Fools
Mixed Media on Canvas
6 x 4




Shawn Bishop-Leo
Great Escape
Mixed Media on Canvas
8 x 6




Shawn Bishop-Leo
K. O.
Mixed Media on Canvas
20” x 24”




Shawn Bishop-Leo
Promise
Mixed Media
12 x 16




Shawn Bishop-Leo
Razor Sharp
Mixed Media on Canvas
6 x 6




Shawn Bishop-Leo
Ruby
Mixed Media
8x10






Shawn Bishop-Leo
Salome
Mixed Media on Canvas
38” x 38”




Shawn Bishop-Leo
Soldier
Mixed Media
6 x 6




Shawn Bishop-Leo
The Wall
Mixed Media on Canvas
18 x 18





Shawn Bishop-Leo
The Wall 2
Mixed Media on Canvas
30” x 24”



Shawn Bishop-Leo
Untouchable
Mixed Media on Canvas
10 x 8

Shawn Bishop-Leo
Born: Ames, Iowa
Educated: BFA English Literature, University of Dayton, OH, Studio Art, Kent State, OH
Exhibited: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, New Orleans

The focus of Shawn's work is based around the strong female archetype. Her multi-layered paintings incorporate vintage wallpapers, fabrics and found objects both natural and man made. Leo describes her imagery as "oscillating between the coy and the fierce, a sort of parlay between dominance and submission." She explains, "The patterns are often repetitive and geometrical but when layered become jumbled and irrational, pushing background into foreground, object into subject and subject into symbol." Shawn is also a working fashion designer. Her designs have been sold in stores in Milan, Paris, New York and featured in various fashion magazines.

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Past Exhitbions:
2008 Femme Fatale
2007 The Life You Lead
2006 Three Graces

Leo Kesting Gallery launched in 2003 and developed an aggressive campaign to introduce new figurative artists to collectors and art supporters. Leo Kesting offers the art viewing public an opportunity to see forthcoming talents in an intimate setting where undiscovered, cutting-edge artists are presented to the contemporary art scene.

Leo Kesting Gallery is located at 812 Washington Street at the corner of Gansevoort in Manhattan's Meat Packing District. A, C, E or L train to 8th Ave and 14th Street or 1, 2, 3 train to 14th Street. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 11am until 7pm.