Gina Leon

GINA LEON was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and raised in Canada. She is a Vancouver based actress, visual artist and muralist, currently based in Los Angeles, California.

She spent time as a studio and research assistant to one of America’s leading muralists and visual artists, Dr. Judith F. Baca.

Her early inspiration was drawn from her grandfather - abstract painter, sculptor, and architect, Monty Sack. Her mother, a goldsmith and potter, shaped Gina’s interest in ornamental and geometric design, decorative motifs and weathered textures. Inspired by landscapes, weathered surfaces, her painting is a process of layering elements in which abstract and more literal landscapes and figures are conceived.

Her PAINTING and MURAL work for local businesses is varied: from abstract and impressionist landscapes, images inspired by the masters, to figurative work, city scapes and snippets of historical Vancouver.

Gina studied Theatre and Art History at the University of Toronto, Visual Art at the College of Art and Design in Sydney, Australia, and Acting at the New School for Drama in NYC. Her paintings and murals have been showcased in Vancouver, New York City (The William Bennett Gallery and The Rockefeller Center), and more re...

BFA Theater and Art History, University of Toronto
MFA Acting, The New School for Drama, NYU

Solo Shows
2023 - Rethinking Imperfection: "Connecting the Dots" - TAG Gallery, Los Angeles
2018 – Studio 202, North Vancouver
2017 – Studio 202, North Vancouver
2016 – PAL Studio Theatre, Vancouver
2016 – Studio 202, North Vancouver
2014 – Solo Show – C.C. Violin Café and Patiserrie, West Vancouver
2014 – PAL Studio Theatre, Vancouver
2013 – InterArt InterArt Theatre, New York
2012 – The Hive, Vancouver

Group Shows
2023 - New Work Member Showcase - TAG Gallery, Los Angeles
2021 - Living in Layers - Silk Purse
2011 – Glimpse Enigmatic Visions – William Bennett Gallery, New York
2011 – Glimpse Enigmatic Visions – Rockefeller Centre, New York

Murals
The Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia
Garage at 1954 Bellevue Avenue, West Vancouver
Canada Royal Arts High School
C.C. Violin Cafe and Patisserie
E2 Homes
Epic Homes
Woking Dragon Chop Suey House - Coquitlam Location
Woking Dragon Chop Suey House - Maple Ridge Location
Woking Dragon Chop Suey House - Langley Location
4Cats Arts Studio - West Vancouver

Collaborations/ Painting Assistant

2023 The Jeffrey Deitch Gallery
Judith F. Baca, The Great Wall of Los Angeles

2022 The New Mexico Museum of Art - Poetic Justice
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