Leanna Moran

My experience growing up on a council estate with my mother and brother was complex with a never-ending dynamic strain. The absence of my father since the age of three and my mother’s waves of declining mental health would be the source of all her suffering, in psychoanalytical terms.

While primarily exploring personal anxieties and fragilities of the human condition, the subject of ‘home’ is a universal one. The bedroom was my sanctuary and although scenes are autobiographical, there is surely at least one scene one can identify with.

As a child I became fascinated with the house, dollhouses or creating replicas of existing rooms. Being trapped within its childhood memory and symbolism, enables me to physically relive and process.

Both calmness and chaos were experienced at home, yet I do look back with some fondness when creating layered paper collages of my bedroom.

The meditative act of creating repeated motifs has become obsessively therapeutic, enabling a sense of control in an overwhelmingly chaotic world. When remembering an oppressive and restrictive household it provides explanation when observing the need for a sense of control. The collages, paintings and sculptures tap into our consciousness and offer a...

Moran graduated from South East Essex University in 2011 with a Degree in Fine Art with Honours.

2022
ART ON LOOP |​ VIRTUAL EXHIBITION & 160 SCREENS THROUGHOUT LONDON | ​THE HOLY ART, LONDON
AESTHETICA ART PRIZE |​ GROUP EXHIBITION | ​YORK ART GALLERY, YORK

2021
OPEN MIND |​ ONLINE GROUP EXHIBITION | ​1325 CONTEMPORARY ART, LONDON
THIS VOLATILE STATE |​ VIRTUAL GROUP EXHIBITION | ​HOUSE OF SMALLS, SWINDON
SUMMER EXHIBITION |​ VIRTUAL GROUP EXHIBITION | ​SMALL HOUSE GALLERY, LONDON
THE FLUX REVIEW |​ VIRTUAL GROUP EXHIBITION | ​LONDON

2019
ANIMA |​ GROUP EXHIBITION | ​SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON

2018
THE SOUTHEND FESTIVAL ART TRAIL RESIDENCY EXHIBITION |​ ARTIST COLLABORATION | ​FOLDED SPACE, ESSEX
THE SOUTHEND FESTIVAL ART TRAIL |​ COLLABORATION EXHIBITION | ​GLENEAGLES GUESTHOUSE, ESSEX
FROM LIGHTNESS TO DARKNESS |​ GROUP EXHIBITION | ​PULSE STUDIOS, LONDON
COMPONENTS |​ GROUP EXHIBITION | ​THE OLD BISCUIT FACTORY, LONDON
RWS CONTEMPORARY WATERCOLOUR COMPETITION |​ GROUP EXHIBITION | ​BANKSIDE GALLERY, LONDON

2017
A LETTER IN MIND |​ GROUP EXHIBITION | ​OXO TOWER GALLERY, LONDON
ESTUARY FRINGE FEST |​ GROUP EXHIBITION | ​ROYAL HOTEL, ESSEX
JEALOUS NEEDS YOU |​ GROUP EXHIBITION | ​JEALOUS NORTH GALLERY, LONDON
50 X 50 II |​ GROUP EXHIBITION | ​SAATCHI GALL...