Léonie Guyer

Léonie Guyer (b. 1955, New York, New York) is a painter. Her work is characterized by idiosyncratic shapes deployed in a variety of spaces. The shapes conflate geometric and organic structures; while specific and individuated, they resist being named. The intimately scaled forms reside in expansive chromatic fields. Her exacting work is realized on antique and salvaged paper, marble remnants, panels, walls and windows. The use of particular materials and contexts extends the dialogue in her practice between the ancient and contemporary. A regard for simplicity, nuance, and ambiguity guides the process. Guyer’s work has been exhibited at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts; Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College; lumber room, Portland, OR; Bibeau Krueger, NYC; Feature Inc., NYC; Peter Blum Gallery, NYC; and elsewhere. Her work is held in numerous public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Art; UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon; Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; among others. She lives and works in San Francisco, and received a B.F.A. and M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute.