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Mural & Street Art

$3,000

Canvas Paintings

$1,000

Illustrations

$1,500

Member Since

March, 2024

LeeyaMakesNoise in United States

LeeyaMakesNoise

Leeya

Minneapolis,United States

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Custom designs for wallpapers or decals,Canvas commissions,Live painting events,Interviews

Total years of experience:

About
Leeya is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Detroit, MI, and thriving in Minneapolis, MN. She works as an illustrator, painter, printmaker, creative director, filmmaker, and designer. Her work explores various themes of identity, with a focus on Blackness, neurodivergence, femininity, and queerness. Her inclusive and uplighting artistic style is characterized by vibrant celestial and floral/botanical patterns, organic shapes as well as magical realism motifs. She particularly enjoys projects where art and design can come together to convey a message for social good. A MCAD–Jerome Fellow and Art Director, Leeya has created for Afropunk, Metro Transit, APM Studios, Sony Music, The Twins, MPR, Teach for America, Giphy, Heinz, and NPCA.

I paint my designs that have been created after working with the clients

Pick me for these projects! :-

Social good oriented- celebrating diversity

I'll sit these ones out :-

Garden of Femininity
Workers of Ramsey
Kat Blaque as Mami Wata
The Three Graces
Outside Lands Poster 2021
Loud Joy 2
Women of the Coven
Adobe x Billie Eillish
Loud Joy
Cosmic Blackness
Hack the Gap Principles
Mall of America Live Painting
Small Change Icons | MPR
The Lovers
Black Artists of History | Giphy
Pools of Us
Heroes of Juneteenth | Metro Transit
Women of Sports | Title IX 50th Anniversary

Qualifications/Positions:

Art Director & Graphic Designer

Awards/Grants:

2024 MCAD Jerome Foundation Fellowship
2023 Springboard Growth Fund
2023 Honorary Mention,   Fine Arts State Fair,   MN
2023 The Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival,   CA
2023 Independent Shorts Awards,   Best Shorts Script,   Silver
2023 Ida B. Wells Short Film Grant Finalist,   Atlanta,   GA
2018 30 Under 30 Ad Fed Creatives,   Minneapolis,   MN
Women’s Leadership Ad Fed,   Minneapolis,   MN
4As Operation Jumstart Award,   New York,   NY
IWU Arts Commencement Honors,   Bloomington,   IL
Senior Exhibition Honors,   IL
Center for Liberal Arts Award,   Bloomington,   IL
SACI Full Tuition Consortium,   Florence,   IT
Benjamin Gilman Study Abroad Scholarship

Exhibitions:

2024 Loud Joy,   Solo Exhibition,   Artistry MN,   Atrium Gallery,   Bloomington,   MN
2023 In Other Miles Exhibition,   Public Functionary Gallery,   Minneapolis,   MN
2023 MN State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition,   Minneapolis,   MN
2023 Mirror Passage: PF Studios,   Hennepin Theater Trust Gallery,   Minneapolis,   MN
2023 Our Souls Shine Bright,   Cargill Gallery,   Downtown Library,   Minneapolis,   MN
2023 Solo Exhibition,   Storefront Gallery,   Eagan Art House,   Eagan,   MN
2023 I AM AN Artist Exhibition,   Studio Aria,   St.Paul,   MN
2023 To Illuminate Abundance Exhibition,   Augsburg University,   Minneapolis,   MN
2023 Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition,   Museum of Science + Industry,   Chicago,   IL
2023 Milkweed Solo Exhibtion “Black Petals” ,   Minneapolis,   MN
2022 Blackout Exhibition,   Art on 30th,   San Diego,   CA
2022 One Narrative Exhibition,   Argyle Zebra Gallery,   St.Paul,   MN
2022 46th Annual Members’ Juried Art Exhibition,   Artistry,   Bloomington,   MN
2022 Movement Group Juried Show,   Art Connective Gallery,   De Pere,   WI
2022 I Like Your Work’s “Finding A Memory” Exhibition,   Piano Craft Gallery,   Boston,   MA
2022 When Black Petals Bloom Solo Exhibition,   Memorial Union Gallery,   Fargo,   ND
2021 Mplsart Sketchbook Project,   Gamut Gallery,   Minneapolis,   MN
2020 C4W:2020 Exhibition,   Gamut Gallery,   Minneapolis,   MN

Worked with the following major brands:

Adobe,   Giphy,   Sony Music,   Heinz,   Target x LoudSpeakers Network,   Minnesota Public Radio,   Metro Transit,   Teach for America,   Ban.do,   Lerner Publishing,   Voyageurs National Park,   University of Minnesota Press,   Crate and Kids,   Women for Political Change,   AdCouncil,   MN Museum of American Art,   Land O’Lakes x Title IX,   Hack the Gap,   Carleton College,   Outside Lands Festival,   Comcast,   The Vikings MN,   The Twins,   NPCA

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