⸻ Redeeming Found Objects
Kerry Leasure
Kerry Leasure embarked on her artistic journey in 2012, when she first decided to start playing around with broken and discarded items found in her flea market and estate sale finds, never imagining it would lead her to a life as full time art show artist.
Drawing on her backgrounds as both a college English major, antiques dealer, and ten year stint as a kindergarten teacher, she dwells on both the potential meaning and histories of the objects, engineering them into wearable Stories.
She uses combinations of layering, collage, metal shearing, flirting with tetanus, and sculpting old paper ephemera in epoxy resin to create each piece. Sometimes she throws in some paint, other times the kitchen sink. There is very little that she doesn’t view as having future potential with the right eye and some imagination.
Her art fair booth is a series of blank books where at shows she hangs her many stories for patrons to find their own. She wanted it to feel clean and gallery like. An homage to 2D art fair booths and the open welcoming feel to view each storyteller necklace and its title. It is her Library of Imagination, and her favorite moments are watching arts patrons find their own unique story.
Kerry loves traveling the art show circuit- the energy, the community in each new town, there is nothing like it. She encourages you to find her at a show near you, as it is the best way to choose from the full scope of her work. Second best is getting first dibs on her regular social media posts of her new work. And of course this website which she swears she will try to keep stock on.
⸻ Past Awards and ⸻
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Second Place Mixed Media 2019: Eastern Shore Art Center Outdoor Arts Festival, Fairhope AL
Merit award 2019: Panoply Arts Festival Huntsville, AL
Merit award 2018: Panoply Arts Festival Huntsville, AL
First Place Fine Craft and Fine Jewelry 2024: Eastern Shore Outdoor Art Festival, Fairhope, AL
Award of Excellence “Best Booth” 2023: Des Moines Arts Festival Des Moines, IA
Museum of Fine Arts Houston Curatorial Award for Excellence 2023: Bayou City Arts Festival Houston, TX
Award of Distinction 2021: Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival Pensacola. FL
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