Leah Kiser - Curriculum Vitae
BORN
1982 Melrose, Minnesota
EDUCATION
2005 BFA, Coe College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Fine Art and Philosophy
2003 New York Term study
through Coe College,
New York, New York
Apprentice to sculptor
Lee Tribe
Apprentice to sculptor
Romolo Del Deo
AWARDS
2025 Art Renewal Center
17th annual Salon Competition
Finalist for Imaginative Realism
2024 Tempe Festival of the Arts
Winter Fair
Winner for Painting Category
2023 Best Independent Book Award
for Illustration
There Will Be Nonsense.
BOOKS & FILMS
2025 A Philosophy by Leah Kiser
Truth seeking with analogies
to realist drawing processes
Published on Medium.com
22 posts 500 pages
2022 There Will Be Nonsense,
coffee table, fine art,
picture book.
Written and illustrated
by Leah Ode Kiser,
Self Published,
BIBA award Winner
Casa Grande, Arizona,
1000 copies $60 each
(200 copies left as of 2025).
2021 Documentary
"Casa Grande
Art Museum Renovation"
Written, filmed, directed
and edited by Leah Kiser
Staring Richard Santasiero,
Tim Gates, Stan Balka
Jim Butler, Bob Spille,
and Cindy Patterson
2017 Morgan the Ox,
Children’s Book,
Written by Seth Ode,
Illustrated by Leah Ode Kiser,
Self Published,
Casa Grande, Arizona,
500 copies sold out.
SELECT JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2023 National Oil & Acrylic
Painters Society
(NOAPS)
Best in America
Featured "Can You Tell me
What is Real?"
Principal Gallery, VA
2021 Group Show "Not an Art Fair"
ShockBoxx Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
Featured "Hooker's Dream"
2021 Solo Show: “Just For Fun,”
(Canceled due to Covid)
{9} The Gallery,
Phoenix, Arizona
From Artifactfa.com
2018 Group show
Assuage Gallery,
Casa Grande, Arizona
2006 “Quiet Thoughts and Dreams”
Solo Art Show
Gretchen’s Café Culture,
LaConnor, Washington
2005 "Truth and Artifact"
Senior Thesis Exhibition:
Coe College,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
NOTABLE
JURIED ART FAIRS
AND FESTIVALS
2023 Celebration of Fine Art,
Scottsdale, AZ
2022 Celebration of Fine Art,
Scottsdale, AZ
2020 Arizona Fine Art Expo,
Scottsdale, Arizona
PRESENTATIONS
2023 Author Speaker
St. Charles Public Library
St. Charles, Minnesota
2023 Author Event
Fair Trade Books
Red Wing, Minnesota
2017 Commissioned Speaker,
San Tan Artist Guild,
San Tan, Arizona
2016 Commissioned Speaker,
Casa Grande Art Association,
Casa Grande, Arizona
2005 "Truth and Artifact"
Honor’s Symposium,
Presented
Senior Thesis Paper
Art BFA
Coe College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2005 "Finding Common Ground"
Philosophy Colloquium
Presented
Senior Thesis Paper
Philosophy BFA
Coe College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS
& ARTICLES
2024 "Raven Cat Presiding"
Beautiful Bizarre
Issue #47
2023 "Can You Tell Me What is Real"
Fine Art Connoisseur
2023 “Fancy Meeting You Here”
Back cover
Fine Art Connoisseur
2022 Spring 2022 Creative Quarterly
Fine Arts Issue #66
3 works published
"Fine Feathered Friends,"
"Hooker's Dream,"
"Cockatoo Shells"
2021 "Leah Kiser"
ART SEEN spring/summer
First Issue
thecuratorssalon.com
Editor: Gita Joshi
2021 "Virtual Art Show with Fine Art
Painter Leah Kiser"
Voyage Phoenix,
Phoenix, Arizona
2019 "Artifact Fine Art"
Golden Corridor Living,
Casa Grande, Arizona
2019 "Casa Grande Art Museum"
Art Museum Renovation,
Golden Corridor Living,
Casa Grande, Arizona
2017 "Meet Artist Leah Kiser"
Voyage Phoenix,
Phoenix, Arizona
OTHER
2020 Designer of Public Artwork
Steel and Stained Glass Fence
Casa Grande Art Museum
Casa Grande, Arizona
Building listed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
2019 Painting: "Walk to Remember"
Featured on Library Card,
Casa Grande Public Libraries,
Casa Grande, Arizona
SERVICE
2021 President
Casa Grande Art Association
(CGAA)
2020 Treasurer,
CGAA Inc.,
Casa Grande, Arizona
2019 President
CCGA Inc,
Founding 501 C Board Member
for Not For Profit Corporation,
Casa Grande, Arizona
2018 Fundraising Coordinator
CG Art Museum Restoration
CGAA
Raised $18,000
Casa Grande, Arizona
2018 Juror,
Plein Air Painting Competition
Casa Grande Commission
for the Arts
Casa Grande, Arizona
2017 President
CGAA
Casa Grande, Arizona
2017-19 Founder and Coordinator
Life Drawing Group,
Casa Grande, Arizona
2016 Secretary
CGAA
Casa Grande, Arizona