Sarah Leahy, Weightless, 2023
Sarah Leahy is a visual artist living and working in New York City. Throughout her career, she has sought to create work that has a sensory and tactile presence with a luminous depth. She uses Plexiglass in a variety of formats to create both intimately scaled and mural-size works, in each instance aiming to establish a spatial and psychological connection with the viewer. Leahy has presented extensively at the Kim Foster Gallery in New York as well as the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery and Holden Gallery at University of North Carolina, CICA Museum in South Korea, Piazza di Pietra Gallery in Rome, Cello Gallery in London, Site:Brooklyn in New York, Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut, Katonah Museum of Art in New York, Naples Art Association in Florida, VETS Gallery in Rhode Island, Alexandria Museum of Art in Louisiana, Axis Gallery in California, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Flowers East Gallery in London, Albright Knox Art Gallery in New York, National Academy Museum and Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York. Leahy was the recipient of a grant from The New York State Foundation for the Arts in 2001 and is an ongoing studio recipient from The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts since 1999. She received a Norfolk Fellowship from Yale University and a BA from Bennington College. Her work is in private collections in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Dallas, Pittsburg, Canada and the UK.