Leigh Wells

Leigh Wells constructs collage, drawings and sculpture of found materials, paper, and fabric as well as paintings on pieced textiles that consist of simple, restrained abstract forms.

In addition to her 2025 solo exhibition at Van der Grinten Gallery in Cologne, her work has been shown in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Hamburg and Amsterdam. Bay Area solo shows include Gregory Lind Gallery, Ampersand International Arts, and Gallery 16. She is a 2022 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant recipient, was a SFMOMA SECA Award nominee and an artist member of Minnesota Street Studios in San Francisco.

Leigh's work has been featured in The New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, and Elle Decor among other publications. She earned a BFA summa cum laude from the University of San Francisco with subsequent art studies at the San Francisco Art Institute, Crown Point Press, and Parsons in New York where she was an instructor.