Oil on paper. 18 x 27".2010. $5000
Oil on canvas. 2007. $6000
Mixed media on paper. 2006. $5000
Ink on paper. 8.5"x 8.5".2009. $6200
Mixed media on canvas, 39"x31.5"2006. $6500
Oil on paper. 18’’x 27’’. 2010 5,000
en el desierto. Oil on paper. 27"x27.5". 2010. $7000
Born: Santiago , Chile 1964
Education:
Universidad de Arte y Ciencias Sociales , BA, film/audio visual communications
Escuela Nacional de ArtesanÃa in Chile (silver, gold smithing)
AWARDS
2007 Award Chihuahua 2007.Chihuahua Mexico. (Named State Artist )
2005 First place of the chihuahuense painting contest, at Chihuahua, Mexico.
2005-2006 Fellowship from the FONDO DE CULTURA of Cd.Juarez, Mexico.
2001 Second place on the National Festival of film and video on Colima, México.
2000 DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS fellowship from the Programa de desarrollo y estimulo a la creacion artistica. Chihuahua, Mexico
1998 Honorific Mention on the Biennal Paso del Norte.
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Museum Acquisitions:
• De Chamizal Archeology Museum. Cd. Juarez, Mexico
• National Institute of Fine Arts Museum. Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
• Museum Casa Redonda Chihuahua, Mexico.
• Cultural centre Paso del Norte. Cd. Juarez. Chihuahua.
• GalerÃa Metropolitana de la UAM. Cd. de México.
• Consulado de Chile en Mexico. Cd. de México.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2010 Metáforas Cromáticas de la Mistral en México. GalerÃa Metropolitana
De la UAM. Cd. de México. México.
2009 Diminuta mirada .V. Leiton & Paniagua .Cd. Juárez ,Chihuahua.
2009 Retrospectiva de Verónica Leiton, Consulado de México. El Paso,TX.
2008 Festival de Arte Rendez Vous de Art . Atenas, Grecia.
2008 The colors of the border. Gallery Forum. El Paso.Texas
2008 Pa mi ciudad.Cultural centre Paso del Norte.Cd.Juarez.Chihuahua.
2007 Imaginary Worlds. Gallery V. Leiton & Paniagua. Cd. Juarez.
2007 Landscapes imaginary. Bankers Club of Mexico. Mexico D.F.
2006 Counterpoints. Quinta Gameros. Chihuahua,Mexico.
2006 From Literature to Painting. Casa Redonda Museum, Ciudad Chihuahua,Mexico.
2006 The Voice of Color.Del Chamizal Archeology Museum Ciudad juarez, Mexico.
2006 Parallel Journeys.Congress of Chihuahua State, Mexico.
2005 The Gaze. International Art Festival. Chihuahua, Mexico.
2005 Blue. IMIP Gallery Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2005 The Other Gaze.Citys Cultural Center. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2005 Permanent Intallation in Blue-Studio-Gallery.Ciudad Juarez. Mexico.
2005 Veronica Leiton. Chihuahuas First International Festival. Teatro de Los Heroes. Chihuahua, Mexico..
2004 Colores. Impact Gallery, El Paso, TX.
2003 The Little Color.Del Chamizal Archeology Museum. Cd. Juarez, Mexico.
2003 Veronica Leiton. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ,San Antonio, TX.
2003 Between Dreams. 70th Anniversary of Ciudad Delicias, Mexico.
2003 Colors. Impact Gallery. El Paso,Texas.
2002 Elementos. Art Museum at National Institute of Fine Arts. Ciudad Juárez,Chih.
2001 South Window. The People's Gallery at El Paso, Tx.
2001 Dreams. Kartis Gallery. El Paso, Texas.
2000 Body of Crime. History Museum. Ciudad Juarez, Chih.
2000 Veronica Leiton Exhibition, Mixed Media Painter. Galerie Karties Gallery. El Paso, Texas.
2000 Water Beings. Fine Arts Museum. Ciudad Juarez,Mexico.
1999 Encounters. Municipal Gallery. Cuauhtemoc, Mexico.
1998 Harmony in colors. Maravilla Gallery. El Paso, Texas.
1998 Color that comes from the south. Fine Arts Museum. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
1998 Re-Visions. El Manzano Gallery. Ciudad Juarez,Mexico.
1997 Dreams. Soho Gallery. Santa Barbara, California.
1997 Dreams and Hope De Chamizal Archeology Museum, Cd.Juárez, Mexico.
1995 Colorgraphies. II Internacional Festival of Latin American Film Paso del Norte.
Cd Juarez and El Paso, Texas.
1995 Mixed Media. Del Chamizal Archeology Museum. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
1994 Colors.Second Paso del Norte Latin American Films Festival Cd.Juárez, Mexico.
1993 Colorgraphies II. Nueva Recova Gallery. La Serena,Chile.
1992 Moments. El Otro Sitio Gallery. Santiago, Chile.
1991Colorgraphies. Espacio-Arte Gallery. Santiago, Chile.
1990 Video-Art Show. Visual Gallery. Santiago, Chile.
1990 First National Art Symposium. ENART. Santiago, Chile.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 National Auction and Exhibition Artnow. Tecnologico de Monterrey en Cd. Juarez. hihuahua.
2008 Women Without Borders. (Touring Exhibit). El Paso,Tx. Ciudad Juarez,Chih. Las Cruces,NM.
2007 The masters of painting Cd. Juarez. Cd.Juarez,Chih.
2006 Reveries.Exhibition in the Agora Gallery.Soho.New York.
2006 Women without Borders. (Touring Exhibit). Presidio, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Laredo, McCallen, Brownsville.
2006 Juarez Art. Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Florida.
2005 Exhibition in the DIDIER MAYEN Gallery.Oaxaca, Oax.
2005 II Art Exhibition of Spanish Speaking Art at West Texas. La Galeria
2005 Ten Moons.Plastic Exhibition at The The Painter's Day tenth Anniversary. Ciudad Juarez. Mexico.
2005 Third Exhibition Of The Chihuahuense Painting. The Art Contemporary Museum, Casa Redonda.
Chihuahua, Mexico.
2005 Beyond pain.The Cultural Center Of The City. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2005 The Other Lights. The Federal Commission Of Electricity. Ciudad Juarez.Mexico.
2005 Second Show Of Hispanic Art.Hotel Camino Real, El Paso,Tx
2005 Itinerant Murals. Museum of Fine Arts of Ciudad Juarez. Mexico.
2005 Gaze. Arte en la Frontera Gallery. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2005 Art Auction for Sabic. Centro de Convenciones Cibeles. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2005 Beyond Pain. Art in the Border Gallery. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2005 Third Contemporary Mexican Art Auction Art Now. Tecnologico de Monterrey at Cd.Juarez, Mexico.
2004 First Exhibition Of Hispanic Art. Hotel Camino Real. El Paso, Tx.
2003 Between Juarez and Chihuahua. Museum of History. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2003 First Contemporary Mexican Art Auction Art Now. Tecnologico de Monterrey at Cd Juarez, Mexico.
2003 Spanish Speaking Art Exhibition at West Texas.
La Galeria Gallery. El Camino Real Hotel. El Paso, Texas.
2002 Border and Women. Fine Arts Museum. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2002 Latin Women at First International Festival For Culture and Arts. Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico.
2002 Art without Limits. Fine Arts Museum, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2002 VIEJASKANDALOSAS. Fine Arts Museum. Cd. Juarez,Mexico.
2002 Five Painters. TELMEX Gallery. Cd. Juarez, Mexico.
2002 Chihuahuense Art.Institute of Mexico in San Antonio, Texas.
2002 Art Festival in Miami. Miami, Florida.
2002 Art from Northern México. Chicago, Ills.
2002 Facing and Face Project 2002. Museum of Fine Arts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2002 Introductions Adair Margo Gallery. El Paso, Texas.
2001 Mixed Media. Karties Gallery. El Paso TX.
2001 Photoseptember. Fine Arts Museum. Cd.Juarez, Mexico.
2001 Northern Painting. Itinerant Exhibition. Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango,
2000 El Manzano Gallery. Cd. Juarez, Mexico.
2000 Art in New Mexico: Camino Real, Tierra Adentro. Taos, Santa Fe, Las Cruces, Socorro, Nuevo Mexico.
2000 Of Love & Other Herbs. Los Angeles, Calif.
2000 Art in the Fair Expo Juarez 2000. Chihuahua Painting Exhibition. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2000 Art Exhibition. Villa Gallery. Villa de Santiago, Nuevo Leon. Mexico.
1999 Artists at the End of the Millenium.Chamizal Museum. Cd. Juarez, Mexico.
1999 Erotomias. Bridge Center Gallery. El Paso, Texas.
1999 Encounters. City Council Building.Cd. Cuauhtemoc, Mexico.
1998 Juarez Art. Centro de Arte Contemporaneo De Chihuahua. Mexico.
1998 Presence of chihuahuense art.Jose Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico, D.F.
1998 Second Drawing Biennal. De Chamizal Archeology Museum Cd.Juarez, Mexico.
1998 Women in Art.El Manzano Gallery Cd.Juarez, Mexico.
1998 Art without Limit Contemporary Art Center. Chihuahua, Mexico. And Las Cruces N.M.USA
1998 Painters Day Festival. De Chamizal Archeology Museum Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
1997 Dreams and Hope.SOHO Gallery. Santa Barbara, Ca.
1997 Spirit Without Borders.Cabrillo Arts Pavillion Gallery. Santa Barbara,California.
1997 ExpoArte. Fine Arts Museum.Cd. Juarez, Mexico.
1997 Jardin del Arte Exhibition. De Chamizal Arqueology Museum. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
1997 Monoprints and Water Colors Exhibition. Casa de la Raza, Santa Barbara, California.
1997 Painters Day. De Chamizal Archeology Museum. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
1996 Five Resonantes. Del Chamizal Archeology Museum Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
1993 First Collective Art Exhibition. Provida Gallery. Ovalle, Chile.
1990 First National Art Encounter. Enart. Santiago de Chile Chile.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
Cover Images for Books
2006 Arboles. Rosario Sanmiguel. Ciudad Juárez: Puente libre
Editores.Chih.Mexico.
2006 Disposable Women and Other Myths of
Global Capitalism. Melissa W. Wright. New York: David
McBride Editor.
2005 Que es un soplo la vida. Ricardo Aguilar.
Ciudad Juarez: COLEF.
2005 Ciudad Juarez: entre la frontera y el mundo. Moyra
Murphy. Ciudad Juarez, Tecnologico de Monterrey.
2005 Delincuentos. Armine Arjona. Ciudad Juarez:
Al limite Editores.
2002 Vertebral. Juan Armando Rojas Joo.
Arizona: University of Arizona.
2002 From Cibola to San Miguel. Rafael Melendez. Tijuana:
COLEF.
2002 Breve historia de Ciudad Juarez y su Region. Martin
Gonzalez de la Vara. Tijuana: COLEF.
2002 Propiedad de la tierra en Ciudad Juarez.
Guadalupe Santiago Quijada. New Mexico: New Mexico
State University.
2002 Callejon Sucre y otros relatos. Rosario Sanmiguel
New Mexico: New Mexico State University.
2002 Desvelos. Alfredo Espinosa. New Mexico:
New Mexico State University.
1997 Punto de fuga,Anthology. Municipio de Ciudad Juarez.
Recent Magazines and Newspapers
2006 Veronica Leiton. Graphic article. ARTisSpectrum. Magazine
The Chelsea Perspectiva. New York. NY.
2006 El paisaje Universal de Verónica Leiton. Graphic article.
Arte & Artes Internacional. Magazine. Ciudad de México.
2006 Painting Poetry Veronica Leiton. Mexico Connect.
International Magazine. NY. NY.
2006 Decir del agua. Virtual magazine.
www.decirdelagua.com
2006 Mujeres sin frontera. Art Exhibition. Graphic
Article. El Norte, Newspaper. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2006 Todo se torna azul. Matices, magazine of Diario de
Juarez. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2006 Encienden otras luces. Matices, magazine. Diario de
2006 Da color a sus vidas. Graphic Article. Paso del
Norte, magazine. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2005 Cover image and art work. Revista de las Fronteras
Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2005 Comparte su talento. Graphic article. Matices of Diario de Juarez. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2005 A la subasta de arte a beneficio de SABIC. Graphic Article. Diario de Juarez, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2005 Llevan el arte y la cultura a zonas de la periferia. Graphic Article. El Norte, Newspaper. Ciudad Juarez,
Mexico.
2005 Interview: El lado visual de la literatura. Nuestra
Gente, magazine. Diario de Chihuahua,Chihuahua. Mexico
2005 Dos mujeres, otra mirada. Graphic Article. Gente,
magazine. Diario de Chihuahua. Chihuahua, Mexico.
2005 Brotan trazos de su interior. Graphic Article.
Matices, magazine. Diario de Juarez. Ciudad
Juarez, Mexico.
2005 Una mirada. Graphic Article. Matices, magacine. Diario
De Juarez. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2005 Le pinta bien el 2006. Graphic article. Periodico
Norte. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
2005 Vestido de Colores. Matices, magazine. Diario de
2005 Azul. Graphic Article. Diario de Juarez. Ciudad
2005 Por talento y trayectoria. Matices, magazine. Diario
2004 Photography. Revista Litoral. Instituto Chihuahuense
De la Cultura. Mexico.
2004 Photography. Entorno. Universidad Autonoma de
2003 Cover image. Feministas Unidas. Arizona State
University.
2003 Interview: Asombran sus colores. Diario de Juarez.
2003 El pequeño color. Graphic Article. El Diario de Juarez. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Artist Verónica Leiton at River House Arts
River House Arts in downtown Perrysburg is honored to present an exhibition of works by Veronica Leiton, a Chilean artist now living in Mexico. On Friday, April 30th, the artist will attend the opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will be on view through June 4th, 2010.
Originally from Santiago, Chile, the artist has spent the last 15 years in the border city of Juarez, in Chihuahua Mexico. Despite the escalating violence there, Leiton is fiercely committed to Ciudad Juarez. It has been and will continue to be my home there are many people working very seriously and nobly here, in solidarity and with social commitment."
Finding inspiration and emotional strength in her community, Leiton expresses a complex of emotions through a vibrant color palette and multilayered temporal landscapes. The natural world and man-made realities share the canvas without regard for the assumed limits of space and passage of time. Often invoking texts of literary icons like Federico Garcia Lorca, Pablo Neruda, and José MartÃ, as well as many lesser-known poets of Chihuahua, Leiton explores feelings of love, indifference, loneliness, nostalgia -- universal themes that I believe can be felt and seen anywhere on this planet.
The artist received her Bachelors Degree in Audio-Visual Communications from the Universidad de Arte y Ciencias Sociales in Santiago, and an advanced degree in Arts from the Escuela Nacional de Artesana. Leitons work in film ultimately led her to Juarez in the mid-1990s where she was hired to to run a workshop in cinematography and where she later accepted a university post.
Painting however, remains the artists preferred medium of expression and her works have been shown in New York, Miami, Santa Fe, and Chicago as well as in Greece, Cuba, Chile, and throughout Mexico. Her paintings can be found in private collections throughout the world and in six museums, including Mexicos National Institute of Art. Leiton has also won numerous awards and recognitions, and in 2007 was named State Artist of Chihuahua.
In February, 2010, the artist was honored with a solo exhibition at the Galeria de Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City, the result of a two-year project sponsored by governments of both the Chile and Mexico. The exhibit, Metáforas Cromáticas de la Mistral en México, was a series of paintings depicting the texts of Gabriela Mistral, the beloved Chilean-born poet and Nobel Prize winner who spent most of her life in Mexico.
Several of paintings from this exhibit will be also be shown at River House Arts, along with new works created solely for the Perrysburg exhibit.
