Born in 1989, Leigh Tuckniss completed her honors degree BFA (Painting) in 2010, at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town, South Africa. Working as a painter, Tuckniss plays with a variety of mediums and surfaces, however the medium of ink is highly favoured.
Selected Exhibitions:
2017
Group exhibition “Novel”, at Repeat after Me, Cape Town
Group exhibition "Ebb and Flow", Repeat After Me, Cape Town
2016
Group exhibition "Stellar", Salon 91, Cape Town
Pop up exhibition "Chronicle", Repeat After Me
2014
Group Exhibition "Art of Objects", The Studio, Cape Town
Group Exhibition "Face to Figure", The Studio, Cape Town
Group Exhibition "SKULLDUGGERY", The Studio, Cape Town
2013
Solo Exhibition "Music at Night", The Studio, Cape Town
Group Show "Pieces and Puzzles", Lovell Gallery, Cape Town
Group Show "One in a Million", Salon 91, Cape Town
Group Show "Drawing Your Own Conclusions", The Studio, Cape Town
2012
Solo Exhibition "Metanoia", The Studio, Cape Town
2011
Group Exhibition "This Must Be the Place" at Brundyn + Gonsalves, Cape Town
2010
Graduate Show at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town
2009
Group show "Undiscovered Graduates", VANSA, Cape Town
2016:Commissioned album artwork for musician Alice Pheobe Lou "Orbit"
2013:Commissioned album cover design for musician Thor Rixon "Thor Rixon's Big E.P. "