RESUME + PRESS
RACHELLE LEEANN
EDUCATION
2003-2006 The Art Institutes - Fine Art & Interior Design. Participant in study abroad program in Montreal and Quebec City studying Fine Art and Architecture.
SELECT NATIONAL JURIED FINE ART FAIRS
Awards
2023 Bonita Springs National fine art fair March - Best of 2D
2023 Bonita Springs Nation fine art fair February Award of Distinction (2014, 2016, 2019)
2023 ArtFest Invitational at Fleischmann Park - Award of Distinction
2021 Naples Fine Art Show March 2021
Many other National awards since 2008
SELECT COLLECTORS & COMMISSIONS
14 large scale pieces for Peter Jacobsen PGA hall of fame player and corespondent of the Golf Channel on ESPN
18 piece custom commission for The Ritz Carlton Residences Singer Island, Florida
Harrahs Cherokee Hotel & Casino Northstar Super Suite Cherokee, North Carolina
5 large scale original installations for Presbyterian Home and Services Downtown Wayzata, Minnesota
CORPORATE CLIENTS
Henricksen for Human Care - Trillium Woods development Plymouth, MN
Presbyterian Homes - Front Lobby: Luxury Senior Living Wayzata, MN
United Health Care Offices Twin Cities, Minnesota
Juut SalonSpa an Aveda Salon Shorewood, Minnesota
Augustine + Johnson Financial Group Minneapolis, Minnesota
Home Rental Systems - Cape Coral, FL
TEACHING POSITIONS
Art Alliance of Fort Myers workshop Instructor
Independent workshop instructor; my studio; Minneapolis, Arizona and Florida
Instructor at Harbour View Gallery in Cape Coral, Florida
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2015 Artist Magazine Table of contents, page 1-2, and 26 “Blick Art Materials Featured Artists Advertisement”
2014 Front Cover, table of contents, pages 7,8,9 "Her Life" Magazine November 2015 issue
2014 Minnesota Monthly “Art at the Airport” for “Renewal” exhibit in MSP airport
2014 InsightNews.com for “Renewal” exhibit in MSP airport
2013 Luxury Las Vegas Magazine April Issue
2009 METRO Magazine “paint local”
SELECTED HONORS
Gallery / Studio holder in the Northrup King Building Minneapolis, MN 2011-2017
2017 Mural Installation private collector in Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012 Dick Blick Art Materials Featured Artist chosen by creative director Karen Noble ads published in; The Kennedy Publishing Best of Abstract Painting, The Artist’s Magazine and American Artist magazine February issues.
SELECT NATIONAL JURIED FINE ART FAIRS & ARTS DISTRICT EXHIBITIONS
2023 Art Basel - Represented by ADC Fine Art Cincinnati, OH
Celebration of Fine Art Scottsdale, AZ
Old Town Chicago, IL
Sausalito Art Festival San Francisco, California
Des Moines Art Festival Des Moines, Iowa
Uptown Art Fair Minneapolis, MN
Art Attack & Art - a - Whirl NE MPLS Arts District exhibitor 12 years
Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Tampa, Florida
Naples Invitational Naples, Florida
Naples National Naples, Florida
Naples New Years, Naples Florida
Art Fair on The Square Madison, Wisconsin
Saint James Court Art Fair Louisville, Kentucky
Beaux Arts Museum Fine Art Fair Miami, Florida
Boca Raton Museum Fine Art Fair Boca Raton, Florida
ArtFest Fort Myers Fort Myers, Florida
Edina Art Fair Edina, Minnesota
One of A Kind Chicago, IL
Naples Arts District Art Alive Exhibitor 5 years 2019 - present
OTHER JURIED NATIONAL FINE ART SHOW INVITES
Beverly Hills, CA
Boston Mills ArtFest, Ohio (Boston Mills Ski Resort)
Bayou City Art Festival Houston, Texas
Tucson festival of the Arts Tucson, Arizona
Images Art Festival New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITS
2023 Naples Arts District gallery owner 5 years
2016 Celebration of Fine Art Scottsdale, AZ 1 of 100 nationally juried fine artists apart of a 3 month juried exhibition in Scottsdale, AZ
2014 “Renewal” MSP Airport’s first national art exhibition. Concourse C Art Gallery curated by news and culture anchor for FOX9 Twin Cities Robyne Robinson
2012-2013 "Maiden Minnesota” An annual juried show in Minneapolis benefitting Project Success curated by Tracy Dyer daughter of the late NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
2010 Gallery 360 “5 foot show” Edina, MN
2010 Your Art’s Desire “Windows” Minnetonka, MN
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Art History education, specialized development of artistic skills, design foundations and vocabulary. Participated in architecture and design program abroad in Montreal and Quebec City, Canada
MEMBERSHIPS
NEMAA - NorthEast Minneapolis Arts Association Member 12 years
NAD - Naples Arts District Member 5 years 2019- present
UAC Collier United Arts Council Collier County
