Danny Leyland
currently situated on Gadigal land in Sydney, Australia
strike up a correspondence here: dan.leyland@yahoo.co.uk
Exhibitions
‘Folk Flaw’, Sett Studios, Edinburgh. 2022.
‘A New Folklore’, Fish Factory, Penryn, Cornwall. 2022.
'Cruel Intentions', group exhibition with Arusha Gallery, London. October 2021.
Bankley Gallery Open Call 2021. September. Manchester
'Bathing Nervous Limbs', group exhibition with Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh. Edinburgh Art Festival. 29 July - 29 August 2021
'Painters Showing Paintings.' Group exhibition. Online only. January 2021
'Debris Dance'. Solo show at Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh. 2-27th April 2020
'A High Hang'. Group exhibition at Eccleston Project Space,London. 4-7 December 2019
'Digging'. An EMBASSY Gallery off-site project, Basic Mountain, Edinburgh, August 2nd-5th 2018
'First There Was The Deed'. A solo presentation for Oxfordshire Art Weeks. Goring-on-Thames. May 24th-28th 2018
'Apple Bobbing'. Group exhibition for EMBASSY Gallery. February 16th 2018
'Wrap Around'. Directed and produced event at the Scottish Poetry Library for Book Week Scotland 2017. December 2nd
'Wishing Wells'. Group exhibition at Basic Mountain, Edinburgh. September 2nd 2017
'Palais du Poisson'. Artist room for Rhythm Machine @ Summerhall, 5th August, Edinburgh Fringe 2017
'Horrible Horse and Face, the Face'. Solo work-in-progress presentation for Edinburgh Palette, St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh. 7-23rd July 2017
'Jouissance'. Group exhibition. Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh, June 8th-13th, 2017
'April is the Strangest Month II'. A Vine Box event at Mash House, Edinburgh. April 22nd, 2017
'April is the Strangest Month I'. A Vine Box event at Edinburgh Palette, St Margaret's House, April 14th 2017
'Creeler's Cottage.' Artist room for Rhythm Machine, at Studio 24, Edinburgh, February 17th
'RSA New Contemporaries'. Royal Scottish Academy. Edinburgh February 2017
Degree Show. Edinburgh College of Art. May 28th – June 6th 2016
'Salonathon'. Group exhibition at Embassy Gallery, March 2016
'Beneath the Body.' Group exhibition at Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, March 2nd 2016
'Illuminations: the marriage of image and text'. Group exhibition for Black & Blue, The Crypt gallery, London, July 2014.
'RBA annual exhibition'. The Mall Galleries, London. 2013.
Press
Oxford American Magazine.
'21 for 2021', Artists and Illustrators Magazine. January 2021 issue.
ArtMaze Mag. Summer 2020 issue.
'Class of 2016'. The University of Edinburgh alumni. Online.
The Skinny Magazine. 2016.
Residencies, awards, other
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant, 2021.
Kriti Gallery, artist residency. Varanasi, India. July-August 2019
Hospitalfield graduate residency. Arbroath, UK. November 9th-20th 2017
Graduate Studio Award, Edinburgh Palette. Edinburgh, UK. 2016-2017.
Art Castle International, artist residency. Poovar, Kerala, India. July-August 2015.
Horrible Horse and Face, the Face, 2017, at St Margaret's House, Edinburgh
Jouissance, June 8th-13th