BIOGRAPHY
Brian Leatart is an internationally acclaimed photographer of limitless imagination and powerful vision. His work is distinguished by learned classicism nuanced by an irreverent point of view. His idiosyncratic visual language is informed by the emotion and style of his artistic upbringing.
Brian Leatart was born in Los Angeles and began shooting street and landscape photography at a very young age. By 18, he had amassed a portfolio of black-and-white landscape photographs and continued his art education in photography first at Cal State Northridge in their Fine Art department, moving on to photography and film at Art Center College of Design for four years where he graduated with a Fine Arts degree.
Right out of school he began shooting editorial assignments focusing on portraits, fashion and location. "From my first assignment, I knew that photography would be my life’s passion." With that passion, he would transform ordinary reality "into my way of seeing things." Eventually Brian segued into shooting food for both editorial, books and advertising and has continued in this specialized niche creatively and successfully ever since. Brian never stopped exploring conceptually-driven photography on its own and has devoted the last 10 years to building a body of work split between traditional film images of landscapes and digital composites of Found Objects and portraits incorporating objects. He has shown in galleries in Los Angeles, Palm Springs and on a monthly basis in Joshua Tree, California.
He maintains studios in Hollywood and Joshua Tree.
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1999
InStyle Magazine, Director's Guild, Los Angeles, CA. "Best Photographers of L.A."
2004
True World Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA. Solo Show, "Double Exposures"
2005
Red Arrow Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA. "New Artists." Solo Show, "Double Exposures"
2007
The Garage Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. "L.A. Photographers."
2008 - Present
Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA, Monthly Group Shows. 8 times a year. Mixed Media
2013, 2013, 2014
Los Angeles Center for the Digital Arts, Los Angeles, CA. "Top 40". Juried Show. Mixed Media2
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Pacific Palisades Library Gallery, Pacific Palisades, California "Best of Southern California." Juried Show
2014
Archangel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. "One Shot" Photography
2014
Leica Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA. Group Photography Show
2014
Palm Springs Art Museum, Juried Show. Best 30. Mixed Media
2015
Art LA Contemporary, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA. Group Photography Show at APA Booth
2015
Palm Springs Art Museum, Juried Show. Best 30. Mixed Media
2016
Taylor Junction Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA. Solo Show. "Digital Composites"
2016
Leica Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA. Group Show. "Portraits"
2017
Art Trap, Joshua Tree, CA. Solo Show. "Digital Composites"
2017
UC Riverside Gallery, Riverside, CA. Juried Show. Mixed Media
2017
Palm Springs Art Museum, Acquisition of "Digital Composite" pieces for their permanent collection
2018
Leica Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA. Group Show. "Black + White"
2018
High Desert Cultural Center Museum, Yucca Valley, CA. Group Show. "Desert Icons"
2018
Il Moro Gallery, West LA, CA. Solo Show. "Digital Composites"
2019
Hangar Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Group Show. "Mojave Made"
Leica Gallery Beverly Hills, CA Group Show
2020
Hwy 62 Open Studio
Art Tours Solo Show
2021
Hwy 62 Open Studio
Art Tours Solo Show
2022
Taylor Junction Solo Show
Studio Art Tours Solo Show
2023
Joshua Tree Hwy 62 Open Studio
2024
Hwy 62 Open Studio Art Tours Solo Show
3 High Desert Artists Joshua Tree Group Shows
2025
Los Angeles Center for the Digital Arts Group Show
High Desert Artists Group Show Joshua Tree