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Leon McCutcheon

Leon McCutcheon lives in Manhattan where he was born in 1959. His parents, a jazz musician and a milliner, exposed him to the arts from an early age. Fashion and music figure prominently in his work, which is also influenced by his memories of visits to relatives in South Carolina from the time he was a child.

A political activist and advocate, McCutcheon has emerged as a spokesperson on disability issues and has made speaking appearances including WNYC’s Leonard Lopate radio show. In 2007 he was awarded a Haym Soloman Fellowship in the Arts by FEGS Agency. McCutcheon’s paintings are in many private collections and the folk-like quality of his work attracts the attention of curators and collectors interested in contemporary American folk art.

2016
Birds of a Feather, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
The Next Stop is Marnix Street, SPeerpunt de Kunst Museum, Leiden, Netherlands

  2015
Somoza  Palooza, Metropolitan West, NYC

2014
Savant-Garde, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Clifford Chance Law Firm, NYC

2013
Personal Space, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Outsider Art Fair, Center 548, NYC

2012
Pure Folk, American Folk Art Museum, NYC
Solo Exhibition of Paintings, The Shield Institute, NYC
20th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC
Visions from the Edge, MCLA, Gallery 51, North Adams, MA

2011
Innocence & Experience, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
6th Annual Outsider Art in The Hamptons, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY

2010
Labor of Love, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
5th Annual Outsider Art in The Hamptons, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY
Pure Vision Arts @ JBFCS, NYC
Outsider Art Fair, NYC

2009
Paradise Found, Pure Vision Arts, NYC.
4th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Gallerie BelAge,
Westhampton Beach, NY
The Pure Vision Arts Connection, Leiden, Netherlands
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, NYC
The Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC

2008
Dia De Muertos, Rocking Horse Cafe, Benefit for Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea, NYC
European Outsider Art Fair, Vienna, Austria
The Outsider Art Fair, NYC

2007
Museum of American Folk Art, Benefit Art Auction, NYC
City Folk, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, NYC
Outsider Art Fair, Puck Building, NYC
Urban Visionaries, Pure Vision Arts, NYC

2006
Bestiary. Group Exhibition. Van Der Plas Gallery, NYC
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea. Group Exhibition, NYC
Museum of American Folk Art, Spring Benefit Art Auction, NYC
Pure Vision Arts Group Exhibition, NYC
14th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building, NYC

2005
Museum of American Folk Art. Benefit Exhibition and Art Auction, NYC
Art View, City Museum of Washington, DC
Pure Visions in the City, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
13th Annual Outsider Art Fair, NYC

2004
Museum of American Folk Art  Benefit Exhibition and Art Auction, NYC
Visual Dialogues. School of Visual Arts. Art Therapy Exhibition, NYC
12th Annual Outsider Art Fair, NYC

2003
Pure Vision Arts Annual Exhibition- NYC

See Exhibition History

Jazz Singer Yellow Dress

Acrylic on Canvas, 30″x24″, 2006

Obama Uncle Sam

Acrylic on Paper, 31×39, 2008

Jazz Band 1950’s

Mixed Media on Wood, 2007

First Lady Wonder Woman in America

Mixed Media on Canvas, 30”x40”, 2009

Sax Player Singer in Purple

Mixed Media on Wood, 2009

Nude Female

Acrylic on Paper, 2008