ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Leah Grant is a street artist, designer, illustrator and educator based in Adelaide. Her work is bright, colourful and uplifting. She explores the textures and colours of various mediums, focusing most recently with photography, ink, acrylic and aerosol.

Her approach is energetic yet emanates a peaceful, reflective mood. Drawing on her own life experiences, relationships and emotions, Leah produces work that is intended to challenge others.

Leah graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Federation University in 2009, later completing a Diploma of Education (Secondary) in 2012. She is passionate about education that develops creativity, innovation and experimentation. Leah uses her own practice to inspire and encourage her students.

Leah's work encourages a slower pace, to allow room to breathe, reconsider ideas and see a new beauty within. Her work has been recognised to have a unique style, full of colour, drawing the attention of various print and online media outlets. Including Adelady, Glam Adelaide and GT Magazine.

“We first discovered Leah Grant on Instagram and were instantly blown away by her bright, bold artwork. As it turns out, she’s as bold and as bright as her paintings. Leah’s a visual artist, who creates layered, vibrant colours with various mediums. Her paintings will make your heart smile. We should ALL have a Leah Grant (or two) in our lounge rooms.”

— Hayley Pearson, Adelady

Exhibitions & murals

Blyth Street Light Box Gallery, Adelaide 2015
Majestic Minima Hotel, Adelaide 2015
Salisbury Watershed Art Prize, Adelaide 2015
Burnside Art Show, Adelaide 2015
SALA Tincat Café & Gallery, Adelaide 2015
SALA Norwood Town Hall, Adelaide 2015
Nove on Luce, Adelaide 2015
LinDen New Art Postcard Show, Melbourne 2015
Analogue Academy, Geelong 2015
Powerhouse, Geelong 2015
Metropolis Gallery, Geelong 2015
Adelaide Fringe Street Art Explosion, Adelaide 2016
Port Adelaide Festival, Adelaide 2016
Little Rundle Street Project, Adelaide 2016
Local Crowd Café, Adelaide 2016
Brick + Mortar Creative, Adelaide 2016

Light Bulb Cafe, Adelaide 2016
Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide 2017
Majestic Roof Garden Hotel, Adelaide 2017
Adelaide Fringe Street Art Explosion, Adelaide 2018
Prospect Tourrific Street Party Mural, Adelaide 2018
Coffee Institute Mural, Walkerville 2018
Royal Adelaide Show Garden Display, Adelaide 2018
Youth Opportunities SALA Festival, Plant 4 Bowden 2018
Cowper Street Mural, Glenelg 2019
St Johns Row Mural, Glenelg 2019
Walkerville Primary School Mural, 2020
Stobie Pole Project with Prospect City Council, 2020
Prospect residen mural, 2020
North Adelaide resident mural, 2020

EDUCATION

Federation University Ballarat || Bachelor of Visual Arts, 2009
Federation University Ballarat || Diploma of Education (Secondary), 2012

AWARDS

Awarded 1st Prize for “Best Feature Garden Display” at The Royal Adelaide Show. Collaboration with Space Capsule Garden Co. 2018
Awarded 2nd Prize for “Hottest Wine Label” by Hot 100 Wines. Collaboration Chaffey Bros Wine. 2016

COLLABORATIONS

Wine Label artwork for Chaffey Bros.
Feature Garden Display at The Royal Adelaide Show with Space Capsule Garden Co.
Label artwork for Eco Wud Candles.
Branding for Banks & Brown cafe.

PUBLIC SPEAKING & ARTIST WORKSHOPS

Artist Talk, Street Art Explosion with Adelaide Fringe Festival, August 2016.
Rosary Primary School, Artist Workshop with Year 2 and Year 6 students, Prospect City Council initiative, May 2020.
Guest Lecturer at Deakin University Geelong, Unit ECA734 Arts Education Research Inquiry Senior Years, August 2020.
School Holiday Art Workshop, Newmarch Gallery Prospect, October 2020.
Guest Speaker to open April Hague and Friends exhibition, Urban Cow Studio, October 2020.
Guest Speaker to open Art from Isolation exhibition, Australian Catholic University, Ballarat, October 2020.
Guest Speaker at XO United, speaking about creativity at Lifepoint Church, November 2020.