580 West Arapaho Road #262, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States
About - Bonny Leibowitz and the Studios
Bonny Leibowitz
Bonny Leibowitz is an artist and educator, teaching painting, sculpture and mixed media, for over 25 years. The Bonny Studio and Encaustic Center, are her teaching studios where she offers classes, workshops and One on Ones in a huge variety of materials, processes and techniques.
Many students have studied with Bonny 12 plus years and she has helped facilitate their best work.
Bonny not only teaches a variety of mixed media methods including painting, sculpture, collage and installation, she has also developed programming offering critiques, mentoring and exhibition opportunities.
To learn more about all that's on offer, see the Classes, Workshops and One on One tabs above, on the site navigation bar.
Bio:
Bonny Leibowitz is an artist focusing on how nature is an ever-evolving system, intricately intertwined with human culture and technology. She produces hybrid objects and installations utilizing a multitude of materials in ways that often disguise their origin, blurring the boundaries between the manufactured and the natural.
Leibowitz is a recipient of the Nasher Sculpture Center 2024 Nasher Artist Grant.
Her solo exhibitions include Trees I Have Loved, outdoor installation in Benjamin TX - upcoming, Adventures in Plunderland at Oak Cliff Cultural Center - upcoming, Dallas, TX, I Make My Own Weather, The MAC, Dallas, TX, Behind The Seen at The Art Gallery at Collin College, Plano, TX, Super Unnatural at Terrain Dallas, Dallas, TX, Appearances at Baugh Center for the Visual Arts at Mary Hardin Baylor University, Belton TX, Remnants and Other Elevated Parts at No.4 Studio Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, Pending Situations at The Neon Heater in Findlay, OH, Conditional Constructs at Forum Gallery in Houston, TX, New Artifacts at Liliana Bloch Gallery in Dallas, TX, Suspended Beliefs at Art Cube Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA, Symbiosis at The Museum of Art, Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX and Plight of the Pleasure Pods at Cohn Drennan Contemporary in Dallas, TX.
Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions including Art in Odd Places, Manhattan, NY, Into The Woods at ACU, TX, Reshaping Abstraction in Concord, MA, Stories of The Post-Natural at The Judy Pfaff Compound, Tivoli, NY, A Complexity of Joys at MAPSpace, Port Chester, NY, Exquisite Corpse at Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, Chaos at Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX, The State of Sculpture at San Angelo Museum, What on Earth at Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, Embody at Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, M. David and Co. in Brooklyn, NY, and Art in America at Art Basel Satellite Art Fair, Miami, Florida.
Leibowitz was a Visiting Artist at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2023 and was featured in New American Paintings in 2019.
Reviews and interviews of her work have been featured in Art Spiel with Etty Yaniv, All SHE Makes with Svitlana Martynjuk, Art Uncovered podcast with Kimberly Ruth, ATOA and Artist Talks with Barry Kostrinsky, Lisa Pressman interviews, Visionary Art Projects, Winging It podcast with Charles Hackbarth and Marc Cohen, Studio Visit with Jason Reynaga Wade College, The Houston Review with Matthew Mendez, Vassari21 with Ann Landi, Maake Magazine, Pleat, Studio Critical with Valerie Brennan, Curating Contemporary with Brian Edmonds, Mixed Media Tapes with Phillip J. Mellen, Luxe Magazine, Modern Dallas, Dallas Morning News with Michael Granberry and Papercity.
Leibowitz curates exhibitions in Dallas and conducts Artist interviews featured on her ArtHeads YouTube channel.
Originally from Philadelphia, Leibowitz lives in Dallas, TX. where she maintains her studio practice.
Bonny Leibowitz
@bonnyleibowitz
214-405-5993
Deanna Wood
Born in Houston, Deanna Wood spent most of her childhood moving around the country with her family, returning to Texas in high school. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts in graphic design, both from Texas Woman's University. She worked as a graphic designer in a corporate environment for 14 years. After leaving the corporate world, she decided to pursue a career in fine art, receiving a Master of Fine Arts in painting from Texas Woman's University in December of 2004.She's been working with encaustic since 2004. Her solo exhibition, Seeking Shelter, has been exhibited in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Reno, Nevada; Manhattan, Kansas; Lamoni, Iowa; and Douglasville, Georgia. Deanna's website
About and additional supply links
What is Encaustic?
Encaustic painting is an ancient process developed by the Greeks. The word encaustic is Greek and it means "to burn" or "burn in."
In its simplest form, encaustic involves melting wax with a resin to create encaustic medium. Pigment is then added to create encaustic paint. The paint or medium is brushed on when it's hot and each layer is fused to the surface with a heat gun, torch, or iron.
The wax can be built up, scraped into, and objects can be embedded into the surface.
What is Cold Wax?
Cold Wax is soft paste formulated to knife consistency. We use Gamblin's Cold Wax Medium made from naturally white unbleached beeswax, alkyd resin, and odorless mineral spirits. It is used to make oil colors thicker and more matte. The surface is lusturous and great for working back into with various tools, mark making supplies and layering.
2014 La Vendéenne Award in Excellence in Education Finalist
In 2011 the La Vendéenne [la vahn day en] Awards were created in honour of the fourth century AD female encaustic artist, Laia, whose remains were found, along with the tools of her art, in La Vendée [la vahn day] region of France. The Awards are intended to recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement and practice of encaustic art.
International Encaustic Artists Magazine
The Encasutic Center featured in the International Encaustic Artists' magazine; Wax Fusion; The Encaustic Center celebrates 10 years!
Click on the magazine link to see some of the amazing artists who have come to give workshops along with links to their sites and images from the workshops they’ve given here at The Encaustic Center (pages 34 to 43).
Encaustic Resources
Encaustic Resources
International Encaustic Conference
Blue Heron Arts (mulberry paper)
Pin clips - Washi Arts
Contemporary Sumi-e and Fine Art Tools
wood panels - Brian Hartig at: 214-762-8964 and tell him we sent you.
Encaustic Books
Encaustic Groups
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Drawing and Painting Media
Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay India Inks
Hickory Hill Arts Handcrafted Walnut Ink
Kuretake GANSAI TAMBI watercolors
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Sculptural Media and Wire
Creative Mark Aluminum Wire Mesh
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Blue Heron Arts mulberry paper 15x19
Blue Heron Arts mulberry paper 18x30
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Inkpress Media Back Light Film for Inkjet - white
TerraSlate Paper for cold wax, mixed media and laser printing
Hanji Soonji Off-White Extra Large
Rolled Kozoshi White Heavyweight
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Golden GAC 400 Fabric Stiffener
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