About Us

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Leibowitz produces objects, installations and paintings utilizing a multitude of materials in ways that often disguise their origin, blurring the boundaries between the manufactured and the natural.  

Her solo exhibitions include The Art Gallery - Collin College, Plano, TX., Terrain Dallas, Dallas, TX., Baugh Center for the Visual Arts at Mary Hardin-Baylor University, Belton TX., No.4 Studio in Brooklyn, NY, The Neon Heater in Findlay, OH., Liliana Bloch Gallery in Dallas, TX, Art Cube Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA, The Museum of Art, Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX. and Cohn Drennan Contemporary in Dallas, TX.   

Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions including; Exquisite Corpse at Conduit Gallery in Dallas, Chaos at Ro2 Art in Dallas, The State of Sculpture exhibition at San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, What on Earth curated by Debra Brehmer, Milwaukee, WI, Embody curated by Krista Scenna at Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT and Art in America at Art Basel Satellite Art Fair, Miami, Florida. Online: Mostly Monochrome curated by Christina Massey, Site: Brooklyn, Painting 2011-2021, curated by Peter Frank, Drawing Challenge XXII at Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC, Changing a Point of View, Sculpture & Installation curated by Christina Massey at All She Makes     

In 2020 Leibowitz created a conceptual installation series: The Visitation Project incorporating her work, digitally, into images of environments sent by invited artists from all over the world.  

In 2019 Leibowitz’s work was featured in New American Paintings.  

Leibowitz has participated in residencies with Judy Pfaff and Michael David culminating in group exhibitions in Brooklyn, NY at M. David & Co.  

Reviews and interviews of her work have been featured in Art Uncovered podcast with Kimberly Ruth, ATOA with Barry Kostrinsky, Art Spiel with Etty Yaniv, 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, Art Funk with Rachel and Ryan Rushing and Papercity. 

Originally from Philadelphia, Leibowitz lives in Dallas, TX. where she maintains her studio practice. 

Bonny Leibowitz
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bonny@bonnyleibowitz.com 

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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  

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. 

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).