Marietta Patricia Leis is a visual artist from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She works in several media including painting, photography, sculpture and video. Leis received a BA and MA in psychology from Antioch College, Los Angeles and her MA/MFA in studio art from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Leis’ art is concerned with the preservation of our planet. Her art, regardless of media, resonates with the beauty of our natural environment. ‘Color of place’ is an element that she enlists to create a visceral recording of her travels. Leis has received grants from Artist Space, NYC and The E.D. Foundation, NJ. As travel informs her work Leis has attended 13 artist residencies nationally and internationally including; Connamara Conservancy, Dallas, Weir Farm Trust, CT., Schneider Museum/Crater Lake, OR. Fundacion Valpariso, Mojacar, Spain, Cawdor Estate, Cawdor, Scotland, Spring Island, S.C., Pritchard’s Island, SC., Footsteps to Creativity, Portugal, Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta, CA. and others.

Among the places that Leis’ work has been exhibited are the Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco; Pindar Gallery, Soho NYC; The Clymer Museum, Ellensburg, Washington; Holter Museum, Helena, Montana; Harwood Museum, NM; Islip Art Museum, Long Island; Michael Warren Contemporary and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO.

Leis’ work can be found in many public collections among them: The Albuquerque Art Museum, NM; Harwood Museum, Taos, NM; University Art Gallery, NM State University, Las Cruces; New Mexico State Library, Santa Fe, the Holtze Hotel, Denver; the University of New Mexico Division of Continuing Education; Ross Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio and the State Capitol Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her work in the public sector includes commissioned work and 1% for the Arts competitions.

Leis’ extensive exhibition record as well as collections that she is in, awards that she has received and lectures that she has given is documented in Who’s Who In American Art (31st Edition). Her website is www.mariettaleis.com.

The late New York Times Contributing Art Critic, William Zimmer called Leis’ reductive paintings “sublime”. In regard to her own philosophy regarding her work Leis states, “The aim of my art is to represent not the outward appearance of things but their inward significance.”