Leigh Suggs was born in Boone, North Carolina and currently resides in Richmond, VA. She received her BFA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2003 and her MFA from the Virginia Commonwealth University in 2015. Her recent shows include a three person show at The Visual Arts Center in Richmond I >< YOU >< WE (2018-2019), a two person show at Penland Gallery Conversation | Unspoken Language (2016), and several solo shows including Massey Klein Gallery (NYC) Bent Out of Shape (2022), Hurry Slowly (2021) at Second Street Gallery (VA), Reynolds Gallery Keep Coming Round (2021), and Pushing Edges Rounding Corners (2021) at Cole Pratt Gallery (LA). Her notable group shows include Coined in the South (2022) at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, DRAWN (2021) at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Go for Baroque at the Racine Art Museum in Racine, WI (2016), NCAC Fellowship Exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh, NC (2014), and Art on Paper (2012) at the Weatherspoon Museum in Greensboro, NC. Suggs has been awarded several grants and honors, including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Award, the North Carolina Fellowship Award and two City of Richmond CultureWorks Grants. Her work is a part of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Weatherspoon Museum collections and several corporate collections, including Google, Honeywell, Capital One, Markel Corporation, Truist Bank and Fidelity Investments.