Hannah Knight Leighton’s Thesis Exhibition “A Weary Torch”

Fourteen/Fifteen Gallery
March 1st-14th.
To schedule an appointment please email hleighton@mica.edu

Hannah Knight Leighton graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art summa cum laude in May 2015. Post-graduation she was accepted to the Green Olive Arts Residency and spent a month painting among the medinas of Morocco. Most recently Leighton’s work was featured in the publication New American Paintings MFA Issue 141, West Issue 144, and MFA Issue 153. While in graduate school at the University of New Mexico, Leighton was awarded the New Mexico Women in the Arts Scholarship. Additionally, Leighton was nominated as a SITE Santa Fe Scholar and will be participating in a group show that will open in the spring of 2021. Leighton is thrilled to be in school at the University of New Mexico where she plans to attain her MFA in May 2021.