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Born in 1966 in New York, NY, USA



"Beneath the surface which seems so clear, is the playful nymph of the soul I attempt to put into focus.

For me it's always about shooting the most beautiful thing I can capture in that situation. I prefer to take a person and a place and start out with just those two elements as opposed to starting out with a preconceived notion of where it's going to go. I like to just open my mind and let it happen."

Brian Leighton, June 1999


Read the PaintingsDIRECT June 2000 Exhibition featuring Brian Leighton.

  • Solo Exhibitions
  • 2002: Desert Art Source, Palm Desert, CA, Succulent Fruit

  • 1999: Gallery 24, New York, NY, Nymphs

  • 1998:
  • Kenneth Winslow Gallery, New York, NY, Sex in the Flea Market

  • Gallery 24, New York, NY, The Shape of Things

  • Group Exhibitions
  • 2002: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

  • 2000: Contemporay Museum, Baltimore, MD, Snapshot

  • 1999: Spectra Digital Arts Gallery, New York, NY, Digital Spectrum

  • 1997:
  • Artageous Art Gallery, New York, NY

  • Washington Square Arts Festival, New York, NY

  • Fraser Gallery, Georgetown, DC

  • New World Art Center, New York, NY

  • Ozone Art Gallery, New York, NY

  • 1996:
  • Ozone Art Gallery, New York, NY All Nude

  • Ozone Art Gallery, New York, NY Emergency

  • National Art League, Douglastown, NY

  • Central Park Conservancy, New York, NY, 2nd Annual Asprey Spring Celebration

  • Mattel Toys/Arco Toys, Woodbury, NY

  • Perillo Tours, Woodcliff Lake, NJ

  • Bear Stearns and Company, New York, NY

  • Madison Square Club, New York, NY

  • The Buhl Foundation, New York, NY

  • Atlantic Orthopedic Group, West Palm Beach, FL

  • Over 100 Private U.S. & International Private Collections

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    Selection of photographs from Brian Leighton

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    Sign the guestbook of Brian Leighton

  • Fraser Gallery Georgetown International Fine Art Competition, 1997

  • New World Art Center Artist's Competition, 1996

  • Manhattan Arts International Magazine Competition, 1996

  • National Art League, Douglastown, NY


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    Read what the press is saying about Brian Leighton

  • Television. HBO Sex & The City, (images as focal points of storylines on various episodes). 1999-2002.

  • "Podgallery Featured Artists." Yellow Rat Bastard Magazine. Fall 2001.

  • "Rent Boys." Time Out New York. February 2001.

  • "Artist Finds Deeper Meaning in his Work." The Desert Sun. April 29, 2000.

  • "In Brian Leighton's Work, it's all About the Backround." Villager. June 30,1999.

  • Television, "The Artist as a Business". CNNfn BizBuzz. April 28, 1998.

  • "New New York." Dutch Magazine. February 1998.