Leah Guadagnoli and Fancy Feast: Land/Food/Art/Community

Leah Guadagnoli and Fancy Feast: Land /Food/ Art /Community
Tuesday, October 27, 5:30 pm | Room 331 ADB

Leah Guadagnoli is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice bridges visual art, food, agriculture, hospitality, floral design, and community-based programming. Her work moves fluidly between the studio, garden, kitchen, gallery, and cultural institutions, using food and gathering as forms of artistic research and social practice. She is the founder of Fancy Feast Supper Club, an acclaimed seasonal culinary practice that has developed collaborations with major arts, cultural, agricultural, and community organizations.

Her projects have been presented in collaboration with Storm King Art Center, The Clark Art Institute, Hancock Shaker Village, Mass Audubon, Planned Parenthood, Villa Albertine, PS21, Lighthouse Works, and Upstate Art Weekend, among others.

Her visual artwork has been shown at institutions and galleries including White Columns, Library Street Collective, Hashimoto Contemporary, Cooke Latham Gallery (London), Allouche Benias Gallery (Athens), and Art21 Shanghai. Her visual-art practice has been supported by significant artist residencies and fellowships including Yaddo, Vermont Studio Center (Full Fellowship), The Lighthouse Works Fellowship, Wassaic Artist Residency, The Macedonia Institute, and Tilleard Projects Artist Residency in Lamu, Kenya.Her work has received coverage in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Hyperallergic, ArtNews, Artsy, Architectural Digest, Cultured Magazine, and other national and international publications. Her culinary practice has been profiled by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Times Union.