Leah Korican: Bramble & Bloom
February 16 – March 23, 2024
Leah Korican’s ‘Bloom’ series investigates memory and story. She uses stencils, lace, spray paint, and twining imagery to make complex multi-layered works. Painting on the reverse side creates vivid reflected color—a metaphoric representation of how memory and early experiences color the present. The round shape evokes cyclical processes of growth and decay. Her site-specific installation, ‘Bramble’ juxtaposes fairytale imagery with text and explores childhood understandings of femininity, danger, and solace.
Leah Korican
Leah Korican is a visual artist and writer based in Oakland, CA. She has a BA from UC Berkeley and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including at the Richmond Art Center, Bedford Gallery, and Triton Museum, among others. Her public art commissions include a large-scale, site-specific cutout at the Nashville International Airport and permanent artworks for Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont, California and Rumsey Engineers in Oakland. She is an award winner in the 2026 Guild of American Paper Cutters exhibition “Cutting East to West” at the Heritage Asian Art Museum in Chicago, Illinois. This is her third solo exhibition at Mercury 20 Gallery.