Curriculum Vitae
Patty Leinemann
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​Education
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2014-2018 University of British Columbia-Okanagan (UBCO) - Bachelor of Fine Arts: Major in Visual Arts
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2015 Landon Mackenzie Mentorship Program, Rotary Art Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, BC
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2013-2014 UBCO - Bachelor of Fine Arts: Interdisciplinary Performance
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Art Residency
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2024 Casa Lü Sur, Mexico City
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Solo Exhibitions
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2025 The Addition (self curated), My Family Homestead, Kelowna, BC
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2024 hacia la luna de luto (towards the mourning moon), Casa Lü Sur, Mexico City
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2023 Under the Snow Moon, Member's Galleria, ARTSCO, Kelowna, BC
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2022 The Conversation, Art@KCT, Cube, Kelowna Community Theatre, Kelowna, BC (CARFAC)
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2021 I Just Don't ███████ Know, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC (CARFAC)
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2018 This Girl Just Wants to Land (self curated), My Family Homestead, Kelowna, BC
little mother, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
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​Exhibitions
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2025 Big Orange Monster: An Emergency Collage Exhibition, Kolaj Institute Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Postcard Project, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
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2023 Postcard Project, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
Stick Together with Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Outdoor Banner Exhibition, City of Kelowna and UBCO’s FCCS
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2022 Postcard Project, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
The Assembly // The Human Condition, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
Mailing Connections: Creating Space in a Time of Uncertainty, UBC, Vancouver, BC
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2021 Postcard Project, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
Made by Hand, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
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2020 Me Looking At You, Looking At Me: Contemplating the Female Gaze, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
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2019 Under 100 (juried), Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
Red Dot, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
Art in Fashion (juried), Lake Country ArtWalk, Lake Country, BC
55+ Showcase, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
Structures, Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburgh, Vermont, USA
Clap Back (juried), The James Black Gallery, Vancouver, BC
To The Dogs (juried), Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
Welcome to the Neighbor (Hood), Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
Snail Mail World Postcard Art Show, Visual Arts Brampton, Brampton, Ontario
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2018 Bring Out Your Best, Members’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
Red Dot, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
SIGN of the TIMES: The Art of Protest, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
eRacism (international show - juried), Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, BC
Picnic in the Night, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
Parkinson’s Art Exhibition (juried), the Moat, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC
Art for Guatemala, Ayotzi 68, Vancouver, BC
​ BFA Graduation Award Winners, Fina Gallery, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
20, BFA Graduation Exhibition, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
A Restless Earth (juried), Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
Art on the Line (juried), UBCO, Kelowna, BC
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2017 Encounters, 2017 Members’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
The Pasture, Intermission Series, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
Are We There Yet?, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
Fem(i)nist, Intermission Series, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
Art on the Line (juried), UBCO, Kelowna, BC
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​2016 Young 2016 (juried), Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
6, Fina Gallery, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
Expressions of Death: Personal Journeys (juried), Central Okanagan Hospice Association, Alternator Centre for
Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
Art in the Public Space, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Spring Festival, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
Art on the Line (juried), UBCO, Kelowna, BC
True Grit, FCCS Video Wall, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
HeART & Soul Night, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
mm==[[Mail Art]], The Helen for Now Show Space, ECUAD, Vancouver, BC
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2015 Drawing Room, Fina Gallery, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
Behind the Color, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
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2014 Beyond the Invisible, 816 Clement Ave (Former BC Tree Fruits Packing House), Kelowna, BC
Home is Where the Art Is, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
Young, French Cultural Centre, Kelowna, BC
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2013 UBCO Visual Arts Showcase (juried), State of the Art, Kelowna, BC
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Performances
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2022 TrailArt, Inner Fish Theatre Society, Kelowna, BC
2018 Noroc!, Advanced Practice in Sculpture, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
Lemonade, Advanced Practice in Sculpture, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
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2017 Goods, Performance/Installation by Samuel Roy-Bois and Neil Cadger, Living Things Festival, Rotary Centre
for the Arts, Kelowna, BC
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2016 Rewind, Art Party 2016, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
Town Criers, Nuit Blanche Kelowna, Culture Days, Downtown Kelowna, BC
The Cocktail Bar (4 Vignettes), A Video by Gary Pearson, Kelowna, BC
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2014 Roundabout, Theatre26, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
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Awards/Recognition
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2019 Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize, Long List, The Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, BC
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2018 Nomination to BMO 1st ART! 2018 Invitational Student Art Competition
Norma and Jack Aitken Prize in Visual Arts
British Columbia Arts Council Scholarship
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2017 Deputy Vice-Chancellor Scholarship
UBCO Dean’s Honour List
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2016 Deputy Vice-Chancellor Scholarship
UBCO Dean’s Honour List
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2015 Elinor Yandel Memorial Award in Fine Arts
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Scholarship
UBCO Dean’s Honour List
2014 Deputy Vice-Chancellor Scholarship
UBCO Dean’s Honour List
Golden Key International Honour Society
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Published
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2025 “Road Trip to Mom,” Kolaj Magazine, 2025 World Collage Day Special Edition
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2023 “Farsightedness,” Found You Magazine, No. 3
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2020 “Keeping My Balance in the Impact Zone,” Visions, Vol. 16, No. 1
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2017 Interview on “Walnuts in Process,” Zine Magazine
“Blurred Moments,” Paper Shell, An Anthology of UBCO Student Writing
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2014 “Reappear,” Common Ground, An Anthology of UBCO Student Writing
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Volunteering
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Board of Directors, and Programming and Hiring Committees, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
Kelowna Community Theatre Art Selection Committee
Guest Juror, The Laundry Room Collective, Lake Country, BC
Cool Arts Society, Kelowna, BC
BFA Graduation Exhibition, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
​Art on the Line, UBCO Visual Arts Course Union Fundraiser
UBCO Visual Arts Course Union
Public Art Pollinator Pasture, Eco Art Incubator, UBCO – Kelowna Art Gallery installation
UBCO Unplug & Play Family Literacy Week Book Sale
Bee Central, Eco Art Incubator, UBCO
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