User:Dooliax/Karma Leigh

Karma Leigh is a Chicana visual artist and art teacher.

Biography
Karma Leigh was born in Denver, Colorado, and she grew up in a trailer park in the city of Aurora. Leigh is known for crafting art using acrylic and aerosol on various mediums including canvas, wood, and wall. She lives and has worked in the Denver area for the last twenty years. Leigh discovered a youth center called "The Spot" that became her lifeline, providing a space where she could reconnect herself through art. Her passion for exploration led her to travel to Phoenix for three years to expand her artistic knowledge. After returning to Colorado, she was determined to build a profession in creating art through canvas paintings and mural installations. Additionally, Leigh has been heavily involved in her community and has participated in organizations such as the EPIC Arts Program and Museo de las Americas. Leigh has also been an educator for several years, five of them being spent in Voz y Corazon, a suicide prevention center located in Denver. In her artwork, she strives to enhance female representation and honor women's lives.

Notable Works

 * Leigh created a mural titled “Lineas de Sangre” for the Museo de las Americas–a Latin American Art Museum–in Denver, Colorado.
 * At the Hecho en Colorado exhibit in the History Colorado Center, Leigh showcased her artwork titled “Yo Soy Xicana."
 * In 2019, in the exhibition “Para mi Pueblo” at the McNichols Building in Denver, Colorado, Leigh and artist Bobby MaGee Lopez collaborated on a mural titled “Soul Flight.”