EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
10/23 Museu de l’Art Prohibit — “Ms Ruby May, standing” part of permanent collection of censored art, Museu de l’Art Prohibit, Barcelona
05/22 RetRespect - 10 Years of SweetArt, London — Group Show to celebrate 10 years of SweetArt
07/19 V.23 The Old Biscuit Factory, London — “RICH TEA” MA Fine Art Group Show
06/19 Stash Gallery, London — “Have a H’Art” Fundraiser for Sweet Art
05/19 UNIFY Gallery, Farnham — “FRAGILE” MA Fine Art Group Show
04/19 Offside Gallery, UCA, Farnham — “Allusions to Rhizome” MA Fine Art Group Show
03/19 We are Sweet Art, Islington — “Intersectional Portrait Project” International Women’s Day Event
01/19 UCA, Farnham — “GHOST” Fine Art Group Show
11/18 Offside Gallery, Farnham — “Contain” MA Fine Art Solo Show
07/16 Joie de Vivre Pop-up Gallery, Hampton Court — Group Show
06/16 Surrey Open Studios, Farnham
04/15 University of Chester — “Talking Bodies: Identity, Sexuatlity and Representation” Plenary session, delivered with Anna McNay entitled: “#EroticCensorship: The Case of Leena McCall’s Portrait of Ms Ruby May, Standing”
07/14 Leyden Gallery, London — “Ms Ruby May, standing” part of Group Show and participant on panel discussion: “Women in and as Art”
06/14 Mall Galleries, London — “SWA 153rd Annual Exhibition” Group Show, resulting in my painting being censored for being “too pornographic and disgusting”. This prompted my social media campaign #EroticCensorship which went viral.
09/13 Espacio Gallery, London — “Face-to-Face” Group Show
02/13 Crypt Gallery, London — “Sweet Art Show No. 1” Group Show
09/12 Espacio Gallery, London — “Face-to-Face, An exhibition exploring portraiture” Group Show
11/12 Chinawhite Club, London — “LUST” Group Show
09/12 The Gallery, Cork Street, London — “Art Erotica Exhibition” Group Show
01/11 Sh! Women’s Erotic Emporium, London — “Boudoir Tales” Solo Show
08/10 Moabiter Kulturtage, Berlin — “Sofa Sessions” Group Show
11/09 Frauenmuseum, Bonn — “19. Kunstmesse” Group Show
07/09 Waterperry House, Oxford — “Art in Action” Group Show
09/08 Hepsibah Gallery, London — “Flesh, Drawings by Leena McCall” Solo Show
06/06 Kensington & Chelsea College, London — “HNC Final Year Show 05/06” Group Show
EDUCATION
09/18 - 03/20 University for the Creative Arts, Farnham — MA Fine Art (Part-time) - not completed due to COVID pandemic
01/11 - 06/11 Russian Art Academy, Florence — Academic Fine Art Study (Full-time)
09/08 - 03/09 Charles H. Cecil Studios, Florence — Fine Art study at private atelier (Full-time)
09/07 - 08/08 St. Oswald’s Studios and Heatherleys School of Painting, London — Life drawing and portrait study (Part-time)
09/06 - 06/07 Charles H. Cecil Studio, Florence — Fine Art study at private atelier (Full-time)
09/05 - 06/06 Kensington & Chelsea College, London — HNC Fine Art & BTEC Photography (Full-time)
AWARDS
09/12 Runner-up Prize and Visitor’s Choice Prize — Art Erotica Exhibition, Cork Street, London.
11/09 Valentine Rothe Preis, 3rd Prize — Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany.