María Isabel LeBlanc
Santa Cruz, California
startwithfilm@gmail.com
Awards and Honors
Center for Photographic Art 2024 Artist Grant
Rydell Visual Art Fellowship, 2024
Center for Photographic Art, 2023 International Juried Competition, 3rd Place: Maria Isabel LeBlanc, Field Worker, Gelatin Silver Print (Shana Lopes, SFMOMA)
SAC's and Stonehenge Gallery Photo Competition, Best in black and white, 2021 (Sarah Kennel, High Museum of Art)
Center for Photographic Art, 2020 International Juried Competition, People's Choice Award
Photoville, Virtual Portfolio Review, selected, 2020
Denis Roussel Award, 2020, Outstanding Work Achievement, 2020
Commissioned Photograph for Opal Cliffs Recreation District, Santa Cruz, California, 2018
Artist Talks and Features
PhotoCarmel 2026: A Celebration of Photography on the Central Coast
Yadava, Ashima. "Diversify Photo: Building Community," Lenscratch, November 2023
The Fine Art of Brussels Sprouts, Carmel Pinecone, January 8, 2021
Open Show Santa Cruz, October 2020
Open Show San Diego - Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA), August 2020
Smithson, Aline. "Maria Isabel LeBlanc: De la Luz," Lenscratch, December 2019
Education
Atlanta College of Art, Photography
M.A.Ed., Foreign Language Education, University of Georgia
BA, Romance Languages, University of Georgia
Affiliations
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA Invitation: Fine Art Print Program
Diversify Photo (by invitation)
Collections
Monterey Museum of Art, Permanent Collection
Group Exhibitions
2026 A Light Exists in Spring, Majorie Evans Gallery at Sunset Center, Carmel, CA
2026 A Photographic Odyssey of the Salton Sea, Harnell College, Salinas, CA
2025 Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH), Santa Cruz, CA
2025 Artist Grant Recipient Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2024 All Aboard, Studio Judy G, Watsonville, CA
2023 International Juried Competition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California (Shana Lopes, SFMOMA)
2023 8x10 Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California
2022 Beauty Where You Find It, Light Art Space, Silver City, New Mexico
2022 Left Coast Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
2022 The 2/22/22 Exhibition: Pairs and Diptychs, Lenscratch, online
2022 Size Matters, The Medium Festival of Photography, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, California (Bayley Mizelle)
2021 Society of Arts and Crafts (SAC’s) & Stonehenge Gallery 2021 Photo Exhibition, Montgomery, Alabama (Sarah Kennel)
2021 Noir, Analog Forever Magazine, online, April 2021, (Blue Mitchell)
2020 Atlanta Celebrates Photography Special Exhibition: Picturing Justice, Atlanta Legal Aid, Atlanta, Georgia
2020 International Juried Competition, The Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California (Aline Smithson)
2020 8x10 Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California
2020 Members' 2020 Online Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California (Ann M. Jastrab and Laura Sackett)
2019 The Evolving Story, Redwood Shores Library Gallery, Redwood City, California
2018 Full Disclosure, Santa Cruz Arts League, Santa Cruz, California
2018 International Juried Competition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California (Eve Schillo)
2018 Dark Nights Exhibition, Lenscratch, online
2017 12x12, Cabrillo Art Gallery, Aptos, California
2004 Atlanta College of Art Student Exhibition, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia