Abby Leigh was born in New York, New York in 1948. She received a BA and MFA in Theater from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, United Kingdom.



Leigh’s recent solo and group exhibitions include “2021 in Vivid Color” at Leslie Feely Gallery in Wainscott, New York (2021); “Uncaged” at Montclair Art Museum in Montclair, New Jersey (2020); “Vanishing Ocular” Curated by David Salle and Nicole Wittenberg at Rental Gallery in East Hampton, New York (2019); “Sledgehammer Paintings” at Johannes Vogt Gallery in New York, New York (2018); "The Barn Show" at Johannes Vogt in East Hampton, New York (2018); "Print/Paper: American Hand Papermaking, 1960's to Today" at International Print Center in New York, New York (2018); “Abby Leigh, Pause” at Jack Barrett Gallery in New York, New York (2015); "Attention Span" at Kathleen Cullen Fine Art in New York, New York (2014);  "Abby Leigh: Works, 2011/2013" at Meridian Gallery in San Francisco, California (2014); "Uno Per Uno, Uno Per Tutti" at Spazio Pariggi in Treviso, Italy (2012); and “One Evening” at Dieu Donné Papermill in New York, New York (2012).



Work by Leigh is held in numerous public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York; Guggenheim Museum in New York, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, New York; Armand Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California; Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel; Houston Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas; Museum of Contemporary Art in Issoudun, France; Midtsønderjyllands Museum, Gram Slot in Gram, Denmark; The New York Public Library in New York, New York; The Farnsworth Museum of Art in Rockland, Maine; and the Davis Museum at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.



Abby Leigh lives and works in New York, New York.