Art Exhibitions & Awards
Awards
2024, Acadia University, Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa
2023 - NS Cobequid Arts Council's Lifetime Acheivement Awards, Truro NS
2015 - Bruce William Memorial Silver Fox Wildlife Art National Competition Winner
2014 - CAA Public Communications Award
Leonard has been recognized for his illustrations of PISIM finds her Miskanow
2010 - 2010 Winter Olympics Chosen Book of Nova Scotia
2009 - Canadian Literary Award Nominee
2003 - Submitted Design for Royal Canadian Mint
1999 - NS Art Council and Culture Heritage Art Travel Grant
1998 - Nova Scotia Art Council Grant
1997 - Canada Art Council Travel Grant
1997 - Nova Scotia Arts Council Travel Grants Federal Ducks Unlimited 1 Year Promotion
1996 - Canadian Arts Council Grants B - $17,000.00
1993 - Governor General’s Medal – For Excellence in Art
1990 - Mines and Resources Grant - $14,000.00
Governor General Medal, Canada
In 1983, Leonard Paul was recognized for his painting of environmental landscapes and became the recipient of the prestigious Canada’s Governor General Medal
Nomination for Lillian Shepherd Award for Illustrators
Leonard has been nominated for this award for his illustration of PISM finds her Miskanow. Read more
National Wildlife Art Competition
In 1998 Leonard submitted a sampling of his art to the national wildlife art competition sponsored by Federal Ducks Unlimited. Paul’s watercolour, Too Close For Comfort, was declared national art winner. His whimsical depiction of a pheasant fleeing out the other end of a rusty barrel as the fox was approaching too close became a year-long promotional showcase piece by Ducks Unlimited.
Too Close For Comfort, Leonard Paul, National Wildlife Art Competition Winner
Films
1998 – ’99 - Arts Spots – CBC Production
1991 - Kwa’nute – National Film Board Production
Art Board/Committee Representative
2008 - Alberta Visual Arts Council Juror Committee
2008 - Board of Directors of Alberta QuickDraw Animation
2006 - Vice-Chairman of Alberta Society of Artists (S)
2002 - ’03 - Nova Scotia Arts & Culture Advisory Committee
1999 - Canadian Council for the Arts Juried Committee
1980 – ’91 - Society of Canadian Artists of Native Ancestry
Art Exhibitions
2022 - Solo Art Exhibition, Hosted Chester Arts Centre, Chester NS
2022 - Stories and Mi'kmaq Legends, NS Camerata Choir Hosted, Halifax NS
2019 - National Parks Canada Mural Launching
2016 - Best Of Two Worlds, (Solo) Art Gallery Nova Scotia, Halifax
2015 - Leonard Paul, (Solo) Marigold Centre, Truro, Nova Scotia
2014 - Mi’kmaq Legends, (Solo) Mi’kmaq Cultural Art Gallery Nova Scotia, Millbrook
2014 - Return to Home (solo) Marigold Art Gallery, Truro, Nova Scotia
2013 - Pisim, (Solo) Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg Manitoba
2005 - Mi’kmaq Legends, (Solo) Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery, Halifax
2004 - Paintings of Nova Scotia, Art Gallery Nova Scotia, Halifax
2001 - FoxTrail Art Exhibition, (SOLO) Fox Trail Art gallery
2000 - FoxTrail Art Exhibition, (SOLO) Fox Trail Art Gallery
1999 - FoxTrail Art Exhibition, (Solo) Fox Trail Art Gallery, Hantsport NS
1999 - Art Gallery Nova Scotia’s Permanent Art Collection, Halifax
1996 - Buckhorn Wildlife Art Exhibition, Peterborough ON
1995 - Spirit Winds Art Show, (SOLO) Wolfville
1993 - ‘Tendence ’93, Frankfurt, Germany
1993 - Pe’la’tukwey: Let Me…Tell a Story, Art Gallery Nova Scotia, Halifax
1992 - Land, Spirit, Power, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
1992 - Atlantic Waterways Exhibition, (Solo) Mi’kmaq Heritage Art Gallery, Halifax
1991 - Still Moments: Leonard Paul, (Solo) Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolville
1989 - ’90 - In the Shadow of the Sun, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
1989 - Leonard Paul Exhibition, Stepping Stones, Montreal, Quebec
1988 - Leonard Paul Exhibition, (Solo) Manuge Art Gallery
1987 - Third Biennial Native American Fine Arts Invitational The Heard Museum, Phoenix AZ
1986 - Ascending Culture, Department of Indian Affairs National Art Collection, Ottawa
1985 - Atlantic Region Indian Art Juried Exhibition, Manuge Art Gallery
1985 - Leonard Paul Exhibition, (Solo) Manuge Art Gallery, Halifax
1983 - Carriage House Art Gallery, Wolfville, NS
1983 - ’84 - Contemporary Indian and Inuit Art of Canada, United Nations Headquarters, New York
1983 - Maritime Indian Art Gallery, Doomsday Art Gallery, Halifax
1983 - Nova Scotia Art Bank Exhibition, Halifax
1982 - New Work by a New Generation, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1982 - Regional Realism, Art Gallery Mount Saint Vincent
1981 - Art Amerindian ’81: Juried Exhibition of Native Art, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON
1980 - Zwicker’s Gallery Group Show, Moncton, NB
1979 - Landmark Gallery Group Exhibition, Fredericton, New Brunswick
1979 - Survival, Atlantic Style, Art Gallery Mount Saint Vincent
1978 - ’79 - Portrait of a People, (Solo) Art Gallery Mount Saint Vincent
1976 - Graphics Atlantic, Art gallery Mount Saint Vincent, Halifax Nova Scotia