Leah Foushee Waller
www.wallerfoushee.com
wallerfoushee@gmail.com
4508 Saint Mary’s Rd. Hillsborough, NC
919.724.6793
 
Education
2002    B.F.A., Sculpture, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
        B.F.A., Art Education, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
 
Work Experience
2016-present       Art Teacher, Central Park School for Children, Durham, NC.
2007-2016        Art Teacher, Culbreth Middle School, Chapel Hill, NC.
2009-2012        Secretary, Board of Directors, Liberty Arts Non-Profit, Durham, NC.
2003-present    Owner/Manager, WallerFoushee Studios, Hillsborough, NC.
2004-2007        Art Teacher, St. Michael School, Cary, NC.
2003-2004        Braillist, Duke School for Children, Durham, NC.
 
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 The PopUP at 118 Parrish Street.,  PS 118, Durham, NC.
2019 Fall for Art, Transfer Ballroom, Raleigh, NC.
2019 Group Show, Horse and Buggy Press and Friends, Durham, NC.
2018 Winter Show Invitational, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC.
2017 Grand Opening, Liberty Arts, Durham, NC.
2016 Industry, Art :Light and Design, Chapel Hill, NC.
2015  Good Vibes, Ben Knight and WallerFoushee Studios, Buy Local Gallery, Kinston, NC.
2015  Metal IV, Light: Art and Design, Carrboro, NC.
2013  Industrial Strength, Liberty Arts Gallery, Durham, NC.
2012  12x12, Golden Belt Room 100 Gallery, Durham, NC.
2012  The Little Art Show, Liberty Arts Gallery, Durham, NC.
2012  Down East Sculpture Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
2012  Winter Invitational, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro,   
NC.
2011  Metal, Light: Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC.
2011  Cast Iron Sculpture Show, Liberty Arts Gallery, Durham, NC.
2011  For the Birds, Light: Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC.
2011  Gardens and the Natural World, Hillsborough Arts Council, Hillsborough, 
NC.
2010  Nest, Monkey Bottom Collaborative, Durham, NC.
2010  From the Ground Up, Monkey Bottom Collaborative, Durham, NC.
2008  Spring Opening: Art+Design, SitzerSpuria Studios and Siverson Garden Design, Chapel Hill, NC.
2007  Art Not Oil, 491 Gallery, London, England; The Foundry, London, England; The Fishmarket, Northampton, England.
2006  We Cast More Than Shadows, Sawtooth Arts Center, Winston Salem, NC.
2006  Spring Opening: Celebration of Art and Design, SpitzerSpuria Studios, Pittsboro, NC.
2006  Breaking Ground, A Redefinition of the Art Show, Transom Gallery, Durham, NC.
2006  Speak Truth: Exhibition of Political Laundry, Archer Graphics, Carrboro, NC.
2005  Sight Unseen, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC.
2004  Collateral Damage: Echoes in Our Soul, Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA.
 
Solo Exhibitions
2011  Cast, Hillsborough Cup a Joe, Hillsborough, NC.
2007  Oil?, Nested, Carrboro, NC.
2003  Banned, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC.
2002  Societal Emblems: Demagogues and Defiled Doctrine, Kinston Arts Council, Kinston, NC.
 
Commissions
2017  Circle of Community, Massey Hill Roundabout Project, Fayetteville, NC.
2016  Memorial for Joe Herzenberg, Bolin Creek Trail, Chapel Hill, NC.
2016  Everette, the Bronze Elephant, Private Residence, Chapel, Hill.
2010  North Carolina Central University Centennial Crest, Centennial Campus Garden, Durham, NC.
2009  You are Here model chosen as first choice for Orange County Library Public Art Commission, Hillsborough, NC.
2009  Phat Ryan Concrete Cardinal, Durham Central Park, Durham, NC.
2008  Parrish Street Historic Marker Series, bronze elements #1-3,  Parrish Street, Durham, NC.
2008  Aluminum Eagle Sculpture, North Carolina Central University School of Law Lobby, Durham, NC.
2006 Mr. Al Pickles, Concrete Box Turtle Sculpture, Durham Central Park, Durham, NC.
2006  American Tobacco Historic District Pavers, Durham, NC.
2005  Growth, Memorial for Clyde and Catherine Fowler, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston Salem, NC.
2005  Memorial for Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing, Fayetteville St. Durham, NC.
2004  Major,  Durham city icon, Center City Plaza, Durham, NC.
2005  Memorial for Alicia Land, Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC.
2004  Lacrosse Helmet: Tribute to Coach Seivold, Durham Academy, Durham, NC.
 
 
 Michael E. Waller
wallerfoushee@gmail.com
www.wallerfoushee.com
919.452.8642
4508 Saint Mary’s Rd. Hillsborough, NC
 
Education
1997                 B.F.A., Sculpture, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
 
Work Experience
2003-present   Owner/Manager, WallerFoushee Studios, Hillsborough, NC.
2011-present   Owner, Waller Handmade LLC, Hillsborough, NC
2014               Co-Administrator, The Bull City Sculpture Show, Liberty Arts
 Non-Profit, Durham, NC.   
2014-present   Member, Board of Directors, Liberty Arts Non-Profit, Durham, NC.
2003-2014       Facility Manager, Liberty Arts Sculpture Studio and Foundry,
Durham, NC.
1999-2003       Metalsmith, Vega Metals, Inc., Durham, NC.
1998-1999       Metalsmith, Storybook Metal Shop, Chapel Hill, NC.
1997-1998       Foundryman/Moldmaker, Carolina Bronze Foundry, Seagrove, NC.
Commissions
2019 Going Home, Merritt Family Memorial, Merritt’s Pasture Chapel Hill, NC.
2018 Circle of Community, Massey Hill Memorial, Fayetteville NC.
2018 Joe Herzenberg Memorial, Bolin Creek Trail, Chapel Hill NC.
2015  Everett, Cast Bronze Elephant Fountain, Private Estate of Norma Turner, Durham, NC.
2013  Interior Bronze Newel Caps, Chatham County Courthouse, Pittsboro, NC.
2012  Washington Duke Mausoleum Restoration, Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, NC.
2011  Memorial for Anika James, Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, NC.
2010  Roanoke River Lighthouse Window Mullions Restoration, Edenton, NC.
2010  North Carolina Central University Centennial Crest, Durham, NC.
2009  You are Here model chosen as first choice for Orange County Library Public Art
Commission, Hillsborough, NC.
2009  Ryan Concrete Cardinal, Durham Central Park, Durham, NC.
2008  Parrish Street Historic Marker Series,  Parrish Street, Durham, NC.
2008  Aluminum Eagle Sculpture, North Carolina Central University School of Law Lobby, Durham, NC.
2008  Earthsplitter climb-on bench sculpture, Durham Central Park, Durham, NC.
2006 Mr. Al Pickles Concrete Box Turtle Sculpture, Durham Central Park, Durham, NC.
2006  Duke Corporate Education Logo, American Tobacco Campus, Durham, NC.
2006  American Tobacco Historic District Pavers, Durham, NC.
2005  Growth, Memorial for Clyde and Catherine Fowler, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston Salem, NC.
2005  Memorial for Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing, Fayetteville St. Durham, NC.
2004  Major, bronze Durham city bull icon, Center City Plaza, Durham, NC.
2004  Memorial for Marie Austin, Kings Daughters Home, Durham, NC.
 
Solo Exhibitions
2004  Recent Works, Nested, Carrboro, NC.
2002  Recent Works, Kinston Arts Council, Kinston, NC.
2001 Spaces, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC.
2000  Linear Lines and Round Circles, Permanent Grin, Raleigh, NC.
 
Recent Group Exhibitions
2020 The POPup at Parrish Street, PS118 Durham,NC
2019 Fall for Art: An Intimate Show Case with Ben Knight, Leah Foushee Waller and William Thomas, Transfer Food Hall Ballroom Raleigh, NC
2018 Winter Show
Invitational, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC.
2017 Grand Opening, Liberty Arts, Durham, NC.
2015-present, Annual Sculpture in the Garden, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Hillsborough, NC
2016 Industry, Art :Light and Design, Chapel Hill, NC.
2016  Willow Walk, Biannual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Purchase Award, Alamance County Arts Council, Graham, NC.
2015 Metal 3, Light: Art and Design, Carrboro, NC.
2015 North Carolina Botanical Gardens Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Chapel Hill,    NC.
2015 Good Vibes, Ben Knight and WallerFoushee Studios, Buy Local Gallery, Kinston, NC.
2015 Art in the Garden Sculpture Invitational, Garden Art Gallery, Hillsborough, NC.
2015  Metal IV, Light: Art and Design, Carrboro, NC.
2015  Winter Invitational, Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC.
2014  Willow Walk, Biannual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Purchase Award, Alamance County Arts Council, Graham, NC.
2013  Hillsborough Sculpture Tour 2013, People’s Choice Award, Hillsborough, NC.
2013  Hillsborough Sculpture Tour 2013 Special Exhibit, Hillsborough Arts Council, Hillsborough, NC.
2013  North Carolina Botanical Gardens Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Chapel Hill, NC.
2013  Metal, Light: Art and Design, Carrboro, NC.
2013  Industrial Strength, Liberty Arts Gallery, Durham, NC.
2012  12x12, Golden Belt Room 100 Gallery, Durham, NC.
2012  Illume, Light: Art and Design, Carrboro, NC.
2012  DownEast Sculpture Exhibition, Greenville, NC.
2011  Winter Invitational, Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC.
2011  North Carolina Botanical Gardens Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Best in Show, Chapel Hill, NC.
2011  Cast Iron Sculpture Show, Liberty Arts Gallery, Durham, NC.
2010    Willow Walk, Biannual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Purchase Award, Alamance County Arts Council, Graham, NC.

Workshop Instruction
2009  Welding Basics, The Tech Shop, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, NC. Sculpting  with the Power Hammer, Personal Studio, Durham, NC.
2008-2012  Introduction to Bronze Casting, Urethane Moldmaking, & Metal Finishing,  Liberty Arts Casting Facility
2006   Plastic Casting, SeeSaw Studios, Durham, NC.
2006   Life Casting, SeeSaw Studios, Durham, NC.