Leroy Allen

Painter 

Leroy W. Allen was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. His life was shaped by his Mississippi native parents Leroy and Ruby, as well as his upbringing in a culturally rich, twelve block community. After graduation and a military tour in Southeast Asia, Leroy was accepted into the University of Kansas, School of Design, where he graduated with honors. Mr. Allen was a Hallmark Card artist. He studied Fine Art 
at the Kansas City Art Institute.

Mr. Allen was one of the most celebrated young American artist’s
 of the late 20th and early 21st century. From the local recognition 
he received from critics, galleries, and media in his hometown of Kansas City, to national coverage and acclaim by the likes of 
U.S. Art, Upscale Magazine The New York Times, The Kansas City Star, Hampton University, New Orleans Picayune, and many, many others, his extraordinary gifts and talents have left their mark. A sampling of some of his noted works include "Papa Jim" (Private Collection), a 40"x26" charcoal rendering of his grandfather, James Wilkes, a Mississippi farmer, and a commissioned work for the Negro League Museum, "Winds of Change". His work was exhibited by many galleries nationwide, including the Stella Jones Gallery in New Orleans, Hearne Fine Art Gallery in Little Rock, and others. 


He participated in the Black Romantic Art Show at the Studio Museum Harlem, New York in 2002 and his art was singled out for comment by The New York Times critic. He was also included in the 2004 Southern Journeys exhibit put on by the Alexandria Museum. Southern Journeys was an exhibit of African American art and artist of the south or those influenced by the south.

Leroy Allen was a member of and received awards from the American Watercolor Society (AWS), National Watercolor Society (NWS), California Watercolor Association, the National Oil and Acrylic Painter Society. He won top awards in consecutive years 1996, 1997, and 1998 in the Museum of Science and Industry's "Black Creativity Exhibition" in Chicago, Illinois and those honors were some he was proudest of having received. Leroy W. Allen's art is in the private collections of hundreds of American collectors, galleries, historical societies, and corporations. 

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