Artist Ilysa Leder works primarily in Marin County, California, and the Catskills, New York. Her ethereal landscapes explore themes of impermanence, imperfection, time, and our connections to nature and each other.

Born and raised in New York, Ilysa Leder’s artistic education began at the Met and Guggenheim, where she explored endlessly under the tutelage of her grandmother.

She began painting in high school, attending the Huntington School of Fine Art. After completing a BFA at SUNY Buffalo, the artist studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, before moving to Miami for an advertising gig, and a role as a computer artist and designer, at the then pinnacle of the field, Crispin Porter and Bogusky. 

A lifetime of summers spent in the Catskills taught Leder the value and appreciation of the natural world and boredom as a path to creativity. 

Leder carried those lessons to London, Miami, and Colorado, ultimately making her home on a mountaintop in Northern California in the shadow of Mt. Tam.