Leslie Shows
b. 1977
Lives and works in San Francisco


Education
 
1999BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA
2006MFA, California College of Arts, Oakland, CA

Solo Exhibitions
 
2010Five Grounds, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
 
2008The New Dust, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
 
2006Carbon Freeze, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles
 
2005International Parks, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
 
2002ODC Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions
 
2010Final San Francisco Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
 
2009Wallworks, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
A Mind Meld is a Terrible Thing to Waste, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
re:configure, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Frenz, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Wallworks, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
 
2008Bay Area Now 5, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Menagerie: Animals and Nature, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
Tournesol Award 5th Anniversary Show , Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Painting's Edge, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
2008 Fellowship Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Vital Signs, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
 
2007Group Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
There's No Place Like Here, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Sonoma, CA
Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
The Innocent Gaze, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
Natural World Museum, Environmental Renaissance, San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, CA
2006 SECA Art Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The Albedo Show, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Street Scene, Murray Guy, New York, NY
 
20062006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Bold Moves, Scenic/House of Campari, Venice, CA
 
2005Art Nova, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami FL
Murphy/Cadogan Awards Show, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, SF, CA
Eco: Art About the Environment, San Francisco State University Fine Art Gallery
The Landscape Show, Adobe Books, SF, CA
Group Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles
 
2004Emerge: Genart's Annual Juried Exhibition, GenArt, SF, CA
Blue in Green, Heron's Head Park/Build Gallery, SF, CA

Bibliography
 
2009Kenneth Baker, "Wallworks serves YBCA by keeping it empty", The Chronicle
Jesse Hamlin, "8 Artists in Wallworks show at Yerba Buena", The Chronicle
San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art, "75 Years of Looking Forward",
 
2008Shows, Leslie, Black Icebergs, Hassla Books
Riger, Cassie, Residency Projects Part 4 at Kala Art Institute, Artweek, December/January
Golonu, Berin & Kate Eilertson, Bay Area Now 5 Exhibition Catalog, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Craig, Blanche, Collage: Assembling Contemporary Art, Black Dog Publishing
Baker, Kenneth, Bay Area's best new art, now, San Francisco Chronicle, July 23
Leslie Shows, Corduroy Magazine, November
Readings, Harper's, January
Leslie Shows, New Yorker, May 19th
 
2007Harmanci, Reyman, Career Launchpad: SECA Award Show, San Francisco Chronicle
Jacobs, Joseph, Emerging Artists, Art & Antiques
Baker, Kenneth, SECA Award Winners, San Francisco Chronicle
Keats, Jonathan, What's an artist to do now?, San Francisco Magazine, February
Shows, Leslie, Heap of Elements, Headlands Center for the Arts
Natural World Museum, Art In Action: Nature, Creativity and our Collective Future, Earth Aware Editions
Jenkins, Steven, 2006 SECA Art Award, Artweek, May
Helfand, Glen, No Hidin SECA, San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 11
Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA, California College of the Arts
Bishop, Janet & Tara McDowell, 2006 SECA Award Exhibition Catalog, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
 
2006Pincus, Robert L., California Freshness, San Diego Union Tribune
Brooks, Amra, Must- See Art, LA Weekly
Armstrong, Elizabeth, California Above All, Art Review, May
Armstrong, Elizabeth, Rita Gonzales & Karen Moss, 2006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art
 
2005Bing, Alison, Review: Murphy & Cadogan Fellowships, SF Gate
Mizota, Sharon, Review: International Parks, SF Weekly
Helfand, Glen, Postcards from the Edge, San Francisco Bay Guardian
Hromack, Sarah, Review: International Parks, SF Station
Helfand, Glen, Leslie Shows, Artforum.com, June
Van Proyen, Mark, Eco: Art About the Environment, Artweek, November