Leslie Shows
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California College of the Arts
Leslie Shows | |
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| Born | 1977 (age 47–48) Manteca, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | San Francisco Art Institute, California College of the Arts |
| Known for | Painting |
| Website | www |
Leslie Shows (born 1977) is an American artist, who is recognized for expanding the boundaries of landscape painting.[1]
Leslie Shows was born in 1977 in Manteca, California.[2] Her childhood in Juneau, Alaska had an intense impact on the work she would create as an adult.[2] She received her B.F.A. degree in 1999 from the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), and earned her M.F.A. degree from the California College of the Arts (CCA) in 2006.[3]
Work
Shows' earlier works were mixed-media collages depicting abstracted landscapes.[4] Her more recent paintings, while retaining the use of mixed media, have become more abstracted and focus on mineral textures and geologic features.[4][5] Her work is included in the collection at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[6]
Awards and residencies
- 2012 International Studio and Curatorial Program, Artadia New York Residency
- 2011 Bemis Center for the Arts
- 2010 Millay Colony for the Arts
- 2009 Artadia Award
- 2008 Eureka Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation
- 2007 Printmaking Fellowship, Kala Art Institute
- 2006 SECA Art Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[7]
- 2006 Tournesol Award, Headlands Center for the Arts[8]
