Leslie Shows

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Leslie Shows
Born1977 (age 4647)
Manteca, California, U.S.
Alma materSan Francisco Art Institute,
California College of the Arts
Known forPainting
Website www.leslieshows.com

Leslie Shows (born 1977) is an American artist, who is recognized for expanding the boundaries of landscape painting. [1]

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Early life and education

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

Solo exhibitions

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Leslie Shows". www.sfmoma.org. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
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  4. 1 2 Glass, Liz (2011). "Art Slant: Mining, Minerals, and the Ore of the Earth". www.artslant.com.
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  6. SFMoMA http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/125668.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. http://www.sfmoma.org/exhib_events/exhibitions/252 2006 SECA Art Award
  8. "2006 Tournesol Award". Artweek. 37 (7): 3. September 2006. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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  12. "Leslie Shows - Five Grounds- Jack Hanley Gallery". www.jackhanley.com. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  13. "Leslie Shows - The New Dust - Exhibitions - Jack Hanley Gallery". www.jackhanley.com. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  14. "Leslie Shows - Carbon Freeze - Exhibitions - Jack Hanley Gallery". www.jackhanley.com. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
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