biography / bibliography
LESLIE WAYNE
Born in 1953, Germany
Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
1984
BFA (Honors) Sculpture, Parsons School of Design
1971–1973
University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies, Painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Leslie Wayne: 2005–2010, Halsey Institute for Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, South Carolina, January 21–March 12, 2011. Traveled to: Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Virginia, April 1–June 4, 2011; Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Connecticut, August 30–October 9, 2011. Curated by Mark Sloan. (Catalogue)
2010
One Big Love, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, May 27–July 16, 2010. (Catalogue)
2008
No Going Back, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
2007
Trouble in Paradise, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Analogues of Reality: Sight and Fantasy, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
2002
Two Years in the World, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Breaking and Entering, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
2000
Re-Entering, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue)
Under my Skin, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
Galerie Doris Wullkopf, Darmstadt, Germany
1998
Breaking and Entering, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Folding Time, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1999
Insides Out, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerif, Spain
Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
1994
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
1993
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
1992
55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
1990
55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
1979
Jerusalem Theater Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2004
The Object of Time: Charting a Decade, Don Porcaro and Leslie Wayne, University Art Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Travelling to: Crossley Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL (Catalogue)
2002
Leslie Wayne: Love in the Afternoon and Don Porcaro: Oracle, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz (Catalogue)
1997
Don Porcaro, works on paper; Leslie Wayne, paintings, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2012
USA—ABSTR-ACTION, Galeria Contra, Slovenia, February 14–April 1, 2012.
2011–2012
Textility, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, December 13, 2011–April 1, 2012. Curated by Mary Birmingham.
Karmic Abstraction, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, November 1, 2011–January 15, 2012. (Catalogue; text by John Yau)
2011
Rain Dance, Triangle Presents, Brooklyn, September 17–25, 2011.
Toward the Third Dimension, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, August 2–September 5, 2011. Curated by Barbara Berger.
70 Years of Abstract Painting, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, April 6–May 26, 2011.
<Object><Image>, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, New York, March10–April 16, 2011.
2010–2011
Broadband 10 + 11, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, December 10, 2010–January 29, 2011.
2010
Precious, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
2009
This...is your…This...is my..., UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
New Abstraction, Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Better Half, The Educational Alliance, New York, NY
2008
Material Color, curated by Mary Birmingham, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
Art in Richard Meier on Prospect Park. Richard Meier on Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
The Idea of Nature, 33 Bond Gallery, New York, NY
Revision, Reiteration, Recombination: Process and the Contemporary Print, University of Central Florida,
Orlando and College of Visual Arts, St Paul, curated by Leslie Wayne
Couples, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
2007
Making and Finding, curated by Katy Siegel. The Foundation To-Life, Inc. New York, NY
2006
-poiesis, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, June 29–July 28, 2006.
Selections from the Permanent Collection since 1950’s, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Peace Tower/Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Pull, Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, GA
2005
Surface, Byron Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
The Muster, curated by Allison Smith, presented by The Public Art Fund, Governor’s Island, NY
Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
2004
A Charge to Keep, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
A Coat of…, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue)
Tenth Anniversary, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
2003
A Legacy of Diversity: New Prints 2003, International Print Center, New York, NY
New York Abstract, Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Collectors Vision, II, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
Overview: Highlights from the Collection of the Fondation Cartier, Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden
2002
Untitled, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Beyond the Pale, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
2001
I Love NY, benefit exhibition, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Selections from the Permanent Collection, curated by Bonnie Clearwater, Museum of Contemporary Art,
North Miami
In Cold Blood, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
2000
LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
The Blue Space, London, UK
Absolut Bottled Secret, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1999
Galore: The Continuous Painting Wall, curated by David Moos, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Pushing Paint, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Dimension, curated by Cathy Byrd, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
Beyond Bounds-Beyond Borders! Johnson County Community College, Kansas City, MO
Zwischen Raum #2 – Arbeiten au papier, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
InSite: Constructing the JCCC Collection, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
1998
Painting Language, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
From Here to Eternity: Painting in the 90s, curated by Ruth Kaufmann, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY
The Corcoran Collects: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Small, Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Theories of the Decorative: Abstraction and Ornament in Contemporary Painting, curated by David Moos,
Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland and Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita
State University, Wichita, KS (Catalogue)
Absolut Secret 1997, Royal College of Art, London, UK
A Game of Chance, curated by Hollis Sigler, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Resonance of Paint, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
Applied Surfaces, Personal Rituals, Freddie Fong Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
New Abstraction, Margulies Taplin Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Paper View, Cohen-Berkowitz Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
1996
The Uneasy Surface: Points of Turbulence in Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of
Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Essence: Twenty Abstract Painters, Radix Gallery, New York, NY
In This Time and Place, College Art Gallery, SUNY New Paltz, NY
Formal Abstraction/New York, curated by Robert Kingston, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Black - Grey -White, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1995
44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting: Painting Outside Painting, curated by Terrie
Sultan,The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (Catalogue)
Art At The Edge: Tampering - Artists and Abstraction Today, curated by Susan Krane, The High Museum,
Atlanta, GA
Transatlantica: The America-Europa Non-Representiva, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
Human/Nature, The New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Paper Works, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Mit Sicherem Griff, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer GMBH, Dusseldorf, Germany
Paper View, Byron Cohen and Lennie Berkowitz Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Art Without Borders, Ecole du Versant, Larouche, Quebec, Canada
A Grand Affair, Art Initiatives, New York, NY
Untitled Painting, Gallery 148/Art Initiatives, New York, NY
Domestic Policies, curated by Nina Felshin, College Art Gallery, State University of New York at New
Paltz, NY
1994
Painting, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Reveillon `94, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Review Preview, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Visions of 6, curated by Deven Golden, Gallery A, Chicago, IL
The Pleasures of Paint, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Matter Matters: Navigating the Terrain of Contemporary Painting, curated by Ellen K. Levy, Procter Gallery,
Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY
Neun Ausstellungen und Sechs Editionen, Sommer 1992 bis Sommer 1994, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer,
Dusseldorf, Germany
1993
Review/Preview, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Irony and Ecstasy, curated by Klaus Ottman, Salamaë Caro Gallery, London, UK (Catalogue)
Summer Group Exhibition, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
Thick & Thin, curated by Karen Shaw, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Inaugural, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Introductions, Bill Bace Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Art From New York, Higashi Hiroshima Museum, Hiroshima, Japan (Catalogue)
Beau Dommage, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Silent Echoes, curated by Christian Haub, Tennisport Arts, Long Island City, NY
1993
East Coast - West Coast: Five Abstract Painters, Nancy Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC
1992
OIA Benefit Show, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
Margulies Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Kinder! Macht Neues! Galerie Rolf Ricke, Koln, Germany (Catalogue)
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
Robert Morrison Gallery, New York, NY
Large Drawing, curated by Leslie Wayne, 450 Broadway, New York, NY
Painters, curated by Leslie Wayne, Trenkmann Gallery, New York, NY
The 1.5 Show, curated by Russet Lederman and Yvonne Muranushi, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY
Four Person Alumni Show, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1991
Artwork/Artworkers, AC Project Room, New York, NY
Salon 91, Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY
1990
Interart de St. Amand Gallery, New York, NY
1986
Albright-Knox Member’s Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Reconstruction: Six Young New York Sculptors, curated by Robert Kirschbaum, Carlson Gallery, University
of Bridgeport, CT
Four From 549, Interart de St. Amand Gallery, New York, NY
50 West Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Fifth Holiday Invitational Exhibit, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
50 West Gallery, New York, NY
Women's Invitational Project Number One, curated by Dorothy Gillespie, Spartanburg Day School, travelling
to Wofford College and Converse College, Spartanburg, NC (Catalogue)
Art Workers' Art, curated by Robin Sherin and Leslie Wayne, New York Institute of Technology, NYC
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1984
A Little Erotica, Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester, NY
1974
Women In America, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (Catalogue)
Talisman Prints, Laguna Beach, CA
GRANTS & AWARDS
2006
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting
2004
Buhl Foundation Award for abstract photography
1994
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Artists Grant
1993
Hillwood Art Museum/New York State Council on the Arts, Projects Residency Grant
1992
Yaddo, Artist¹s Residency Fellowship
1990
Artist¹s Space, Exhibition Grant
1985
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Artist¹s Grant
Artist¹s Space, Exhibition Grant
Change, Inc., Artist¹s Grant
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
British Airways
The Capitol Group, Los Angeles, CA
Colleczion Thyssen Bornemisza (promised), Madrid, Spain
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Foundation Cartier pour d’art Contemporain, Paris, France
The Foundation To-Life, Inc., Mount Kisco, NY
Harvard University Business School, Cambridge, MA
Herman Miller, Inc., New York, NY
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
King and Spalding, New York, NY
La Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
The Miami Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
The Progressive Corporation, Cleveland OH
Saks Fifth Avenue, Tampa, FL and Palm Beach, CA
Scott Memorial Study Collection, Bryn Mawr College, PA
Sprint, Overland Park, KS
Thomas Group, Philadelphia, PA
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL