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Leigh Anne Lester Page 1 \| Biography
Born: Shreveport, Louisiana Lives: San Antonio, Texas

Education 1993 � University of Texas at San Antonio BFA � Painting
Solo Exhibitions 2014 "Venomous Cabbage and other demands satisfied", grayDUCK Gallery, Austin, TX 2013 "Cultivated Divergence", Artpace, San Antonio, TX 2011 "Beautiful Freaks/Nature's Bastards", Houston Art Alliance, Houston, TX 2010 "Beautiful Freaks/Nature's Bastards", Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX 2009 "Intelligent Design?", Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TX 2006 �Artificial Arrangement�, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX. �Artificial Arrangement�, Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX �Untitled�, McNay Museum, San Antonio, TX. 2005 �Family Portraits�, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, Il. �Artificial Arrangement�, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX. 2001 �ROCK�, New Works Space, MAC, Dallas, TX. 2000 �ROCK�, Project Room, San Antonio, TX.
Group Exhibitions 2014 "Outside/In", K.Imperial Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2014 "Flatland", Museo Guadalupe, San Antonio, TX Curator - by Patty Ortiz 2014 "Crossing the Line", Centro Cultural Border, Mexico City, MX Curator- Michele Monseau 2014"In with the new! Recent gifts on paper", Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2013 "The Drawing Room, Part II", Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX 2012 "Prelude: Beginning a Conversation", David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX 2012 "The State of Drawing", University of Texas, Arlington, TX 2012 "The Future is not what it used to be", Trinity University-San Antonio, TX, curated by PLAy SPACE 2011 "Wild Kingdom", Texas State University-San Marcos, TX, curated by Mary Mikel Stump 2011 "Rock, Paper, Carbon", gray duck GALLERY, Austin, TX 2011 "San Antonio, Draws", McNay Art Museum, San ANtonio, TX, Curated by Lyle Williams 2010 "Palimpsest", McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX, Curated by Liliana Bloch 2009 "Texas National", Cole Art Center, Nacodoches, TX, Juror, Mel Chin 2008 "Biennial Southwest, Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM., Curator, Dr. Stephanie Hanor 2007 �Beneath the Skin�, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA. �Naturally Inclined�, College of Mainland Gallery, Texas City, TX 2006 �Utopia�, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. �Show � Offs�, Unit B, San Antonio, TX. 2005 �Stitch in Time�, Women and their Work�, Austin, TX. , Joan Davidow, Curator 2004 �Cross Stitch: Craft Medium Redefined�, The Bank, Kansas City, Missouri �100 Drawings�, Haggarty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX. �H2O: Considering the Hydrosphere, Southwest Center for the Arts and Crafts, San Antonio, TX. �Piece Work�, Dallas Center for the Contemporary Arts, Dallas, TX. 2002 �10x3�, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX. 2001 �Here/There, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX. �Ulterior�, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX. 2000 �Fibrous�, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX. Critics Choice 2000, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX. Jurors: Carla Stellweg, Chris Cowden, Sara Kellner

Grants/Awards Hunting Prize 2011 Creative Capital Workshop, 2008, San Antonio, TX. Artist Foundation of San Antonio, 2007 Award Winner, Visual Arts

Publications Venomous Cabbage and other demands satisfied, Glasstire, Seth Orion Schwaiger, May 31, 2014 Color Pollination: Leigh Anne Lester at grayDUCK Gallery, New American Painting, Brian Fee, May 16, 2014 In with the new! Recent gifts on paper, Artes Magazine, Deborah Anne Krieger, May 1, 2014 Review: Cultivated Divergence by Leigh Anne Lester, Art Magazine SA, Haydee Munoz de la Rocha, January 2013 Artist is growing mutants in Artpace windows, San Antonio Express News, Steve Bennett, February 23, 2013 Leigh Anne Lester's "Beautiful Freaks/Nature's Bastards" showcases botanicals with a twist, Houston Press, Art Attack, October 11, 2011, Kelly Klaasmeyer Escena San Antonio: Leigh Anne Lester rocks on, Cruz Ortiz as auteur, a visit from Houston curators , Glasstire, June 17, 2011, Sarah Fisch Rock, Paper, Carbon , Austin Chronicle, June 10, 2011, Wayne Allen Brenner Interview: Leigh Anne Lester , might be good, Issue #170, May 27, 2011, The Tangible and the Ethereal, Wendy Atwell San Antonio Artist awarded 2011 Hunting Art Prize, Houston Chronicle, April 30, 2011, Douglas Britt Last Call: Mark Menjivar and Leigh Anne Lester at SSA, San Antonio Current, February 24, 2011, Scott Andrews San Antonio Artist awarded 2011 Hunting Art Prize, Houston Chronicle, April 30, 2011, Douglas Britt Last Call: Mark Menjivar and Leigh Anne Lester at SSA, San Antonio Current, February 24, 2011, Scott Andrews Exquisite art leaves you wondering, San Antonio Express-News, January 16, 2011, Elda Silva Strange Fruit and Odd Vegetables, Plaza de Armas, December 10, 2010, Sarah Fisch Leigh Anne Lester @ Institute of Texan Cultures, Artlies, Issue 63, Fall 2009, Dan Goddard �Nature in the Hands of an Artist", San Antonio Express News, Elda Silva, August 9, 2009 �Growth Spurt", San Antonio Current, Elaine Wolff, July 22- 28, 2009 "Art Advocates Extraordinaire", S.A. Woman Magazine, May 2008, Jasmina Wellinghoff �The man works wonders with, yes, paint rollers�, San Francisco Chronicle, June 16, 2007 �Stitch in Time�, Artlies, Issue 49, Winter 2006 �Artificial Arrangement�, New York Arts Magazine, www.nyartsmagazine.com, March/April 2006 Volume 11, No. 3/4 �For Artist, Sala Diaz is a house of �I will� repute�, San Antonio Express News, January 15, 2006 �Picture of Ill Health�, Chicago Tribune, January 12, 2006 �Watch for Thorns�, San Antonio Current, December 29, 2004- January 3,2006 �Stray Cats�, San Antoio Current, April 24, 2004 �H2O: Considering the Hydrosphere�, Voices of Art, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2004 �Fabric Art Illustrates the Fiber of Life�, Dallas Star Telegram, January 31, 2004 �Natural Wonders�, Dallas Morning Observer, March 22-28, 2001 �Rock�, Artlies, #29 Winter 2000-2001 �Summer Essentials�, Canvas: Visual Life in Texas, Summer 2000

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