Charlotte Lees

Artist Biography


Charlotte Lees transforms and translates the elements of nature to express a personal vision of her environment. Beauty matters and her goal is to create lasting images that connect man to his surroundings.
Having been born and raised in Cleveland, Ms. Lees proudly received the Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship in 1995 for her outstanding body of sculpture.
Living on wooded property, trees became the perfect material for her wall and free standing images. Many of the cherry trees were logged, planked and carefully aged before carving. Most of her wood sculptures are intricately painted, this is a result of her early training as a graduate student at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Being well travelled she has incorporated images from diverse cultures into her work. On a recent trip to Oaxaca, Mexico she became fascinated with embossed metal and has incorporated this technique into her artist vocabulary.
Art is her passion and Ms. Lees has successfully completed both public and private commissions in stainless steel, aluminum, bronze and wood. She has said that she enjoys the freedom of developing concepts without material constraints. As well as commissions Ms. Lees has had numerous m...

Chronology


Charlotte Lees

Education: Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, M.A
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, B.S. Cum Laude

Selected Exhibition and Awards
2017 Spotlight: Featured Artist at the Ohio Governor’s Residence, Columbus, Ohio
2017 Visual Arts Gallery, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, Ohio, “Women X”
2015 44th Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville, In.
2014 Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry Juror’s Choice Winner
2009 & 2011 Youngstown, Ohio, Bulter Museum of American Art Midwest Exhibition
2007 Massillon, Ohio, Massillon Museum of Art, “Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition”
2000 Portsmouth, Ohio, Southern Ohio Museum, “Sculpture by Charlotte Lees”
1999 Canton, Ohio, Canton Museum of Art, “New Works by Charlotte Lees”

Awards
2002 Josephine Beardsley Sandor Memorial Award, Catharine L. Wolfe Art Club, New York.
2002 Francis E. Willard Award, Alpha Phi International Outstanding Career Achievement Award.
1995 Individual Artist Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council.

Collections
City of Rockville, Maryland
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Athens First Bank and Trust, Athens, Ga.
Peoples Bank, Munster, I...