Lee Zasloff

I was born in NJ and lived there until graduating from high school. After that I was fortunate enough to be awarded a full art scholarship to the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York. I attended from September 1967 - January 1968 after which I followed my family to Los Angeles and ultimately San Diego. For me, painting is always about color, visual communication and exploring the magical aspects of the digital world overlaid with my ongoing respect and appreciation for the great artists and colorists Matisse, Cezanne, Derain, Gauguin, Monet, Manet, Munch, Klimt, Van Gogh and Japanese artist Hokusai. Having worked as a graphic designer before becoming a full time artist, I intuitively include intricacies of type and fonts, color, shape and compositional relationships, textural surfaces, pattern, exploration, more exploration, surprise. I paint using acrylic on canvas and watercolor on Arches paper. The conventional and the digital reinforce and inspire each other as I include or work back and forth using the the joy of painting and the digital strengths of Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter and, most recently, dipping my toes” into artificial intelligence (AI) with Chat GPT. These days I nat...

California State University, Long Beach, CA. Masters in Fine Art, Specialization Drawing and Painting, December 1980.

California State University, Long Beach, CA. Bachelors in Art Education, cum laude, June 1975.

Cooper Union, New York, New York. Full Art Scholarship. January 1968.

"2023 The Crow Show." 10th Annual Exhibition. Juror Patric Stillman, Gallerist,The Studio Door Gallery. Mar 1 - 30,2024.

Art Show International Gallery. 8th Abstract Online. “ Finalist Award.”February 2023.

“Second Act.” Front Porch Gallery, 2903 Carlsbad Boulevard, Carlsbad, CA. January 23 - March 5, 2022.

"Creative License Through Oceanside Museum Of Art. Juried. April 27, 2019 - July 7, 2019. Sparks Gallery, San Diego.

"2019 The Crow Show. " Exhibition dates: March 2 - March 30, 2019. Juried. The Studio Door Gallery, 3867 Fourth Avenue, San Diego.

"50 To Watch." Exhibition dates: March 2 - March 25, 2018. Studio Door Gallery, San Diego. Juror: Maria Mingalone, Executive Director of Oceanside Museum of Art.

EXHIBIT PUTS SAN DIEGO ARTISTS IN NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
50 visual artists selected to showcase San Diego’s diverse creative talent

Fifty of San Diego's emerging and professional visual artists will be featured in the biennial 50 TO WATCH, a unique program offering regional and national exposure to local artists. The 2018 edition includes a two-part local exhibition that will run throughout March at The Studio Door in North Park and Escondido Arts Partnership. Additionally, a catalog of artwork by participating artists i...