Leslie Tucker

In veiled and covert ways my photo art explores what we buy, what we buy into, and how we are led by a culture of artful sellers. My projects examine the collision of the American Dream with our humanity—to better understand who we are, who we've been, and who we are becoming.

My photo art technique is a continuation of the tradition that began with collage. Where once artists gathered all their materials from disparate sources and were limited by availability and physicality, 21st century technology and the world wide web have lifted these restraints. I interweave hundreds if not thousands of sourced elements into into my work to assemble worlds from a labyrinth of parts. My practice is like adhesive-free collage making on anabolic steroids.

My artistic goal is to lure my audience with intricate appeal and then upon closer inspection, to assault with disquieting content. My work is an inquiry into how we might come to terms with the frictions of our discomforts and disillusionment as a way to understanding, and perhaps transcending, our hypocrisies and our blindness within the contemporary world.

Illumination is the fundamental motif for a long-term project that I began in 2014. I have completed three bodies of work und...

BFA - Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY

Post-Graduate Studies - Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

Continuing Education Studies - School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

UPCOMING
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DAVIS GALLERY
Solo Show & Gallery Talk
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
"the future i fear is coming"
November 10 - December 10, 2022
Geneva, NY
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i.d.e.a. MUSEUM
"Robo Art" Group Exhibition
curated by Jeffory Morris
July 1, 2021 - January 2, 2022
Mesa, AZ

MARTIN ART GALLERY
Solo Show
Devotionals
January 15 - March 24, 2019
Public Reception: February 27, 5:00-6:30pm
Artist Talk: March 13, 5:00pm
Baker Center for the Arts
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA

ARTEXPO NEW YORK 2019 [SOLO]
April 4 - April 7, 2019
Booth 1003
Pier 90
New York, NY

THE OTHER ART FAIR
May 2 - May 5, 2019
Brooklyn Expo Center
72 Noble Street
Brooklyn, NY

MANNY CANTOR CENTER
Ernest Rubenstein Gallery
On The Consequences Of Hate Speech
Curated by Rachel Kanter
December 5, 2018 - January 18, 2019
197 East Broadway
New York, NY

AFFORDABLE ART FAIR NY
September 27 - September 30, 2018
Julio Valdez Project Space
Booth 1.54
The Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street
New York, NY

BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS 2018
September 28, 29 & 30
119 Ingraham Street
Studio 208
Brooklyn...