Leslie Greene

Born in the USA and a graduate of the prestigious New York School of Visual Arts, Leslie Greene began her career as an assistant to Julian Schnabel and then Dan Christensen. Since 1983, she has exhibited regularly in Europe and the USA, in institutions and galleries including LaMaMa Galleria in New York and Freed Gallery in Oregon. In Paris, she has exhibited at Galerie Octobre, Fondation Mona Bismarck, Galerie du Genie, and for several years at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles. Leslie Greene has illustrated texts by Sandra Cisneros. Her work has received rave reviews, including Glenn O'Brien in Artforum. She has taken part in numerous residencies in France, Iceland and Turkey. Her studio is currently located in Marsanne, Drôme provençale.

Leslie Greene - A world of paint
"Looking at Leslie Greene's paintings, one discovers a new landscape. The physical world of distance, proximity, movement and weight is the surface narrative of the material that created it. The artist explores other possibilities. They tell a story in meshes, voids, veils and densities. Something happens with these forms that are not quite apparent. An illusion of perspective is involved, insofar as the watercolor is sharp here, blurred there. The shapes appear ...

Education :
1974- Santa Fe Contemporary arts workshop
1976-79 - NYC, NY School of Visual Arts, BFA
1979-80 - NYC, NY Art assistant to Julien Schnabel and Dan Christensen

Curriculum Vitae : LESLIE GREENE

EXPOSITIONS PERSONELLE:


2013 - Chicago, The Bike Room, Milk and Water

2011 - Paris, Galerie Octobre

2009 - 2013

Ivry-Sur-Seine, Galerie StylePixies

2008 - Paris, Galerie Combes, 'Process of Time' avec Susan Botttrell

2004 - Paris, Galerie Octobre, Un Jardin Extraordinaire

1998 - La Courneuve, Centre Cultural Jean Houdremont, Les Yeux Fermés

1996 - Paris, Collàges et Peintures, L’atelier Pham Tam

1990 - NYC, 10 on 8, A Public Installation

1987 - NYC, La Galleria Gallery

1984 - NYC, La Galleria Gallery

1983 - Forcalquier France, Galerie Lucien Henri

EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVE:


2013 - Paris, Galerie Octobre, 'Crossroads'

2013 - Pouilly Fumé, FIAAC en Pouilly Fumé

2012 - Paris, A Moveable Feast

2012 - Ivry-sur-Seine, Gallery La fabrique, Périférique

2009 - 2013 - Paris, Salon Réalités Nouvelles

Ivry-sur-Seine, La Fabrique, Portes Ouvertes

Paris, Atelier LeGallou, Portes ouvertes

2007 - Paris, Galerie Octobre

2006 - Paris, Foundation Mona Bismarck, Bi-Cultural Palette

2004 - Paris, Foundation Mona Bismarck

1997 - Paris, Scenographie pour Les Désertuses

choreography Isabelle Mar...