Leslie Wayne (American, born )

Timeline

1953
American born in Germany
1971–1973
University of California Santa Barbara, CA, College of Creative Studies, Painting
1984
BFA (Honors) Sculpture, Parsons School of Design, New York
1993
Projects Residency Grant: New York State Council on the Arts, Hillwood Art Museum
1994
Artist's Grant: Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation
Lives and works in New York, New York

Exhibitions

2015–2016
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2015-2016:
Exposition D’Automne. Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez, Château Labottière, Bordeaux, France
2015
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Leslie Wayne: Planks, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (solo)
Common Thread, Mixed Greens, New York
Summer Group Exhibition, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
Improvised Showboat, Studio Gary Stephan, New York City
Diphthong, curated by Stephen Maine and Gelah Penn, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York
The Excessive Initiative, LA Artcore/Brewery Annex Gallery, Los Angeles, California
bound/unbound: unique and small edition artists’ books, dm contemporary, New York City
In Conversation, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, BMCC, NYC. Curated by Stephanie Buhmann
2014–2015
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2014-2015:
About Like So: The Influence of Painting, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, Connecticut
2014
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Rags, Jack Shainman Gallery, 524 West 24th Street, New York (solo)
Ragtime, Trios Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, April 21–July 29, 2014. Traveling to: Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, August 8–November 2, 2014 (solo)
Mind the Gap, Abroms-Engel Institute of Visual Arts, University of Alabama, Birmingham (solo)
Pouring it On, Herter Gallery of Art, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Eccentric Abstraction, Frosch and Portmann Gallery, New York
Starting Here: A Selection of Distinguished Artists fom UCSB, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
NYC Makers, The MAD Biennial, Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York
Source Material, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York
Mise En Scène, The School, Kinderhook, NY
Vivid Memories, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
2013
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2013:
I am Nature: Paintings by Leslie Wayne, Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, Florida (solo)
Leslie Wayne, J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida (solo)
Compilation, Jack Shainman Gallery
Physical Property, Brian Morris Gallery, New York
PAINT(erly), Bank Gallery, Shanghai, China
Shape Shifters, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, Indiana
Summer Interval 2013: Out of the Larder, Gallery Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Summer Stock, Quintenz & Co. Fine Art, Aspen Colorado
Sumter Collects, II, Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter, South Carolina
Works on Paper, Galerija Contra, Koper, Slovenia
2012–2013
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2012-2013:
Surface as Signifier, Marlin Gallery, Camden County College, Blackwood, Pennsylvania, October 10– November 1, 2012. Traveled to: Crane Gallery, Philadelphia, February 14–March 22, 2013. Curated by Peg Curtin and Bruce Garrity
2012
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2012:
Leslie Wayne and Neil Anderson: New Work, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia (solo)
Textility, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, Curated by Mary Birmingham and Joanne Mattera
American Abstr-ACTION, Galerija Contra, Slovenia
A Loose Harness for Time, Greenwood Street Projects, Abbotsford, Australia
Line//Print, Bridgette Mayer Gallery
2011–2012
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2011-2012:
Karmic Abstraction, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia
2011
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2011:
Leslie Wayne: 2005–2010, Halsey Institute for Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, South Carolina, January 21–March 12, 2011. Traveled to: Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Virginia, April 1–June 4, 2011; Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Connecticut, August 30–October 9, 2011. Curated by Mark Sloan (solo)
70 Years of Abstract Painting, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York
Toward the Third Dimension, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, Curated by Barbara Berger
Rain Dance, Triangle Presents, Brooklyn
2010
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2010:
Precious, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
One Big Love, Jack Shainman Gallery, NY (solo)
Halsey Institute for Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC (solo)
2009
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2009:
This...is your..., This...is my..., UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
New Abstraction Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Better Half The Educational Alliance, New York, NY
2008
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2008:
Material Color curated by Mary Birmingham, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
Art in Richard Meier on Prospect Park. Richard Meier on Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
No Going Back Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA (solo)
The Idea of Nature 33 Bond Gallery, New York, NY
Revision, Reiteration, Recombination: Process and the Contemporary Print, University of Central Florida, Orlando and College of Visual Art, St Paul, curated by Leslie Wayne
Couples, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
2007
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2007:
Making and Finding, curated by Katy Siegel. The Foundation To-Life, Inc. New York, NY
Trouble in Paradise, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2006
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2006:
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City (solo)
Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, GA. Leslie Wayne and Don Porcaro
2005
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2005:
Byron Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO. Surface
Governor’s Island, New York. The Muster
2004
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2004:
University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Crossley Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, “The Object of Time; Charting a Decade” (solo)
Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY. A Coat Of…
2003
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2003:
Analogues of Reality: Sight and Fantasy, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA (solo)
2002
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2002:
Don Porcaro and Leslie Wayne, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY (catalogue) (solo)
Beyond Pale: Material Possibilities, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Two Years in the World, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2001
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2001:
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
In Cold Blood: Art in the Age of Violence, Samue Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
Breaking & Entering, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
2000
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 2000:
Under My Skin, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA (solo)
Re-entering, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The Blue Space, London, England
Absolut Bottled Secret, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1999
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 1999:
Galerie Doris Wullkopf, Darmstadt, Germany (solo)
Insides Out, Haines Gallery San Francisco, CA (solo)
In Site: Constructing the JCCC Collection, Johnson County Community College, Kansas City, MO
Pushing Paint, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Dimension, curated by Cathy Byrd, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
Galore: The Continuous Painting Wall, curated by David Moos, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Beyond Bounds -- Beyond Borders!, Johnson County Community College, Kansas City, MO
Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art, London, England
Zwischern Raum #2, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
1998
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 1998:
Folding Time, LA Louver, Venice, CA (solo)
Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO (solo)
Breaking and Entering, Jack Shainman Gallery New York City (solo)
Painting Language, L.A. Louver Venice, CA
From Here to Eternity: Painting in the 90s, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY
The Corcoran Collects: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1997
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 1997:
Theories of the Decorative. Abstraction and Ornament in Contemporary Painting, Ulrich Museum of Art Wichita State University, Wichita (travelling ex.)
Byron C. Cohen Gallery, Baltimore, Kansas City & Montana
1996
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 1996:
Paintings and Works on Paper, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer Düsseldorf
Black, Grey & White, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer Düsseldorf
1995
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 1995:
44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting: Painting Outside Painting, The Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.
Art at the Edge: Tampering - Artists and Abstraction Today, The High Museum Atlanta, Georgia
1994
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 1994:
Recent Paintings, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer Düsseldorf (solo)
Matter Matters: Navigating the Terrain of Contemporary Painting, Proctor Gallery, Bard College, Annandale, New York City
1993
Leslie Wayne Selected Exhibitions in 1993:
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Irony and Ecstasy, Salama-Caro Gallery, London
Inaugural, The Painting Center, New York City

Public Collections

Sprint, Overland Park, KS
Thomas Group, Philadelphia, PA
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
King and Spalding, New York, NY
La Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
The Miami Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
The Progressive Corporation, Cleveland OH
Saks Fifth Avenue, Tampa, FL and Palm Beach, CA
Scott Memorial Study Collection, Bryn Mawr College, PA
Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, NY
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
British Airways
The Capitol Group, Los Angeles, CA
Colleczion Thyssen Bornemisza (promised), Madrid, Spain
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Foundation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris, France
The Foundation To-Life, Inc., Mount Kisco, NY
Harvard University Business School, Cambridge, MA
Herman Miller, Inc., New York, NY
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS

Literature

2003
Koplos, Janet. "Leslie Wayne and Don Porcaro at the Dorsky Museum," Art in America, March, p. 128.
2003
Gronlund, Melissa. "Leslie Wayne," Artnews, February 2003.
2002
Zimmer, William. "When the Subject of Painting is the Manipulation of the Paint," The New York Times, February 24, 2002.
2001
Ewald, Gudrun. "Fabriss: Leslie Wayne in der Galerie Bugdhan und Kaimer," Kunst, Une 2001.
2001
Meister, Helga. "Lavabrei der Farbe: Leslie Wayne stellt bei Bugdahn and Kaimer aus," Westdeutsche Zeitung, June 2001.
2001
Ortner-Giertz, Carolin. "Gehautet und zersabelt: Leslie Wayne in der Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer," Rheinische Post, June 6, 2001.
2000
Berman, Greta. "Women Headline the Fall Art Season on New York City," The Juilliard Journal, October 2000.
2000
Feaster, Felicia. "Wayne's Embedded Paintings Toy with the Convention of Canvas," Creative Loafing, November 18 2000.
2000
Fox, Catherine. "Abstract Realities," The Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2000.
2000
Johnson, Ken. "Art in Review," The New York Times, September 22, p. B31.
2000
Moos, David. "Dimension," Art Papers, March/ April.
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