Leigh Anne Lester

Page 1 | Biography

Born: Shreveport, Louisiana
Lives: San Antonio, Texas

Education
1993 – University of Texas at San Antonio
BFA – Painting


Solo Exhibitions
2006 “Artificial Arrangement”, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX.
“Artificial Arrangement”, Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX
“Untitled”, McNay Museum, San Antonio, TX.
2005 “Family Portraits”, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, Il.
“Artificial Arrangement”, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX.
2001 “ROCK”, New Works Space, MAC, Dallas, TX.
2000 “ROCK”, Project Room, San Antonio, TX.



Group Exhibitions
2007 “Beneath the Skin”, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
“Naturally Inclined”, College of Mainland Gallery, Texas City, TX
2006 “Utopia”, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI.
“Show – Offs”, Unit B, San Antonio, TX.
2005 “Stitch in Time”, Women and their Work”, Austin, TX. , Joan Davidow, Curator
2004 “Cross Stitch: Craft Medium Redefined”, The Bank, Kansas City, Missouri
“100 Drawings”, Haggarty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX.
“H2O: Considering the Hydrosphere, Southwest Center for the Arts and
Crafts, San Antonio, TX.
“Piece Work”, Dallas Center for the Contemporary Arts, Dallas, TX.
2002 “10x3”, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX.
2001 “Here/There, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX.
“Ulterior”, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX.
2000 “Fibrous”, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.
Critics Choice 2000, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX. Jurors:
Carla Stellweg, Chris Cowden, Sara Kellner


Grants/Awards
Creative Capital Workshop, 2008, San Antonio, TX.
Artist Foundation of San Antonio, 2007 Award Winner, Visual Arts

Publications
“The man works wonders with, yes, paint rollers”, San Francisco Chronicle, June 16, 2007
“Stitch in Time”, Artlies, Issue 49, Winter 2006
“Artificial Arrangement”, New York Arts Magazine, www.nyartsmagazine.com, March/April 2006 Volume 11, No. 3/4
“For Artist, Sala Diaz is a house of ‘I will’ repute”, San Antonio Express News, January 15, 2006
“Picture of Ill Health”, Chicago Tribune, January 12, 2006
“Watch for Thorns”, San Antonio Current, December 29, 2004- January 3,2006
“Stray Cats”, San Antoio Current, April 24, 2004
“H2O: Considering the Hydrosphere”, Voices of Art, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2004 “Fabric Art Illustrates the Fiber of Life”, Dallas Star Telegram, January 31, 2004
“Natural Wonders”, Dallas Morning Observer, March 22-28, 2001
“Rock”, Artlies, #29 Winter 2000-2001
“Summer Essentials”, Canvas: Visual Life in Texas, Summer 2000
“Art Space: Freeze Frame”, San Antonio Current, August 4, 1999
“Concepts 697.198”, Voices of Art, May/ June 1997
“Three Recent Installations”, Voices of Art, July/ August 1996