KELLY LESLIE

Education

8/95 – 7/97     

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ                     

MFA, Visual Communications    

 

9/85 – 6/88      

Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA                     

BFA, Graphic Design

  

Recent Exhibitions

2025 Collusions: The collaborative work of Kelly Leslie + Craig Cully, 

Mad Hatter Gallery, Las Cruces, NM (solo)

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2024 Seattle Art Fair, Stewart, Gallery, Boise, ID

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2024 Tipping Point, Bukham Gallery, Flint, MI (juried)

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2023 Contemporary Surrealism, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ (juried)

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2023 Small Works Juried Exhibition, Five Points Gallery,  Torrington, CT (juried)

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2023 Designers for Peace, J94 Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (juried)

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2022 Designers for Peace, UCSD Park and Market, San Diego, CA (juried)

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2022 Designers for Peace, Casa de la Cultura, Tijuana, Mexico (juried)

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2022–23 Designers for Peace, WSU Shiftspace Gallery, Wichita, KS (juried)

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2022 Éfimiro, PRPG.MX, Colonia Juárez, Mexico (juried, group)

collaborative paintings with Craig Cully

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2022 Nocturne, Art Link, Fort Wayne, IN (juror John Hrehov)

collaborative paintings with Craig Cully 

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2021 A Paradigm of Suspension, Charles Adams Project, Lubbock, TX (juried, solo)

collaborative paintings with Craig Cully 

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Honors and Awards

2024 College of Fine Arts Small Grant, UA College of Fine Arts

 

2022 Graphis Silver Award, Unity Poster Design

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2021 AZ Commission of the Arts Research and Development Grant, with collaborator Craig Cully for the creation of Continuous Edge: Paintings from the Pandemic.

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2018   Graphis Silver Award, Political Poster

Appears in the 2018 Graphic Poster Annual.

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2013   UCDA Gold Award in Book Design, Ground|Water: The Art, Design, and Science of a Dry River

For production and design in collaboration with Ellen McMahon and Jonathan Black.

2008   Fellowship, Women’s Studio Workshop

This 4 week residency was awarded for the production of a Letterpress artist book. 

   
2007   Qualifier Award, Shanghai International Poster Competition

This monetary award was one out of 145 selected from over 2,200 international submissions of posters for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai China.