Jimmy Leslie
15 Sickles Place
Shrewsbury N J 07702
info@leslieartstudio.com
Painter and Resident Artist
Winsor & Newton and
Liquitex Artist Materials
Select Solo Exhibitions
2012
New Jersey Resources Corporate Headquarters, Wall, NJ
2011
The Tides Hotel, Asbury Park, NJ
2008
Market in the Middle, Asbury Park, NJ
2006
Mitchell Sanborn Gallery, Keyport, NJ
2005
Potter Library Gallery, Ramapo College of NJ, Mahwah, NJ
2004
Interiors, the Louisa Melrose Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ
Atlantic City Arts Center, Atlantic City, NJ
Places and Spaces, Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ
2003
Recent Paintings, Westby Gallery, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
2002
Surroundings, Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ
2001
Interiors and Exteriors, the Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, NJ
1999
Past and Present, The New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch, NJ
Select Group Exhibitions
2012
The spring Exhibition, the Currier Museum, Manchester, NH
Emerging Artists 2012, the Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2011
Abstract Reality, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Archive III, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2010
Masquerade, Contemporary Portraiture, Heaven Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
National Small Works Exhibition, the Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
Small Works, art mostly under 12 inches” Heaven Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
7th Annual National Juried Exhibition, the Shore Institute of Contemporary Art,
Long Branch, NJ
2009
The Fall Exhibition, the Currier Art Museum, Manchester, NH
Monmouth Festival of the Arts, Tinton Falls, NJ
2008
Making Marks, drawing exhibit, Brookdale Community College CVA gallery
Monmouth Festival of the Arts, Tinton Falls, NJ
2007
Summer Hits, the ApeX Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Asbury Artists, Asbury Scenes, the APeX Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Winter…and Other Seasonal Moments, the APeX Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Monmouth County Arts Council 28th annual juried exhibition, Monmouth Museum,
Lincroft, NJ
2006
APeX Gallery Anniversary Show, Asbury Park, NJ
Take Home a Nude, charity art auction, Philips de Pury & Company, NY, NY
Expressions of a Town, Shrewsbury Foundation of the Arts invitational,
Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
Take Home a Nude, charity art auction, Phillips de Pury & Company, NY, NY
2003
Men Create, Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon Township, NJ
In/side/out, Grimshaw–Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Comm. College, Fall River, MA
Resume of Jimmy Leslie
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Take Home a Nude, charity art auction, Sotheby’s Auction House, NY, NY,
Chaired by Eric Fischl and April Gornik
2002
Take Home a Nude, charity Art Auction, Sotheby’s Auction House, NY, NY
Jimmy Leslie & Bruce McColl, Common Themes, Monmouth University,
W. Long Branch, NJ
2001
National Juried Exhibition, the Lay of the Land, Gallery on the Sq., Danville, NY
1999
1st Annual Retrospective, the Oakland Street Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
All Media ’99, the Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
MCAC 20th Annual juried show, The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
1998
Winterfest ’98, National Juried Art Exhibition at the Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
La Petite VI, National Juried Art Exhibition at the Alder Gallery in Eugene, ORE
15th Annual Lewis-Clark Nat’l Exhibition, Lewis-Clark Center for Art, Lewiston, ID
Figurative Small Works, the Robert & Mary Montgomery Armory Art
Center in W.Palm Beach, FL
Tri – State Plus Nat’l Juried Art Show, Beaumont, TX – The Beaumont Arts League
1997
National Oil & Acrylic Painter’s Society National Juried Show, Osage Beach, MI
Halpert Biennial National Juried Show, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
New Jersey State Arts Council 18th Annual Show, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Works on Paper, Gallery on 2nd, NY, NY
1996
Three-person Show, Gallery on 2nd, NY, NY
Group Show, Gallery on 2nd, NY, NY
Schoharie County Arts Council - National Small Works Exhibition, Cobleskill, NY,
Art Center of Northern NJ, National Juried Show, New Milford, NJ
1995
Three-Man Show, Gallery on 2nd, NY, NY
Group Show, Gallery on 2nd, NY, NY
Collections
First Baptist Church of Red Bank, NJ
Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Skillman, NJ
Michael’s Art & Craft Stores Corporate HQ, Dallas, TX
Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
Opus Framing and Art Supplies, Vancouver, British Columbia
Winsor & Newton Headquarters, London, England
Awards/Honors
2011
2008
2006
1999
Painting, Layer # 4 chosen for the North Light Books fall title survey
Filmed four instructional art DVDs at Jerry’s Artarama HQ in Raleigh, NC
Who’s Who in American Artists 2007 Edition
Painting “Creek bed” chosen for cover of the Brookdale Community College
2007 course catalog
Painting “Beach Path” chosen for June image in Brookdale Community College calendar
Painting “West on Obre Place” included in APeX Gallery calendar, Asbury Park, NJ
Scholarship recipient for The Vermont Studio Center Artist in Residency program
Special recognition Award, All Media ’99, Nat’l Juried Exhibition, The Period Gallery,
Resume of Jimmy Leslie
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1998
1994
Omaha, NE
Special recognition Award, Figurative Small Works Exhibition at the Robert & Mary
Montgomery Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, FL
Highest Achievement in Show Award, Art Center of Northern New Jersey National
Juried Show, New Milford, NJ
Guest Lecturer/Juror
2009
Red bank Regional High School portrait painting demonstration, Red Bank, NJ
Master Workshop on acrylic mediums at the Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
2008
Juror for the Liquitex Excellence in Art Purchase Awards, Piscataway, NJ
Raritan Valley Artists’ Group, Bridgewater, NJ, demonstration
2007
Manasquan River Society of Artists, Manasquan, NJ, demonstration
Juror for the Asbury Park School System 7th Annual Arts Showcase
Juror for the Art Society of Monmouth County Annual Exhibition
2005
Juror for the 25th Annual 12th Congressional District of New Jersey Art Competition
Art Society of Monmouth County at The Monmouth Beach Cultural Center,
Monmouth Beach, NJ, demonstration
Asbury Park High School, Asbury Park, NJ, Visiting Artist Lecture
2002
Laurelton Art Society, Brick Township, NJ, Lecture
Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ, Lecture
Reviews/Articles
2006
2005
2004
2003
1999
1998
1997
1996
Education
2012
1993
1990
Jersey Alive! , Asbury Park Press, NJ, art news by Bobbi Seidel Nov.17th (illus.)
M.A.R. Magazine, Red bank, NJ, July Issue, feature article by Jennifer Cattuai (illus.)
Upstage Magazine, Spring Lake, NJ, July issue
Asbury Park Press A&E section, Alive, Asbury Park, NJ, feature article by Bobbi Seidel,
Aug. 18th. (Illus.)
The Hub Newspaper, Red Bank, NJ, Oct. 6th, (Illus.)
The Two River Times, Red Bank, NJ, Oct. 6th, Article (Illus.)
Nouveau Magazine, New Hope, PA, Jan. issue, Gallery Highlights, section (Illus.)
Ocean City Sentinel, Ocean City, NJ, May 13th
The Sunday Standard Times, New Bedford, MA, Sept.
Budo magazine, Red Bank, NJ, May issue, feature article by Mary Ann Greco (Illus.)
The Hub newspaper, Red bank NJ, May 12th, feature article (Illus.)
Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, Nov., La Petite VI at the Alder Gallery
Asbury Park Press A&E section, Alive, Asbury Park, NJ, March, featured artist (Illus.)
Home News & Tribune, A&E section, On the Go, Neptune, NJ, Sept., Cover Artist (Illus.)
Methods and Materials of Postwar Abstract Painting, MoMA, NYC
MFA, Painting, Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art,
New York, New York,
BA, Art, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey,
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