Leslie Lee
Education:
- 1979-81 Portland State University Art Dept., Portland, OR
- BFA, Washington University, Graphic Design, St. Louis, MO
- 1966 Honors Graduate, Wilson High School, Portland, OR
Selected Exhibitions:
*Indicates solo show
2007 Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR 2004 Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR Artists of the Applegate, Valley View Winery, Ruch, OR 2001 SOFA Exposition, represented by the Ferrin Gallery, Chicago, IL Silver Creek Gallery, Silverton, OR 1998, 2000 Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR 1996 Gallery at Salishan, Gleneden Beach, OR 1995 Defining a Movement: Feminine Visions in Clay, invitational, symposiums and four venues in Los Angeles area t.b.a. 1994 *Mixed Media Sculpture & Pastel Paintings, Gango Gallery, Portland, OR 1993 *Ceramic & Mixed Media Sculpture, Gango Gallery, Portland, OR Associates Tea Party, American Craft Museum, New York, NY San Angelo Ceramic National, S.A. Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX Merit Award Winner 1992 P.C. - Political Ceramics, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA *Encore, Gango Gallery, Portland, OR 1991 *Women of Substance, Gango Gallery, Portland, OR Associates Tea Party, American Craft Museum, Garth Clark, Curator, New York, NY Ceramics Now, Juried National, Downey Museum of Art, CA Figurative Images, Gallery 8, La Jolla, CA *Small Craft Warnings, Gallery 500, Elkins Park, PA Oregon Invitational, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR 1990 Leslie Lee & Dennis Meiners, New Work, Maveety Gallery, Salishan, Gleneden Beach, OR Chicago Art Exposition, represented by the Ferrin Gallery Oregon Potters Association 10th Anniversary Show, Matthew Kangus juror, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR International Teaparty, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR *Leslie Lee Ceramic Sculpture, Attic Gallery, Portland, OR 1989 American Crafts Council Auction, New York, NY 1989, 92, 93 American Crafts Council Fair, San Francisco, CA 1989, 91, 93 Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Fair, Bellevue, WA 1989 *Fantasy Teapots, Fireworks Gallery, Seattle, WA 1988 *Lawrence Gallery, (Maveety), Gleneden Beach, OR Clay & Canvas, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR Annual Teapot Show, Carlyn Gallery, New York, NY *Clay Telling Stories, Attic Gallery, Portland, OR, NCECA Conference 1987 Tea & Fantasy, Alianza Gallery, Boston, MA Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Oregon Art Institute American Craft Council Fair, Baltimore, MD 1986 Bennet Welsh/Leslie Lee, Ceramics, Attic Gallery, Portland, OR 1985 Erotica '85, Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland, OR 1984 International Teaparty, Contemporary Crafts, Portland, OR 1984-96 Ceramic Showcase, Oregon Potter's Association, Portland, OR
Continuing Education
1994 Paperclay/Rosette Gault, Oregon School of Arts & Crafts 1983-93 Workshops including: B. Feves, P. Souldner, P. Lane, R. Neuenschwander, F. Boyden, J. Lind, C. Pearson, D. Reitz, M. Levine, H. Sadow, W. Daley, C. Fredrighi, A. Takamori 1990 Narrative Sculpture/A. Arleo, Pacific NW College of Art 1986 Glaze & Color, Robin Hopper, Metchosin International Summer School for the Arts, Metchosin, B.C. Canada 1981 Stonecarving/Don Wilson, Haystack, Cannon Beach, OR 1980 Concrete Sculpture/Harold Blaze, Centrum, Pt. Townsend, WA 1979- Portland State University, Portland, OR: Sculpture/Mishi Kosuge; Bronze casting/ Jim Hansen; Ceramics/Ray Grimm
Related Experience
1993-96 Taught The Figure in Clay/Capturing the Gesture, two-day workshops at: Oregon School of Arts and Crafts/Quimper Arts Assoc., Port Townsend, WA/ Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA/ Eastern Oregon College, La Grande, OR/ Salem Art Assoc., Salem, OR 1992 Lecture & Demonstration, ARTBEAT, Portland Commmunity College 1990 Taught Handbuilding/Raku workshop, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR 1985, 91, 95, 96 Taught Handbuilding with Clay, Creative Arts Community Adult Arts Program, accredited, Camp Menucha, OR 1987-93 Oregon Potter's Assoc., 1990 President, '87 Secretary, '87-90 Board Member 1979-81 Assoc. Graphic Designer, Milpacher Designs, Portland, OR Awards & Collections: 1996 Celestial Seasonings, Inc., Boulder, CO 1993 Merit Award, Monarch Tile Ceramic National, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX 1992, 93 Best of Show, Third Place, Oregon Potter's Association 1991 Kaiser Permanente Collection, Irvine, CA 1989 Best Non-Functional Award, Oregon Potter's Assoc.; Purchase Award Runner-up 1985, 86, 87, 88 1986 Metro Arts Commission Collection, Portland, OR
Publications
1994 CERAMICS MONTHLY, "Leslie Lee, A Portfolio", cover photo and eight-page article 1993 CERAMICS MONTHLY, "8th Annual San Angelo National", photo FOCUS Magazine, Oregon Public Broadcasting, cover and article 1992 CERAMICS MONTHLY, poster for NCECA 1991 CRAFTS REPORT, "Oregon Potter's Challenge Zoning" CERAMICS MONTHLY, "Oregon Potters Today", M. Kangus, photo 1990 THE BUSINESS JOURNAL, "OPA Molds Network of Success" 1989-90 CERAMICS MONTHLY, "News & Retrospect", photo/article 1986 AMACO TEAPOT CALENDAR
About the Artist
Leslie Lee has declared herself an Artist since she was a child. Though born in Eastern Oregon's wheat ranch country she was raised in Portland, Oregon and returned there after earning a Bachelor of Fine Art at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She worked as a graphic designer in Portland for over twelve years, with a half-year stint in Teheran, Iran.
When her daughter Rachel was old enough for preschool, Leslie returned to school herself, studying sculpture and ceramics at Portland State University. For many years she concentrated on ceramic sculpture, showing in galleries throughout the United States and shipping work to collections as far away as New Zealand and Denmark.
In 1997 Leslie and ceramic artist Dennis Meiners moved to the Applegate Valley near Jacksonville in southern Oregon where they were constructing an adobe and strawbale studio. In 2005 the couple named their enterprise "HUMMINGBIRD" and began a series of Summer Workshops and completed two rooms in their home for Bed and Breakfast guests.
Currently, Leslie's studio time is focused on oil painting.