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LESLEY MITCHELL

Education:

Douglass College, Trenton State College, PA Academy of the Fine Arts

Solo & small group exhibitions:

2010: The Gilded Lion, Princeton, NJ, Paintings, Prints & Books

2008: University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA: Picturing a Dance

2007: Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing, NJ

2004: Gallery at CFEVA, Philadelphia PA: Books and Prints

2001: Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing, NJ: 3 Women Printmakers

1999: University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA: Excursions

1997: PA Academy Library: Works on paper

1996: Philadelphia Art Alliance: Philadelphia, PA: Narratives

1996: Creative Artists Network (now CFEVA), Philadelphia, PA

1996: University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA: Show and Tell

1994, 1993, 1991: Zone One Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Selected group exhibitions:

2011-12: Libro Curio, National Archive & Records Administration (September 2011 - April 2012)

2011: Philadelphia Artists Books in Venice, (October)

2011: Assemblage Into the Third Decade at Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University Camden (September, October)

2011: Philadelphia Artists Books at the Atheneum (June)

2011: Assemblage at Da Vinci Gallery

2010: Space & Sequence, artists books at Free Library of Philadelphia

2010: Impressions: Exploring Printmaking in the 21st Century, Philadelphia

2009: The Hybrid Book Fair, University of the Arts, Philadelphia

2003-07: Assemblage shows at West Chester U, CAC Wallingford, Widener U.

1998: Assemblage at Gloucester County College Art Gallery

1997: Wayne Art Center: National Spring Open Juried Exhibition

1995: U. of Pennsylvania, Kamin Gallery: Collaborations in Book Form

Awards/Residencies/Projects:

2011: Her artists book Balada Para Un Loco II (Song for a madman II) chosen to be interpreted in a new choreography by Jumatatu Poe, as part of the Bodies of Text project of Philadelphia Center for the Book, at Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts in April 2011

2010: Proyecto ‘ACE in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Residency to make artists book and monotypes

2007: Designed and made costumes for modern dance choreography based on Gulliver’s Travels, Temple University Dance Department.

1996: Villa L’Arrigo Rennaissance Atelier, Florence, Italy, Residency

1994: Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, Visiting Artist Fellowship

1992, 1993: Cummington Community of the Arts, Cummington, MA, Residencies

1990 - 92: Creative Artists Network (now CFEVA), Philadelphia, Associate

Public & Corporate Collections

Fellowship of PA Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

The Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia

Duane, Morris, & Heckscher, Philadelphia

Yampolsky, Mandeloff, Silver, Philadelphia