Lesley Heller Workspace
54 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002

t 212 410 6120

Gallery Hours:
Wed - Sat 11am-6pm
Sun 12-6pm

 

Résumé

EDUCATION

1982
Master of Fine Arts, sculpture, Queens College, CUNY

1979
Bachelor of Fine Arts, sculpture and painting, Queens College, CUNY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003
“Reading Room,” installation, Brooklyn Central Library
Denison University Gallery, Granville, Ohio
“Remains of the Day,” Five Myles Gallery,,New York, N.Y.,
curated by Lily Wei

2002
“Wall,” Metaphor Contemporary Art gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

2000
“Alcove,” outdoor installation, PS 122 Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1993
Dartmouth College, Barrows Rotunda, Hanover, N.H.

1989
University of Scranton, Scranton, Pa.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2006
“Design/Build,” Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, N.Y.
“Brooklyn Block Party,” curated by Elisabeth Akkerman
“Building Structures,” Rowan University,N.J., curated Lisa Hatchadoorian
“Informed Color,” BRIK Gallery, Catskill, N.Y.

2005
“Small Works, Bond Gallery, New York, curated by Nancy Olivier
“Wall,” University of Texas at San Antonio, curated by Francis Colpitt
“Project Diversity,” Taste Like Chicken Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
“Suitcase,” curated by Danielle DI Lodovico, New York Public Library, then Israel, Italy, Poland and the Netherlands

2004
“Open House,” Brooklyn Museum of Art, curated by
Charlotta Kotik and Tumelo Mosaka
“Breathing Space” Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, N.Y.

2003
“On The Edge”. Polytechnic University, Bern Dibner Library, Brooklyn, N.Y.

2001
“Color Aid”, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, N.Y.

2000
Online Show, Artadvocate.com, curated by Amy Eshoo
“Blurred Boundaries,” Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy N.Y.
“Bridging the Gap,” Empire Fulton Ferry Park, Brooklyn ,N.Y.
1999 P.S. 122 Gallery group show, New York
No Bias Gallery group show, North Bennington, Vt.

1998
“New Directions ‘98,” Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
“Reading Between the Lines,” Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

1997
Pierogi 2000 Gallery, flat files, Brooklyn, N.Y.

1996
Washington Art Association, Washington, Conn.

1995
“Sculptors’ Thinking Drawings,” Police Building Gallery, New York, N.Y.,
curated by James Holl
“Between This and That,” 473 Broadway Gallery, New York, N.Y.
“Buoys: Marking the Place,” New York, N.Y. curated by Bill Bace

1994
“Outside, Onsite II,” Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, N.J.
“Mass Exposure,” Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1993
Outdoor sculpture show, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, N.J.

1991
“Forms of Allusion,” Soho Center for Visual Arts, New York, N.Y.

1990
“In the Round,” Mary Delahoyd Gallery, New York, N.Y.
“The Eccentric Object,” Bridgewater Lustberg Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1988
“Democracy,” White Columns Gallery, New York, N.Y.
“Parallel Lines,” Ammo, Brooklyn , N.Y.

1987
22 Wooster Gallery group show, New York, N.Y.

1985
Queens Museum juried group show, Queens, N.Y., curated by Holly Solomon
Small works show, BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, N.Y.

1983
Group show, Godwin Turnback Museum,Queens, N.Y.

1981 “28 Artists,” Queens Museum, Queens,N.Y.

PUBLICATIONS

2006
The New York Times, review, Margo Nash, February 5
“Building Structures,” catalogue essay by Lisa Hatchadoorian

2005
The Brooklyn Rail, review, William Powhida, June
Glass Tire, review, Jennifer Jankauskas, October
San Antonio Express, Dan R. Goddard, October 14
“Wall” catalogue, essay by Francis Colpitt

2004
New York Observer, “Conflict of Interest,” review, Mario Naves, May 31
Art Review, “Open House,” review, Sarah Schmerler, June
The New York Sun, review, David Cohen, “Open House” April 22

2003
Art News, review, Barbara Mac Adam, summer issue
The Brooklyn Rail, review, John Hawke, April - May

2002
New York Observer, review, Mario Naves, “Serious Fun”, December 16

RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2004-2007
Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) Grant

2004
Yaddo residency, Peterboro, N.H.

1998
MacDowell Colony, residency, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

1994

Curators’ Choice Award, “Mass Exposure” show, New York, N.Y.

1993
Artists Space Exhibition Grant

VISITING ARTIST, CRITIC, PANELIST

2004- 2006
Curator, Art Lot exhibition space, Brooklyn , N.Y.

2005
Panel discussion, Mid-Manhattan Library, moderated by Danielle Di Lodovico

2004
Guest Artist, Hampshire College, Amherst , Mass.
Guest Artist, Colby College, Waterville, Me.

2001
Visiting Critic, Princeton University,Princeton ,N.J.
Visiting Artist, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vt.

1994
Visiting Artist, C.W. Post College, Long Island, N.Y.

TEACHING

2005-2006
Coordinator of wood shop and Instructor, Parsons the New School of Design

2001- 2004
Instructor, Parsons the New School of Design

2000
Visiting Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College

1999
Instructor, Parsons the New School of Design

1998
Visiting Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College

1993
Adjunct Lecturer, Sculpture, Queens College

1986-1987
Adjunct Lecturer, Sculpture, Queens College