EDUCATION

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA, 1995
University of TX at Austin, BA with Highest Honors, 1989
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1981

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011____Face Blind, Generator Exhibitions, Albuquerque, NM
2009____Sequels, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009____Leslie Wilkes, Red Flag Project Space at the College of Santa Fe, NM
2008____Paintings & Gouaches, Gallery Nord, San Antonio, TX
2007____Gouaches, HWY 90 Gallery, Marfa, TX
2006____Red White Blue, Marfa Book Co. Gallery, Marfa, TX
2001____Smoother, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
2009____With and Without Me, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York
1999____5 Flavors, DTW Gallery, New York
2009____The Lois Show, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco
1998____Sweet Things, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago
1996____Nature Pin-Ups, Southern Exposure, San Francisco           
2009____New Paintings, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicag0
1993____Recent Paintings, Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, TX
1991____My Bug Collection and More, Dolby Theater, Austin, TX
1990____My Bug Collection, Paradise, Austin, TX
2009____New Paintings, Capital City Playhouse, Austin, TX

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011____12 Abstractions, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009____Signs on the Road, Winkleman CRL, NYC           
2009____My Personal Flag, Fancy Pony Land, Marfa, TX
2009____XXV Anniversary, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2010____Speed-Wilkes, 124 El Paso, Marfa, TX
2009____Inaugural ’09, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009____Marfa 6, Masonic Hall Gallery, Marfa, TX
2008____Fresquez-Meisner-Wilkes, Queen’s Nails Projects/Waypoint, Marfa, TX
2007____Martha Hughes, Scenes, Leslie Wilkes, Gouaches, HWY 90 Gallery, Marfa, TX
2006____Patriot Acts, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2004____Contemporary Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2009____Exquisite Corpse, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
2009____California College of the Arts Faculty Exhibition, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
2003____Solid Gold, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
2009____California College of the Arts Faculty Exhibition, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA           
2002____post postcard, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
2009____Forty and Up, 701 Chestnut, San Francisco
2009____add/drop/add faculty exhibition, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2009____Snowglobe, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago
2001____I am in a Big Show, Paulette Long and Shepard Pollack Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
2009____Venus, Geischedle Gallery, Chicago
2009____Gesture, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York
2000____Pleasure Seekers, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO
2009____The Big Picture Show, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco
2009____Circus Soex, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
2009____New American Talent, TX Fine Arts Association (touring), Austin, TX
2009____Group Show, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago
1999____Countdown, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco
2009____Group Exhibition, R. B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego
2009____The Passion of Art, Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York
2009____Shiny, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
1998____The Young and the Restless, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco
2009____Ninth Annual National Exhibition, Viridian Artists Inc., New York
2009____New Year, New Space, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco
1997____Better, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco
2009____Au Musée D’Honneur Miniscule, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
2009____The Crystal Ball, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
2009____Group Exhibition, Linetzky Molinero Fine Art, San Francisco
1995____MFA Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2009____New Talent, Contemporary Arts Workshop, Chicago
2009____Group Exhibition, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago
2009____Cheap Art, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago
2009____Artists Choose Artists, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
1994____ Adels, Evans, Morris, Song and Wilkes, Gallery 2, Chicago
2009____Nippon Steel USA Exhibition, Chicago
2009____Jack and Jill, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
1992____UnConventional Visions, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, TX
2009____Exhibit E, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, TX
1991____What Has Come To Be, University of TX, Austin, TX
1990____Confluence National Exhibition, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX

HONORS, ETC.

2011____Visiting Artist, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2010____Pierogi Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY ongoing
2008____Drawing Center Viewing Program, NYC, ongoing
2006____Skowhegan School Art Registry, NYC, ongoing
2006____Visiting Artist, Ox-bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2005____Visiting Artist, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
2003-05iiiLecturer, Painting & Graduate Departments, California College of the Arts
2004____New American Paintings, number 55, The Open Studios Press
2000____Juror’s Merit Award, New American Talent, Austin, TX
1999____Milton and Sally Avery Fellowship, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
1995____Leadership Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1994____Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Multi-Level Figure Drawing
1994____Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Multi-Level Painting

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011____Art or Idiocy?, Ten for Ten, Ben Meisner, March 1, 2011.
2009____Dallas Observer, The Perfect Pair, Merritt Martin, July 16, 2009.
2009____Renegade Bus, Angular Dimension, Lucia Simek, July 17, 2009.
2008____The Big Bend Sentinel, Queen’s Nails Projects, October 9, 2008, p 20.
2007____The Big Bend Sentinel, October 4, 2007, Marfa Artists Feature New Work, p 16.
2009____The Big Bend Sentinel, February 15, 2007, My Dance Card is Full, Robert Halpern, p.4
2009____The Big Bend Sentinel, February 1, 2007, Jenny Bloomfield and Leslie Wilkes at HWY 90 Gallery, p 6.
2006____Southwest Airlines Spirit, December 2006, Hot Marfa, Chris Whitley, pp 66-74.
2009____Dallas Observer, June 29, 2006, Patriot Acts, Clarissa N. Terranova
2009____The Dallas Morning News, June 9, 2006, ‘Patriot Acts’ at Barry Whistler, Mike Daniel, p 32.
2009____Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 9, 2006, Marfa Time, Judy Wiley, p 8H.
2009____Papercity, March 2006, Cowboys and Curators, Kate Allen & Catherine D. Anspon, p 26.
2009____The Big Bend Sentinel, February 9, 2006, Red White Blue, p 6.
2004____New American Paintings, number 55, The Open Studios Press, Jaunary 2005, pp 146-149.
2001____Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2001, Review, Leah Ollman.
2009____artkrush, Blue Collar Gallery, October 2001, Kate Stohr
2000____The Denver Post, June 2, 2000, All Seriousness Aside...,  Joanne Ditmer, p F-24.
2009____New American Talent Exhibition Catalog, February 2000, Introduction, David Pagel, pp 6-7.
1999____San Francisco City Search, March 1999, John Bankston and Leslie Wilkes, Colin Berry.
1998____New City, July 30, 1998, Review, Ann Wiens, p 31.
2009____Bay Area City Search, August 1998, The Young and the Restless…Again, Colin Berry.
1996____New Art Examiner, December/January, 1996/7, Review, Ellen Steinberg, p 36.
2009____Chicago Tribune, September 20, 1996, Exhibits Revealingly Juxtapose Ways to Present The Human Figure, Barbara Buchholz, p 59.
2009____Chicago Reader, September 20, 1996, Postmodern Primitives, Fred Camper, p 34.
2009____New City, September 5, 1996, Art Smart,Ann Wiens, pp 13-14
2009____The Object Stares Back: On the Nature of Seeing, Simon & Schuster Publishers, New York, James Elkins, book cover.
2009____School of the Art Institute of Chicago annual college poster image.
1995____New Art Examiner, April 1995, Cheap Art, Bill Stamets, p 40.
2009____Hyde Park Herald, February 1, 1995, Review, Clara Glatt, p 10.
1994____f Newsmagazine, November 1994, Five Serious Women at Gallery 2, Devorah Heitner, p 27.

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