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

2021____New Work, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2013____Leslie Wilkes, MARCH, San Francisco, CA
2019____Central Tendancies, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2018____There and Back, OLA Gallery, Austin, TX
2017____New Paintings and Gouaches, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016____Pareidolia, Kruger Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014____Optic Verve, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
2013____Squared, McMurtrey Gallery micro space, Houston, TX____
2013____Marfa in Milano, Spazio Orso 16, Milan, Italy
2013____Double Take, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2012____Prosopagnosia, Marfa Country Clinic Gallery, Marfa, TX
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, Chicago
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

2023____Martha Invitational, Marfa, TX
2022____Learning to Draw, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2022____Seriality+, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2019____Summer Affairs, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
2018____Artists Salon, Marfa Studio of Art, Marfa, TX
2017____Marfa Mystique, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016____All of the Above, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
2015____Symmetric Equivalence, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012____Texas Abstract, Artscan Gallery, Houston, TX
2012____Texas Abstract, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
2012____Texas Abstract, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2012____Summer of Love, Piedmont Virginia COmmunity College, Charlotescille, VA
2014____Texas Abstract, Wade Wilson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2012____Octavia Summer Show, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012____Parallel Process, Barry Whistler Gallery, Houston, TX
2012____Seven Artists, McMurtrey Gallery, Dallas, TX
2012____Sonic Architectonic, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
2012____Art From The Plateau, Nancy Fyfe-Cardozier Gallery, UT Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
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

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2023____Glasstire, Round Up: Recapping a Weekend in Marfa, Brandon Zech, May 28, 2023.
2009____The Big Bend Sentinel, ‘Martha Invitational’: Three local artists spoof popular art affair, Mary Cantrell, May 4, 2023.
2017____Glasstire, Leslie Wilkes and Lorraine Tady at Barry Whistler Gallery, Anna Nelson Daniel, November 20, 2017.
2009____Gambit, Marfa Intrigue, D. Eric Bookhardt, June 12, 2017.
2015____Gambit, Symmetric Equivalence, D. Eric Bookhardt, August 10, 2015.
2009____Arts + Culture, Texas Abstract, John Zotos, January 31, 2015.
2009____Arts + Culture, Texas Abstract, Michael McFadden, April 9, 2015.
2014____TEXAS ABSTRACT: Modern + Contemporary (book), Michael Paglia and Jim Edwards, published by Fresco Books.
2009____Glasstire, Chinati Weekend Dispatch: Day One, Christina Rees, October 11, 2014.
2009____Dallas Art News, Barry Whistler Gallery Opens Parallel Process, May 10, 2014.
2009____Arts + Culture Texas, Kaleidoscopic Symmetry, Rachel Adams, April 2014, p 35.
2009____Glasstire, Leslie Wilkes: Optic Verve at Women and Their Work, Maureen Linares, May 12.
2009____TRIBEZA, Artist Spotlight: Leslie Wilkes, Leigh Patterson, March 2014.
2013____Dallas Observer, There Are Two Trippy Little Exhibits at Barry Whistler Gallery Worth Your Attention, Betsy Lewis, February 5, 2013.
2012____The Big Bend Sentinel, Leslie Wilkes: Prosopagnosia, October 4, 2012.
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, Feb. 15, 2007, My Dance Card is Full, Robert Halpern, p.4
2009____The Big Bend Sentinel, Feb. 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.

COLLECTIONS

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY
Lancaster Hotel, Houston, TX
Baton Rouge Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA
JP Morgan, Dallas, TX
One Main Place, Dallas, TX
Rosewood Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Statoil, Denmark/Houston
Four Seasons, Houston, TX
eBay, Inc., Palo Alto, CA