biography
solo exhibitions • group/juried exhibitions • awards/grants
museum/corporate collections • education • bibliography • film/video

solo exhibitions

2008
Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont

2007
David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California

2006
Gibsone Jessop Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont
Gallery 668, Battenville, New York

2005
Gibsone Jessop Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2004
Gibsone Jessop Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Southern Vermont Art Center, Bennington, Vermont

2003
Gibsone Jessop Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Hopper House, Nyack, New York
Gallery 668, Battenville, New York

2002
Gremillion Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

2001
Longstreth and Goldberg Gallery, Naples, Florida

2000
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont, Natural Histories
Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont,
The Weight of Pearls: The Still Life Paintings of Leslie Parke
David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1999
San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum,
Desire and Discipline: The Boxing Paintings of Leslie Parke
Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, California

1998
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas
Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, California
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont

1996
Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York

1995
David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, New York
Galerie in Filmhaus Saarbrucken, Landeshauptstadt Saarbrucken
der Oberburgemeister (Civic Arts Center), invitation by the City of Saarbrucken.

1993
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont

1992
Galerie Etienne de Causans, Paris, France
David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bywood Gallery, Bywood Publishing Company, Peekskill, New York
The Williams Collection, Princeton, New Jersey 

1988
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts,
Artworks: Leslie Parke

1986
David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1985
David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1982
The Holland Festival, Amsterdam and The Hague, Netherlands, Inside Track, a collaboration with composer Henry Brant

1981
Southern Vermont Art Gallery, Southern Vermont College, Bennington, Vermont

1980
Griffith Gallery, South Miami, Florida

1978
Hall of Springs, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, New York
Park-McCullough Mansion, North Bennington, Vermont

1976
Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont

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selected group and juried exhibitions

2008
Galerie Aqui Siam Ben, A.I.R. Vallauris, Vallauris, France

2007
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont

2006
David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, History of Women Artists from Mary Cassatt to the Present
David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont
University Art Museum, State University at Albany, Albany
Maple Ridge, Coila, New York

2005
David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont
Gallery 668, Battenville, New York

2004
David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California
Dorset Gallery, Dorset, Vermont
David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2003
David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California
Dorset Gallery, Dorset, Vermont
Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky, The Nude 2003
Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, Second Women's Conference Exhibition
Fine Arts Building Gallery, Naked or Nude, Chicago, Illinois

2002
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, Figurative Works
David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California, Fauna and Flora
Gremillion Fine Arts, Inc. Houston, Texas
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, Mohawk Regional,
curated by Linda Norden, Assistant Curator Contemporary Art, Fogg Museum.
Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford, Illinois
Dorset Gallery, Dorset, Vermont

2001
David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, Vermont

2000
Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, Tennessee, It's Only a Game: Sports and Games in Contemporary Art.
David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Millennium Exhibition
David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California
Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, Tennessee
College of Visual Arts Gallery, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota, Virtue

1999
David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California

1998
McLean Gallery, Malibu, California
Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, Tennessee

1995
Tallahassee Museum of History & Natural Science, Tallahassee, Florida, Frequencies of Nature
Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, Georgia, Frequencies of Nature

1994
Chautauqua Art Association Galleries, Chautauqua, New York Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, juror, Richard Armstrong, curator, Carnegie Museum of Art
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York, juror Cheryl A. Brutvan, curator, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, New American Talent, sponsored by the Texas Fine Arts Association, curator, Adam Weinberg, curator, Whitney Museum
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, Pennsylvania, Color Now, curator, Laura Rosenstock, Ass't Curator, Museum of Modern Art
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton,
New York, Predatory Vision, curator, Lisa Heer

1993
University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, Visual Voices: The  Female
Sea Cliff Gallery, Sea Cliff, New York, Annual Juried Show, juror, Helen Harrison
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, States of the Art: Women's National Juried Show, curator, Lowery Sims
Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, Form, Shape and Vision
Cité Universitaire, Paris, France, Contemporary Works: Small Format
Bywood Gallery, Bywood Publishing Company, Peekskill, New York,
Family Stories: Yours, Mine, Ours
Social Works: Artists as Cultural Commentator.

1992
Casa Argentina en Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Contemporary Artists for Global Peace
Compton-Goethals Gallery, City College of New York, New York, America 500: The Contemporary Discovery and Rediscovery of America, traveling exhibition
Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, America 500
The Williams Collection, Princeton, New Jersey, Diverse Media in 20th Century Art: from Stone to Softwear
Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, Objectivity

1991
Galerie Moderne et Contemporaine, Paris, France, Sensibilities

1990
Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Recent Trends in Works of Art on Paper

1987
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, curator, John Yau

1985
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1984
Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York
Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont, Haswell's Mill 1784 - Papermaker's Palette
Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont,
Bennington Artists: The Years After

1981
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, curator, André Emmerich

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awards and grants

2008
A.I.R. Vallauris,
Two-month residency in Vallauris, France

2005
George Sugarman Foundation,
Artist Grant

2002
Jury Award, Armory Art Center,
Figurative Work 2002, West Palm Beach, Fl.

1994
Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Foundation International Artist, a program of Arts International, five-month residency in Giverny, France
Itzhak Sankowsky Award, Main Line Art Center, Color Now exhibition

1993
Selected Artist, New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic Edition, Open Studio Press, juried by Elizabeth Sussman, curator, Whitney Museum of American Art

1992
Honor Award, Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture Visual ArtsAward Program, for the Giotto Series

1991
New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Grant, Research and catalog the Renaissance painting collection in the Georgi Museum

1989
First Prize, Marshall Cummings & Associates Competition: Art Program Purchase Awards for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

1974-1976
Fellowship, Bennington College Master of Fine Arts Program

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museum and corporate collections
A.I.R. Vallauris, Vallauris, France
Avon Corporation, New York, New York
Architects Collective, Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Ayco Company, L.P., Saratoga Springs, NY
Baker & Botts, Houston, Texas
Banks, Pickett, Gruen, and Shapiro, Mt. Kisco, New York
Benton Foundation, Washington, DC
Brown-Richter Animal Hospital, Coral Gables, Florida
Caesar's Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, New York, New York
X. Carnoy Architecte, Ville d'Avray, France
Chesbro-Mitchell, New York, New York
Citibank, Los Angeles, California
Comdisco Equities, New York, New York
Community Guardian Bank, Englewood Park, New Jersey
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Cruise Services, Inc., Miami, Florida
DeVos, Inc., New York, New York
Diversity Property Investments, Maryland
Edwards & Angell, LLP, Short Hills, New Jersey
Ellington Club & Restaurant, Dallas, Texas
Embassy Suites Hotel, San Antonio, Texas
Embassy Suites Hotel, Santa Clara, California
The First Albany Corporation, New York, New York
Flomatic, Glens Falls, New York
Ann Garett Jewelry, Tulsa, Oklahoma
General Electric, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Greater Media, Inc., East Brunswick, New Jersey
Greenberg, Traurig, et al, Miami, Florida
Griffith Associates, Coral Gables, Florida
Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusettes
The Hay Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Holiday Inn, Milipetas, California
IBM, Shady Grove, Maryland
IBM, New York, New York
IBM, Cary, North Carolina
Jewish Comunity Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Kaiser Permanente, Dallas, Texas
Kidde Corporation, Saddle Brook, New Jersey
Labor Institute of Public Affairs (AFL-CIO), Washington, D.C.
LeBoeuf Lamb Leiby & McCrea, New York, New York
M Bank Las Colinas, Dallas, Texas
Marketing Directors, New York, New York
Markle Foundation, New York, New York
McMahon/Oliphant Properties, Santa Ana, California
MKI Securities, New York, New York
MONY Financial Services, Teaneck, New Jersey
MONY Financial Services, New York,New York
Murdoch Magazines, Secaucus, New Jersey
NuMedia Corp., Washington, D.C.
Pacific Telephone, Los Angeles, California
Phillips Petroleum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Pringle Resources, Austin, Texas
Quarles, Brady, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Ragu Foods, Inc., Trumbull, Connecticut
Rorer Pharmaceuticals, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Safra Bank, Miami, Florida
Shelton-Boles, New York, New York
The Singer Company, New York, New York
Sheraton Racine Hotel, Racine, Wisconsin
Southeast Banking, Miami, Florida
Takasago Flavors and Fragrance Co., Rockleigh, New Jersey
Tass Corporation, London, United Kingdom
Thomas + Betts Corp., Bridgewater, New Jersey
TRW, Lyndhurst, Ohio
Vandenhquvel Dineen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wallboard Tool Company, Long Beach, California
WHQT Radio, Coral Gables, Florida
Zack Shuster Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida

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education

1976
MA Bennington College, Bennington, VT

1974
BA Bennington College, Bennington, VT

1973
The Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, NY, NY

1970 —71
Mills College, Oakland, CA

1971
University of California, Berkeley, CA

1967 -1970
Woodstock Country School, South Woodstock, Vermont

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bibliography

2006
Jacqueline Keren, "A Subtle Nature" Metroland: Vol. 29, No. 31, Albany, New York, August 3.

2004
Christopher A Faris, "The July Solo Exhibitions at the SVAC an Impressive Array of Skills, Manchester Journal: The Arts, Manchester, Vermont, July 23.

2003
Katherine Rook Lieber, "Naked or Nude: perceptions of the human form", Artscope.net, May 28

2002
Linda Norten, "2002 Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk/Hudson Region", catalog
Timothy Cahill, "Regional Rewards", Times Union, Albany, New York, June 22

1999
Jean McKig, "Artist Finds Her Own Vision", The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, California, January 10.
Linda Anderson, Fifty-one Percent, National Public Radio, January.

1997
Donna Gregg, "The Art of the Fight", Bennington Banner, Bennington, Vermont, January 23

1995
Linda Anderson, To the Best of Our Knowledge, National Public Radio, June.

1994
New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic Edition, ed., Steven Zevitas, Open Studio Press, Needham, Massachusetts

1993
Rich Kreiner, "Shape-Shifting", Metroland Magazine, Albany, New York, December
William Jaeger, "Exhibit Explores Painting-sculpture Hybrids", Times Union, Albany, New York, December 5
Robin Gee, "Galleries", The Artist's Magazine, Cincinnati, Ohio, July
Greg Van Buren, "Artspace", Peekskill Herald, Peekskill, New York, March 25
Joan MacDonald, "Suburban People", The Star Gazette Suburban, Yorktown  Heights, New York, March 19
Anne Simko, "Artists Testing Their Fiber", The Post-Star, Glens Falls, NewYork, January

1992
Contemporary Artists for Global Peace, catalogue, Dr. Gamal Moursi Badr, Casa Argentina en Israel Tierra Santa, Jerusalem, December
Peg Churchill Wright, "Objects on display at Institute", Daily  Gazette, Schenectady, New York, December
Victoria Verlichack, "Bajo muchas lupas", Noticias de la Semana: Arte, September
America 500: The Contemporary Discovery and Recovery of  America, catalogue,
George Nelson Preston, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August
"Artes Plasticas": America 500", Quo Hacemos, August
Carlos L. Dibar, "America 500: Redescubriendo la Conquista", El Cronista Cultural, Ao 83 - No. 26-496, August
Ed Shaw, "America 500: The Rediscovery", Buenos Aires Herald, August
C.C. Recoleta, "America en tres visions", August
Osvaldo Quiroga, "Los diversos rostros de dos mundos", El Cronista, August

1991
Sensibilites Contemporaines, catalogue, George Nelson Preston, Cie Moderne etContemporaine, Paris
Anne L. Simko, "Shape of Art", The Post-Star, Glens Falls, New  York, September
Art at Dia International, "Leslie Parke", Buenos Aires, Argentina, May

1990
Recent Trends in Works on Paper, catalogue, George Nelson Preston, Museo de Artte Moderno de Buenos Aires, August
"Obra Sobre Papel en el MAM", El Cronista, July 30
"Diario: Ambito Financiero", La Nacion, August 6
Ema Martire, "Recent Trends in Works of Art in Paper", Buenos Aires Times, 1990
"Trabajos Sobre Papel", La Prensa, Buenos Aires, August 12
Osiris Chierco, "Arte Critica", Somos, Buenos Aires, August

1989
Artworks: Leslie Parke, catalogue, Deborah Menaker, Associate curator, exhibitions, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts

1988
Peg Churchill Wright, "Brush Marks", Schenectady Gazette, Schenectady, New York, November 17
"Renaissance Frescoes Inspire Parke's Large Scale Paintings", The Transcript, Williamstown, Massachusetts, November 11

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film and video

Documentaries:

1993
Soundperson, assistant camera, archival material form Watch Me Now (see below) used in Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson, a Barbara Kopple documentary.

1984
Associate producer, soundperson, assistant camera, Expectations, a Michael Marton documentary on the unemployed steelworkers of east Los Angeles who banded together to feed 40,000 unemployed people in the area. (Produced by Suddeuche Rundfunk —SDR–Stuttgart, Germany and the Labor Institute of Public Affairs (LIPA). Aired on PBS and SDR.)
Soundperson, America Works, a LIPA television series on issues that affect workers. Episode on taxes. (PBS broadcast.)

1983
Soundperson, assistant camera, America Works, two episodes, one on prescription drug legislation in Pennsylvania, the other on food banks in California. (National television, rebroadcast on PBS.)

1982
Soundperson, assistant camera, Watch Me Now, a Michael Marton documentary about young boxers at Cus d'Amato's gym in the Catskills fighting their way to the top. One of the boxers featured is fifteen year old Mike Tyson. (PBS and SDR.)

1981
Script, soundperson, assistant camera, American Trap, a Michael Marton documentary about two young trappers trying to survive. (SDR and WMHT, Schenectady, NY.)

1980
Soundperson, assistant camera, research, The Unsettled Ashes, a Michael Marton documentary on Oscar Pinkus, a holocaust survivor  who returns to Germany to testify against his Nazi tormentor. (WMHT)
Soundperson and assistant camera, On the Nature of Music, a  Michael Marton documentary on the innovative spatial composer Henry Brant.
Soundperson and assistant camera, Marylou at Saratoga, a  Michael  Marton documentary on wealthy socialite Mrs. Cornelius   Vanderbilt Whitney. (WMHT)

1978
Soundperson, assistant camera, ". . . in daylight and cool white", a Micheal Marton documentary on artist Dan Flavin.
Research and development, What One Man Can Do, a Norbert Bunge documentary on Upton Sinclair.  

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