Leslie Sobel

Resume

Education

  • 1998 completed coursework towards Master's Degree in Interdisciplinary Technology,  Eastern Michigan University, College of Technology, Ypsilanti, MI.
  • 1983  B.F.A. cum laude University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor, MI.

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2008 - One woman show at WomanMade Gallery, Chicago
  • 2005 - life cycles at Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2004 - New Encaustic Works at Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
  • 2003 - Recent work, curated exhibition at Pfizer Worldwide headquarters, Ann Arbor MI
  • 2002 - evolution of moment at Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor MI
  • 1999 - recent works at the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments
  • 1999 - Inside, Outside - at Clare Spitler Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI

Grants and Awards

  • 2005 - Artist in residence at Greenhills School, Ann Arbor (grades 6-12 independent school)
  • 2002 - One woman show, juried award by DigitalArtMuseum.com
  • 2001 - Robert Bosch Corporation Award, Michigan Finearts Competition
  • 2001 - Merit Awards, Ann Arbor Women Artists Spring & Winter 2001 Exhibitions
  • 2001 - Second prize in "Abstract Odyssey" at the Scarab Club, Detroit, 2001
  • 2000 - 48 Hours of Making Art - Residency & exhibition at Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH
  • 1999 - Exhibition funded by the Arts Council of Lake Erie West, Toledo OH

Curatorial Projects

  • 2006 - Co-curating Venus of Willendorf project - revisiting women's body images - traveling show part of the National Feminist Art Project
  • 2006 - Curator, H2O - digital & mixed media group exhibition
  • 2008 - Juror (with Lynda Cole), "One planet, one experiment", at WomanMade Gallery, Chicago

Publications

  • 2006 - Inclusion in book "Best of Michigan Artists & Artisians"
  • 2005 - Art Business News - featured artist "originals"
  • 2004 - Art Showcase Magazine - featured artist, Holiday issue
  • 2004 - Point of Departure portfolio of prints published by art alchemists collective
  • 2002 - Review, Ann Arbor News, "Evolution of Moment" Washington Street Gallery
  • 2000 - Profiled in article Trends in Tradigital Art in The Big Picture Magazine (professional graphics journal)

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2006 - SYNC 06 - a digital arts festival -  Duderstadt Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • 2006 - Animate Object - Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit
  • 2005-06 - Symbol and Logic, Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA
  • 2005 - The Technologized Body - Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
  • 2005 - Point of Departure - art alchemists (artists collective) at Padzieski Art Gallery, Dearborn, MI
  • 2004 - Point of Departure - art alchemists (collective) portfolio exhibition at Dearborn Performing Arts Center
  • 2004 - Theater of the Mind - traveling juried exhibition - American Print Alliance
  • 2004 - artists' self-portraits - curated group show at Pfizer Worldwide Headquarters, Ann Arbor, MI
  • 2003 - the alchemy of art alchemists - collective exhibit at University of Michigan Taubman Center, Ann Arbor
  • 2003 - Digital alchemists - Computer-based art featuring Michigan artists at Buckham Gallery, Flint
  • 2003 - Technical Techniques: Artists Exploring Recent Technological Advances at the Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
  • 2002 - All Media exhibition Ann Arbor Art Center, juror Marsha Miro, art critic for the Detroit Free Press
  • 2002 - About Vision Competition - juried digital show at The Global Café London, UK
  • 2002 - High Resolution: Digital Art in the 21st Century, national invitational at Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH
  • 2002 - Computer Art International at the John Weatherhead Gallery at the University of Saint Francis - invitational
  • 2001 - SIGGRAPH - Art Gallery Los Angeles Convention Center, CA. Inclusion in international traveling exhibition for next 5 years to South Africa, France, Italy, China, Australia and the USA.
  • 2001 - Ann Arbor Women Artists - 50th anniversary show and traveling shows, both juried by Richard Rosenfield, UM Slusser Gallery; Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson and ARC, Chicago.
  • 2001 - The Print - an Exhibition of Michigan Printmakers, Ann Arbor Art Center. Juror: Steve Murakishi
  • 2001 - RED - Kreft Center Gallery at Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI, Juror Mary Ann Wilkinson, Curator of Contemporary Art, Detroit Institute of Arts
  • 2000 - bit-by-bit digital exhibition. Juried by Graham Nash, Sandee Cohen, Mel Strawn, Ken Musgrave & Jerry Carter
  • 2000 - The Print - an Exhibition of Michigan Printmakers, Ann Arbor Art Center. Juror: Patricia Olynyk
  • 2000 - Michigan Finearts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Juror: Howardena Pindell
  • 1998 - Light & Place - 3 person show at University of Michigan Flint