Leslie Shows

Leslie Shows – b. 1977, Juneau, Alaska. (Lives and works in San Francisco)

Constructed through paint and mixed media collage, Leslie Shows’ work forefronts the geological underpinnings of land formations while turning to the imaginary to visualize the energetic waves, both scientific and metaphysical, that hover around large masses of land and its contiguous relationship with the sky and bodies of water. Recent solo exhibitions were held at Jack Hanley Gallery, New York and ODC Gallery, San Francisco. Group exhibitions include, Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA, Oakland Museum of California, and A Mind Meld is a Terrible Thing to Waste, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco. She also participated in the 2006 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach and was a 2006 recipient of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art SECA Award.

At YBCA

Exhibitions

Wallworks

Presented by YBCA

July 18–October 25, 2009

Local, regional and international artists use the literal aspects of YBCAs architectural space as a starting point to create new large-scale works directly on the walls of both its galleries and its public spaces.