Lesley Vance (artist)

Lesley Vance (born 1977, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)[1] is an American artist based in Los Angeles.

Background

She attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and California Institute of the Arts.[2]

Vance initially painted still lifes, but is more recently known for her intimately sized improvisational oil paintings. Art in America described her work as "a distinctive sort of illusionistic abstraction, its visual presence a balance between elusive secret and seductive fact".[3] Her work is "rooted in the liquidity of paint and the balletic, improvisational movements of the hand".[3]

Exhibitions

Solo presentations include: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick (2012);[4] The FLAG Art Foundation, New York (2012);[5] the Huntington Library, Art Collections (with Ricky Swallow); Botanical Gardens, San Marino (2012),[6] Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (2012, 2014 and 2017).[1] and the David Kordanksy Gallery, Los Angeles (2013).[7]

Vance's work was also included in the 2010 Whitney Biennial, New York[8] Her work can be found in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art,[9] Whitney Museum of American Art,[10] Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Hammer Museum, among others.[2]

References
  1. "Forwards Only: Lesley Vance at Xavier Hufkens, Brussels". Blouin Artinfo. October 27, 2017. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  2. "Lesley Vance". Herald St. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. Leah Ollman (February 4, 2014). "Lesley Vance". Art in America. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  4. "Lesley Vance". www.bowdoin.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  5. Foundation, Flag Art. "Lesley Vance – The FLAG Art Foundation". The FLAG Art Foundation. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  6. "Lesley Vance & Ricky Swallow". www.huntington.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  7. Sharon Mizota (November 14, 2013). "Review: Lesley Vance's small-scale abstractions constantly surprise". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  8. "Whitney Biennial 2010 | Whitney Museum of American Art". www.whitney.org. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  9. "Lesley Vance | MoMA". www.moma.org. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  10. "Whitney Museum of American Art: Lesley Vance". collection.whitney.org. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
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