LESLIE WAYNE
RESUME
Born in 1953, Germany
Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
1984
BFA (Honors) Sculpture, Parsons School of Design
1971-73
University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies, Painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
The Unintended Blues, LMCC Arts Center/Governor’s Island, NY
2024
This Land, Jack Shainman Gallery, NY
2021
The Universe is on the Inside, Jack Shainman Gallery, NY
2019
What’s Inside, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Free Experience, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2015 - 2016
Exposition D’Automne. Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez, Château Labottière, Bordeaux, France
2015
Leslie Wayne: Planks, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2014
Rags, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Ragtime, Trois Gallery, SCAD, Atlanta, GA, traveling to Pinnacle Gallery, SCAD, Savannah, GA
Mind The Gap, Abroms Engel Institute of Visual Arts, University of Alabama, Birmingham
2013
Leslie Wayne, J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, FL
I Am Nature: Paintings by Leslie Wayne, Foosaner Museum, Melbourne, FL
2011
Leslie Wayne, recent work, Halsey Institute for Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC (video and catalog); traveled to the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA and Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, CT
2010
One Big Love, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
2008
No Going Back, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
2007
Trouble in Paradise, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Analogues of Reality: Sight and Fantasy, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
2002
Two Years in the World, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Breaking and Entering, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
2000
Re-Entering, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Under my Skin, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
Galerie Doris Wullkopf, Darmstadt, Germany
1999
Insides Out, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Breaking and Entering, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Folding Time, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1996
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerif, Spain
Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
1994
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
1993
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
1992
55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
1990
55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
1979
Jerusalem Theater Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017
Africa on My Mind: Leslie Wayne and Malik Sidibé, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston,
TX
2012
Leslie Wayne and Neil Anderson: New Work, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004
The Object of Time: Charting a Decade, Don Porcaro and Leslie Wayne, University Art Museum, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Travelling to: Crossley Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota,
FL (catalog)
2002
Leslie Wayne: Love in the Afternoon and Don Porcaro: Oracle, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State
University of New York, New Paltz (catalog)
1997
Don Porcaro, works on paper; Leslie Wayne, paintings, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2025
Rockwell Refracted: Colorful Selections from the Permanent Collection, Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY
Material Girl, Athens Cultural Center, Athens, NY
Welcome to Wherever You Are, Manley Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, Australia
2024
Past as Prologue, A Historical Acknowledgement, Part 1, National Academy of Design, NYC
Material Resonance, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL
Unprecedented Art in Times of Crisis, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
Material World, curated by Gina Beavers, Maryanne Boesky Gallery, NYC
Annual, National Academy of Design, NYC
2023
Femme F(r)iction, An exhibition celebrating female artists of the last 100 years, Academy Mansion, NYC
2022
Come a Little Closer, DC Moore Gallery, NYC
Storyville: The Intersection of Abstraction, Allusion, and Depiction, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
An Expanded Portrait, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY
2020
Still Utopia: Island, Gallery MC, NYC
2019
At the Core: New Members of the National Academy of Design, The Core Club, NYC
Draw Me a Flag, BienalSur, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Groundwork, Galerija Contra, Zagreb, Croatia
2018
The Domestic Plane: On Edge, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Shaping Color, L.A. Louver Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Inaugural Group, Galerija Contra, Zagreb, Croatia
le Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, A Beautiful Elsewhere, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
On Edge, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. curated by Richard Klein.
Travelogue, The School/Jack Shainman Gallery, Kinderhook, NY.
2017
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day: Collections of Claude Simard, Tang Teaching Museum, Sarasota
Springs, NY
Creative Mischief, National Academy Museum and School, New York, NY
In Conversation, Indiana University Center for Art + Design, Columbus, IN
Drawing Set, New York Public Library, Jefferson Market Branch, New York, NY
2016
Representing Rainbows, Gerald Peters Gallery, NYC
In Conversation, Macy Art Gallery, Columbia University, NYC
FORFREEDOMS, curated by Hank Willis Thomas, Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC
2015
Common Thread, Mixed Greens, NYC
bound/unbound: unique and small edition artists’ books, dm contemporary, NYC
The Excessive Initiative, LA Artcore/Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
Improvised Showboat, Gary Stephan Studio, NYC.
Dipthong, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, BMCC, NYC. Curated by Stephen Maine and Gelah Penn
Status Quo, Jack Shainman Gallery - The School, Kinderhook, NY
In Conversation, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, BMCC, NYC. Curated by Stephanie Buhmann
Summer Group Exhibition, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2014
Vivid Memories, le Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
Mise En Scene, The School/Jack Shainman Gallery, Kinderhook, NY
NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial, Museum of Arts and Design, NYC
IMPACT, Galerija Contra, Zagreb, Croatia
About Like So, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT
Pouring it On, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
Starting Here: 50 Years of Distinguished Alumni from UCSB, Art, Design and Architecture Museum,
University of California, Santa Barbara
Eccentric Abstraction, Frosch and Portmann Gallery, NYC
The Shape of Things, Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC
Source Material, Lehman College Art Gallery, NYC
2013
PAINT(erly), BANK Gallery, Shainghai, China
Summer Interval '13: Out of the Larder, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Compilations, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Shape Shifters, Herron School of Art and Design, Inidanapolis, IN
Summer Stock, Quintenz & Co. Fine Art, Aspen, CO
Works on Paper, Galerija Contra, Koper, Slovenia
Physical Property, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Sumter Collects, II, Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC
Surface as Signifier, UD Gallery @ Crane Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Surface as Signifier, Marlin Gallery, Camden County College, Blackwood, NJ
Line//Print, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Textility, Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ (catalog: texts by Mary Birmingham and Joanne Matera)
American Abstr-ACTION, Galerija Contra, Koper, Slovenia
2011
Karmic Abstraction, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (catalog: text by John Yau)
Toward The Third Dimension, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
<Object><Image>, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
70 Years of Abstract Painting: Excerpts, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
Broad Band 10 + 11, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2010
Precious, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
2009
This...is your…This...is my..., UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
New Abstraction, Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Better Half, The Educational Alliance, New York, NY
2008
Material Color, curated by Mary Birmingham, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
Art in Richard Meier on Prospect Park. Richard Meier on Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
The Idea of Nature, 33 Bond Gallery, New York, NY
Revision, Reiteration, Recombination: Process and the Contemporary Print, University of Central Florida,
Orlando and College of Visual Arts, St Paul, curated by Leslie Wayne
Couples, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
2007
Making and Finding, curated by Katy Siegel. The Foundation To-Life, Inc. New York, NY
2006
Selections from the Permanent Collection since 1950’s, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Poiesis, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Peace Tower/Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Pull, Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, GA
2005
Surface, Byron Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
The Muster, curated by Allison Smith, presented by The Public Art Fund, Governor’s Island, NY
Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
2004
A Charge to Keep, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
A Coat of…, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Tenth Anniversary, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
2003
A Legacy of Diversity: New Prints 2003, International Print Center, New York, NY
New York Abstract, Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Collectors Vision, II, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
Overview: Highlights from the Collection of the Fondation Cartier, Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden
2002
Untitled, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Beyond the Pale, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
2001
I Love NY, benefit exhibition, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Selections from the Permanent Collection, curated by Bonnie Clearwater, Museum of Contemporary Art,
North Miami
In Cold Blood, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, NewPaltz, NY
2000
LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
The Blue Space, London, UK
Absolut Bottled Secret, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1999
Galore: The Continuous Painting Wall, curated by David Moos, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Pushing Paint, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
1999
Dimension, curated by Cathy Byrd, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
Beyond Bounds-Beyond Borders! Johnson County Community College, Kansas City, MO
Zwischen Raum #2 – Arbeiten au papier, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
InSite: Constructing the JCCC Collection, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
1998
Painting Language, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
From Here to Eternity: Painting in the 90s, curated by Ruth Kaufmann, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY
The Corcoran Collects: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Small, Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Theories of the Decorative: Abstraction and Ornament in Contemporary Painting, curated by David Moos,
Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland and Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita
State University, Wichita, KS (catalog)
Absolut Secret 1997, Royal College of Art, London, UK
A Game of Chance, curated by Hollis Sigler, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Resonance of Paint, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
Applied Surfaces, Personal Rituals, Freddie Fong Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
New Abstraction, Margulies Taplin Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Paper View, Cohen-Berkowitz Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
1996
The Uneasy Surface: Points of Turbulence in Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of
Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Essence: Twenty Abstract Painters, Radix Gallery, New York, NY
In This Time and Place, College Art Gallery, SUNY New Paltz, NY
Formal Abstraction/New York, curated by Robert Kingston, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Black - Grey -White, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1995
44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting: Painting Outside Painting, curated by Terrie
Sultan,The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (catalog)
Art At The Edge: Tampering - Artists and Abstraction Today, curated by Susan Krane, The High Museum,
Atlanta, GA
Transatlantica: The America-Europa Non-Representiva, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
Human/Nature, The New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Paper Works, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Mit Sicherem Griff, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer GMBH, Dusseldorf, Germany
Paper View, Byron Cohen and Lennie Berkowitz Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Art Without Borders, Ecole du Versant, Larouche, Quebec, Canada
A Grand Affair, Art Initiatives, New York, NY
Untitled Painting, Gallery 148/Art Initiatives, New York, NY
Domestic Policies, curated by Nina Felshin, College Art Gallery, State University of New York at New
Paltz, NY
1994
Painting, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Reveillon `94, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Review Preview, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Visions of 6, curated by Deven Golden, Gallery A, Chicago, IL
The Pleasures of Paint, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Matter Matters: Navigating the Terrain of Contemporary Painting, curated by Ellen K. Levy, Procter Gallery,
Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY
Neun Ausstellungen und Sechs Editionen, Sommer 1992 bis Sommer 1994, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer,
Dusseldorf, Germany
1993
Review/Preview, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Irony and Ecstasy, curated by Klaus Ottman, Salamaë Caro Gallery, London, UK (catalog)
Summer Group Exhibition, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
Thick & Thin, curated by Karen Shaw, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Inaugural, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Introductions, Bill Bace Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Art From New York, Higashi Hiroshima Museum, Hiroshima, Japan (catalog)
Beau Dommage, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Silent Echoes, curated by Christian Haub, Tennisport Arts, Long Island City, NY
East Coast - West Coast: Five Abstract Painters, Nancy Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC
1992
OIA Benefit Show, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
Margulies Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Kinder! Macht Neues! Galerie Rolf Ricke, Koln, Germany (catalog)
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
Robert Morrison Gallery, New York, NY
Large Drawing, curated by Leslie Wayne, 450 Broadway, New York, NY,
Painters, curated by Leslie Wayne, Trenkmann Gallery, New York, NY
The 1.5 Show, curated by Russet Lederman and Yvonne Muranushi, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY
Four Person Alumni Show, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1991
Artwork/Artworkers, AC Project Room, New York, NY
Salon 91, Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY
1990
Interart de St. Amand Gallery, New York, NY
1986
Albright-Knox Member’s Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Reconstruction: Six Young New York Sculptors, curated by Robert Kirschbaum, Carlson Gallery, University
of Bridgeport, CT
Four From 549, Interart de St. Amand Gallery, New York, NY
50 West Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Fifth Holiday Invitational Exhibit, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
50 West Gallery, New York, NY
Women's Invitational Project Number One, curated by Dorothy Gillespie, Spartanburg Day School, travelling
to Wofford College and Converse College, Spartanburg, NC (catalog)
Art Workers' Art, curated by Robin Sherin and Leslie Wayne, New York Institute of Technology, NYC
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1984
A Little Erotica, Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester, NY
1974
Women In America, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (catalog)
GRANTS & AWARDS
2025
Francis J. Greenburger Award
2018
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting
2017
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in Fine Arts
2016
Inducted into the National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Commission: MTA Arts for Transit, Culver Line, Bay Parkway Station
2012
Joan Mitchell Foundation Artist’s Grant
2006
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting
2004
Buhl Foundation Award for abstract photography
1994
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Artists Grant
1993
Hillwood Art Museum/New York State Council on the Arts, Projects Residency Grant
1992
Yaddo, Artist¹s Residency Fellowship
1990
Artist¹s Space, Exhibition Grant
1985
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Artist¹s Grant
Artist¹s Space, Exhibition Grant
Change, Inc., Artist¹s Grant
CATALOGS
2025
Welcome to Wherever You Are, Manley Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, Australia
2024
Past as Prologue, Part 1, National Academy of Design, NY
2019
What’s Inside, Leslie Wayne at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2018
The Domestic Plane: New Perspectives on Tabletop Art Objects,The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum,
Ridgefield, CT. Published by Gregory R. Miller & Co.
2017
Free Experience, Leslie Wayne at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Alma Thomas, contribution to the exhibition catalog for The Studio Museum in Harlem and The Francis Young Tang Teaching Museum, published by Prestel
2014
NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial, Museum of Art and Design, NYC
Rags, Essay by David Pagel, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Mind the Gap, Essay by Jessica Dallow, Abroms Engel Institute of Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL
2013
Managing Matter: concerns in painting. Avis Frank Gallery, Houston, TX
Physical Property, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Karmic Abstraction, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, text by John Yau
Textility, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ, texts by Mary Birmingham and Joanne Mattera
Leslie Wayne, recent work, Halsey Institute for Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC. Essays by Mark Sloan,
Director and Ron Platt, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art
2010
One Big Love, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY. Essay by Amy Smith-Stewart
2005
A Coat Of… Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
2004
The Object of Time; Charting a Decade, University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville; Crossley
Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota. Essay by Amy Dickerson
2002
Leslie Wayne, Love in the Afternoon, and Don Porcaro, Oracle, Samuel Dorsky
Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY. Essay by Nadine Wasserman
2000
Leslie Wayne, Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC and Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA. Essay by Robert Mahoney
1997
Theories of the Decorative, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland and Edwin A.
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS. Essay by David Moos
The Resonance of Paint, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
1996
Uneasy Surface: Points of Turbulence in Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode
Island, Kingston, RI.
1995
44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting: Painting Outside Painting, The Corcoran
Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, essays by Barry Schwabsky and Terrie Sultan
Transatlantica: The America-Europa Non-Representiva, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
Art at the Edge: Tampering - Artists and Abstraction Today, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. Essay by Susan Krane
1994
Neun Ausstellungen und Sechs Editionen, Sommer 1992 bis Sommer 1994, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer,
Dusseldorf, Germany
1993
Art from New York, Higashi Hiroshima Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
Irony and Ecstasy, Salama Caro Gallery, London, UK
1992
Kinder! Macht Neues! Galerie Rolf Ricke, Koln, Germany
1985
Women's Invitational Project Number One, Spartanburg Day School, Wofford College and Converse College, Spartanburg, NC
1974
Women in America, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Abroms Engel Institute of Visual Art, Birmingham, AL
Art, Design and Architecture Museum, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, NYC
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
British Airways
Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum Smithsonian Library, NYC
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Davis Museum, Wellesley, MA
Fundación MER, Segovia, Spain
Franklin Furnace Archives, NY
Foundation Cartier pour d’art Contemporain, Paris, France
Harvard University Business School, Cambridge, MA
Herman Miller, Inc., New York, NY
King and Spalding, New York, NY
La Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
National Academy of Design, NYC
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Parrish Art Museum, Watermill, NY
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
Reed College Special Collections Library, Portland, OR
Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY
Saks Fifth Avenue, Tampa, FL and Palm Beach, CA
Scott Memorial Study Collection, Bryn Mawr College, PA
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
Sprint, Overland Park, KS
The Capitol Group, Los Angeles, CA
The Foundation To-Life, Inc., Mount Kisco, NY
The Miami Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
The Progressive Corporation, Cleveland OH
The Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY
Thomas Group, Philadelphia, PA
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
BIBLIOGRAPHY: PERIODICALS
2024
Thrillist. “The Artist Painting the World Through a Boeing 737 Window” by Joleen Zubek. July 17, 2024
https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/landscape-paintings-boeing-window-leslie-wayne
StupidDope. “Leslie Wayne’s ‘This Land is Your Land’ Exhibition” by Jesse James, July 2, 2024.
https://stupiddope.com/2024/07/leslie-waynes-this-land-is-your-land-exhibition/
Colossal. “Through a Boeing 737 Window, Leslie Wayne Frames the Grandeur of the American West,”
By Grace Ebert, June 28, 2024.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/06/leslie-wayne-airplane-paintings/
Artsy. “After 40 Years, New York Gallerist Jack Shainman Is Still Dreaming Big,” by Maxwell Rabb.
June 18, 2024
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-40-years-new-york-gallerist-jack-shainman-dreaming-big
Twocostofpaint.com. “The Ringing in Leslie Wayne’s Head,” by Jonathan Stevenson. June 12, 2024.
https://twocoatsofpaint.com/2024/06/the-ringing-in-leslie-waynes-head.html
Suface Magazine. “Leslie Wayne: This Land.” June 5, 2024.
https://www.surfacemag.com/events/leslie-wayne-this-land/
artdaily.com, “Jack Shainman Gallery opens ‘Leslie Wayne: This Land’
https://artdaily.com/news/169977/Jack-Shainman-Gallery-opens--Leslie-Wayne--This-Land-
Designboom.com, “Artist Leslie Wayne depicts voyages over the American West in exhibition “This Land,” June 11, 2024. https://www.designboom.com/art/leslie-wayne-this-land-jack-shainman-gallery-06-11-2024/
Journal Star. “Sheldon opens ‘Unprecedented: Art in Times of Crisis” by L. Kent Wolgamott. April 25, 2024
2023
Dovetail Magazine. “This Land is Your Land. Leslie Wayne and the verisimilitude of memory and landscape,” by Kate Mothes. November 5, 2023.
https://dovetailmag.com/2023/11/leslie-wayne/
East Hampton Star. “Three Female Artists Walk Into the Parrish, by Mark Segal, January 26, 2023.
https://www.easthamptonstar.com/arts/2023126/artist-talks-parrish
2022
Brooklyn Rail. “Stressed World” by Lenore Malen, October 2022.
https://brooklynrail.org/2022/10/artseen/Stressed-World
2021
Artnews. "Artist Leslie Wayne on Sculpting Paint and Repairing What is Broken” by Francesca Aton.
June 15, 2021.
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/leslie-wayne-sculpting-paint-artnews-live-1234595797/
Art in America Guide to Chelsea: “Six Must-See Exhibitions in Chelsea in May and June 2021” by Francesca Aton. May 3, 2021. https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/features/six-must-see-exhibitions-in-chelsea-this-summer-1234591471/robert-polidori-at-kasmin/
2020
SnapSHOT of the Art World. “10 Highlights of the 2020 Armory Show” by David Ebony. March 8, 2020. https://snapeditions.com/2020/03/08/10-highlights-of-the-2020-armory-show/
2019
NADNOW Journal. “Leslie Wayne: What’s Inside” by Mimi Wong, March 19, 2019. https://www.nadnowjournal.org/reviews/leslie-wayne-whats-inside/ Hyperallergic Weekend. “Navigating the Slippage Between Reality and Illusion. The architectonics of Leslie Wayne’s structures exude impermanence and a poetic expression of loss” by Sharmistha Ray. March 9, 2019. https://hyperallergic.com/488571/leslie-wayne-whats-inside-jack-shainman-gallery/
Two Coats of Paint. “Burning Down the House” by Sharon Butler. March 8, 2019.
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2019/03/leslie-wayne-burning-down-the-house.html Juxtapoz. " LESLIE WAYNE REVEALS WHAT'S INSIDE @ JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, NYC” by Sasha Bogojev. https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/leslie-wayne-reveals-what-s-inside-jack-shainman-gallery-nyc Creative Boom. "What's Inside: Leslie Wayne's clever use of oil paint to create 3D window frames and wardrobes”by Katy Cowan. https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/whats-inside-leslie-waynes-clever-use-of-oil-paint-to-create-3d-sculptural-objects-/ @Artdrunk. Studio Visit with Gary Yeh. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt_gJFNjQST/ The Architect’s Newspaper. “Leslie Wayne reveals What’s Inside her inner world,” by Sydney Franklin. February 26, 2019. https://archpaper.com/2019/02/leslie-waynes-whats-inside/ Abstract Room. “Leslie Wayne – The Interview.” http://abstractroom.org/2019/02/26/leslie-wayne-the-interview/
2018
Klein, Richard. “On Edge.” Catalog essay for The Domestic Plane: New Perspectives on Tabletop Art
Objects,The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. Published by Gregory R. Miller & Co.
Goldstein, Andrew. “10 of the Most Remarkable Artworks at the 2018 Armory Show.” Artnet
News, March 9, 2018.
https://news.artnet.com/market/10-of-the-most-remarkable-artworks-at-the-2018-armory-show-1240235
Wayne, Leslie. “Interview: Lesley Dill on her new work, with Leslie Wayne,” January 28, 2018. twocoatsofpaint.com.
2017
Mattera, Joanne. “Autumn in New York, Part 4: Shape, Gesture, Surface.” December 7, 2017.
https://joannematteraartblog.blogspot.com/2017/12/autumn-in-new-york-part-4-shape-gesture.html
Saltz, Jerry. “Critics Picks: See Leslie Wayne: Free Expression, Good moves.” New York Magazine, October 2, 2017
Cascone, Sarah. “Editor’s Picks: 16 Things to See in New York This Week.” artnetnews.com,
September 25, 2017. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-september-25-1072451
Butler, Sharon and Stevenson, Jonathan. “Leslie Wayne: Beyond Painterly.” twocoatsofpaint.com.
September 26, 2017. http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2017/09/leslie-wayne-at-shainman.html
Sisto, Elena. “The Family Clown: A Studio Visit With Leslie Wayne.” artcritical.com, September 22, 2017.
http://www.artcritical.com/2017/09/22/elena-sisto-with-leslie-wayne/
Ingrasciotta, Carla. “Free Experience at Jack Shainman Gallery, NY: an Interview with Leslie Wayne.”
My Art Guides, September 7, 2017.
Tazartes, Julia. Leslie Wayne’s ‘Free Experience’ Opens at Jack Shainman Gallery,” WWD, Aug 29, 2017.
“Fall Preview” New York Magazine, page 120, August 21, 2017
Blouin Artinfo, “Leslie Wayne at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.” August 28, 2017
http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/2474242/leslie-wayne-at-jack-shainman-gallery-new-york
Douglas,Sarah. “A Portrait of the Artist as a Collector,” Artnews, April, 2017
Sussman, Anna Louie. “How Galleries Support Their Artists” Artsy Editorial, April 18, 2017
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-galleries-support-artists
2016
Kennedy, Randy. “Books and Museum Treats for Art Lovers: Alma Thomas,” The New York Times,
November 25, 2016.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/24/arts/design/books-and-museum-treats-for-art-lovers.html?_r=0
Alpers, Svetlana. “Life of the Mind.” The Key Reporter, September 2016.
http://www.keyreporter.org/BookReviews/LifeOfTheMind/Details/2029.html
Wayne, Leslie. “Painting in Water: A Studio Visit With Beatrice Pediocni,” artcritical.com, June 17, 2016.
http://www.artcritical.com/2016/06/17/beatrice-pediconi-with-leslie-wayne/
Buhmann, Stephanie, editor. "New York Studio Conversations - Seventeen Women Talk About Art," Green
Box Press, Berlin
Wayne, Leslie. “The Solitariness of the Pursuit: a studio visit with Elena Sisto.” artcritical.com, March 18,
2016. http://www.artcritical.com/2016/03/17/elena-sisto-with-leslie-wayne/
Buhmann, Stephanie. “New York Notes on Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015).” Chelsea Now, March 23, 2016.
http://chelseanow.com/2016/03/new-york-notes-on-ellsworth-kelly-1923-2015-2/
2015
Phillips, Holly. The English Room, October 5, 2015. “Artist Spotlight Series: Leslie Wayne.”
https://www.theenglishroom.biz/artist-spotlight-series-leslie-wayne/
Nys Dambrot, Shana. Huffpost Arts & Culture, September 23, 2015. “Excessivism: Irony, Imbalance and a
New Rococo.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shana-nys-dambrot/the-excessivist-initiativ_b_8180840.html
Mendelsohn, John. artcritical.com, October 5, 2015. “The Ghost in the Machine: Diphthong at the Fiterrman”
https://artcritical.com/2015/10/05/john-mendelsohn-on-diphthong/
Halpert, Juliana. Artforum. “Common Thread.” August 14, 2015.
file:///Users/Don_Porcaro/Desktop/%E2%80%9CCommon%20Thread%E2%80%9D%20- %20artforum.com%20_%20archive.html
Stevenson, Jonathan. Two Coats of Paint, July 31, 2015. “Warp and weft: The grid at Mixed Greens”
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2015/07/off-grid-at-mixed-greens.html
Wenling. Bizmode Magazine, May 2015. “Interview with New York artist Leslie Wayne.”
Helmke, Juliet. artcritical.com, March 12, 2015. “So It Goes: A Survey of Painting’s Influence on Other
Media.” http://www.artcritical.com/2015/03/12/juliet-helmke-about-like-so/
Donahue, Casey. Stamford Daily Voice, March 5, 2015. “Stamford Art Exhibit Explores the Influence of
Painting. http://stamford.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/stamford-art-exhibit-explores-influence-painting
Editors. Artnews, February 4, 2015.“’You should be part of the international blah blah;” Leslie Wayne
eulogizes Claude Simard”
http://www.artnews.com/2015/02/04/you-should-be-part-of-the-international-blah-blah-leslie-wayne-eulogizes-claude-simard/http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2014/03/leslie-wayne-wiped-out.html?spref=tw
Buhmann, Stephanie. Downtown Express, March 13, 2014. “Buhmann on Art: Leslie Wayne.”
2014
Dallow, Jessica. Catalog essay for Leslie Wayne: Mind the Gap. “Mind the Gap (or the In Between)”
Goodman, Jonathan. The Brooklyn Rail. “Leslie Wayne, Rags.”
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2014/05/artseen/leslie-wayne-rags
Guarducci, Barbara. “Report: Leslie Wayne and the Transformation of Color.” PantoneView.com, May 26,
http://www.pantoneview.com/color-view/lifestyle-culture/leslie-wayne-transformation-of-colour#
Landi, Ann. ARTnews, June 2014. "Facing the Blank Canvas."
Pagel, David. Leslie Wayne, Rags, exhibition catalog essay. “Paint/Rags and Planks”
Strasnick, Stephanie. ArtNews, May 2014. “Leslie Wayne at Jack Shainman.”
Sultan, Altoon. Studio and Garden, March 18, 2014. “Leslie Wayne: Draped Color.”
http://altoonsultan.blogspot.com/2014/03/leslie-wayne-draped-color.html?spref=fb
Wilkin, Karen. The Hudson Review, Spring 2014. “At the Galleries.”
Wolfman, Tatyana. “Arouse the Inner Sensation of Experiencing Nature.” Rooms Magazine, Aug 14, 2014.
http://www.roomsmagazine.com/index.php/2014/08/arouse-the-inner-sensation-of-experiencing-nature/
2013
Fabri, Anne R. Broad Street Review. March 2, 2013. “Surface As Signifier at Crane Arts Center.”
http://www.broadstreetreview.com/index.php/main/article/surface_as_signifier_at_crane_arts_center/
Gaskin, Sam. BlouinARTINFO china, June 11, 2013. “Review: Jin Shan’s Pooping Cupid Shows at BANK.”
http://encn.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/981291/review-jin-shans-pooping-cupid-shows-at-bank
Grissom, Wesley. Arbus Magazine, Sept/Oct. 2013. “Paint Tectonics”
http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=173285&p=78.
Hall, Ed. Burnaway, October 29, 2013, “In 200 Words: Leslie Wayne at J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville
Beach, FL. http://burnaway.org/200-words-paint-tectonics-j-johnson-gallery/
Stephanie Buhmann.com, Interview Series – 06 – Leslie Wayne with Stephanie Buhmann, August, 2013.
http://www.stephaniebuhmann.com/interviews.html
Harbaug, Pam. www.floridatoday.com. January 9, 2013. “New York artist to attend sculptural paintings show
opening”
McEnaney, Diane. www.onviewmagazine.com, January/March 2013. “Profile (Leslie Wayne)”
Schwartz, Chip, KnightArts. February 28, 2013. “University of Delaware @ Crane presents “Surface as Signifier.” http://www.knightarts.org/community/philadelphia/ud-crane-surface-as-signifier
2012
Donohoe, Victoria. www.philly.com, May 18, 2012. "Neil Anderson paintings exhibited at Bridgette Mayer
Gallery"
Ipavec, Maksimilijana. Primorske Novice, May 8, 2012. “Abstrakcija z druge strani Atlantika”
Lieberman, Claire. http://www.artexperiencenyc.com/transfer-of-meaningthe-momentum-of-abstract-painting/
Spring 2012, Vol. 1, No.7. "Transfer of Meaning: The Momentum of Abstract Painting"
Mcmenamin, Alison. www.theartblog.org. “Painting abstraction in three different ways at Bridgette Mayer”
Stuhmer, Marcelino. http://www.title-magazine.com/2012/05/one-big-love-by-leslie-wayne/. “One Big Love by Leslie Wayne”
2011
Huggins, Stacy. Art Mag, Issue 9, Winter 2011. “Leslie Wayne: Recent Work.”
Lord, Jo. Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 9, 2011. “Internationally acclaimed artist brings innovative style to
Richmond.”
Newhall, Edith. Philadelphia Inquirer, November 20, 2011. “Galleries: ’Karmic Abstraction’ brings a tint of
turquoise to renovated Bridgette Mayer Gallery.”
Platt, Ron. “Means To An End” Leslie Wayne: Recent Work catalog, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
Schwartz, Chip. www.theartblog.org. December 21, 2011. “Bridgette Mayer reopens with Karmic
Abstraction.”
Smith, Nick. Charleston City Paper. “Digging into Leslie Wayne’s multi-layered works.”
Stockwell Mercer, Amy. www.dailyserving,com, February 12, 2011. “Building Up Layers: An Interview with
Leslie Wayne”
Thompson, Bill. The Post and Courier, January 16, 2011. “Artist captures natural world in sculptural
paintings big, small.”
Wilkin, Karen. The Hudson Review, Summer 2011. “At the Galleries.”
2010
Berliant, Claire. Time Out New York, July 8-14, 2010. “Leslie Wayne, “One Big Love”
www.The Daily Beast.com; www.NBCnewyork.com; www.Artlog.com, June 2010. “Artlog Visits NY’s Jack
Shainman Gallery.“ (video)
MacAdam, Barbara. ARTnews, September 2010. “Leslie Wayne”
2009
Batet, Janet. www.Examiner.com. May 24, 2009. “New Abstraction at the Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art
Gallery.”
Seale, Emily. San Antonio Current. August 12, 2009. “First Friday roundup: Home is where the art is.”
2008
Abbe, Mary. Minneapolis/St. Paul Star Tribune, March 27, 2008. “Art: Elegant Variety in Two Exhibitions.”
Budick, Ariella. New York Newsday, April 11, 2008. “ Review: ‘Couples’ at Islip Art Museum”
Genocchio, Benjamin. The New York Times, April 27, 2008. “Married to Art and to Each Other”
2007
Joanne Mattera Art Blog, Leslie Wayne at Jack Shainman/Pulse, Miami
2005
New American Paintings – Number 56, The Open Studios Press, “Leslie Wayne”
Artforum.com, June 2005. “Role Call”
2004
Benatti, Michelle. The Gainesville Sun, October 7, 2004. “University Galleries Mark 40th With Varied
Exhibits.”
Buice, Michelle. - Architrave 12, Fall, 2004. “Composed Decomposition: Leslie Wayne.”
Costello, Kevin. Sarasota Herald Tribune, December 5, 2004. “Couple’s Art Complements, Contrasts.”
2003
Seidel, Miriam, The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 12, 2003. “Art/New York abstracts energetic with color.”
Koplos, Janet, Art in America” March, p. 128. “Leslie Wayne and Don Porcaro at the Dorsky Museum.”
Gronlund, Melissa, ARTnews, February, p. 125. “Leslie Wayne”
McCown, Edna, www.digitalcity.com. “Leslie Wayne Analogues of Reality: Sight and Fantasy”
2002
Zimmer, William, The New York Times, February 24, p. 8. “When the Subject of the Painting is the
Manipulation of the Paint.”
The Patent Trader. “Neuberger Exhibit Examines the Use of Paint,”
Fintz, Jeanette, The Artful Mind, September, 2002. “Don Porcaro, Oracle and Leslie Wayne, Love in the
Afternoon at the Samuel Dorsky Museum, SUNY, New Paltz,”.
2001
Schwalb, Susan, Art New England, October/November, pg. 8. “Exhibition Catalogs”
Ewald, Gudrun. Kunst, June 2001. “Farbriss: Leslie Wayne in der Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer.”
Meister, Helga. Westdeutsche Zeitung, June. “Lavbabrei der Farbe: Leslie Wayne stellt bei Bugdahn und
Kaimer aus,”
Ortner-Giertz, Carolin, Rheinische Post, June 6, 2001. “gehautet und zersabelt: Leslie Wayne in der Galerie
Bugdahn und Kaimer,”
2000
Nadelman, Cynthia. Artnews, November, p. 211. “Leslie Wayne at Jack Shainman Gallery,”
Halasz, Piri. NYArts International, November, p. 11. “Chic & Un-Chic”
Berman, Greta. The Juilliard Journal, October 2000, pgs. 9-10. “Women Headline the all Art Season in New
York City,”
Halaz, Piri, From the Mayor’s Doorstep, October 2000. “Retro and Pioneer”
Johnson, Ken. The New York Times, Friday September 15, p. E32. “Leslie Wayne at Jack Shainman”
Moos, David. Art Papers, March/April. “Dimension,”
Robertson, Jean and Craig McDaniel, Painting as a Language, Harcourt Brace.
Feaster, Felicia, Creative Loafing, November 18, 2000, pg. 48. “Wayne’s Embedded Paintings Toy With The
Convention Of Canvas,”
Fox, Catherine. The Atlanta Journal Constitution, November 17, p. 8. “Abstract Realities”
1999
Amy, Michael, Art in America, May, pgs.157-8. “Leslie Wayne at Jack Shainman.”
Scherr, Apollinaire. Express, April 9, p. 48. “Leslie Wayne at Haines Gallery.”
Baker, Kenneth. San Francisco Chronicle, April 3, p.C1. “Painter Wayne’s in Touch with Her Inner Clown.”
Cullum, Jerry. The Atlanta Journal Constitution, September 24,1998. “Exploring Many Dimensions.”
1998
Muchnic, Suzanne. ARTnews, October, p. 149. “Leslie Wayne at LA Louver.”
Pagel, David. The Los Angeles Times, June 19. “Leslie Wayne at LA Louver.”
Thorson, Alice. The Kansas City Star, April 3. “Imposing Pain on Paint.”
1997
Thorson, Alice. The Kansas City Star, November 30. “New Realities of Abstraction,”
Holman, Rhonda. The Wichita Eagle, October 26. “Ornament Reborn.”
Gale, Iain. Scotland on Sunday, August 24, p. 20 “Surface Tension.”
Beaumont, Susanna. The List 97, August 15-21. “The Ornamental Effect.”
Searle, Adrian. The Guardian, August 12, p. 10. “Emperors’ New Clothes.”
Wallace, Gregory. Art New England, February/March, p. 48. “The Uneasy Surface…”
1996
The New Yorker, December 16, p.20. “Goings on About Town.
Nahas, Dominique. Review, December 1. “Leslie Wayne at Jack Shainman Gallery.”
Melrod, George. Art and Antiques, November. “Abstract Visions,”
El Dia, October 16. “La Americana Leslie Wayne expose en Leyendecker.”
1996
La Gaceta de Canarias, September 27. “Leyendecker inaugura la temporada con Leslie Wayne”
Van Siclen, Bill. The Providence Journal-Bulletin, September 13, p. E7. “Scratching the surface of art’s
materials,”
Risatti, Howard. Artforum, April, p.106. "Painting Outside of Painting.”
Klose, Antje. Rheinische Post, April 10, 1996. “Leslie Wayne in der Galerie Bugdahnund Kaimer: Plissierter
Engels-Zorn.”
Ostrow, Saul, The New Art Examiner, March. “History is Now: The Corcoran Gallery’s 44th Biennial
Exhibition of Contemporary Painting.”
Howell, George. Art Papers, March/April, Vol. 20, Issue 2. "44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary
American Painting.”
Parmelee, Terry. KOAN, February, p.11. "Other KOAN Critics Rate the 44th Biennial.”
Plagens, Peter. Newsweek, January 15. "Peeling Paint."
1995
Shaw Eagle, Joanna. The Washington Times, December 24. "Painting Beyond Traditional Limits.”
Jo Ann Lewis. The Washington Post, December 23, 1995. ”Painting Outside The Lines. Corcoran’s Biennial
Show Leaves The Canvas Behind.”
Antiques and the Arts Weekly, December 22. "Five Abstract Artists in Atlanta
Locke, Donald. Creative Loafing (Arts and Entertainment), November 11. "Paper Weight."
Cullum, Jerry. Atlanta Journal/Constitution, October 27. “Tampering' with issues of our times."
Georgia Daily Tribune News, October 27. "High's `Art at the Edge' series to feature emerging painters."
Van Siclen, Bill. The Providence Journal-Bulletin, September 13, 1996. “Scratching the surface of art’s
materials.”
Jocks, Heinz-Norbert. Westdeutsch Zeitung, April 12, 1996. “Der reine Spukgegluckter Malerei. Bugdahn &
Kaimer: Leslie Wayne schalt
Farben, Klose, Antje. Rheinische Post, April 10, 1996. “Leslie Wayne in der Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer:
Plissierter Engels-Zorn.”
Robert G. Edelman. Art in America, April. "Leslie Wayne at Jack Shainman,.”
Tully, Judd. ARTnewsletter, Vol. XX, No. 14, March 7. "Record Attendance at ARCO: U.S. Dealers
Welcome.”
1994
Chatanooga Free Press, November 19. "Atlanta's High Museum Presents `Tampering.”
Fox, Kathy. Atlanta Journal/Constitution, October 25, 1994.
Jocks, Heinz Norbert. Westdeutsche Zeitung, June 11. "Die Substanz der Phantasie."
McCracken, David. Chicago Tribune, February 25. "Sampler of Abstraction from New York is Down to
Earth."
1993
Fleming, Lee. The Washington Post, "Abstract Painters at Drysdale," Feb. 6, 1993.
Gibson, Eric. The Washington Times, "Imported Works Make What's Here Look Good," February 4.
Giuliano, Charles. Art New England, June/July. "Perspective/Optic Talk.”
Harrison, Helen. New York Times, Long Island, NY "Beyond Showing Textural Extremes in Painting,”
The New Yorker, October 4. "Inaugural," Goings on About Town.
Schwabsky, Barry. Artforum, October. “Leslie Wayne.”
1992
Schwabsky, Barry. Tema Celeste, Autumn. "North South East West, Leslie Wayne.”
1986
Amateau, Al. Chelsea Clinton News, August 7. "Interart Celebrates an Anniversary.”
ONLINE INTERVIEWS and SELECTED VIDEOS
2021
Leslie Wayne in conversation with Glenn Adamson, June 10, 2021
https://jackshainman.com/exhibitions/leslie_wayne
Artnews Live on IGTV, interview with Brooke Jaffe.
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/leslie-wayne-sculpting-paint-artnews-live-1234595797/
2020
Aldrich Studios with Leslie Wayne.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj-leo0z_Fo&t=5s
2019
The Architect’s Newspaper. “Leslie Wayne reveals What’s Inside her inner world,” by Sydney Franklin.
February 26, 2019. https://archpaper.com/?s=Leslie+Wayne
Abstract Room. “Leslie Wayne – The Interview.”
http://abstractroom.org/2019/02/26/leslie-wayne-the-interview/
2018
PRAXIS Interview Magazine/WYBCX Yale Radio. Leslie Wayne interviewed by Brainard Carey, December
20, 2018. https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/leslie-wayne/
2017
Artcritical. “The Family Clown: A Studio Visit With Leslie Wayne,” by Elena Sisto, September 22, 2017.
http://www.artcritical.com/2017/09/22/elena-sisto-with-leslie-wayne/
My Art Guides, “Free Experience at Jack Shainman Gallery, NY: an Interview with Leslie Wayne,” by
Ingrasciotta, Carla. September 7, 2017.
2013
StephanieBuhmann.com, Interview Series – 06 – Leslie Wayne with Stephanie Buhmann, August, 2013.
http://www.stephaniebuhmann.com/interviews.html
Figure/Ground, interview with Julia Schwartz, March, 2013.
http://figureground.ca/leslie-wayne
Studio Critical blogspot, interview with Valerie Brennan, February 4, 2013.
http://studiocritical.blogspot.com.es/2013/02/leslie-wayne.html
2012
Gorky’s Granddaughter, video interview, January 2012.
2011
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art video interview, January 2011.
http://halsey.cofc.edu/exhibitions/leslie-wayne-recent-work/
WRITINGS
2025
Two Coats of Paint. “Suzanne Joelson: Collecting information into sensation.” September 12, 2025
https://twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/09/suzanne-joelson-collecting-information-into-sensation.html
BOMB. “Elizabeth King by Leslie Wayne,” August 20, 2025
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2025/08/20/elizabeth-king-by-leslie-wayne/
Painters on Painting. “Leslie Wayne on Jack Whitten and the Greek Alphabet Paintings,” August 30, 2025
2024
Two Coats of Paint. Interview: “Deborah Buck: Funniest girl in the class” July 5 2024.
https://twocoatsofpaint.com/2024/07/deborah-buck-funniest-girl-in-the-class.html
BOMB, Interview: “Ellen K. Levy by Leslie Wayne,” June 24, 2024
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2024/06/24/ellen-k-levy-by-leslie-wayne/
2023
Two Coats of Paint. Interview: “Holly Miller’s transatlantic sensibility.” November 20, 2023
https://twocoatsofpaint.com/2023/11/holly-millers-transatlantic-sensibility.html
2021
BOMB, “Fluid Interpretations: Lisa Corinne Davis by Leslie Wayne.” September 30, 2021.
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2021/09/30/fluid-interpretations-lisa-corinne-davis-interviewed/
BOMB, “A Shared Sense of Becoming: Monica Majoli Interviewed by Leslie Wayne.” June 29, 2021. https://bombmagazine.org/articles/a-shared-sense-of-becoming-monica-majoli-interviewed/
Artcritical. “Heating Up in Falls Village, Ct.: The Furnace/Art on Paper Archive” by Leslie Wayne. June 26,21 https://artcritical.com/2021/06/26/leslie-wayne-on-stephen-maine/
2020
NADNOW Journal. “Don Porcaro and Paul Broches Reflect on the Nature of Collaboration.” by Leslie Wayne. February 5, 2020.
Two Coats of Paint. “Leslie Wayne: 2020 Armory Report.” March 6, 2020. https://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2020/03/leslie-wayne-armory-report.html
2019
Two Coats of Paint. “Immediate, physical, emotional: Studio visit with Elise Siegel,” by Leslie Wayne
January 6, 2019
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2019/01/immediate-physical-emotional-studio-visit-elise-siegel.html
2018
NADNOW, “Melissa Meyer’s Sprezzatura, by Leslie Wayne.” November 12, 2018
https://www.nadnowjournal.org/in-conversation/melissa-meyers-sprezzatura/
Artcritical. “Light is Beauty: Sharon Butler talks art, life and blogging with Lesiie Wayne.” October 1, 2018.
http://www.artcritical.com/2018/10/01/leslie-wayne-with-sharon-butler/
Two Coats of Paint. “Studio Visit with Barbara Takenaga,” by Leslie Wayne. September 3, 2018..
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2018/09/studio-visit-with-barbara-takenaga.html’l
Two Coats of Paint. “Lesley Dill on her new work, with Leslie Wayne,” January 28, 2018.
2017
Artcritical. “The Itinerant Portraitist: Brenda Zlamany discusses her Hebrew Home project with Leslie
Wayne.” By Leslie Wayne, December 6, 2017.
http://www.artcritical.com/2017/12/06/leslie-wayne-with-brenda-zlamany/
Artcritical. “Comfort Clothing for Fraught Times: Medrie MacPhee in conversation with Leslie Wayne,”
July 17, 2017
http://www.artcritical.com/2017/07/20/leslie-wayne-with-medrie-macphee/artcritical.com.
Artcritical. “The Drug Administration: Beverly Fishman Talks High Modernism and Big Pharma”
by Leslie Wayne, March 30, 2017.
http://www.artcritical.com/2017/03/30/beverly-fishman-in-conversation-with-leslie-wayne/
2016
Artcritical. “Painting in Water: A Studio Visit With Beatrice Pediocni,” by Leslie Wayne, June 17, 2016.
http://www.artcritical.com/2016/06/17/beatrice-pediconi-with-leslie-wayne/
Artcritical. “The Solitariness of the Pursuit: A studio visit with Elena Sisto,” by Leslie Wayne.
March 17, 2016. http://www.artcritical.com/2016/03/17/elena-sisto-with-leslie-wayne/
2015
Wayne, Leslie. artcritical.com. “The Hungry Connoisseur: Claude Simard, 1956-2014.”
http://www.artcritical.com/2015/02/03/leslie-wayne-on-claude-simard/
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2024
Curator, A Matter of Time, Platform Project Space, DUMBO, NY
2022
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Visiting Artist University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Panelist, Sheldon Art Museum, Lincoln, NE
2021
Guest Lecturer, Meyerson JCC Manhattan, NYC
2020
Visiting Artist, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2019
Visiting Artist, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Visting Artist, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Guest speaker, The Studio School, New York, NY
Guest speaker, Benchmarks School Program, New York, NY
2018
Artist Studio Lecture, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2017
Guest Lecturer, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Panelist, A Conversation: If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day: Collections of Claude Simard, with Ian Berry, Sarah Douglas and Hank Willis Thomas, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Visiting Artist, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Guest Lecturer, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston, TX
2016
Guest Lecturer, Fordham University, NYC
Panelist, The Legacy of Mingei in Contemporary Abstraction, Dorsky Curatorial Programs, LIC, NY
Panelist, on the Art and Legacy of Alma Thomas, Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EARyVn-FaQI
Panelist, Dunkerley Diaglogue on the Art and Legacy of Alma Thomas, Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga
Springs, NY
Commissioned work as artist contribution to “Alma Thomas” catalog
Visiting lecturer, City College of New York, NYC
Guest artist, Fordham University, New York, NY
2015
Visiting lecturer, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT
Visiting Artist, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2014
Visiting Artist, SCAD, Atlanta and Savannah, GA
Visiting Lecturer, Abroms Engel Institute of Visual Arts, University of Alabama, Birmingham
2013
Panelist, “Surface As Signifier” panel discussion, University of Delaware, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Visiting Artist, Drew University, Madison, NJ
2008
Distinguished Lecturer, Critical Dialogues, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Curator, Revision, Reiteration, Recombination: Process and the Contemporary Print, University of Central
Florida, Orlando and College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
Visiting Artist and Panelist, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
Visiting Artist, Drew University, Madison, NJ
2007
New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Mentor
Visiting Artist, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY
Visiting Artist, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2006
Visiting Artist, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2005
Visiting Artist, University of Iowa, Iowa City
2005-07
Artist in Residence, Blue Ocean Institute
2004
Visiting Artist, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Visiting Artist, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2003
Visiting Artist, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2002
Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2000 – 2006
Member: Yaddo Artist Task Force
1999
Visiting Artist, Philadelphia College of Art, University of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Visiting Artist, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Visiting Artist, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Visiting Artist, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1997
Visiting Artist, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Panelist: “Theories of the Decorative” exhibition, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
1996
Visiting Artist, Empire State College, New York, NY
Visiting Artist, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
1995
Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Panelist: “Corcoran Biennial” exhibition, American University, Washington, DC
1992
Curator, “Paintings,” Trenkmann Gallery, New York, NY
Curator, “Large Drawings,” 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Curator, “Interpretations of the Southwest”, 50 West Gallery, New York, NY
Curator, “Art Workers’ Art”, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1985 - 1987
Owner/Director, 50 West Gallery, New York, NY