Leslie Brack

Leslie Brack was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and received an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has exhibited paintings and organized projects at venues which include Momenta Art, White Columns, Winkleman Gallery, Plus Ultra Gallery, Galerie Eric Dupont, and the Johnson Museum. She has received fellowships and grants from CAP, NYFA, Corporation of Yaddo, and the Ucross Foundation. Leslie lives and works in upstate New York.

2010	"I'm A Stranger Here Myself," station923, Ithaca, NY
2002	"Art in America," Plus Ultra/Winkleman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1999	"Guest Room: Leslie Brack," Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris "Leslie Brack," Yearsley Spring Gallery, Philadelphia, PA "Leslie Brack," Rosenberg Gallery at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
1997	PS122 Gallery, two-person show with Tony Gray, NYC
1996	Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, two-person show with Mark Bennett, NYC Momenta Art, two-person show with Rico Gatson, Brooklyn, NY

2011	"Signs on the Road," co-organized with Michael Ashkin and Joshua Geldzahler (as Workroom G), Winkleman CRL, NYC
2009	"The Mood Back Home," with Womanhouse archive website, co-organized with Suzy Spence, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
2000	"I Saw Stars," Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
1999	"Chocolate Kingdom," The Work Space, NYC
1995	"Lookin' Good, Feelin' Good," co-organized with Michael Ashkin, Mark Masyga and Jeanne Tremel, Gallery 450, NYC

2011	CAP Fellowship Grant
	NYFA SOS Grant
	Residency Fellowship, Ucross Foundation
	Cornell Council for the Arts project grant
2010	Yaddo Artist Fellowship/Alma B.C. Shapiro Residency for a Woman Painter

2011	"Homegrown: The Harriot Collection," Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
	"Social Photography, organized by Peter Scott," Carriage Trade Gallery, NYC
	"Twin Twin III," organized by Matt Freedman, Pierogi, Brooklyn
2009	Momenta Art Benefit Exhibition, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
	"The Mood Back Home," Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY "Twin Twin," Big and Small Casual Space, organized by Matt Freedman, Long Island City, NY Momenta Art Benefit Exhibition, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
2008	"Bornagain Again," curated by Eddy Steinhauer, Five Myles, Brooklyn, NY Momenta Art Benefit Exhbition, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
2005	"The Expression of Elemental Passions," Plus Ultra/Winkleman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY "R3, Readin’, ‘Riting, ‘Rithmatic, 30 years later," curated by Susan Canning, Castle Gallery at College of New Rochelle, NY
2004	Leslie Brack and Jeff Hand for Plus Ultra gallery, scope-Los Angeles art fair at the Standard Hotel, LA White Columns Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, NYC
2003	"Summer Reading," curated by Larry Walczak, Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn, NY
2002	"Next Next," curated by Dan Cameron, BAM Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn, NY "2-D," organized by Eung Ho Park, Parker Gallery, Fort Lee, NJ "Scratch," curated by Renee Riccardo, ARENA Gallery, NYC Galerie Eric DuPont, three-person show, Paris "Tricky Adios; Hello to Handmade Words," curated by David Humphrey, K.S. Art, NYC Momenta Benefit Exhibition, Momenta Art and White Columns, NYC
2001	"kidsart," curated by Bradley Rubenstein, Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, MA Momenta Art Benefit Exhibition, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY FFWD Miami Art Fair, with Arena Gallery / Renee Riccardo, Miami, FL "21st Century Suffragettes," Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000	"I Saw Stars," Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY "Thirtieth Anniversary Benefit Silent Auction and Gala," White Columns, NYC
1999	"Countdown," Boucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Outer Boroughs," curated by Lauren Ross and Paul Ha, White Columns, NYC "Chocolate Kingdom," The Work Space, NYC "Harum-Scarum," Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, NYC, three-person show, curated by John Mendelsohn PS122 20th Anniversary Exhibition, PS122 Gallery, NYC
1998	"Encyclopedia 1999," Turner & Runyon Gallery, Dallas, TX Summer group show, Derek Eller Gallery, NYC "Shake," curated by Jane Harris, PS122 Gallery, NYC White Coumns Benefit Exhibition and Auction, White Columns, NYC Momenta Art Benefit Exhibition, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
1997	"Road Show ’97," Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, NYC "hold it now, hit it," organized by Derek Eller, 498 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY "Kiss and Kill," organized by Jane Harris, MBM gallery, NYC
1996	"The Strange Power of Cheap Sentiment," curated by Bill Arning, White Columns, NYC "Group Hanging," Griffin Linton Contemporary Exhibitions, Costa Mesa, CA "The MTV Group Show," organized by Bronwyn Keenan, the green room at MTV Studios, NYC "Art Exchange Show," curated by Bronwyn Keenan, 60 Broad Street, NYC "The L Word," curated by Larry Walczak, Eighth Floor Gallery, NY "off the map...," curated by Curtis Smith and Eric J. Edler, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY Bailey House Benefit, Leo Castelli Gallery, NYC
1995	"Page 13," organized by Nick Tobier, 450 Broadway Gallery, NYC "50," Storefront for Art and Architecture, NYC "Lookin' Good, Feelin' Good," 450 Broadway Gallery, NYC "Popular in New York," artist-organized show with Carie Lassman and Gina Manola, Manhattan Mini-Storage, NYC
1994	"Regional Artists Biennial," curated by Terry R. Meyers and Emily Kass, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana "The U-Haul Show," artist-organized, in rental truck in Soho, NYC
1993	Barneys New York Christmas window display featuring Chicago artists, curated by Adam Brooks, sponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago "Girls! Girls! Girls!," Prairie Avenue Gallery, Chicago "The Republic Reconsidered," Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago "The MFA Exhibition," Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago "The Spray Room Show," installation with Robert Hewitt, The Pakula Building, Chicago "All Illinois Graduate Art Exhibition," Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (1st Prize)