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CV Leslie Holt

Solo Exhibitions

2008 Hello Masterpiece, Firehouse Gallery, Grants Pass, OR
2008 Hello Masterpiece, phd gallery, St. Louis, MO
2006 See Through, Bonsack Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2005 Effective Disorder, College of the Siskiyous Art Gallery, Weed, CA
1996 Feel This Word, Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO
1995 Songs From Wanting, Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007

Aqua Miami Art Fair, represented by Curator's Office, Washington, DC
American Democracy Project
, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO
Scopes Hamptons, represented by Curator’s Office, Washington, DC
DC Art Fair, represented by Curator’s Office, Washington, DC
Dislocations, juried show, Ann Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
Art St. Louis Honors Awards, juried show (10 artists), Art St. Louis
Faculty Exhibit, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, St. Louis, MO

2006

Time’s Body of Evidence, juried show (9 artists), Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Layered, Stitched, Assembled, juried show, Art St. Louis Gallery (honor award recipient)
Self-reflection, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, St. Louis, MO
Painting, juried show, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
Faculty Exhibit, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO

2005

Unholy Icons, three person show, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD
Sense of Place, juried show, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
Faculty Exhibit, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Art St. Louis XXI, juried show, Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO (honor award recipient)

2004

Pop, juried show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Body Politics, juried show, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
One Year Later, Gallery II, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
WSU Faculty and Alumni Exhibit, Hoingik University, Seoul, Korea
WSU Fine Art Faculty, Fina Gallery, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C.
NIC Faculty Exhibition, North Idaho College, Coeur D’Alene, ID

2003

Popular TM, five person show, WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA
Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Masters Thesis Exhibition, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Momentary Study, Collaborative project with Richard Holland, Washington State University

Artwork featured on www.orangesideout.com, a website devoted to emerging artists

2002

Carry On Drawing, International Traveling Exhibit, US, Europe, India
Border Exchange, University of Idaho Riddenbaugh Gallery, Moscow, ID
Recent Work, Washington State University Tri-Cities, Richland, WA
Art in Context, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA

Honors

Honor Award, Layered, Stitched and Assembled, jurors Phil Robinson and Denise Ward-Brown, January 2006
Honor Award, Art St. Louis XXI, juror Christian Rattemeyer, December 2005

Professional Activities
Gallery Talk, College of the Siskyous, Weed, CA, 2005
Visiting Artist, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD, 2005
Visiting Artist, Eastern Oregon University, LaGrande, OR, 2004
Intimate Spills and Small Transformations, lecture about art, mental illness and popular culture at the WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA, 2003

Publications

Artwork featured in book: Art of Survival: Women, Healing, and the Arts, Publisher: Elka Books, 2006.
Exhibition Catalog: Time’s Body of Evidence, Wright State University, 2006
Twighlight Symphony: Healing Time’s Body of Evidence, Dayton City Paper, September 2006.
Health, Aging Issues Examined at Wright State, Dayton Daily News, September 2006
References are personal in Holt’s art, Herald Press News, Jan 26, 2005
Showing Their Appreciation, Washington Post, January 1, 1998
Leap Year by Alexandra Bellos, Riverfront Times, St. Louis, MO, 1995
Women’s Work by Alexandra Bellos, Riverfront Times, St. Louis, MO, 1994

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Instructor, Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL
Fall 2007- present: Figure Drawing, Design I, Art Appreciation

Adjunct Instructor, St. Louis Community College at Meramec
Fall 2005 – Present: Design I, Design II (Color Theory), Drawing I

Adjunct Instructor, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
Fall 2005 – Present: Art Appreciation, Art History Survey

Adjunct Instructor, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL
Spring and Fall 2005: Introduction to Painting

Adjunct Instructor, North Idaho College Coeur D’Alene, ID
Spring 2004 Survey of Art

Adjunct Instructor, Washington State University Pullman, WA
Fall 2003 – Spring 2004: Introduction to Figure Drawing, Advanced Figure Drawing, Introduction to Painting

Instructor of Record, Washington State University
Fall 2001 - Spring 2003: Introduction to 2D Formal Elements, Introduction to Drawing, Introduction to Painting

Teaching Assistant, Washington State University 2001-2003
Printmaking Studio and Woodshop

Education

Washington State University, Pullman, WA
MFA, Painting, 2003

Washington University, St. Louis, MO
BFA, Painting, 1992