Leslie Baum

 

American, Born in Summit, NJ, 1971

 

Lives in Chicago, IL

   

EDUCATION

1993

University of Vermont, BA.

1991-1992

Glasgow School of Art

1993

Vermont Studio Center, Artist's Residency, June

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004

My Mountain, My Molehill, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002

A Daytripper's Diary, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL

2001

Leslie Baum, New Paintings, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL

1998

Clonelike, The Better Weinmaraner Gallery, Chicago, IL

1996

Space Invasion and the Heartthrob, The University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1995 Leslie Baum, New Work, Morton Community College, Chicago, IL
1993 Leslie Baum, Paintimgs, The Last Elm Cooperative Gallery, Burlington, VT

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Associate Realms, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004

Private, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

 

New and Recent Work, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003

Summer, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002

Here and Now, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

2001

The Emerging Landscape, The Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL

 

Serendipity, The Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

Summer Show, The Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

The Big Show, The Dwellingseries, Chicago, IL

2000

Lowdown, The Dwellingseries, Chicago, IL

 

Grounded, The Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL

1999

Things to Think about in no Particular Order, The Dwellingseries, Chicago, IL

 

Renditions, The Butchershop, Chicago, IL

1998

The 3rd Occasional Survey of Abstract Art in Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL

1996-1999

Art Chicago, Stuart B. Baum Photography, Chicago, IL

1995

Wanderlust, Abstraction in Chicago, ARC, Chicago, IL

 

Winter Show, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

1994

Unknown Chicago, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL

   
HONORS
2003 Nominated for the Richard H. Driehaus Indivisual Artist Award
1993 Critic's Choice, Vermont Studio Center
  Magna Cum Laude, University of Vermont
  Phi Beta Kappa, University of Vermont
   
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 "The Best of Chicago," Chicago Magazine, August, p. 108
  "Travel Paintings...," Chicago Sun-Times, October 8
  "5 Shows to See Now," The New City, September 23
  "Art Galleries Review," Chicago Tribune, September 24
  "Air-kissing Booth," Chicago Journal, September 25
  "Hot and Heady," The Chicago Reader, September 24
2003 "Summer Vacation," The New City, July
  New American Paintings, Volume 47
  "Reviews, Chicago," Art in America, January
2002 "Color's Effect Exposed...Leslie Baum," Chicago Tribune, October
  "Are 4 Curators Heads Better than 1?" Chicago Tribune, October
  "Art List Fall 2002," BlackBook, September
  Here and Now Catalogue, October
2001 "Serendipity," The New Art Examiner, November
  "Five Shows to See," The New City, March
2000 "Prairie Smoke," Artnet.com, September
1999 Art Chicago Exhibition Catalogue
1997 Beaux Arts Ball Fine Art Auction Catalogue, Dallas Museum of Art
1996 Art Chicago Exhibition Catalogue
1994 The Chicago Artists Coalition Newspaper, "Featured Artists"