LESLIE BAUM

Born in Summit, NJ, 1971

 

Lives in Chicago, IL

   

 

EDUCATION

1993
  

University of Vermont, BA.

1991-92

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

2004

Private, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

2004

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

2001

Serendipity, The Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL

2001

Summer Show, The Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL

2001

The Big Show, The Dwellingseries, Chicago, IL

2000

Lowdown, The Dwellingseries, Chicago, IL

2000

Grounded, The Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL

1999

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

1999

Renditions, The Butchershop, Chicago, IL

1998

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

1996-99

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

1995

Wanderlust, Abstraction in Chicago, ARC, Chicago, IL

1995

Winter Show, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

1994

Unknown Chicago, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL

HONORS

2003 Nominated for the Richard H. Driehaus Individual Artist Award
1993 Critic’s Choice, Vermont Studio Center
1993 Magna Cum Laude, University of Vermont
1993 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Vermont

PUBLICATIONS
2004 “The Best of Chicago,” Chicago Magazine, August, p.108.
2003 “Summer Vacation,” The New City, July.
2003 New American Paintings, Volume 47.
2003 “Reviews, Chicago,” Art in America, January.
2002 “Color’s Effects Exposed…Leslie Baum,” Chicago Tribune, October.
2002 “Are 4 Curator Heads Better Than 1?” Chicago Tribune, October.
2002 “Art List Fall 2002,” BlackBook, September.
2002 Here and Now Catalogue, October.
2001 “Serendipity,” The New Art Examiner, November.
2001 “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.”