Background
Shows was born in Manteca California, in 1977.
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Leslie Shows
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She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1999 from the San Francisco Art Institute and earned her Master of Fine Arts from the California College of the Arts in 2006.
Career
Her childhood in Juneau, Alaska had an intense impact on the work she would create as an adult. 2012 International Studio and Curatorial Program/Artadia New York Residency Surfacing, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona (2014) Leslie Shows, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, North-East (2012) Split Array, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California (2011) Five Grounds, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, New York (2010) The New Dust, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, New York (2008) Carbon Freeze, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, California (2006) International Parks, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, California (2005).
Achievements
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2012 International Studio and Curatorial Program/Artadia New York Residency 2011 Bemis Center for the Arts 2010 Millay Colony for the Arts 2009 Artadia Award 2008 Eureka Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation 2007 Printmaking Fellowship, Kala Art Institute 2006 SECA Art Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 2006 Tournesol Award, Headlands Center for the Arts.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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SECA Art Award
The SECA Art Award is a contemporary art award program that has been organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and supported by its auxiliary SECA (Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art) since 1967 to honor San Francisco Bay Area artists.The SECA Art Award is a contemporary art award program that has been organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and supported by its auxiliary SECA (Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art) since 1967 to honor San Francisco Bay Area artists.