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SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | Dunedin Fine Arts Center, “Wetlands in Transition,” Dunedin, Florida |
| 2024 | Arts on Douglas, “Under Nature’s Spell,” New Smyrna Beach, Florida |
| 2023 | Brooker Creek Preserve, “Wetlands in Conservation,” Tarpon Springs, Florida |
| 2023 | Woodfield Fine Art, “Splendid Vistas,” St. Peterburg, Florida |
| 2020 | Hermitage, “Paintings by Leslie Neumann,” St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2018 | Morean Arts Center, “Manna from Heaven – and Earth,” St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2005 | Vero Beach Art Museum, “15 Year Retrospective,” Vero Beach, Florida |
| 2004 | The Arts Center, “Mystic Guideposts,” St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2000 | The Arts Center, “Wilderness Songs,” St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 1999 | Polk Museum of Art, “The Temporal and the Celestial, Lakeland, Florida |
| 1992 | Gulf Coast Museum of Art, “Leslie Neumann,” Bellaire, Florida |
| 1987 | Giles Gallery, “The Motion Series,” Eastern Kentucky University |
| 1982 | Gallery 120, “Salome,” New York City |
| 1980 | 80 Washington Square East Gallery, “Master Thesis Exhibition,” New York City |
SELECTED TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
| 2019 | Gallery 221 at Hillsborough Community College, Dale Mabry Campus, “130 Years: Lynn Foskett, Leslie Neumann, Roberta Schofield,” Tampa, Florida |
| 2015 | ARTicles Gallery, “Where the Sea Meets the Sky,” Leslie Neumann and David Erdman, St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2014 | Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art Gallery, “Nature and Irony: Leslie Neumann, Nancee Clark, Kathleen Wobie,” Sarasota, Florida |
| 2014 | Gadsden Art Center, “Hot Wax and Hot Glass: Leslie Neumann and Susan Gott,” Quincy, Florida |
| 2012 | Hillsborough Community College, Ybor Campus, “Visions and Journeys: Leslie Neumann and Judith Salmon,” Tampa, Florida |
| 2006 | Michael Murphy Gallery, “Interpretations of the Landscape: Leslie Neumann, Eleanor Blair, Alex Espalter-Torres,” Tampa, Florida |
| 1998 | Galleries at Salt Creek Artworks, “Leslie Neumann and Charles Parkhill,” St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 1997 | Mira Mar Gallery, “The Contemporary Landscape: Leslie Neumann, Gregory Saunders, Tom Judd,” Sarasota, Florida |
| 1997 | The Thomas Center, “Keyed-Up Surfaces: Leslie Neumann and Alan Maxwell,” Gainesville, Florida |
| 1995 | Galleries at Salt Creek Artworks, “Leslie Neumann and Russell Whiting,” St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 1994 | H.B. Starr Gallery, “Leslie Neumann and Dan Stack,” Palm Beach, Florida |
| 1993 | Florida Center for Contemporary Art, “Leslie Neumann, Dee Hood, Victoria Skinner,” Tampa, Florida |
| 1992 | Clayton Galleries, “Alchemists of Nature: Leslie Neumann and Leslie Lerner,” Tampa, Florida |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2023 | Arts on Douglas, “Endless Summer,” New Smyrna Beach, Florida |
| 2019 | Art Palm Beach, Sandra Neustadter Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida |
| 2014 | Mt. Dora Center for the Arts, “36 Contemporary Encaustic Artists,” Mt. Dora, Florida |
| 2012 | Morean Arts Center, “Wax: Medium Meets Message,” St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2012 | Studio @620, “Florida Focus: Ken Rollins Invitational,” St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2012 | Kobalt Gallery, “Confluence: Water and Light,” Provincetown, Massachusetts |
| 2011 | Mennello Museum of Art, “Eight from Florida,” Orlando, Florida |
| 2010 | Polk Museum of Art, “Visual Unity 2,” Lakeland, Florida |
| 2009 | Morean Arts Center, “Visual Unity,” Petersburg, Florida |
| 2007 | Museum of Fine Arts, “Stuart Society Gala,” St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2005 | Alliance for the Arts, “2D/3D Best in Show Winners: The Past Decade,” Ft. Myers, Florida |
| 2003 | Okaloosa - Walton Museum, Florida Fellowship Traveling Show, Niceville, Florida |
| 2003 | Deland Museum of Art, Florida Fellowship Traveling Show, Deland Florida |
| 2003 | Appleton Museum of Art, Florida Fellowship Traveling Show, Ocala, Florida |
| 2002 | Mary Brogan Museum of Art, Florida Fellowship Traveling Show, Tallahassee, Florida |
| 2001 | Tampa Museum of Art, “UnderCurrent / OverView 5,” Tampa, Florida |
| 2001 | Polk Museum of Art, “The Gala 2001, An Art Odessey,” Lakeland, Florida |
| 2000 | Gulf Coast Museum of Art, “The Landscape Re-visited,” Largo, Florida |
| 2000 | Contemporary Art Museum, University of Florida “Local Visions Part II,” Tampa, Florida |
| 1999 | Gulf Coast Museum of Art, “Grand Opening,” Largo, Florida |
| 1998 | The Ringling Museum, “Baroque Bash: A Fan Fantasy Invitational,” Sarasota, Florida |
| 1998 | Lee County Alliance for the Arts, “2D/3D,” Ft. Myers, Florida |
| 1997 | Vero Beach Museum of Art, “Florida Competitive Exhibition,” Vero Beach, Florida |
| 1997 | University of Mobile, “Art with a Southern Drawl,” Mobile, Alabama |
| 1997 | Armory Art Center, “6th Annual Figurative Small Works,” West Palm Beach, Florida |
| 1996 | Dunedin Fine Arts Center, “The Nature of Our World,” Dunedin, Florida |
| 1996 | Stephen Austin State University, “Texas National ‘96,” Nacogdoches, Texas |
| 1994 | Jacksonville Center for Contemporary Art, “Tampa-Jacksonville Connection,” Jacksonville, Florida |
| 1994 | H.B. Starr Gallery, “Couples,” Palm Beach, Florida |
| 1993 | The Polk Museum of Art, “The 4th All-Florida Biennial,” Lakeland, Florida |
| 1993 | The Thomas Center, “Sacred Spaces: Women and the Landscape,” Gainesville, Florida |
| 1992 | Orlando Museum of Art, “1992 Annual Juried Exhibition,” Orlando, Florida |
| 1992 | Corbino Gallery, “Fall Preview 1992,” Sarasota, Florida |
| 1992 | Helander Gallery, “New Work, New York,” Palm Beach, Florida |
| 1992 | Jaffe Baker Gallery, “New Work,” Boca Raton, Florida |
| 1990 | Foreman Gallery, “(the) Landscape in Question,” Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York |
| 1989 | Hal Katzen Gallery, “Divergent Currents,” New York City, New York |
| 1989 | Long Island University, “The Master’s Fourth,” Southampton, New York |
| 1985 | St. John’s University Faculty Exhibit, Queens, New York |
| 1983 | Somerset County College, North Branch, New Jersey |
| 1981 | Gallery 120, New York, New York |
| 1979 | W & J National Painting Show, Washington, Pennsylvania |
MUSEUM AND PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS
| City of Orlando, Art in Public Places, Orlando, Florida | |
| City of Tampa, Art in Public Places, Tampa, Florida | |
| Leepa Rattner Museum of Art, Palm Harbor, Florida | |
| Maitland Art Center, Maitland, Florida | |
| Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida | |
| St. Petersburg College of Art, St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida | |
| University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida | |
| University of South Florida, Marshall Student Center, Tampa, Florida | |
| Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida |
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
| ADT Corporation, Parsippany, New Jersey | |
| All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas | |
| Beaverton Phoenix Inn, Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Boca West Country Club, Boca Raton, Florida | |
| Destin Palms Hotel, Destin, Florida | |
| Edward White Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| Firebird Restaurants: Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia | |
| Gray Block Corporation, New York, New York | |
| Hyatt Coconut Point Suites, Naples, Florida | |
| Hyatt Vacation Club, Bonita Beach, Florida | |
| MacDill Credit Union, Tampa, Florida | |
| Margate Plantation Condominiums, Myrtle Beach, North Carolina | |
| Marriott Hotels: Orlando, Tampa, Florida; Washington, DC | |
| National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), Houston, Texas | |
| New York Times, Tampa, Florida | |
| Nissan Motor Corporation, USA Headquarters, Los Angeles, California | |
| Novartis Consumer Health, Inc., Summit, New Jersey | |
| Ritz Carlton, Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Sheraton Hotel, Wild Horse Pass, Arizona | |
| Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Tampa Florida | |
| Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida | |
| Towers Perrin Corporation, Tampa, Florida |
FELLOWSHIPS
| 2007 | State of Florida Artist Enhancement Grant |
| 2002 | State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship for Painting |
| 1993 | Adolph & Ester Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Grant for Painting |
| 1989 | New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship |
| 1985 | Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant for Painting |
RESIDENCIES
| 2005 | Seaside Institute, Escape to Create, Seaside, Florida |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024 – VoyageTampa, Daily Inspiration, “Meet Leslie Neumann,” March 1, Click here to view
2023 – The Hernando Sun, “Inspiration Through Preservation,” October 28, Alice Mary Herden, Click here to view
2023 – The Hernando Sun, “Transformed by Florida’s Coastal Ecosystem: A Personal Interview with Artist Leslie Neumann,” October 5, Alice Mary Herden, Click here to view
2023 – Creative Loafing, “Florida artist Leslie Neumann talks conservation at Brooker Creek Preserve in Tarpon Springs,” October 4, Jennifer Ring, Click here to view
2023 – Canvas Rebel, “Meet Leslie Neumann,” May 11, Click here to view
2018 – Creative Pinellas, “The Last Dog Standing in Aripeka- A visit with Leslie Neumann,” February 6, Julie Garisto, Click Here to View
2018 – Morean Arts Center, “The Happy Activist,” May 1, Amanda Cooper, Click here to View
2017 – The Heroine’s Journey, “The Heroine’s Journey of Leslie Neumann,” July 17, Peter deKuster, Click Here to View
2015 – Hernando Sun, “The Ebb and Flow of Aripeka Artists,” June, Julie Maglio
2015 – Ampersand Art Supply Magazine, “Featured Artist Leslie Neumann,” July 24, Karyn Meyer-Berthel
2015 – Orlando Arts Magazine, feature article: Artist’s Space, March-April issue, Jessica Chapman, Click here to view.
2012 – Tampa Tribune, “Artists Offer Different Takes on Life’s Journey,” Feb. 29, Esther Hammer
2012 – Denis Gaston Blog, “Hot Wax Treatment,” March 13
2012 – Tampa Bay Art, “Wax is Hot,” March 20, Randy Allen
2012 – Art Taco, “Medium Meets Message at the Morean Arts Center,” March 25, Luis Gottardi, Click here to view.
2012 – Creative Loafing, “Wax Poetic at Morean Arts Center, New Twists on a Tim-Honored, Highly Malleable Medium,” April 5, Megan Voeller, Click here to view.
2012 – Tampa Bay Times, “Stop the World and Melt with Morean Arts Center Encaustic Exhibit,” March 29, Lennie Bennett, Click here to view.
2011 – Orlando Arts Magazine, “Florida Finds,” September/October, pp. 32-33
2010 – Tampa Bay Metro Magazine, “Artist Profile: Leslie Neumann,” October 19, Megan Voeller
2009 – Creative Loafing, “Artistic Partnerships Yield an Impressive Show at Morean Arts Center,” December 16, Megan Voeller
2009 – St. Petersburg Times, Something Extra in Her Terrestrials,” April 5, Lennie Bennett, Click here to view a PDF of the article.
2008 – Bay Magazine, “Apply, Re-Heat, Repeat,” August, Lennie Bennett
2006 – Tampa Bay Illustrated, “Sense of Place,” January, Marina Brown
2004 – St. Petersburg Times, “Brave New Perspectives,” May 13, Lennie Bennett
2003 – American Artist Magazine, “Painting the Sacred Landscape: Leslie Neumann,” September, Lynn Moss Perricelli
2000 – St. Petersburg Times, “Unique Technique, Substantive Message,” March 31, Mary Ann Marger
1999 – Tampa Tribune, “Wax Medium Helps Artist,” January 30, Elaine Morgan
1999 – The Ledger, “Mystical Landscapes,” January 3, Lakeland, Cary McMullen
1998 – St. Petersburg Times, “Painting Makes an Impression,” April 26, Barbara Fredricksen
1997 – Sarasota Herald Tribune, “Evocative Landscapes Speak of Life,” October 17, Joan Altabe
1997 – Tampa Tribune, “Unnatural Landscapes Appear on Horizon,” November 6, Joanne Milani
1996 – St. Petersburg Times, “Portrait of a Natural Artist,” September 27, Phyllis Lipinski
1996 – Tampa Tribune, Hernando Today, “Art Reflects Activist’s Life,” October 5, Lara Bradburn
1996 – St. Petersburg Times, “The Nature of Landscape Painting,” August 30, Mary Ann Marger
1996 – Tampa Tribune, “The Nature of Our World,” August 23, Joanne Milani
1995 – St. Petersburg Times, “Art Show Has Natural Fire,” December 25, Mary Ann Marger
1995 – St. Petersburg Times, “Small Size, Big Effect,” August 18, Mary Ann Marger
1993 – Tampa Tribune, “Convergence: Works by Dee, Neumann, Skinner,” May 21, Joanne Milani
1993 – St. Petersburg Times, “Art of the State, Polk Museum,” April 16, Mary Ann Marger
1992 – Tampa’s WMNF Radio, “Telephone Interview with Leslie Neumann,” July 24, Wendy Butler
1992 – St. Petersburg Times, “A Dark Romanticism,” March 13, Mary Ann Marger
1992 – Tampa’s WMNF Radio, “Leslie Neumann and Leslie Lerner,” March 13, Wendy Butler
1988 – The Woodstock Times, Daniel Logan
1987 – The Eastern Progress, Phil Bowling
1983 – The Bernardsville News, New Jersey
1982 – Arts Magazine, “Gallery 120,” Valentine Tatransky
1981 – Arts Magazine, “Gallery 120,” Valentine Tatransky
EDUCATION
| 1971 - 1974 | California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California - B.F.A. (1974) Painting |
| 1972 - 1973 | Universidad de Bellas Artes, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico |
| 1977 - 1978 | University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida |
| 1979 - 1980 | New York University, New York, New York - M.A. (1980) Painting |