Selected One Person Exhibitions
| 2024 | Dunedin Fine Arts Center, “The Delusion of a Shared Vision – Paintings by Leslie Neumann,” Dunedin, Florida |
| 2024 | Arts on Douglas, “Under Nature’s Spell – Paintings by Leslie Neumann,” New Smyrna Beach, Florida |
| 2023 | Brooker Creek Preserve, “Wetlands Conservation,” Tarpon Springs, Florida |
| 2023 | Woodfield Fine Art, “Spledid Vistas – The Art of Leslie Neumann,” St. Petersburg, 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 | 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, “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 | Monmouth University, “A Sense of Place in Contemporary Encaustic,” West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| 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, Tarpon Springs, 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
| 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, Click here to view |
| 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 Bennet |
| 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, CA 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 |