Episode 172

Photo by Jim Escalante

Ep.172 features Leslie Smith. He lives and works in Madison, Wisconsin. | He was a 2022 Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellow and earned a BFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA at the Yale School of Art. | Smith’s interests lie in our conscious effort to alter personal perception. | Recent works explore Abstraction’s inherent personal and political properties as they relate to broadening notions of Black representation, with a mindset that it’s possible to present a new interpretation of contemporary abstraction.

His work can be found in the permanent collections of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond; the Birmingham Museum of Art; the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham; and the FRAC Auvergne, France. Smith is a Full Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Artist http://www.lesliesmith3.com/

Chart Gallery https://chart-gallery.com/exhibitions/49-leslie-smith-iii-reaching-for-something-high/

Joan Mitchell 2022 https://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/leslie-smith-iii

Joan Mitchell 2023 https://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/journal/in-the-studio-leslie-smith-iii

University Wisconsin–Madison https://art.wisc.edu/2022/09/23/leslie-smith-iii-wins-joan-mitchell-fellowship/

Two Coats of Paint https://twocoatsofpaint.com/2023/10/leslie-smith-iii-poignantly-off-balance.html

Maus Contemporary https://mauscontemporary.com/artists/leslie-smith-iii/

Art Daily https://artdaily.com/news/162053/-Leslie-Smith-III–Reaching-for-Something-High–solo-exhibition-opening-at-CHART-

Art New City https://art.newcity.com/2021/01/08/abstracting-lived-experience-a-review-of-leslie-smith-iii-at-hawthorn-contemporary/

M+B Photo https://www.mbphoto.com/artworks/17654/

WideWalls https://www.widewalls.ch/maus-contemporary-expo-chicago-2019-leslie-smith-iii-interview/

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Smith_III