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Giclee prints can be ordered online at

fineartamerica.com/shop/lesley-giles.html

 

 

 

 

Climate Gallery New York City   37-24 24th Street Long Island City New York  2010 

         

          

       

              To purchase one of Lesley's paintings please click Contact for prices           click Exhibitions for a detailed curriculum vitae

 

 

"I first saw Lesley's work at the Barbican Centre London in 1991 ...The boldness of her colour is matched by a strength of design 

that is all too rare in contemporary art...an artist with a down-to- arth sureness of vision that is immensely beguiling"   

       Andrew Lambirth         Writer, Curator & Art Critic Spectator Magazine London

S h o r t  B i o 

 

Lesley was born in Bristol & moved to London when she was six.

She studied painting at Goldsmiths College (1972-76) & the Royal College

of Art (1977-80) graduating with a Masters Degree in Fine Art Painting

 

Lesley has exhibited extensively in galleries & museums in London

Europe, the USA & China during a Visiting Painter Invitation to Urumqi

Xinjiang 1996. She moved to the USA in 2003 with her American husband. Lesley continues to paint & exhibit in both countries

 

S h o r t  S t a t e m e n t 

 

"I work with traditional media to focus on contemporary issues like power production & the effect that urban development can have on our landscape. My style is formalised & post-cubist. Recent series are Washing Lines

Huts & Tarps, Acid Skye, & the Gas Stations of Florida.

 

Most important influences are Edward Hopper, David Hockney, Andy Warhol Georges Braque & John Sel Cotman" 

 

W o r k  i n  P u b l i c  C o l l e c t i o n s

 

2009    Prestwick Golf Club Ormond Beach Florida

2005    ICI Homes Daytona Beach Florida

2000    Landmark Business Centre The Royal Mint London

1996    Xinjiang Arts Institute Urumqi China

1999    Apremont Golf Club Paris

1992    Gunnersbury Park Museum London

1983    Camden Council London

1979    The London Silver Vaults London

1980    The Royal College of Art London 

 

P u b l i c a t i o n s   R e v i e w s  &  C a t a l o g u e s

 

  

 

2011   Pan American World Airways: Images of a Great Airline

           Cover Design       James Baldwin (pub: Bluewater Press) Florida

2011   IsramWorld            Front Cover (Annual Brochure)  New York

2010   Orlando Magazine  "Paint the Town" (March Issue)  Florida 

2009   The Village Green   Front Cover (June Issue) Daytona Bch  Florida

2008   Managing the Skies  Magazine 

                                       Front Covers (March & July)  Washington DC 

2008   The Compass Magazine  "Lesley Giles at Butterfield Garage Art

                                       Gallery"  Carol Elliott  St Augustine  Florida

2008   Daytona Beach News-Journal   "Realtors Draw on Artists"

                                       Audrey Parente   Florida

2006   StandardartNews     "Lesley Giles - Contemporary Artist"

                                        Todor Tragmar  Bucharest  Bulgaria

2005   “Florida Icons: US1” Jeanne Dowis Curator Atlantic Center for

                                        the Arts at Harris House NSB  Florida

2002   Artist & Illustrators Magazine  Travelling For Inspiration" 

                                                   Featured Artist (Feb Issue)  London

1993   Watercolour Masterclass     Laurence Wood (pub: Harper-Collins)

          The London Guardian          “Art For Sale”  London

          British Contemporary Art      Vanessa Finn

                                                    (pub: Gagliardi Gallery Ltd)  London

1992   Ealing & Acton Gazette       "Art Means Business" 

                                                    Wendy Richmond  London

1991   The Sunday Times              "Confusing Signs of our Times"

                                                    Andrew Lambirth  London

1990   The Challenge of Landscape  Ian Simpson (pub: Harper-Collins) 

1981   Kensington News & Post  "Local artists Go Underground" London  

 

A number of Lesley's paintings are missing following shipping from the UK to Miami in 2003. Should you come across

any painting offered for sale that is dated prior to 2004 please Contact Lesley Giles to confirm the originality of such an artwork