LESLEY GILES

A R T I S T
Home     America     British Isles     City     China     Golf Art     Bio     Contact Me     Missing Paintings      

 

 

I will be exhibiting at the Atlantic Center for the Arts - Harris House Gallery (Nov-Dec 2009)

 

 

 

   

 

WELCOME TO MY PARADISE Guest Artist Show

BUTTERFIELD GARAGE ART GALLERY St Augustine Fl through September 2008

 

I became a professsional artist in 1980 after graduating from the Masters Class at the Royal College of Art in London. I have exhibited & sold work in Europe the USA & China

 

                   B i o g r a p h y

 

2005                    Visiting Artist-Ormond Beach Memorial Art Museum Florida

2004                    Florida studio established
1999-03                Galleries Magazine London - Production & Reviews

1999                    Tournament Artist - Ladies European Golf Tour 
1998-99                Artist-in-Residence -Kensington & Chelsea College London

1996                    Visiting Painter - Xinjiang Art College Urumqi China

1995-96                Animation Production Coordinator - Royal College of Art London

1977-80                Royal College of Art London (MA Fine Art)
1972-76                Goldsmiths College of Art London (BA Fine Art)

 

S e l e c t e d  R e c e n t  E x h i b i t i o n s


2008                    Enid Lawson Gallery Contemporary Fine Art London           

                           Butterfield Garage Art Gallery Guest Artist Solo Show St Augustine Florida

                           Winter Park Library Ocean Shore Boulevard Solo Juried Show Orlando

2007                    White Space Gallery A Different View Solo Show Daytona Beach Florida 
                    
      Arc Gallery Summer Juried Show Chicago

                           Katharine Butler Gallery 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition Sarasota Florida
                           Modern Artists Gallery Lighthouses Pangbourne England

2006                    Ashcroft Modern Art A Sense of Place Cirencester England
                           Skylark Gallery Glimpses Over Water Solo Show Wisbech Cambridge England
                           Hickory Museum of Art NASCAR Inspired Charlotte North Carolina

                           LoPressionism Gallery Tides & Tropics Melbourne Florida

2005                    Art Basel Miami Beach  Postcards - Masters Mystery Art Show Miami Florida

                           Lemon Street Gallery Landscapes Truro Cornwall England

                           Gallery 402 Great Outdoors Juried Show New York City

                           Alla Prima Fine Art In Light of Monet St Petersburg Florida

                           Ormond Memorial Art Museum Florida Icons, US1 Ormond Beach Florida
2004                    Church Street Gallery of Contemporary Art Florida Artists Registry Orlando Florida

2003                    Wine Gallery London Landscape West Chelsea London

2001                    Whitechapel Contemporary The City London

                           London Chamber of Commerce Cityscapes London
             
                 Kew Steam Museum Kew Bridge Arts London
2000                   Workplace Art A View from the City The Old Mint London

                                Jerwood National Drawing Prize 2000 Cheltenham Hull & Switzerland

                                 Candid Arts Centre New British Art & Design London

1999                   Apremont Golf Club Une Nouvelle Dimension dans L’Art du Golf Solo Show Paris

                          Bartley Drey Gallery Two Women Paint London
1998                   Candid Arts Images of Istanbul London

1997                   Singer Friedlander/Sunday Times Juried National Watercolour Competition London

1996                   Xinjiang Art College The Light of Xinjiang Solo Show Urumqi PR of China

1992                   Gunnersbury Park Museum London Landscapes Solo Show London 
1991/90              Barbican Centre The Subjective City (National Touring Show) London

                      

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


ICI Homes Daytona Beach Florida Landmark Business Centre The Royal Mint London Xinjiang Art College Urumqi PR China Apremont Golf Club Paris Gunnersbury Park Museum London Camden Council London The Silver Vaults London & Royal College of Art London

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

 

2008      Managing the Skies Magazine (Covers Mar & Jul) (pub: FAA Managers Assoc, Inc. Washington DC

2005     “Florida Icons: US1” Jeanne Dowis (Atlantic Center for the Arts at Harris House)
2002     “Travelling For Inspiration” Artist & Illustrators Magazine London Feb Issue 
1993     Watercolour Masterclass by Laurence Wood (pub: Harper-Collins)

            “Art For Sale” The Guardian Arts Supplement London

            British Contemporary Art by Vanessa Finn (pub: Gagliardi Gallery Ltd London)
1990     The Challenge of Landscape by Ian Simpson (pub: Harper-Collins) 

 

 

I am a Founding Member of the White Space Studios & Gallery Daytona Beach Florida 2008