I HEARD A VOICE - THE ART OF LESLEY DILL

May 15 - September 13, 2009

Language is the touchstone, the pivot point of all my work.
- Lesley Dill

LESLEY DILL

Born Bronxville, New York, 1950. Lives Brooklyn, New York.

EDUCATION:

Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, M.F.A. 1980. Smith College, Northampton, MAT. 1974. Trinity College, Hartford, B.A. 1972.

AWARDS/GRANTS:

• Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, 1996.
• New York Foundation for the Arts, Drawing - Printmaking Category, 1995.
• Project Residency Award, Hillwood Art Museum and New York State Council on Arts, 1992.
• National Endowment for the Arts, Sculpture Fellowship, 1990.
• Artist-in-Residence, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic, 1984.
• Zaner Corporation Purchase Award from Small Works '83, 1983.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

• Achenbach Foundation, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
• American Embassy, Geneva
• Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
• Art Institute of Chicago
• Cleveland Museum of Art
• Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
• Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Florida International University, Miami
• Greenville County Museum of Art, South Carolina
• High Museum, Atlanta
• Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
• Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City
• Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
• Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington
• Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York
• Museum of Modern Art, New York City
• Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
• Orlando Museum of Art
• Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Heights, Ohio
• The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark
• Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
• Spencer Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection, Richmond
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
• Yale University Art Museum, New Haven
• Zaner Corporation, Rochester, New York

PERFORMANCES:

• "Tongues on Fire: Spiritual Sing." with the Spiritual Choir of Emmanuel Baptist Church, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC, May 11, 2001
• "Worst Case Scenario." P.S. 122. New York City, April 22, 1999.
• "Worst Case Scenario." A collaboration with Goldberg & Latksy, the Whitney Museum of American Art. New York City, June 4, 1998.
• "Paris Speaking Dress." Maison des Arts de Creteil. Paris, April, 1996.*
• "Sometimes I Feel Skinless (with Donna Masini and Tom Sleigh)." George Adams Gallery. New York City, October 12, 1995.*
• "Speaking Dress." Guggenheim Museum (Soho). New York City. 1994.
• "Dada Poem Wedding Dress." Dada Ball, Webster Hall. New York City, October 12, 1994.
• "Dada Poem Wedding Dress." Exit Art. New York City, September 28, 1994.
• "Speaking Dress." Gracie Mansion Gallery. New York City, May 3, 1994.
• "Speaking Dress" (with Sue de Beer, Petra Katrina Haff, Erin Loughran and Allison Smith). The Kitchen. New York City, April 2, 1994.

*performances on video

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

• "Tremendous World." Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, 2007.*
• "A Fine Line." Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, New York, 2006.*
• George Adams Gallery, New York, 2006 (also 2003, 2000, 1998, 1997*, 1995) "I Heard as If I Had No Ear: Lesley Dill and Tom Morgan," Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA, 2006.
• "The Thrill Came Slowly: Prints and Multiples 1990-2005," George Adams Gallery, New York, 2005 travelling to the Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA; Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, 2006 and CoCA, St. Louis, MO, 2007.
• "Speak and Be Spoken To." Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 2005.
• Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA, 2005 (also 1999, 1996, 1993).
• Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, 2005 (also 1997).
• Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2004* (also 2000, 1997, 1994*, 1993.)
• "Structure and Skin: Lesley Dill and Cris Bruch." Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 2004.
• "Lesley Dill: Multiple Impressions." Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2004.
• Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, 2004.
• George Adams Gallery, New York, NY, 2003.
• "Lesley Dill: Heads, an installation." Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY 2003.
• "Lesley Dill: I Heard a Voice." Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, 2003.
• "Lesley Dill: Voice."Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM, 2003.
• "A Word Made Flesh." Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2003.
• "Tongues on Fire: Visions and Ecstasy."Interfaith Center of New York, NY, 2003.
• "Lesley Dill." Byron Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, 2002
• "Lesley Dill: A Ten Year Survey.'"Organized by the Dorsky Museum, SUNY, New Paltz and travelling to the Art Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cultural Center, Chicago; Contemporary Museum, Honolulu; Scottsdale Center for Contemporary Art, 2002-2004*
• "Tongues on Fire: Visions and Ecstasy." SECCA, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 2001.
• "Lesley Dill." Harrisburg Area Community College Art Gallery, Pennsylvania, 2001.
• "Lesley Dill:New Sculpture." George Adams Gallery, New York, 2000.
• "Lesley Dill: Word and Image." Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA, 2000.*
• "Lesley Dill: Tilt." Arthur Roger Gallery. New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000.
• "These Saw Visions: Billboards by Lesley Dill." Organized by Presentation House Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, January- February, 2000.
• "Lesley Dill - New Works." Bernard Toale Gallery. Boston, November, 1999.
• "Lesley Dill." Weinstein Gallery. Minneapolis, October, 1999.
• "New Cast Works." Byron Cohen Gallery. Kansas City, March, 1999.
• "Work In Progress: Lesley Dill." Mississippi Museum of Art. Jackson, Mississippi, 1999.
• "Lesley Dill: The Poetics of Form." Widener Gallery, Trinity College, Hartford; Portland Art Museum, Maine; List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania; Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota: 1998-99.*
• "Lesley Dill: A Secret Told..." George Adams Gallery. New York City, October, 1998.
• "I Reach Along the Cord of Speech." Quartet Editions. New York City, 1998.
• "These Saw Visions..." University of West Florida Art Gallery. Pensacola, 1998.
• Two-person exhibition (with Sudarshan Shetty): Nature Morte Gallery. New Delhi, India, 1998.
• "Lesley Dill." Locus Gallery. St. Louis, 1998.
• "Lesley Dill." Galeria Thomas Cohn. Sao Paulo, 1997.*
• "Language and Desire." Equinox Gallery. Vancouver, 1997.
• "Lesley Dill: In Black and White." George Adams Gallery. New York City, 1997.*
• "Lesley Dill: A Mouth Full of Words." Art Museum, University of Memphis. Tennessee, 1997.*
• "Banners and Figurative Sculpture." Susan Cummins Gallery. Mill Valley, California, 1996.
• "Installation and Performance." Creteil Maison des Arts. 1996.
• "Voices in the Air." Cohen Berkowitz Gallery. Kansas City, 1996.
• "Lesley Dill: The Poetic Body." Orlando Museum of Art. Florida, 1996.*
• "Voices in My Head." George Adams Gallery. New York City, 1995.
• "Lesley Dill: An Installation." Gallery at Dieu Donne Papermill. New York City, 1995.
• "Clothe My Naked Body." Quartet Editions. New York City, 1995.
• Frumkin/Adams Gallery. New York City, 1993, 1995.
• Bernard Toale Gallery. Boston, 1993, 1996.
• Arthur Roger Gallery. New Orleans, 1993, 1994*, 1997.
• Queens Museum. New York City, 1992.*
• Sandler-Hudson Gallery. Atlanta, 1992, 1993.
• "Dill, Dickinson." Ann Jaffe Gallery. Miami, 1993.
• Gracie Mansion Gallery. New York City, 1991, 1994.
• G.H. Dalsheimer Gallery. Baltimore, 1987.
• Carlo Lamagna Gallery. New York City, 1987.
• Galerie Taub. Philadelphia, 1985.
• 55 Mercer Street Gallery. New York City, 1983.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

• "The Feminist Figure," Forum Gallery, New York, curated by Marcia G Yerman, 2007.*
• "What F Word?" Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, curated by Carol Cole Levin, 2007.*
• "182nd Annual Exhibition," National Academy, Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY, 2007.
• "The Eclectic Eye: Selections of Fantasy and Illusion from the Frederick R Weisman Art Foundation," Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA, 2007.
• "Figures of Thinking: Convergences in Contemporary Cultures," Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, 2007.
• "Emily Dickenson," Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, New York, NY, 2007.
• "AGENTS of Change: Women, Art and Intellect." Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, 2007. "SOLOS: 20th Anniversary Exhibition." Selby Gallery at the Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, 2007.
• "2006 Collector's Show & Sale," Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, 2006.
• "The Maine Print Project: Maine Printmakers, 1980-2005." Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME, 2006.
• "Text Formed Drawing." Storrs Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 2006.
• "Paper in Flight." Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, 2006.
• "Full House: Views of the Whitney's Collection at 75." Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. 2006.
• "Charles Debus, Lesley Dill." The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, 2006.*
• "Above and Beneath." Memphis College of Art, Tennessee, 2006.
• "Group Show." George Adams Gallery, New York, 2006.
• "Blurring Racial Barriers." Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina, 2006.
• "Threads of Memory," Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, curated by Margaret Mathews-Berenson, Long Island City, NY, 2006.*
• "Words & Images." The Hebrew Home at Riverdale,Riverdale, NY, 2005-2006.
• "Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Collection." Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA, 2005-2006.
• "New Art, New York: Reflections on the Human Condition," curated by Margaret Mathews-Berenson, Trierenberg Holding AG, Traun Austria, 2005-2006.
• "Figures of Thinking: Convergences in Contemporary Culture." Richard E. Peeler Center, DePauw Univeristy. Greencastle, IN, 2005.
• "Clothesline: Art, Clothing, Identity," Santa Fe Art Institute, NM, 2005
• "The Dress Makes the Woman." Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, 2005.
• " Inside/Out: Four Perspectives on the Female Form." Sun Valley Center for the Arts,Ketchum, Idaho, 2005.
• "Draw." Dwight Hackett projects, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2005.
• "Paper Adornment." Columbia College Chicago Center for for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL, 2005.
• "Body Language." George Adams Gallery, New York, 2005.
• "Body Human." Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, 2005.
• "Contemporary American Art." United States Embassy, Prague, 2004.
• "The Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation." Bakersfield Museum of Art, California, 2004.
• "Bush- Whack!" George Adams Gallery, New York, 2004.
• "Reading Meaning: Word and Symbol in the Art of Squeak Carnwath, Lesley Dill, Leslie Enders Lee and Anne Siems." Scripps College, Claremont, CA, 2004.*
• "Ten," Byron C. Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, 2004.
• "American Identities: Twentieth- Century Prints from the Nancy Gray Sherrill, Class of 1954, Collection." Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 2004.*
• "American Identities: 20th Century Prints from the Nancy Cray Sherrill, Class of 1954, Collection." Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 2004.
• "179th Annual." National Academy of Design, New York, NY, 2004.
• "Foliage." Kraushaar Galleries, New York, 2004.
• "Cut Bite Stroke: Techniques in Printmaking." Firehouse Art Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY, 2004.
• "Triennial 9 Form and Contents: Corporal Identity?Body Language." Museum of Arts and Design, New York, traveling to the Museum fur Angelwandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany and the Chicago Athenaeum, 2003-2004.*
• "Immersion." Interfaith Center, New York City, 2003.
• "Contemporary Works from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation." Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach; Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, 2003.
• "Word/Image." Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT, 2003.
• "Materials, Metaphors, Narratives: Work by Six Contemporary Artists." Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 2003.
• "Through the Looking Glass: Women and Self-Representation in Contemporary Art." Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2003.
• "Brooklyn on 57th Street." Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY, 2003.
• "Word Works." Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY, 2003.
• "Multiple Artists." George Adams Gallery, New York, 2003.
• "Threadbare: A Subversive Aesthetic." SUNY Stony Brook, NY, 2003.
• "Open House." Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, 2003
• "Washi in American Artist's Books." The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, 2003
• "Off the Press." Curated by Sarah Tanguy, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona, FL, 2003*
• "Stitch by Stitch." Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR, 2002-2003.
• "Get in Line." George Adams Gallery, New York, NY, 2002
• "New York, New Work, Now!" curated by Nina Felshin, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, 2002
• "From Stone to Foam." Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY, 2002.
• "Me, Myself & I." George Adams Gallery, New York, NY, 2002.
• "Crush." Featuring works by: Lesley Dill, Kathleen Gilje, Chris Komater, Lazaro Montano, Ayae Takahashi, Julian Tomasello and Melanie Willhide. Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston,MA, 2002.
• "Pasted On: A Survey of Collage Strategies." Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago Illinois, 2002.
• "Artists Respond: A Benefit Exhibition of Works by Gallery Artists and I Love New York Benefit." George Adams Gallery, NY, 2001.
• "Spectrum 2001" Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, 2001.
• "Benefit Art Auction." Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Ohio, 2001.
• "A Threshold of Spirit." Curated by Peter Nagy. The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, 2001.
• "Rags To Riches: 25 Years of Paper Art from Dieu Donne Papermill." Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, Michigan, Sept 4 - Oct 28, 2001; Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas, April 2 - June 30, 2002; Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, Long Island, New York, November 23, 2002 - January 27, 2003; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 11 - June 22, 2003.*
• "Ponte FuturoExhibition." UGA, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Cortona, Italy, 2001.*
• "Two Women." Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2001.
• "Issues of Identity in Recent American Art." Organized by Gibson Gallery, SUNY Potsdam, New York; travelling to University of Tennessee; Illinois State University; William Patterson University; additional venue TBA; 2001-2002.*
• "Unbound: Reshaping Artist's Books." Henry Street Settlement, New York, 2000-2001.
• "Domesticity Revisted." The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL, 2000.*
• "Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing." Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 2000.
• "Ethereal & Material." Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, 2000.*
• "Image as Text." Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 2000. American Embassy Windhoek, Namibia, 2000.
• "Collecting...Passion and Perspective of Jodi Caron." Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO, 2000.
• "Back East: Artist's Books of the Northeast." San Francisco Center for the Book, 2000.*
• "Mt. Royal 25th Exhibition (Tribute to Babe Shapiro)." Maryland Institute, College of Art, 2000.
• "Recent Works." Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, 2000.
• "Confluence: Artists? Books at Five Miles." Five Miles, Brooklyn, NY, 2000.
• "Heaven and Earth: The Figure in Religious and Secular Art." Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 2000.
• "Remnants of Memory: Contemporary American Art in Textile." Asheville Art Museum. Asheville, North Carolina, 2000.*
• "Moving Picture Show." Featuring Lesley Dill, Sara Hornbacher, Elizabeth Prouvost, & Cornel Rubino with Dan Walsh.? Dalton Galleries, Agnes Scott College. Atlanta, Georgia, 2000.*
• "Beyond the Press: Innovations in Print." Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, 2000.
• "Trunk Show." Zoller Gallery, Penn State University. University Park, Pennsylvania, 2000.
• "The Likeness of Being." DC Moore Gallery. New York City, 2000.
• "Large Drawings from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection." Circulated by Smith-Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, MO; traveled to the Columbus Museum, Georgia; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa; Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Center for the Visual Arts, Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado; Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens; Dubuque Museum of Art, Iowa; Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman, Washington; 1999-2001.*
• "Contemporary Narratives in American Prints." Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, New York, 1999-2000.
• "Female." Wessel and O'Connor Gallery. New York, 1999.
• "Artists for Mumia 911." George Adams Gallery, 1999.
• "The Body in Question: Tracing, Displacing, and Remaking the Human Figure in Contemporary Art." The Speed Art Museum. Louisville, Kentucky, 1999.
• "Photo99@thomascohn.br." Galeria Thomas Cohn. Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1999.
• "Contemporary Art from India." The Mary Place Gallery. Paddington, India, 1999.
• "Body." Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, 1999.
• American Embassy Geneva, Switzerland, 1999.
• "Billboard: Art on the Road." Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, 1999.*
• "Looking Forward Looking Black." Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit, Michigan; traveled to Houghton House Gallery, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York; Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona; Georgia State University School of Art and Design Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia; Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts; Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut; Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California; Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Art, 1999-2002.*
• "Art About Art." George Adams Gallery, New York, 1999.
• "Addressing the Century: 100 Years of Art & Fashion." Hayward Gallery. London, 1998; traveled to Kuntsmuseum Wolfsburg. Germany, 1999.*
• "Annual Collector's Show." Arkansas Arts Center. Little Rock, 1998.
• "Twenty Years/Twenty Artists." Maryland Institute/College of Art. Baltimore, 1998.
• List Gallery, Swarthmore College. Pennsylvania, 1998.
• Meza Fine Art. Coral Gables, Florida, 1998.
• Susan Cummins Gallery. Mill Valley, California, 1998.
• "Obssessive Compulsive Order." Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University (C.W. Post Campus). Brookville, New York, 1998.*
• "In the Details." Barbara Gross Galerie. Munich, 1998.
• "Bodies in Flux." Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina. Greensboro, Summer 1998.
• "Drawings IV." Koplin Gallery. Los Angeles, 1998.
• "Wellness, Disease and the Visual Arts Series--The Body Reclaimed: Self-esteem, Social Stature and Expression." University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, ARTS. Iowa City, 1998.
• Burton/Marinkovich Gallery. Washington, D.C.: 1997-98.
• Cohen Berkowitz Gallery. Kansas City, 1997-98.
• "1997 Collector's Show." Arkansas Arts Center. Little Rock,1998.
• "Group Exhibition." Elena Zang Gallery. Woodstock, New York, 1997.
• "Small Works." Susan Cummins Gallery. Mill Valley, California, 1997.
• "Alliance for Contemporary Art: Auction '98." Denver Art Museum. Colorado, 1997.
• Hosfelt Gallery. San Francisco, 1997-98.
• "Millennium Eve Dress." Fabric Workshop. Philadelphia; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati: 1997-98.
• "Independent Curators Incorporated 1997 Leo Awards Benefit." 1950 Gallery. New York City, 1997.
• "New Edition." Artfoundry. Santa Fe, 1997.
• "Text and Touch." Art Gallery, Hunter College. New York City, 1997.
• "Strong Spirits." Fine Art Center Galleries, Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green, Ohio, 1997.*
• "Facets of Contemporary Sculpture." Two Sculptors, Inc. New York City, 1997.
• "5th Anniversary Celebration: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Collections." Frederick R Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University. Malibu, 1997.
• "READ: Text and Visual." Gallery A. Chicago, 1997.
• "A Show of Hands." George Adams Gallery. New York City, 1997.
• "Art Foundry Editions Santa Fe." Knoedler & Company. New York City, 1997 .
• "Instinct and Intellect." Monique Knowlton Gallery. New York City, 1997.
• "Language as Object: Emily Dickinson and Contemporary Visual Arts." Mead Art Museum, Amherst College. Massachusetts, 1997.*
• "Text and Identity: 12 Women Artists." Staller Center for the Arts. Stony Brook, New York, 1997.*
• "A Singular Vision: Prints from Landfall Press." Milwaukee Museum of Art, Wisconsin; Museum of Modern Art, New York City: 1997.*
• "REAL(ist) Women." Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design. Sarasota, 1997.*
• "Suture." Rotunda Gallery. Brooklyn, New York, 1997.
• "Mixing Business with Pleasure." Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University. Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1997.
• "Body." Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, 1999.
• American Embassy Geneva, Switzerland, 1999.
• "Shirts and Skins: The Absent Figure in Contemporary Art." Contemporary Museum. Honolulu, 1996-1997.
• "Well Worn Text." Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts. Chicago, 1996.
• "Images of Self: The Search for Identity Through Art." Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College. Saratoga Springs, New York, 1996.
• "Art on Paper." Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina. Greensboro, 1996.*
• "Portraits and Self Portraits." George Adams Gallery. New York City, (Summer) 1996.
• "Domestic Exception." YWCA Elsa Mott Ives Gallery. New York City, 1996.
• "Lesley Dill." Greg Kucera Gallery. Seattle, 1996.
• "Alteration." K & E Gallery. New York City, 1996.
• "In The Flesh." Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania; Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield: 1995-1996.
• "The Outer Layer." New Jersey Center for Visual Arts. Summit, 1995.
• "Group Exhibition." Lizardi/Harp Gallery. Los Angeles, 1995.
• "Hudson Valley Artists '95: Domestic Policies." College Art Gallery. New Paltz, New York, 1995.
• "Arts and Letters." June Kelly Gallery. New York City, 1995.
• "Paper View." Cohen Berkowitz Gallery. Kansas City, 1995.
• "Women?s Work: An Open Book." HarperCollins Exhibition Space. New York City, 1995.
• "Essence and Persuasion: The Power of Black and White." Anderson Gallery. Buffalo, 1995.*
• "Reinventing the Emblem." Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, 1995.
• "Group Exhibition." Hebrew Home for the Aged. Riverdale, New York, 1995.
• "5 Women Sculptors." Organization of Independent Artists at XI Valparaiso Bienal. Chile, 1994-1995.*
• "Works for Young Collectors." Lemberg Gallery. St. Louis, 1994.
• "Material Concerns." Rotunda Gallery. Brooklyn, 1994.
• "Paint, Props, & Process." Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle. New York, 1994.
• "The Body Human." Nohra Haime Gallery. New York City, 1994.
• "Around the House." Frumkin/Adams Gallery. New York City, 1994.
• "By A Hair's Breath." Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, YWCA. New York City, 1994.
• "The Domestic Landscape: Painting, Sculpture & Art Furniture." Monique Knowlton Gallery. Kent Station, Connecticut, 1994 .
• "Paper Doll: Social Template." Police Building, Organization of Independent Artists. New York City, 1994.
• "Disembodied." Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont. Burlington, 1994.
• "Outside from WIthin: Paper as Sculpture." Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts. Philadelphia, 1994.*
• "Figure as Fiction: The Figure in Visual Art and Literature." Contemporary Arts Center. Cincinnati, 1993 -94.*
• "10' x 10' x 10'." TZ'ART, 28 Wooster. New York City, 1993.
• "Nine Sculptors and Their Printer: A Tribute to Solo Impressions." Bernard Toale Gallery. Boston, 1993.
• Group Exhibition. Chamber 1. New York City, 1993.
• "White Men in Suits." Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. Buffalo, 1993.
• "Return of the Cadave Exquis." Drawing Center. New York City, 1993.
• "Addressing the Body." Patricia Shea Gallery, Santa Monica; Terain Gallery, San Francisco: 1993.
• "The Rag Trade." InterArt Center. New York City, 1993.
• "Idio Cognito." Police Building, Organization of Independent Artists. New York City, 1993.*
• "Empty Dress: Clothing as Suorgate in Recent Art." Neuberger Museum, Purchase; Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn: 1993-96.
• "Spirit House" (installation). Willie Birch, Sculpture Center. New York City, 1993.
• "Fall from Fashion." Aldrich Museum. Ridgefield, 1993.*
• "Regarding Masculinity." Arthur Roger Gallery. New Orleans, 1993.
• "Table Top Sculpture I." Andre Emmerich Gallery. New York City, 1993.
• "International Paper Show." Hand Paper Maker's Association. Montreal, 1993.
• "Group Exhibition." Rosa Esman Gallery. New York City, 1993.
• "American Art Today: Clothing as Metaphor." Art Museum at Florida International University. Miami, 1993.*
• "Songs of Retribution." Richard Anderson Gallery. New York City, 1993.
• "Paper." Fawbush Gallery. New York City, 1993.
• "Transparency." Luise Ross Gallery. New York City, 1993.
• "Body and Soul." Philippe Staib Gallery. New York City, 1993.
• "The Word-Image in Contemporary Art." Kean College. Union, New Jersey, 1992.*
• "WAR." Trenkmann Gallery. New York City, 1992.
• "Sense and Sensibility." Solo Press. New York City, 1992.
• "FASHION." Trenkmann Gallery. New York City, 1992.
• "Cheap Theatrics." Prudential Life Insurance. New Jersey, 1991.
• "Burning in Hell." Franklin Furnace. New York City, 1991.
• "Bronze." Frumkin/Adams Gallery. New York City, 1991.
• "American Art Today: New Directions." Florida International University. Miami, 1991.*
• "Stark Contrast." Trenkmann Gallery. New York City, 1991.
• "Sense of Self." Triplex Gallery, Manhattan Community College. New York City, 1990.*
• "Sculptor's Drawings." The East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art. Long Island, 1990.
• "The Art of Drawing." Lehman College, City University of New York. New York City, 1990.*
• "World AIDs Day." Manhattan Community College. New York City, 1990.
• "Sculpture Faculty." Parsons School of Design. New York City, 1990.
• "Landscape/Mindscape." Carlo Lamagna Gallery. New York City, 1990.
• "Small Works-Cast Iron." Sculpture Center. New York City, 1990.
• "Life Before Art: Images From the Age of AIDS." Carlo Lamagna Gallery. New York City, 1990.'
• "Collector's Choice." Center for the Visual Arts. Vero Beach, Florida, 1989.
• "Ground Works." Valencia Community College. Florida, 1989.*
• "Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women." Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Brookville; Blum Helman Gallery, New York City; subsequent U.S. tour: 1989.*
• "Embodiments." Brattleboro Museum and Art Center. Vermont, 1988.*
• "Seeing the Figure." Midtown Galleries. New York City, 1988.
• "Don't Knock the Wood." Helander Gallery. Palm Beach, Florida, 1987.
• "Art for Your Collection." Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, 1987.
• "The Human Form, The Spiritual Vision." Alexander Wood Gallery. New York City, 1987.
• "Collector's Choice." Center for the Arts. Vero Beach, Florida, 1987.
• "The Third Inaugural Exhibition." Carlo Lamagna Gallery. New York City, 1987.
• "On Paper." G.H. Dalsheimer Gallery. Baltimore, 1987.
• "The Interior Self: Three Generations of Expressionist View the Human Image." Montclair Art Museum. New Jersey, 1987.*
• "Traps: Elements of Psychic Seduction." Carlo Lamagna Gallery. New York City, 1986.
• "New Work/New York." Helander Gallery. Palm Beach, Florida, 1986.
• "Perfect." Paulo Salvador Gallery. New York City, 1986.
• "Two Person Show." De Facto Salon. New York City, 1986
• "Anadromous." Michael Katz Gallery. New York City, 1985.
• "Selections 28." Drawing Center, New York City; De Facto Salon, New York City: 1985.
• "Fall Show." Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York City; Michael Katz Gallery, New York City: 1984.
• "10 Downtown." Virtual Garrison Gallery. New York City; Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic: 1984.
• "Small Works." Zaner Gallery. Rochester, New York, 1983.
• "Group Exhibition." Montclair Art Museum. New Jersey, 1982.
• "The Positive Show." ABC No Rio. New York City, 1981.

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This exhibition is organized by the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee in conjunction with George Adams Gallery, New York, NY. Presentation at SCMA is supported by the Tryon Associates and the Judith Plesser Targan, class of 1953, Art Museum Fund.