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Artist Statement:
I am a self-taught/outsider
visual artist and performance
artist; I have a degree in art
history and presently working
on my Master degree in Library
and Information Science , more
specifically Preservation and
Archival Studies. Then I will
go on to earn a PhD. The
artwork on my site are
works-on-canvas I had created
for a series titled
"(Re)Interpreting the work of
Pieter Bruegel the Elder and
the Art of the Middle Ages for
a Contemporary Society" during
an artist fellowship residency
I was a recipient of in
Dresden, Germany. My artwork
explores current
socio-political issues and
events dealing with race,
local/national/international
conflicts by juxtaposing
historical and contemporary
images/icons/symbols. I have
exhibited my artwork
(paintings, drawings and
installations) and performed
nationally and
internationally; to see more
images go to --
www.myspace.com/kunstler65.
I am presently working on two
new painting series; the first
is a continuation of my
medieval series, and the
second are a series (my
version) of self portraits
exploring the chaos and
cacophony that fills my gray
matter. "It ain't always
pretty, but it will sure make
you think..." I am a
free-lance curator and ...
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Artist Galleries:
• America Oh! Yes Folk Art
Gallery - Hilton Head Island,
SC/
Washington DC/ San
Francisco, CA.
Additional artwork can be
found on America Oh!Yes
website at
www.americaohyes.com (go to
African-American Folk Art then
to
Emerging African-American
Folk Artists, and click on my
name) or
call 1...
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Artist Reviews:
• Outsider, Self Taught, and
Folk Art Annotated
Bibliography: Publications and
Films of the 20th Century, by
Betty-Carol Sellen with
Cynthia J. Johanson (copyright
2002) (Book)
• Call and Post: Show Time (19
October 2000) THE WAY OF THE
BRUSH
He doesn’t paint pictures of
flowers or landscapes. He
paints...
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Collections:
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS -
•Columbus Museum of Art
•Cartoon Research Library at
The Ohio State University
•Frank W. Hall Jr. Black
Cultural Center at The Ohio
State University
•The State of Saxony Ministry
of Arts and Science, Dresden,
Germany
•Raskolnikoff, Dresden,
Germany
•Hoggy's Restaurant, Grove
City, Ohio and Valley View,
Ohio
...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Exhibitions for Leni D. Anderson:
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November 2007 -- I will be updating this section soon, but for now...
Current Exhibit: Alpha-Omega Gallery (Group exhibit), Columbus, Ohio
--- OTHERS TO BE ANNOUNCED ---
UP-COMING/CURRENT EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS 2002/2003
• The Eye Shop (gift shop) at the American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MA
• America Oh Yes! Folk Art Gallery, Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory,
Jan - March 2003, Hilton Head
Island, SC
OTHERS TO BE ANNOUNCED
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
• Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center: Shot Tower Gallery
(paintings, 17 January - 14 February 2003) and Lindsay Gallery
(works-on-paper, 18 January - February 2003)), New Work from
Dresden, Germany and Columbus, Ohio (Solo exhibitions):
(Re)Interpreting the Work of Pieter Bruegel and the Art of the
Middle Ages for a Contemporary Society, Columbus, Ohio
• Greater Columbus Arts Council International Artist Exchange with
Dresden, Germany (Fellowship Residency) (24 April-22 July 2002),
Dresden, Germany
• Hochschule Fur Bildende Kunste Dresden, "Exhibition of New Work,"
(18 - 21 June 2002), Dresden, Germany
• Gallery Twenty-Four (23 May - 5 June 2002), Berlin, Germany
• Art for Life Biennial, Columbus Museum of Art and Columbus College
of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
(March - 20 April 2002)
• Waldo's On High (solo exhibit), Columbus, Ohio (March 2002)
• E-PROJECT IN AMERICA 2001, Internet art project
• Old Ohio Penitentiary Project: HISTORY, Selected work from 1995-
2000, Columbus State Community College, and Old Ohio Penitentiary
Project: HISTORY public art project
• Politics and Religion, Waldo’s on High, Columbus, OH
• Old Ohio Penitentiary Project, Columbus Cultural Art Center,
Columbus, OH
• Old Ohio Penitentiary Project, Columbus State Community College,
Columbus, OH
• New Paintings, The Enclave, Columbus, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
• The Pinnacle Gallery at Savannah College of Art and Design,
"MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY," Savannah, GA (October 2002)
• The Beach Institute African American Center,"AMAZING GRACE,"
Savannah, GA (October 2002)
• Folk Art Society of America Conference Auction (represented by
America Oh! Yes Folk Art Gallery), Savannah, GA
• Adam and Eve/Garden of Eden Exhibition, America Oh Yes! Folk Art
Gallery, Washington DC
• Individual Concerns, Gallery of Social/Political Art, Boston, MA
• Arte Gras Visionary Arts Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Mother and Son Exhibition, Lindsay Gallery, Columbus, OH
• Revolution for Revelation, The Revolving Museum,(Juried by Rebecca
Hoffberger), Boston, MA
• Color (The Chicago Black Fine Art Exposition), The Navy Pier,
(Hosted by Oprah Winfrey), Chicago, IL
• Folk Art Festival,represented by America Oh Yes! Folk
Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• Art for Life Biennial, Columbus Museum of Art (Juried by Dan
Cameron), Columbus, OH
• Eventworks: Festival of New Media and Art, Massachusetts College of
Art, Boston, MA
• Indy Installation Fest, Indianpolis, IN
• The Outsiders (*), The Ohio State University-Mansfield, Mansfield,
OH
• Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition (Juried by David Reed)
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
• Silver Cup Ohio Jazz Competition (invited visual artist), Columbus,
OH
• 5th Annual YWCA Safe & Sound Chair-ity and Art Auction, Franklin
Park Conservatory (2 Feb. 2002), Columbus, Ohio
OTHER PROJECTS/ACTIVITIES/MISC.:
• Cover art for Three Plum Review Journal, Spring 2001
• Leni D. Anderson: Religious Icons; Political Message (video) produced by Artists in Residence, inc. (copyright 2002)
www.artinres.com
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