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Artist Statement:
I want to thank the Ohio Art
League in Columbus, Ohio for
honoring me as "1 in 100
people for their outstanding
contributions in support of
the visual arts in Ohio" as
part of OAL's Centennial
Anniversary. June 2009
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I'm a self-taught/outsider
visual artist and performance
artist; I have earned a B.A.
degree in art history from The
Ohio State University, and a
Master of Library and
Information Science (M.L.I.S.)
degree with a focus in
archival studies & rare book
librarianship from Kent State
University.
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 had
been a assistant curator for a
National Performance Network
(NPN) site called the Third
Avenue Performance Space
(T.A.P.S.) in Columbus, Ohio.
And was the
founder/(co)director of two
poetry/performance art
groups/projects called
"Gorilla Theatre and Co." and
New Artistic Incidents,
Vision, and ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
January 2009 -- I will be
updating this section soon,
but for now...
--- OTHERS TO BE ANNOUNCED ---
UP-COMING/CURRENT
EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS 2002/2003
• The Eye 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 ...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Collections:
Selected Public
Collections/Archives &
Libraries
• Columbus Museum of Art;
Columbus, Ohio
• The State of Saxony Ministry
of Arts and Science; Dresden,
Germany.
• The Frank W. Hale Black
Cultural Center at The Ohio
State University;Columbus,
Ohio.
• The Cartoon Research Library
at The Ohio State University;
Columbus, Ohio.
• Raskolnikoff; Dresden,
Germany.
• ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Reviews for Leni D. Anderson:
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• 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 about racism, religion, crime and politics. His compositions make you think. And that’s exactly what Leni D. Anderson set out to do. by Janel L..Perry
• The Columbus Dispatch (October 2000) ANNUAL DISPLAY A POTPORRRI OF APPEARANCE
Expressionism can be as bold as in Leni Anderson’s UNTITLED mixed-media image, with its faint echoes of Paul Gauguin’s VISION AFTER THE SERMON and other works done in Brittany, or as delicate as in Rachel Stern’s watercolor LOST IN THOUGHT.
by Jacqueline Hall
• The Columbus Dispatch: Art Section (1999) VARIETY IS SHOW SPICE
Leni Anderson’s quirky mixed-media pieces jolt the viewer out of the introspection that Maxwell’s work inspires. His grotesque Punch and Judy-like wooden figures articulate political commentary with mordant wit. The satirical jibes in Anderson’s work turn to dark laughter in Mary Krenta’s, DEFEAT OF MOTHER EARTH. The grotesquely grinning painted mutant version of a human race that has so damaged its environment that it’s heading for extinction. by Sharon Kokot
• Columbus Alive (5 –11 November 1998) THE PEN LIVES ON
….Anderson’s exhibit reminds us that the old Pen was more than an architectural, historical building – it was, in some sense, a living tomb to the unknown prisoner, a lpace of human history and misery that will never be forgotten, even though the monument has fallen. by Kim Liddy
• The Columbus Dispatch: Art Section (MAY 1997) IN A STRUCTURED WORLD, ARCHITECTURE CAN SPEAK TO US
In CONCEPT OF ISOLATION <4, several mixed-media-on-paper drawings, Leni Anderson turns to the interior of the old Ohio Penitentiary. Diagonals lines and bars criss-cross the plane of the picture, creating claustrophobic flat and three-dimensional spaces. His work reminds one that the word pen is not simply an abbreviation
by Kay Koeninger
• The Columbus Dispatch: Art Section (14 July 1996) RICHNESS OF COLOR GOES BEYOND ETHNIC CATEGORIES
"Let The Colors Flow" embraces a wide range of mediums and subject matters. The theme for Leni Anderson, is to demonstrate that artist of color produce art that cannot be assigned to one category…Anderson’s work is a large installation. It deals with issues raised by the American criminal justice system and capital punishment, using the old Ohio Penitentiary as a focal point…" by Kay Koeninger
• The Columbus Dispatch: Theater Section (21 October 1993) GORILLA THEATRE WON’T APE THE OTHERS
…"Art expresses different ideas in a way that may not be as threatening as a news story"… by Michael Grossberg
• The Columbus Literary Gazette (July 1993) ‘AN INTERVIEW WITH GORILLA THEATRE AND COMPANY"
…Leni, however, tends more prose. His speech is gentle and he makes an attempt to put himself in others shoes. He makes socio-political statements without preaching… by Jenny Marcus Tigner
• Columbus Alive ((8 July – 22 July 1993) "POETY WALKS ON THE WILD SIDE",
…That the air of tolerance comes through in one of Anderson’s works, a poem without a title: The eyes/that are blind/is the mind/that is bound… Melissa Romig
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