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Artist Statement:
Using narrative as a
counterpoint to imagery, my
art explores life’s
complexities and offers
insight into the human
condition, while primarily
speaking through the
experiences of women. As I
seek to understand myself and
my role in this world, I look
for parallels between my life
and the lives of other people.
I often gain inspiration for
my paintings from poetry,
music lyrics, and literature,
particularly stories from the
Bible. Some paintings share my
personal history and private
reveries, other works are
general musings about love and
relationships, and are often
allegorical rather than
literal. Additionally, I
usually model for the majority
of the figural work as a way
to connect with the character
I’m seeking to identify with.
I often use bird imagery to
symbolize freedom and
femininity, two recurring
themes in my work. I have
always been interested in the
personal stories of people who
have felt trapped, stifled,
imprisoned, gripped with fear,
caged, and unable to live
their lives the way they want
–– then to hear how those
people found freedom.
The use of text is another
recurring element in my work.
Sometimes the words bring
clarity to the painting, and
sometimes it adds to...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 "Wingspan", Gallery
208 – Fayetteville, NC
2008 "Resonance and
Relevance", Cape Fear Artists
Studios, Inc. – Fayetteville,
NC
2008 "Passing Strange and
Wonderful", Campbell House
Gallery – Southern Pines, NC
2007 "Inside Out", Cary
Senior Center – Cary, NC
2006 SFL +A Architect’s
Gallery – Fayetteville, NC
2005 Olde Town...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
CityView Magazine, June/July
2007
Leslie Pearson
From Artist to Soldier & Back
Again - By Shannon Ward
Overcoming limitations is a
recurring theme in both the
life and works of local artist
Leslie Pearson. A painter who
spent much of her young
adulthood searching for a
place to nurture the creative
...
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Collections:
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Leslie Pearson Biography:
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Age
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32
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
Christian |
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| Education |
Graduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Postmodernism - (1975 - )
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
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| Favorite Work of Art |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Leslie Pearson is an artist based in Wilmington, North Carolina. A Missouri native, Pearson earned a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art from Southeast Missouri State University (1998) and was heavily involved in community arts programming as the Assistant Director of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri and co-curator of Gallery 100 and the Lorimier Gallery in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In 2000, she earned a Master’s degree in Museum Studies from Newcastle University in England and completed an internship at the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art in Sunderland.
Upon returning to the States, Pearson joined the Army as a photojournalist and freelanced as an Arts and Entertainment journalist for the Augusta Chronicle, a daily newspaper in Augusta, Georgia. After her stint in the Army, she taught art at Fayetteville Christian School for two years and operated the Pearson Gallery. She now works from her studio full time.
Pearson's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and are in many private and public collections, including the Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA; the Women's Health Center, Brooklyn, NY; and Schuller, Ferris, Lindstrom and Associates, Architects in Fayetteville, NC.
Her work represents a wide range of subject matter and style. Working primarily in oil and acrylic paint, she explores various avenues of interest including realism, texture, words and non-objective imagery which she uses as a parallax for ideas, patterns, and emotions.
Pearson has been recognized for her artistic and scholastic achievements with several notable awards including an Art Faculty Scholarship from Southeast Missouri State University, and a Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Society Scholarship. In 2006, she was awarded a Regional Artist Project Grant from the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County to publish a collection of her narrative paintings and mixed media pieces in a book titled, 'Off the Diving Board, the Narrative Paintings of Leslie Pearson'. |
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