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Artist Statement:
Leslye Bloom has always been
special. She was one of the
very few people allowed to
earn Bachelors, Masters, and
PhD degrees in Penn State?s
prestigious Art Education
program. In addition to her
traditional art studies she
branched out into computers in
1967, becoming the resident
graphic artist in Penn State?s
Computer Assisted Instruction
Lab, working on a timeshared
IBM 1100 with all of 16
kilobytes of memory. She
thought she had died and gone
to heaven when she got an
Apple II in 1981 with 64
kilobytes all her own. That
was when, as head of Virginia
Tech?s Art Education program,
she began to integrate
traditional and computer art.
As a pioneer in the field, she
has had to invent many things,
including the name for what
she does. “Computage” combines
the digital medium with
traditional media. That
synergy results in works that
transcend the pure digital and
the traditional. The art world
can be surprisingly
conservative, but over the
past decade Leslye?s work has
become accepted into the
mainstream, winning prizes in
competition with the best of
current traditional artists.
Leslye jokes that she has a
“Make Art” button on her
computer. In more ...
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Artist Galleries:
Miller off Main Street
Gallery, 211 Wilson Avenue,
Blacksburg VA, 24060
Prop: Robert Miller
Phone: (540) 552-6969
E Mail: ram1@usit.net
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Artist Reviews:
BOOKS & CD-Rom's:
• "3 Irons 2" is featured in
"Digital Collage and Painting"
by Susan Ruddick Bloom, ISBN:
0240807057, Focal Press,
Paperback, Publication Date:
2006
• "Technicolor Daydream" is
one of a handfull of examples
of digital art in Spotlight on
Art, books and CD-ROMs, grade
8, by Dr. ...
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Collections:
Permanent Collections:
Harmony Hall, Ocho Rios,
Jamaica
Miller off Main Gallery,
Blacksburg, VA
Rescue Mission Gallery,
Roanoke, Virginia
Private Collections: Patrons
list is available on request.
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Exhibitions for Leslye Bloom:
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----------2010 Exhibitions
Solo: : "Redux - brought Back in Abundance," Montgomery Museum, Christiansburg, January 4 - February 30, 2010
----------2006 Exhibitions
Solo: "Computage," at Perspective Gallery
VA Tech, Blacksburg , Virginia
November 1 to December 6, 2006
Reception: Sunday November 5, 2006, 3 to 5 pmSolo: City Gallery, Galax, VA; May 5-June 3, 2006
Juried: 2007 League of Roanoke Artists Showcase
Jefferson Center Gallery, Roanoke VA, October 1st to October 31, 2006
Eleanor Cox, Juror, Juror's Choice Award - Out of the Darkness
invitational: Along the Path
The Gallery, 1019 E Main Street, Radford, VA, September 23 - November 1, 2007
two-person: Two Voices, with Lee Penny Baker
Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center
Clifton Forge, VA
September 18 - October 14, 2007
Juried International,Traveling: Bridging Cultures through Arts - Partners of the Americas: 2006 - Virginia, 2007 - Brazil. Three works were selected: Craig Creek Fog Flag, Street Spam, Ocho Rios Flag, and Waterscroll with Rocks.
----------2005 Exhibitions
Juried: New River Art 2005, Juror Don Black, October 1 to November 6, Hayloft Gallery, Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA
AWARD OF MERIT : More Studio Artists – Digital Acrylic
and Rasta Polaroid – Digital Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
Juried: League of Roanoke Artists 2005 Showcase, Juror: TBA, October 9 to November 14, The Jefferson Center, Roanoke VA
Annabella’s Grotto – Digital Acrylic and
Street Shadows – street shadows
Juried: This piece was purchased by the Juror! Two Cows, Roanoke City Art Show at the Art Museum of Western Virginia
Juror: Gina Greer, Associate Director of the Spanierman Gallery, New York, NY
Dates: August 25 - November 13, 2005
Invitational:DDay Twilight, 14.5"h x 27"w, "Regional Art Alley" inaugural exhibition
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospitals on Belleview (map). August 5 to February 5, '06, co-sponsored by the Arts Council of the Blue Ridge.
Juried: HONORABLE MENTION: Street Shadows, Gallery: Critique - The 57th Annual Virginia Highlands Festival 2005 • Abingdon, Virginia
Open to the public Saturday, July 30th through Sunday, August 14, 2005Juror Robert Heiks
solo: "Computage," Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea, 700 N. Main, Blacksburg, July 3 - August 14, 2005
solo: "From Here to There," Mish Mish Gallery, 125 N Main, Blacksburg, May 6- June 3, 2005
juried: Carver (Rasta Polaroid) - "Top Forty" International Juried Competition,Juror: Rex Bruce, March 10-April 2, 2005
four person:"Photoshop Tennis" Collaboration with Craig & Sally Shaffer, Kathy Kudlin and Leslye Bloom
February: Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg, VA
March: Bedford Library, Bedford Virgiia
On-Line Show : http://brpas.org/gallery/mcgo-show
Juror 2004 Member's Show, This Century Art Gallery, Williamsburg, VA, June 21, 2004
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