Leslie Nemour
2171 Westland Ave., San Diego, CA 92104
contact@leslienemour.com
Education
1981 MFA, Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego
1977 BA, Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego
Selected Exhibitions
2006 “Sincerely”, Kruglak Gallery, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA
One person show, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2005 “Television Portraits”, Crossing Tracks Gallery, San Diego, CA
“Lub Dub”, Crossing Tracks Gallery, San Diego, CA
2004 “Unframed”, Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2002 “Girlilla Art”, Simayspace, Art College International, San Diego, CA
2001 “Four Painters”, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, CA
- "Vestidos", Northview Gallery, Portland Community College Art Gallery, OR
“Heads & Tales”(,solo),Cal State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA
“Out of the Corner of My Eye: Painting Between the Pages”, (solo), Galeria Senecu, San Yselta
School District, El Paso, TX
1999 "Heads & Tales" (solo), Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
1997 "Thorns & Halos: Leslie Nemour & Luis Stand", Galeria Dos Damas, San Diego
"Red Acrobat". VAG (Visual Arts Gallery), University of California, San Diego
1996 "Eyes, Nose, Teeth & Hair", (solo exhibition) Sheppard Gallery, U.N.R., Reno
"Fashionable Paintings & Objects", Galeria Dos Damas, San Diego, CA
1995 "Searching For Venus", (solo exhibition) Galeria Dos Damas, San Diego, CA
1994 "Antojitos Y Antojados", (solo exhibition) Intersection Gallery, San Diego, CA
"740 En Otoño", Lyceum Theatre, San Diego, California
"Diderot: A Revised Encyclopedia", Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco Site Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA
1993 "Espectro de Chicano", Mt. San Antonio College Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Calabasas Y Calaveras: Dia de los Muertos 1993", Sheppard Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno
"Mature Relationships", (solo exhibition), Plaza de la Cultura, Imperial, CA
1992 "Desires/Ganas", (solo exhibition), Art Gallery, San Diego State University - Imperial Valley
Campus, Calexico, California
"Cuerpos Y Almas/Bodies and Souls", (solo), Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
"Local Production: San Diego Area Artists", Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
"Out For Your Rights", benefit auction/exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
"San Diego/Tijuana/Yokohama Art Exchange", Yokohama Citizen's Gallery, Yokohama, Japan and
Tijuana Cultural Center, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
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1991 "Daily Miracles/Milagros Diarios", (solo exhibition) Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Contemporary Visions of the Virgen De Guadalupe", Downey Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Readings", 4 storefront window installations, San Diego Public Library, 8th & E streets, commissioned by
INSTALLATION for Artwalk '91
1990 "Borderworks", Fox Gallery, University of Texas, El Paso, El Paso, TX
"Salud, Amor Y Pesetas: Day of the Dead 1990", Glass Gallery, University of Texas, El Paso, El Paso, TX
1989 "Straight Ahead", Balboa Theatre Windows, commissioned by INSTALLATION Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Zas", (solo exhibition) Cecil & Ida Green Faculty Club, UC San Diego "The Deep South (in California)",
Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
1988 "El Calor", (solo exhibition), Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
"Irresisitible Attraction", (solo exhibition), Sushi Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Exposure", Art Corner Gallery, San Diego, CA
"The Struggle For Mankind Endangered By Borders", Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, CA
"Straight Ahead", (an installation), Pacific Beach Storefront Project, San Diego
"Art For Nicaragua", (co-coordinator & participating artist), INSTALLATION Gallery, San Diego, CA
1987 "The Next Wave", Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Artists For Aids Assistance II", INSTALLATION Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Under Duress", Artwalk storefront window installation, Environments, San Diego, CA
"Artists By Themselves", Sushi Gallery, San Diego, CA
1986 "Summer Show", Anuska Gallery, San Diego, CA
1984 "Paintings" (solo),"The Figure", James Crumley Gallery, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA
Grants, Commissions and Residencies
2002 Artist Residency, UCROSS Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming
2001 Social & Public Art Resource Center, Los Angeles, mural commission
1991 Voluntary Fund for the Arts Grant Program, mural: "World Wind", Copley YMCA, San Diego,
CA
1988 Public Art Advisory Council Community Art Project Grant, murals:"Seasonal Borders", Dept. of Social
Services, hula Vista, CA
1987 "Public Art Advisory Council Individual Artists Grants, County of San Diego
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Teaching Positions
1998-2002 Chair, Art Department, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA
1993 - present Assoc. Professor, Studio Art, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA
1987-1993 Instructor, Department of Arts & Humanities, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
- Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
1980-1993 Instructor, Art Department, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA
1985-1988 Instructor, Art Division, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA
1987 Instructor, Crafts Center, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
1982 Instructor, Extension, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
1981 Instructor, Art Department, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
Reviews
- 2000 Buckley, Patricia Morris. “Art Show Examines Trade of Mail-Order Brides”,
North County Times,
Feb. 25, 2000. P.23
1995 Christensen, Judith. "Hitting the Canvas: Empassioned Painting in Southern California", Visions Quarterly,
Spring/Summer 1995, P. 34.
Baldwin, Debra Lee. "Drawing On Imagination", San Diego Union/Tribune, Nov.19., Homescape,
P. H-9.
1994 Pincus, Robert."EYE-CATCHING", San Diego Union/Tribune, May 12, 1994, Night & Day, P. 47.
1992 Pincus, Robert. "Ideal vs. What's Real", San Diego Union/Tribune, February 13, 1992, Night & Day, P. 24.
Reed, Victoria. "Two Artist Show Draws on Contrasts", Los Angeles Times, February 12, 1992, P. F-1.
Hines, Kathy. "Duo Culture", The Telescope, February 28, 1992, P. 9.
"San Diego Artist to Open Show At SDSU Gallery", Calexico Chronicle & Imperial Valley Press, Thursday,
November 5, 1992, Page 6.
1990 Christensen, Judith. "UC San Diego Emphasis On Art-Thinking and Art-Making", Artweek, March 8, 1990,
Vol. 21, No. 9.
Sanchez, Ricardo. "UTEP Exhibitions Are Manna For The Mind", El Paso Herald Post, November 5, 1990,
C-2
1989 Lewinson, David."Temporary Artwalk Projects Give City A Glimpse Of What Public Art Could Do For
Landscape",Los Angeles Times, Apr 21, Part VI,P 23B.
Ollman, Leah. "Overdue Fanfare For The Common Artwork", Los Angeles Times, August 11, 1989,
VI, P. 12.
Harper, Hilliard. "Making the Day A Little Brighter", Los Angeles Times, July 19, 1989, Part VI, P.1.
Lingley, Rick."Artwalk Artist Profile", San Diego Metropolitan Magazine, Apr, 1.
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1988 Ollman, Leah. "At The Galleries", Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1988, Part VI.
Chritensen, Judith."Vignette to Vignette", The Reader, August 11, Page 1, Sec. 2.
Pincus, Robert. "Artist Draws From the Dark Side of Mexican Novelas for Inspiration",The San
Diego Union, September 15, 1988, C-6.
Ollman, Leah. "The Human Figure Makes A Comeback", Los Angeles Times, September 16, 1988,
Part IV, P. 17.
1986 McDonald, Robert. "At The Galleries", Los Angeles Times, August 1, 1986.
McManus, Michael. "The Craft Of Representation", Artweek, August 25, 1986.
Related Experience
1992-1993 Artist in Residence, Village Elementary, Coronado, CA
1988-1991 Artist in Residence, "Young At Art", San Diego City Schools
1989-1990 Gallery Director/Guest Curator, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, CA
1984-1989 Curatorial Assistant, Mandeville Gallery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
1982 Southern California exhibition reviews to Art Express magazine |