Leslie Edwards is an artist living and working in New York City.  Since 2018, Leslie has been in the midst of a career change, leaving her 15-year career in art sales to create art of her own. She found refuge at the Art Students League of New York where she studied portraiture with the celebrated painter, Sharon Sprung. 

In addition to oil painting, Leslie recently began exploring a variety of new mediums for her mixed-media collages. She is engaged in unique transfer methods and printmaking techniques. Leslie is also incorporating the ancient practice of encaustic and a brand-new medium called alcohol ink. Combining many layers of cut paper in unexpected ways creates a striking, and at times, rawness that captivates the artist.

In 2022, Leslie won the George A. Rada Memorial Scholarship at the Art Students League of New York. Most recently, Leslie’s work has been featured in several group shows, including Guild Hall Artist Members Exhibition in the fall of 2023 at Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, NY.

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GROUP SHOWS

2023 Guild Hall Artist Members Exhibition, East Hampton, NY

2023 The End II, Montauk Artists Association, Montauk, NY

2023 Merit Scholarship Winners Exhibition, Art Students League Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY

2023 Painting from Life: Portraiture, Art Students League Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY 

2003 Alumni and Faculty Show, Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, NC 

2022 Student Salon, Art Students League Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY 

PUBLICATIONS

Illustrations for Late Fragment by Charles Edwards, published 2023

AWARDS

2022 George A. Rada Memorial Scholarship Merit Award, Art Students League of New York

EDUCATION

Painting from Life: Portraiture with Sharon Sprung, Art Students League of New York

Christie’s Education, London. Modern and Contemporary Art and Design, MPhil

Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, BA