Letterpress Print on display in Type Speaks

I have two pieces on display in "Type Speaks" at the Dane Ledet Gallery at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA. Included in the exhibition is my newest letterpress portrait printed from four layers of wood type. Untitled Typeface is a state proof. I plan to print an edition this spring!

October 16- November 16, 2023.

A Picture is One Thousand Words: Textual Portraits

Free Artist talk followed by a brief Q&A session

July 14, Thursday, 6–7 pm MDT, live via Zoom

Sponsored by the University of Utah's Book Arts Program

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Drawing of a woman being created on a mnaual typewriter.

Join Leslie Nichols to learn about her process for creating Textual Portraits. In this series, Leslie types words from classic texts to compose images of contemporary women. These images visualize the historical context of women’s lives and convey a sense of social heritage. In this presentation, she will introduce the Textual Portrait series and share her methods of using the typewriter to create this work. 


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Arrowmont Workshop July 2022

Join me at Arrowmont in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains to create images with text!

Scripto-Visual Drawing

July 17-22, 2022

Text takes center stage in this experimental drawing workshop where students explore how to use words to create pattern, imagery, and meaningful visual content.

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Leslie Nichols Work in Progress on Typewriter

July 2022

Scripto-Visual Drawing
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

Lost Words features new work by Leslie Nichols

Lost Words: A Juried Exhibit of Art and Poetry at the Northwind Art Gallery in Port Townsend, Washington, features two pieces from my newest Remnant series. This exhibition is a national showing of poets and visual artists in an eclectic mix of both disciplines, who responded to the theme of language, its mutability, and how words guide us, especially when they are lost.

June 17-July 25, 2021
Northwind Art Best Gallery
Port Townsend, Washington

"Remnant 7"  Letterpress, Typewriter, Acrylic, and Linen Thread

"Remnant 7"
Letterpress, Typewriter, Acrylic, and Linen Thread

Manifesting Presence opens at Lexington Art League

Manifesting Presence
Lexington Art League
September 25-November 6, 2020

Artists Kristina Arnold, Leslie Nichols, and Yvonne Petkus come together in Manifesting Presence, an exhibition exploring the ways in which they as individual artists and as a collective hold space – and how biological, psychological, historical, and social environments shape this process. Arnold, Nichols, and Petkus began a group called the Critique Collective in Bowling Green, Kentucky six years ago. This will be their first time exhibiting as that collective. From large, wall-sized installations to intimately scaled works on paper, Manifesting Presence will include Arnold’s installations of cast glass, mixed fiber media, paper, and ink, Nichols’ text-based works created with tools including manual typewriters and a letterpress printing press, and Petkus’ sculptural paintings on plexiglass, mylar, panel, and canvas.

three person show