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.
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
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.
Creative Debuts continues their passionate support of International Womxn’s Day with this exhibition held on March 8th in Shoreditch, London. I am excited to showcase my work alongside 19 other thought provoking and talented artists.
There will be a range of contemporary artwork including photography, sculpture, craft, fine art and film while raising money for The Homeless Period, an incredible initiative that provides sanitary products to homeless women.
Come along and join us in celebrating equality, diversity and accessibility through art!
Tickets are essential! LINK: https://bit.ly/2t1rfis
Saint Meinrad Archabbey Library Gallery, St. Meinrad, IN, is hosting an exhibit by Kentucky artist Leslie Nichols. The show will run from October 3 through November 15.
Read MoreIn Her Words—Art, Storytelling and Food at the Downing Museum
Join Leslie Nichols and Michelle Howell at the Downing Museum for a morning of storytelling and artwork.
Read More"In the Cool of the Canyon" is now a part of the permanent collection of the Evansville Museum. This typewritten work on paper was awarded a Member’s Purchase Award at the 58th Mid States Exhibition.
I made "In the and Cool of the Canyon" as an Artist-in-Residence for Zion National Park in Utah. Each element, including the text, the portrait subject, and the background color, come from time I spent in the archives, on the trails, and interacting with people in the park. My partner, artist Mike Nichols, joined me to hike some of Zion’s most iconic trails including The Narrows, a hike following the Virgin River, where this pose was captured. Hand-printed layers of acrylic paint form a subtle field of color for the text and figure to emerge. To create the image, I typed artist and explorer Frederick Dellenbaugh’s words published in a 1904 edition of Scribner's Magazine describing the "immense prodigality of color" of Zion Canyon.
EVANSVILLE MUSEUM
"58Tth Mid-States Art Exhibition"
Evansville, IN
Dec 10-March 5, 2017
