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Photography:

Leslie Connito's art reflects everyday life and includes snippets of culture, politics, history, music, art history and the like, which are painted under the images. She produces portraits, landscapes, and interiors, with a variety of mediums including oil paint, encaustic, cold wax, watercolor, prints, charcoal and graphite, photography and mixed media.
Leslie Connito's paintings, drawings and prints, are layered with meaning. Some of the images sample contemporary human intellect and social icons which become more apparent than the partially submerged, archaic representations (ie: maps, mollusks, dictators...). Conscience is examined through the layering and focusing of these images which reflect our history in evolution while also demonstrating the way we recall and interpret our intellect and emotion in the process and viewing of painting. The choice of images and the manner in which they are combined represent a collective memory. Images swim in and out of the paintings connecting in consistent continuation of motion and time while reflecting the nature and process of evolution. The interaction of all the parts of the paintings parallel the fast-paced experiences of contemporary life. In a subtle, sarcastic, and simplistic approach, the humor often defines man's insignificant desires and needs, his greed, his edifices, politics, and reflection on the environment.
Leslie Connito is a published writer. She has written and illustrated several children’s books. She is a poet, and has also created and performed 9 Murder Mystery Dinner Parties.

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2019 ARTIST RESUME 

Education: 

1984 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, BFA 

1983 Parsons School of Art and Design at The American College in Paris, Paris, France 

1988 Hunter College, New York, NY, MFA Program 

Solo Exhibits: 1984 - present: 

The Ridgefield Playhouse: Art and Wine Art Show, (at the concert with Al DiMeola), Ridgefield, CT (2019)

Spirit of the American Home: Onatru Gallery, Curator (2018)

Ridgefield Guild of Artists (September 2017) 

55 Mercer Gallery, Soho, NY 

Hoboken Gallery, Hoboken, NJ 

Visual Solutions, Hoboken, NJ 

Maxwells, Hoboken, NJ 

Gold Coast Cafe, Hoboken, NJ 

The Space Gallery, (at MICA) Baltimore, MD 

Selected Group Exhibits:

2019: Portals, Queen City 15, Poughkeepsie, NY

2019: Open Road, Cape Cultural Center, Yarmouth MA 

2019: Play’s the Thing, Schoolhouse Theatre, Juried Show, Katonah, NY

2019: KMAA Northern Westchester Juried Show, Mt. Kisco, NY. 

2019: Bedlam, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT

2019: Provencetown Art Assoc. and Museum, Group Show, Summer 2019, Provencetown, MArt & Text: Traveling show Fairfield County, CT

2019: Choralfest Gala USA: New York Virtuoso Singers benefit with Harold Rosenbaum, Chappaqua NY

2019: Conversations: Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT

2019: Brooklyn Art Library: Canvas Project, traveling show based in Brooklyn, NY.

2019: Art Show Bedford 2019: Bedford, NY, First Place recipient. Judges: Michael Gitlitz, Executive Director Katonah Museum of Art, and Peter MacGill, President, Pace MacGill Gallery.

2018: Festive Home, Ridgefield Guild Gallery, Ridgefield, CT

2018: Really Affordable: BWAC juried, Brenda Kumar, an Asst. curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

2018: Katonah Museum Artist Assoc., Juried Color, Show, Pound Ridge, NY

2018: Close Encounters, National Gegraphic photographs. Online gallery

2018: Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Association, Summerscape Show,  Brooklyn, NY

2018: Gallery at Onatru, “Spirit of the American Home”, South Salem, NY

2018: Ridgefield Guild of Artists Juried Show, Ridgefield CT

2018: Choralfest benefit, Harold Rosenbaum’s NY Virtuoso Singers, Chappaqua NY

2018: Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn NY: Juried show: In the Groove 

2018: Studio Montclair: Juried By Chance show, Montclair, NJ

2018: Ridgefield Guild of Artists: Universe member show, Ridgefield CT

2018: Provincetown Artists Association & Museum, Provencetown MA 

2018: Brooklyn Art Library: Sketchbook Project, “No Worries”, Chicago, NY, Washington DC.

2018: Art Scene Today: Anima: Animus: Animal: online publication

2018:  Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) members show, Bologna, Italy 

2017: St. Lukes church benefit, Katonah NY

2017: Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Festive Home Show, Ridgefield CT

2017: Katonah Museum Artist’s Association, Library Gallery, Katonah, NY

2017: The Interactive Grand Installations: Brooklyn, NY

2017: Really Affordable Art She (BWAC) Brooklyn, NY

2017: Ridgefield Guild of Artists: solo exhibit fall 2017: What is Real; Evolution and the Spirit from 26 Letters 

2017: Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition: Palette Show 

2017: Provencetown Artist Association and Museum: ' 12 x 12' 

2017: Studio Montclair “Viewpoints 2017” at aljira, Newark, NJ 

2017: Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Association: 'Rites of Spring', Brooklyn NY 

2017: Provincetown Artists Association & Museum: 'Member's Open', Provencetown MA 

2017: Choralfest USA: New York Virtuoso Singers benefit with Harold Rosenbaum, Chappaqua NY 

2017: Barrett Art Center: 'Digitalia' National Juried Show, Poughkeepsie, NY 

2017: Katonah Museum Artist’s Association: 'Chance' Juried Show, Katonah, NY 

2017: Onatru Gallery: 'First Day', Local Juried Show, South Salem NY 

2017: Ridgefield Guild Of Artists: 'Hot and Cold', Ridgefield CT 

2017: Hayfields, North Salem NY (hip equestrian crowd, restaurant) 

2016: Ridgefield Guild of Artists: 'Walk on Down' Juried Art Show, Ridgefield, CT 

2016: Ridgefield Guild of Artist: 'Bedlam', Ridgefield CT 

2016: Saint Lukes Episcopal Church, Benefit, Katonah NY 

2015: Saint Lukes Episcopal Church, Benefit, Katonah NY 

2015: Onatru Gallery: 2013 'Independence Day' Art Show, Local Juried, S. Salem, NY 

2014: Silvermine Group Show, New Canaan, CT 

2013: Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra Benefit Show, Ridgefield, CT 

2012: Onatru Gallery: Art in the Park, Local Juried, South Salem, NY 

Installations: 

“What is Real: Evolution and the Spirit from 26 Letters”, BWAC, Brookyn, NY

“What is Real: Evolution and the Spirit from 26 Letters”, RGoA, Ridgefield, CT 

“The Love Rave”, Hoboken, NJ 

Hoboken Studio Tour, Hoboken, NJ 

“Artists Viewing Artists”, Jefferson Trust Gallery, Hoboken, NJ 

Museum of Contemporary Arts, Baltimore, MD 

Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ 

Gallery Affiliations & Memberships: Current and Past: 

ArtsWestchester, Westchester Artist Association, NY

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Red Hook, NY (BAAM)

Provencetown Artist’s Association, Provencetown, MA PAAM)

Katonah Museum Artists Association, Katonah NY (KMAA)

Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT (RGoA)

Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ

Cape Cod Writers Association 

Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrator’s 

Poetry Coalition; Academy of American Poets 

55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY 

Harbor Square Gallery, Camden, ME 

City Art Works, New Bern, NC 

Allen Stone Gallery, New York, NY 

The Emerging Collector, New York NY 

Hoboken Art Gallery, Hoboken, NJ 

Teaching: 

Ridgefield Continuing Ed., Ridgefield CT. Painting and Drawing 

Ridgefield Guild of Artists, lecture about my work, Feb. 2017 

Hoboken Continuing Education: (Hoboken Cultural Affairs) Art History: 1997 

Lectures from the Studio: Hoboken, NJ: 1995 - 1998 

Docent: Aldrich Museum: docent 2010-2011 

Published: 

Poetry: On the Bus - a collection 

The ReIssue, Hoboken NJ 

The Pen Poetry Newsletter, Newport News, VA 

National Library of Poetry, Owings Mills, MD 

RE-Issue, Hoboken, NJ 

The Wild-Out Animal Alphabet Book 

The Story of Ticklemino, 

The Magic Drum 

Word Sound: Onomatopoeia 

Word Sound: Everyday 

Art published and Interviews: 

RE-Issue Magazine, Hoboken, NJ The Gold Coast Newspaper, Hoboken, NJ 

Long Shot, Hoboken, NJ The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, NJ 

The Bergen Record, Bergen County, NJ 

Recent Publicity: 

-Books and the World live interview 10/2016, Cape Media, The Wild-Out Animal Alphabet Book 

-Lewisboro Voice: 12/7/2016: “South Salem Painter Makes Children’s Books into Works of Art”, by Jeanne Muchnick.

-Local News interview, TV Channel 20 Lewisboro, interview about my art at First Day Show, Onatru Gallery, So. Salem, NY. 

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        Plays: West Lane Murder Mystery Dinner Parties: 2006 - 2011: (all performed)

        Murder at the Hunt            Murder on the Slopes

        The Kitchen Caper            The Wedding Party

        Murder at the Canter            Murder at the Soda Pop

        Murder at the Hoedown            Murder off Key

        Murder on the 19th Floor        Murder in Madrid        

Recent Publicity:

-Books and the World live interview 10/2016, Cape Media, The Wild-Out Animal Alphabet Book

-Lewisboro Voice: 12/7/2016: “South Salem Painter makes Children’s Books into Works of Art”, by Jeanne Muchnick,

outh Salem Painter makes Children’s Books into Works of Art”, by Jeanne Muchnick,