biography of Lezley SAAR (1953)

Personal data


Birth : 1953 - Los Angeles CA California, United States
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Education

1976 : SFSU San Francisco State University – 1600 Holloway Avenue – San Francisco CA, United States
1978 : California State University Northridge (BA) – 18111 Nordhoff Street – Northridge CA, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Mixed media

Works

James Baldwin
Date of creation : 2001
Medium : Mixed media
Size : 22 x 19 x 4 inch
 
Mulatto and Dancing Bear
Date of creation : 2000
Medium : Mixed media
Size : 20 x 18 x 4 inch
 
Hottentot Venice
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Mixed media
Size : 25 x 18 x 7 inch
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2001

Encyclopedia Exotica
David Beitzel Gallery – New York NY, United States
2001

The Forum for Contemporary Art – Saint Louis MO, United States
2001

2000

CAC Contemporary Arts Center – Cincinnati OH, United States
2000

Africans, Tragics Mulattos, Anomalies and Rap
David Beitzel Gallery – New York NY, United States
2000

Jan Baum Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
2000

1996

Repetitive Ritual
Jan Baum Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
1996

1993

Koplin Gallery – Santa Monica CA, United States
1993

1991

The Athenaeum
Koplin Gallery – Santa Monica CA, United States
1991

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Group exhibitions

2003

Whiteness, a Wayward Construction
Laguna Art Museum – Laguna Beach CA, United States
2003 – 07/06/2003

2000

The Next Wave, New Paintings in Southern California
California Center for the Arts – Escondido CA, United States
06/2000

1999

Out West, The Artists Book in California
San Francisco Center for the Book – San Francisco CA, United States
09/13/1999 – 11/19/1999

Re-Righting History: Counter Narratives by Contemporary African-American Artists
Katonah Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
03/14/1999 – 05/06/1999

1998

The Artist as Collector, The Collection of Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz
Boca Raton Museum of Art – Boca Raton FL, United States
1998

Tip of the Iceberg
Dorfman Projects – New York NY, United States
1998

1996

Go Getty Go
Big Sail Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
1996

1995

Exultations
Long Beach Museum of Art – Long Beach CA, United States
1995

Localities of Desire
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Sydney NSW, Australia
1995

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Periodicals

2000

FINDSEN Owen – Active Exhibits at CAC put fun into interaction
in: Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati OH, United States
22/10/2000

ZIOLKOWSKI Thad – Lezley Saar, David Beitzel Gallery
in: ArtForum
New York NY, United States
04/2000

Legals