Leigh Anne Lester American, b. 1966
Biography
Leigh Anne Lester, Blind Expansion #2, 2022, Signed on reverse, Graphite, drafting film, acrylic paint, linen tape, 32 x 23 .5 x 4 in, 81.3 x 59.7 x 10.2 cm
Leigh Anne Lester received her BFA in Painting from the University of Texas in San Antonio in 1993.
Leigh Anne Lester’s work addresses the “place between the genesis of genetic modification and its aftereffects.” Her drawings are layers of semi-transparent drafting film with a historical botanical image drawn on each layer. The transparency of the drafting film allows the line of each botanical to optically blend with the next layer. Elements of each of the plants mix and tangle their visual attributes intermingling disparate species of flora. Floating cells are layered with graphite drawings of separate distorted offspring plants with their color drained, implying a cellular, morphological struggle for resolution.
Lester’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States. Her solo exhibitions include Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; Artpace, San Antonio, TX; Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TX; Blue Star Contemporary Museum, San Antonio, TX; Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX; and the International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL. She is the recipient of prestigious awards including the 2011 Hunting Prize and the Artist Foundation of San Antonio in 2007. In 2015, she participated in the Berlin Residency Program by Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum in partnership with Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany. Lester’s artworks are in the permanent collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, McNay Art Museum and the University of Texas at San Antonio, among other institutions.
Works
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Leigh Anne LesterAdjacent Impression 1.4, 2024Hand cut drafting film, color pencils, graphite, acrylic paint, plexiglass, wood, shadow84 x 48 x 5 in
213.4 x 121.9 x 12.7 cm
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Leigh Anne LesterDismantled and Rebuilt #1, 2024Watercolor on yupo, wood, acrylic paint, shadow21 x 16 x 2 in
53.3 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterDismantled and Rebuilt #2, 2024Watercolor on yupo, wood, acrylic paint, shadow19 x 17 x 2 in
48.3 x 43.2 x 5.1 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterDismantled and Rebuilt #3, 2024Watercolor on yupo, wood, acrylic paint, shadow21 x 18.5 x 2 in
53.3 x 47 x 5.1 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterDismantled and Rebuilt #4, 2024Watercolor on yupo, wood, acrylic paint, shadow17 x 16 x 2 in
43.2 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterDismantled and Rebuilt #5, 2024Watercolor on yupo, wood, acrylic paint, shadow17 x 23 x 2 in
43.2 x 58.4 x 5.1 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterDismantled and Rebuilt #6, 2024Watercolor on yupo, wood, acrylic paint, shadow18 x 14 x 2 in
45.7 x 35.6 x 5.1 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterDismantled and Rebuilt #7, 2024Watercolor on yupo, wood, acrylic paint, shadow23 x 17 x 2 in
58.4 x 43.2 x 5.1 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterProclamation of Nature, 2024Watercolor on yupo, watercolor on paper, wood, acrylic paint, shadow83 x 76.5 x 4 in
210.8 x 194.3 x 10.2 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterThe Eternal Series of Destruction and Resurrection, 2024Wood, drafting film, acrylic paint, shadow, map flags43 x 32 x 11 in
109.2 x 81.3 x 27.9 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterTransformation Proclamation, 2024Watercolor on yupo and graphite15 x 12 in
38.1 x 30.5 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterBlind Expansion #2, 2022Graphite, drafting film, acrylic paint, archival painted linen tape32 x 23 .5 x 4 in
81.3 x 59.7 x 10.2 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterBlind Trajectory #2, 2020-2024Graphite, drafting film, acrylic paint, linen tape, shadow61 x 54 x 4 in
154.9 x 137.2 x 10.2 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterBlind Diversification #2, 2020Graphite on paper, acrylic paint on drafting film and acrylic paint on linen tape16.3 x 16.3 in
41.4 x 41.4 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterVarieties that Were, 2020Graphite, color pencil on two layers of drafting film, acrylic paint on drafting film, hand-cut drafting film29.25 x 24.75 x 4 in
74.3 x 62.9 x 10.2 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterAdjacent Impression 1.1, 2019Hand cut drafting film, graphite, color pencil, acrylic paint, wood, plexi-glass, magnets26 x 43 x 7"
66 x 109.2 x 17.7 cm
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Leigh Anne LesterAdjacent Impression 1.2, 2019Hand cut drafting film, graphite, color pencil, acrylic paint, wood, plexi-glass, magnets26 x 42 x 15 in
66 x 106.7 x 38.1 cm
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Leigh Anne Lestercellsmakeshadows #14, 2016Plexi-glass on wood, enamel spray paint16 x 18.5 x 4"
40.6 x 46.9 x 10.1 cm -
Leigh Anne Lestercellsmakeshadows #17, 2016Plexi-glass on wood, enamel spray paint12 x 12 x 3"
30.4 x 30.4 x 7.6 cm -
Leigh Anne Lestercellsmakeshadows #3, 2016Plexi-glass on wood, enamel spray paint13.5 x 9.5 x 2"
34.2 x 24.1 x 5 cm -
Leigh Anne Lestercellsmakeshadows #5, 2016Plexi-glass on wood, enamel spray paint9.5 x 12 x 3"
24.1 x 30.4 x 7.6 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterFlexible Foundation 1.2, 2016Hand cut drafting film, color pencil, wood, acrylic paint, map flags66 x 63 x 37"
167.6 x 160 x 93.9 cm
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Leigh Anne LesterSplice Sidle Series Grid of nine, 2016Color pencil handcut10 x 10" (each grid)
25.4 x 25.4 cm (each grid) -
Leigh Anne LesterSplice Sidle, 2015Color pencil, hand cut drafting film, acrylic paint10 x 10"
25.4 x 25.4 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterSplice Sidle 1, 2015Color pencil, hand cut drafting film, acrylic paint10.75 x 10.75 in
27.3 x 27.3 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterSplice Sidle 8, 2015Colored pencil, hand cut drafting film, acrylic10.75 x 10.75 in
27.3 x 27.3 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterMarker 1.9, 2014Graphite and color pencil on drafting film7 x 5"
17.7 x 12.7 cm -
Leigh Anne LesterOblique Inception, 2014Graphite and color pencil on drafting film25 x 23 x 3 in
63.5 x 58.5 cm
Press
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San Antonio artist Leigh Anne Lester’s odd botanical universe at center of new exhibition
Bryan Rindfuss, San Antonio Current, October 16, 2024 -
Glasstire: Top Five: Leigh Anne Lester: Vain Fictions of Our Own Devising | October 10, 2024
Jessica Fuenres, Glasstire, October 10, 2024 -
San Antonio artist Leigh Anne Lester's latest exhibition opens Wednesday
Anjali Gupta, San Antonio Current, September 18, 2024 -
Review: “Madre Tierra” at Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio
Christopher Karr , Glasstire, July 31, 2024
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Glasstire: Top Five: Madre Tierra | June 27, 2024
Glasstire, June 27, 2024 -
Exhibition takes viewers on a journey through visual styles and thematic experience of the landscape
Art Daily , June 3, 2024 -
No Necessary Time Axis on Evolutionary Novelties: Leigh Anne Lester’s Cut Copies
Neil Fauerso , Glasstire, May 19, 2022 -
San Antonio’s arts community reflects on the milestones of another challenging year
Bryan Rindfuss, San Antonio Current, December 29, 2021
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Ruiz-Healy Art Celebrates its Quinceañera
Kathleen Petty, San Antonio Magazine, November 19, 2021 -
News Rundup, June 3, 2021
Arts Alive San Antonio, June 4, 2021 -
San Antonio Artist Leigh Anne Lester Investigates an Uncertain Future with Exhibition of ‘Evolutionary Novelties’
Bryan Rindfuss, San Antonio Current, March 19, 2019 -
Leigh Anne Lester’s Earthly Mutants
David S. Rubin , Glasstire, December 11, 2015 -
Leigh Anne Lester's Window Works: Watch Frankenflora transform
San Antonio MagazineDan Goddard, San Antonio Magazine, January 1, 2013 -
Exquisite art leaves you wondering: Lester's man-made plants sprout from months of painstaking labor
Elda Silva, My San Antonio Magazine, January 15, 2011
Exhibitions
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Leigh Anne Lester: Vain Fictions of Our Own Devising
September 18 - October 19, 2024 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art is pleased to present Leigh Anne Lester: Vain Fictions of Our Own Devising, a solo exhibition of works by Leigh Anne Lester, on view at our San...Read more -
Madre Tierra
May 29 - September 7, 2024 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art is pleased to present Madre Tierra, a group exhibition of works by Nate Cassie, Alejandro Diaz, Andrés Ferrandis, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Matt Kleberg, Leigh Anne Lester, Constance Lowe,...Read more -
McNay Print Fair
May 3 - 5, 2024 San AntonioRuiz Healy Art is delighted to participate in the McNay Print Fair , hosted by the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, one of the sole events of its...Read more -
Alchemy: Works on Paper
February 22 - April 1, 2023 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art is pleased to present Alchemy: Works on Paper. The exhibition will present works by Jesse Amado, Richard "Ricky" Armendariz, Cecilia Biagini, Gaby Collins-Fernandez, Margaret Craig, Andres Ferrandis, Pedro Friedeberg, Cisco Jiménez, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Leigh Anne Lester, César A. Martínez, Kanako Namura, Lina Puerta, and Ethel Shipton. Ruiz-Healy Art is proud to be one of only three dealers in the state of Texas that holds membership to the International Fine Print Dealers Association, an organization that maintains the highest standards for works on paper.Read more
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Ruiz-Healy Art: Quinceañera
November 18, 2021 - January 29, 2022 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art is pleased to announce Ruiz-Healy Art: Quinceañera, an exhibition commemorating the fifteen-year anniversary of Ruiz-Healy Art in San Antonio, Texas. The exhibition features work by artists that have...Read more -
E La Nave Va
June 9 - August 14, 2021 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art is delighted to present E La Nave Va at our San Antonio gallery featuring works by Fernando Andrade, Richard Armendariz, Cecilia Biagini, Nate Cassie, Ana Fernandez, Leigh Anne Lester, César A. Martínez, Cristina Muñiz, and Mark Schlesinger. The exhibition opens on Wednesday, June 9th at 6PM and will be on view until Saturday, August 14th.Read more -
Leigh Anne Lester: No Necessary Time Axis on Evolutionary Novelties
March 27 - May 25, 2019 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art presents new works by Leigh Anne Lester that feature abstract botanical drawings to explore how the natural world evolves and changes.Read more -
McNay Print Fair
March 3 - 4, 2018 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art participates in the McNay's 22nd annual print fair. Artists featured include: Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Ethel Shipton, Nate Cassie, Graciela Iturbide, Chuck Ramirez, Pedro Friedeberg, Pedro Diego Alvarado, Mark Schlesinger, Richard Armendariz, among others.Read more
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IFPDA INK Miami Art Fair
Miami December 2 - 6, 2015Ruiz-Healy Art is pleased to participate for the second consecutive year in INK Miami Art Fair, sponsored by the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) as part of Art Basel Miami Beach Art Week.Read more -
Infinite Horizons: Abelardo López & Leigh Anne Lester
June 11 - August 1, 2015 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art is pleased to present Infinite Horizons: Abelardo López & Leigh Anne Lester, pairing intricate floral fantasies with expansive landscapes painted in rich impasto.Read more -
Aesthetic Encounters
December 10, 2014 - January 10, 2015 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art presents a group exhibition with works by Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera, Jesse Amado, Nate Cassie, Andrés Ferrandis, Nicolás Leiva, Leigh Anne Lester, Rodolfo Morales, and Chuck Ramirez.Read more -
IFPDA Ink Miami Art Fair
Miami December 3 - 7, 2014Ruiz-Healy Art participates in Ink Miami with the work of Graciela Iturbide, Leigh Anne Lester, Connie Lowe, Cecilia Paredes, Ethel Shipton, Cecilia Biagini and Julie Speed, among others. As well as Francisco Toledo, Pedro Friedeberg, Jesse Amado, Ricky Armendariz, Nate Cassie, Vincent Valdez and the late Chuck Ramirez.Read more
Publications
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Leigh Anne Lester: No Necessary Time Axis on Evolutionary Novelties
Essay by Hills Snyder | Ruiz-Healy Art 2019Hardback, 42 pagesRead more
Publisher: Ruiz-Healy Art
ISBN: 978-1-71-525067-6
Dimensions: 6×9 in, 15×23 cm -
BE #23, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
Leigh Anne Lester Rainer Unruh, et al, 2016 Read more -
Infinite Horizons: Abelardo López and Leigh Anne Lester
Essays by Alana Coates and David S. Rubin 2015paperback, 36 pagesRead more
Publisher: Ruiz-Healy Art
ISBN: 1320670032
Dimensions: 10x8 in
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