Distance and Dreams

Posted by: Gallery 427

Gallery 427 is pleased to announce their next guest artist.
Painter Leslie Barlow
Opening reception Saturday September 27
7pm to 10 pm
Northrup King Building
1500 Jackson St. N.E. #427
Minneapolis Mn.

Leslie Barlow is a practicing oil painter living and working in Minneapolis, MN. She attended the University of Wisconsin- Stout where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and minor in Business Administration, with Honors. She recently was accepted into the Master of Fine Arts program at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design where she will continue to hone her skill, with a prospective graduation of Spring 2016.

Leslie has exhibited her work nationally and has received numerous awards for her paintings.
Most recently she received an Honorable Mention in the Minnesota State Fair Juried Exhibition in 2013 for a large oil painting from her latest series. Another painting from the same series, also receiving an Honorable Mention, can currently be seen in the national juried exhibition at the Washington Pavilion Museum of Arts and Sciences in Sioux Falls, SD.

Leslie has over 400 hours of volunteer work with the Soap Factory, a contemporary and experimental gallery in Minneapolis, serving as the Public Relations Intern in 2011 and as Co-Director of the Volunteer Biennial exhibition in 2012. She has worked for the Art Department at Anoka-Ramsey Community College and during her undergraduate education Leslie also helped start and manage an artist co-op gallery.
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