ABOUT LESLIE PIERCE
Leslie Pierce is a contemporary artist, known for art that focuses on everyday scenes juxtaposed with coding systems, fragmentation, and technology. Her ongoing series evolved from painting figures using areas of flat paint contrasted with areas of modeled form. While printing a reference image, the printer ran out of ink and left vertical bands of color and fragmented parts of the image. This was an a-ha moment that portrayed both positive and negative vertical bands of color showing abstract figuration in a new way. Pierce began employing vertical lines to generate value, form, space, time, and place. Form and value seem to be ironed out in space, while simultaneously standing up, suspended in time.
Born in New York, Leslie spent part of her childhood behind the scenes at the Museum of Natural History where her father worked as a scientist. Mesmerized by the T-Rex skeleton, dinosaur exhibits, and life-sized dioramas, these early experiences influenced her adventurous spirit and formed her love for art and artifacts. Pierce relocated to Austin, Texas to attend The University of Texas at Austin. She holds two art degrees; a B.F.A. from The University of Texas at Austin and an Associate degree in Video Game Art from A.C.C.
While living in Austin she organized and curated group art exhibits, taught Painting and Drawing for the Austin Museum of Art’s Art School at Laguna Gloria, and founded and hosted a popular all-male model Life Drawing and Painting group for the Austin Visual Arts Association.
Ms. Pierce relocated from Austin to San Diego, California, and opened a studio gallery in Arts District Liberty Station. She continues to work on the Code Defied series, adding new paintings, and adding multi-media components to the series including Video Art and 3D. Now selling internationally, Leslie Pierce is honored to have one of her pieces in the permanent collection of The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin and has been awarded multiple Special Projects grants in Austin and San Diego to expand her work.
Exhibition history and Bibliography, here. Artist Statement CV
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Located in Arts District Liberty Station,- a formerly converted Naval Base in Point Loma, you will find us upstairs on the Second Floor of Barracks 19, in Studio 202. This is the working Art Studio & Gallery of Professional Artist Leslie Pierce with amazing, award-winning art available to add to or start your collections. Our Mission is simple: to provide a wonderful creative space for all art lovers to spend time in and have a fantastic experience. There is plenty of FREE PARKING in the lot next to Barracks 19, which is also on the elevator side of the building.
What we offer: original, contemporary art for home and commercial spaces. All artwork is signature and original and created using high-quality archival materials. Looking for some DIY creative fun things to do in San Diego? In addition, we offer inspiring Adult Painting & Drawing Classes and Encaustic Workshops.