“…I seek luminosity—not simply brightness, but a sense that light is present within the painting and the surface remains alive. I remain open to what the material, the process, and the unexpected reveal, allowing the painting to lead me toward possibilities I could not have imagined at the outset. In this way, painting becomes a dialogue between what I imagine, what I perceive, and what the painting reveals…”
-Leslie Marcus
New York, NY
Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026-2027 Traversées, La Porte Peinte Centre Pour Les Arts, Noyers-sur-Serein, France
2026 Inner Turnings, Virtual Viewing Room, Artsy in collaboration with Walter Wickiser Gallery
2025 Ruminations, Online Solo Exhibition, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Recent Works, Virtual Viewing Room, Artsy in collaboration with Walter Wickiser Gallery
2023 Works on Paper, Virtual Viewing Room, Artsy in collaboration with Walter Wickiser Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Prince Street Gallery Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2026 55 x 2, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY
2026 The Winter Garden, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2025 Out of Shadows, Carter Burden Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Deep Within, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY
2024 The Mother The Father, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Equity Gallery Juried Invitational, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Gallery Artists Part XXI Exhibition, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (Virtual)
2023 Combined Media, Assemblage, The Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Bowery Gallery National Competition, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Combined Media, Assemblage, The Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Primavera, ChaShaMa, One Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Merit Scholarship Award Winners Exhibition, The Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2019 New York Studio School Alumni Invitational, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2019 Brooklyn 4, Brooklyn Beauty Fashion Labo (BBFL), Tokyo, Japan
2019 Abstraction, The Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Group Exhibition, OSSAM Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 7 Artists on 7th Street, Brooklyn Beauty Fashion Labo (BBFL), Brooklyn, NY
ART FAIRS
2025 Seattle Art Fair, Presented by Walter Wickiser Gallery, Seattle, WA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
2025 Winged Melodies
Huso Restaurant, New York, NY
2024 The Sturgeon Moon
Huso Restaurant, New York, NY
Works held in private collections in New York, Maryland, Virginia, California, and Washington.
RESIDENCIES
2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Artist-in-Residence, La Porte Peinte, Noyers-sur-Serein, France
AWARDS
2025 Special Recognition, Mixed Media & Painting, The Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Elizabeth A. Clarke Scholarship, Merit Scholarship in Abstract Art, The Art Students League of New York
SELECTED TALKS & PUBLICATIONS
2025 Artist Talk, La Porte Peinte, Noyers-sur-Serein, France
2024 Artist Talk, La Porte Peinte, Noyers-sur-Serein, France
"2019 Alumni Invitational." New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, October 2019.
LINEA: The Artist's Voice, online journal of The Art Students League of New York
EDUCATION
1977 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, Philadelphia College of Art
1976-1977 New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
1975 Union of Independent Colleges of Art Selective Artist Program, Delaware Water Gap
AFFILIATIONS
Artists Equity (member since 2021)
The Art Students League of New York (member since 2018)
© 2026 by Leslie Marcus