Leslie smith iii biography of donald

Leslie Smith III (b. 1985) was born in Silver Spring, MD and lives and works in Madison, WI.

Smith’s interests lie in our conscious effort to alter personal perception.

Recent works explore Abstraction’s inherent personal and political properties as they relate to broadening notions of Black representation and expression.

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Smith sees painting as a physical process.

Leslie Smith III is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in Their work is currently being shown at San Francisco Women Artists.

Leslie Smith III is a Madison, Wisconsin-based artist.

Leslie Smith III is an artist based in Madison, Wisconsin, and a Joan Mitchell Fellow.

Smith creates paintings with a mindset that it’s possible to present a new interpretation of contemporary abstraction. One with expectations of a different sensibility than that offered by the 1950’s and 60’s, he offers an alternative worldview; one of inclusion and acceptance. 

Leslie Smith III earned a BFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA at the Yale School of Art.

Smith exhibits nationally and internationally. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond; the Birmingham Museum of Art; the Abroms-Engel Institute f