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About
Originally from Tennessee, I am a London based artist working with a variety of media. My background is in the performing arts as a trained dancer since the age of seven. I have a BA Honours degree in Sonic Art and hold a Masters Degree in Communication Art & Design from the Royal College of Art.
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Education
2009
MA, Communication Art & Design, Royal College of Art, London
2004
B.A. Honours, Sonic Arts, Middlesex University, London
2001
Performing Arts, Dance (Full Scholarship), Steps Studios, New York City
Awards
2011/2012
Allen & Overy Commission
2010
Shortlisted for Hospital House Creatives in Residence, Hospital House, London
2008
-Kyoto Residency, Royal College of Art & Kyoto City University of Arts
-New Music Award, Society for the Promotion of New Music spnm, London
2006
Artist in Residence, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva
Solo Exhibitions
2011
-Refraction, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva
-Tropical Extravaganza, Kew Gardens, Princess of Wales Conservatory
2007
-Auditoria, Palazzo Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare, Italy
-Nest, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva
2006
-T.A.T.I.S., Passing Clouds, London
-U+2665, Permanently Installed, Forever Institute, Geneva
Group Exhibitions
2013
Huishan Zhang A/W 2013 Collection, Sound Design, London Fashion Week
Playing the Field, SoundUK Public Art Commission - Devon, Cornwall, Rowde
Rare Gifts, Residence Gallery, London
2012
BYOB, Contemporary Video Art Fair, Oxo Tower Bargehouse, London
Penny Arcade's B!D!F!W! Dancer, Arcola Theatre, Old Vic Tunnels & The Albany
Beautiful Penis (Tracey Emin, 2002), Galerie Nuke, Paris
Dead Fingers Talk 2012, Curated by Mark Jackson, Galleri Box, Gothenburg, Sweden
Full Rabbit, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
Tropical Extravaganza, Kew Gardens, Princess of Wales Conservatory
2011
Gone with the Wind & Resonance Open, Raven Row Gallery, London
Politics of Memory, Curated by Pamela Prado, Metales Pesados, Santiago, Chile
Half Rabbit - Local Whispers 2, Platform China Space A, Beijing
Summer Festival, Kew Gardens, Palm House & Princess of Wales Conservatory
Explum, Murcia, Spain
Made in Goldsmith's, Curating Contemporary Art Dept. & Martin Creed
2010
Alpha-ville Festival - Visionary Cities, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Poesie, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva
Dragonfly Sound Festival, Sound Fjord, Falkoping, Sweden
Oslo Screen Festival, Norweigen Film Institute
CIR Showcase, Hospital House, London
Technicity, Curated by Paul Ardenne, Fiera Bologna, Italy
2009
Acoustic Images, British Film Institute (BFI), London
Palimpsest, Curated by Dean Kissick, 29 Thurloe Place, London
MiArt, Fiera Milano International Spa
Underground City, Curated by Michaela Freeman, Divus Unit 30, London
Office of Real Time Activity, RCA Curating Contemporary Art Final Show
2008
Exchange Student Group Exhibition, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto
Canal 42, Kings Place, Grand Opening Exhibition
Essence, Beldam Gallery, London
Nuit des 1001 Videos, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva
Decasia, Guest Curator, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Sonic Arts Expo, The Lighthouse, Brighton
Comfort of Strangers, Future Sonic, Contact Theatre, Manchester
2007
Playground, Sound Design for greyworld, Permanently Installed, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Trace, Sound Design for greyworld, Permanently Installed, Hampton Court Palace
Sonic Arts Expo, New Cooperage Building, Plymouth
2006
Beyond Gender, Artissima, Turino, Italy
November Trees and Other Dreams, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva
Study in Grey, Performances, Show Off Festival, Paris
Cheerleaders, Performance with Jeanine Woollard, Show Off Festival, Paris
Rag and Bone, Three Colts Gallery, London
Sonic Arts Expo, Old Victorian Baths, Manchester
Oui le Bruit, Truman Brewery Galleries, London
Publications
2012
-Review: B!D!F!W! at The Albany, Franco Milazzo, Londonist, December 17th
-May Special - International Creatives, Marcela Perez, SELF Magazine China, pg. 158
2011
An Artist's Palate, CB, Wired Magazine, March, pg. 55
2009
You Never Thought It Could Happen Prototypes and Concepts, Leslie Deere Prototype, Cent Magazine, Spring / Summer, pg. 49
2007
-Leslie Deere, Auditoria, Exhibition Catalogue, Forward by Rosalba Brana, Director - Palazzo Pino Pascali
-Leslie Deere, mostra a Polignano, Pietro Marino, La Gazzetta Di Bari, Arts & Culture 6th July
-La Puglia di Leslie Deere in scena al museo Pascali, Antonella Marino, La Repubblica, Arts & Culture 5th July
2006
-Interview with Barbara Polla featuring U+2665, Bariq Al Dana Magazine, November, pg. 123
-Leslie Deere presente U+2665, Barbara Polla, Le Temps Geneve, Arts & Culture 29 August
2005
London Calling, Mac Sound feature - Leslie Deere, Mac Directory Magazine, A David Cooper, pg. 186
Talks and Public Address
2012
-Artist talk Leslie Deere, Music Hackspace, London, 18th October
2011
-Rooftop Rainforest, 2 part TV Documentary, Sky 1 HD, April 4-5
2010
-Made in Goldsmiths Recorded Radio Show, Resonance FM, Hosted by Matilda Strange & Anne Duffau, 16th January
-Un Bruit Une Melodie Live Radio Show - Leslie Deere Interview, Resonance FM, Hosted by Anne Duffau & Patrick Furness, 29th September
-Last Friday Shorts, Leslie Deere presents The Earth Eaters, curated by Michaela Freeman, TAP, Southend, 29th October
2009
Office of Real Time Activity, Leslie Deere Real Time Sculpture, Curating Comtemporary Art Dept Final Show, Royal College of Art, 28th March
Collections
Private collections in Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, England, USA and Japan
Public collections - Explum Collection, Forever Institut