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SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
​
2022  Dwelling 
          
Jo Fleming Contemporary Art, Annapolis, Maryland
2019  
SOLO Lesley Giles Reflecting on Water
          Dorchester Center for the Arts,
          Smithsonian Water Show, Cambridge MD

          SOLO Lesley Giles: The Moon Series
         
Trippe Gallery, Easton, MD
2016  SOLO Around the Water's Edge
    
       Hill Center for the Arts, Washington DC
​2015   Two from the Choptank
            
Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
            Featured Artist, IRON Roads
            
Main Street Gallery, Cambridge, MD

2014   SOLO Deserted Landscapes
            
Out of the Fire, Easton, Maryland
            
SOLO Reflect,  The Eastern Shore
            
Cottage Studio Gallery, 
Easton, MD

2013   ​SOLO Journeys
            
Joie de Vivre Gallery, Cambridge, MD
​2009   
SOLO Saltwater Taffy
            Atlantic Center for the Arts, Harris
            House New Smyrna Beach, Florida

            SOLO Edge
            
James Harper Fine Art, Ormond Bch, FL
2008   
SOLO Welcome to My Paradise
            
Butterfield Garage, St. Augustine, Florida
            
SOLO Oceanshore Boulevard series
​            
Winter Park Library Gallery, Orlando
2007   
SOLO A Different View
            
White Gallery, Daytona Beach, Forida
2006   SOLO Glimpses Over Water
            Skylark Studio Gallery, Wisbech, UK
2005   Florida Icons, US1
            Memorial Art Museum, Ormond Beach

2001   SOLO Norfolk Paintings
            
Coach House Gallery, Norfolk, UK
2000   
SOLO Paysages de France
            
Novotel Hotel, Hammersmith, London
            
SOLO Strange Places, Beach, Golf
            
Coach House Gallery, Norfolk, UK
            
SOLO Golf, the Sea & the Orient
            
Cobden Club, London

1999   SOLO Nouvelle Dimension dans L'Art
            du Golf 
Apremont Golf Club, Paris
1998   Two Women Paint
            
Bartley Drey Gallery, Chelsea, London
1996   
SOLO The Light of Xinjiang
            
Urumqi Art College, Xinjiang, China
1994   
SOLO Deserted Landscapes
​            
Barbican Centre Foyer, London
1992   
SOLO Dungeness series
            
Rye Art Gallery, Suffolk, UK
            
SOLO London Landscapes
            
Gunnersbury Park Museum, London
1985   ​
SOLO Recent Paintings & Pastels
            
Lyric Gallery, Hammersmith, London
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1983   Two London Painters
            
Swiss Cottage Library, London

​AWARDS

2021  16 Individual Artists Award Art Show - D/E Art Gallery, Baltimore  Airport
          Juror: Jack Rasmussen Director, American University Museum 

          Independent Artist State Award - Maryland State Arts Council (66 awards out of 540 applicants)
2019  Honorable Mention - Signs of the Times, Clarendon Gallery, Washington DC - juror: Beverly Ryan
2014  
Signature Artist - Landscapes of Regional Artists, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, Delaware
          Jurors: Sharon Ewing, Director, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia & artist Mary Putnam

2012  Ormond Beach Arts District - Banner Design Competition - 2nd Prize
1981  Spirit of London Annual GLC Art Prize, South Bank  Arts Centre London - Juror: Frank Auerbach, 2nd Prize
1976  First New Contemporaries Student Show Elephant & Castle, London - Juror:  John Bellany, 1st Prize
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
The Changing Chesapeake - Chesapeake Bay Maritime                                                       Museum, St, Michael's, MD
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Gallery Artists - District Arts Contemporary Art, Frederick, MD
2022
Holiday Show - Jo Fleming Contemporary Art, Annapolis, MD
Gallery Artists - District Arts Contemporary Art, Frederick, MD
2021

Annual 500 Show - Maryland Art Place, Baltimore
Members Show - Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
​Out of Order - Maryland Art Place, Baltimore
Individual Artists Award Art Show 16 artists - D/E Art Gallery                 Baltimore Airport with Yumi Hogan, First Lady, MD
The Virtual Art Fair UK - Prize Exhibition, UK
2020
Members Show - Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
Annual 500 Show - Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Small Works - Ann Marie Arts Center, Solomon's Island, MD
Artfest (Virtual) - McLean Project for the Arts, Virginia
Mid-Fall Madness -MFA, Annapolis, MD
Women Contemporary Artists - Trippe Gallery, MD
Women in the World: Impact of the 19th Amendment                                    - Dorchester Art Center, Cambridge, MD
WOMAN (Virtual) - MFA, Annapolis, MD
​Six feet of Separation (Virtual) - MFA, Annapolis, MD
Art Saves Humanity (Virtual) - See.Me, NYC
36th Annual Show (Virtual) - Oxford Fine Arts, MD
​Annual Members Show - DCA, Cambridge, MD
2019
Ironman POP UP - Main St Gallery, Cambridge, MD
Gallery Artist - Trippe Gallery, Easton, MD
Small Wonders - MFA, Annapolis, MD
Signs of the the Times - Clarendon Gallery, Washington DC

Member Shows - Main St Gallery, Cambridge, MD
​2018   
Iron Roads POP UP - Blue Awning, Cambridge MD
​Inaugural Exhibition - Kyo Gallery, Washington DC
Contact with Abstract - A.M.Gravely Fine Art, St Michael's, MD
MFA - Lowe House Art Gallery, Annapolis, MD

Members Show - Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
Member Shows - Main St Gallery, Cambridge
, MD
​2017   
SMALL WORKS
 - Trestle Gallery, New York
Small/BIG IMPACT 
- Gallery Underground, Washington DC
Modern Women - Rehoboth Art League, Delaware
Pastels 
- Bishops Stock Fine Arts, Snow Hill, MD 
E. Shore - A.M. Gravely Fine Art, St. Michael's, MD 
Members Show - Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
Member Shows - Main St Gallery, Cambridge
, MD
2016
Iron Roads: Circles in Motion - MSG, Cambridge, MD
Members Show - Rehoboth Art League, Delaware
Members Show 
- Academy Art Museum Easton, MD
Member Shows - Main St Gallery, Cambridge, MD
2015
Spring Color - Crystal Moll Fine Art, Baltimore
Summer Show - West Annapolis Gallery, Annapolis, MD
Local Color - Working Artists Forum, Easton, MD
Member Shows - Main St Gallery, Cambridge, MD
2014
Biggs Picture - Biggs Museum of American Art, De
Art of Forests - West Annapolis Gallery, Annapolis, MD
Spring Fresh - Carroll Art Center, Westminster, MD

Members Show - Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
2013
Story of the Creative -  SEE.ME Gallery, NYC
Select Alumni - SSC 
Cont Art Fund, RCA, London
International Artists - Joie de Vivre Gallery, Cambridge, MD
smallworks -  Annmarie Art Center, Solomon's Island, MD
Spring Member Show - MFA, Annapolis, MD
​​2012
Art Takes Times Square - SEE.ME, NYC
Olympic Summer - 77 Gallery, Portland, UK
2011
Gallery Artists - Hollingsworth Gallery, Palm Coast, FL
Gallery Artists - Art Affair Gallery, Sanford, FL

2010
I Dreamed I Was 
- Art Official Group, Daytona Beach, FL
Tropical Heat - James Harper Fine Art, 
Ormond Beach, FL
Images of England - Guillochon Gallery, London (at AAF Bristol) UK
NEVER THINK small - Climate Gallery, New York
Paint the Town - Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando
SPEED - Memorial Art Museum, Ormond Beach, FL
Petro.Paints - James Harper Fine Art, Ormond, FL
Beach St series - Gardiner Building Gallery, Daytona Bch, FL  

​2008
Bright & Beautiful 
 - Enid Lawson Gallery, London   
2007
Summer Show 
 - ARC Gallery, Chicago
New Paintings - Modern Artists Gallery, UK
Digital Prints - Space 237, Toledo, Ohio
2nd Annual Juried Exhibition - Katharine Butler Gallery, Sarasota, FL

​​2006
A Sense of Place - Ashcroft Modern Art, UK
NASCAR Inspired - Hickory Art Museum, Charlotte, NC 
Tides.Tropics - LoPressionism Art, Melbourne, FL 
Chilterns - Obsidian Art Gallery, UK
2005
Postcards 
Masters Show - Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
The Postcard Show - Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Christmas Show - Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, UK
British Art - The Art House, Westbourne, UK
Great Outdoors - 402 Gallery, New York
Landscapes - Karen Taylor Contemporary London
In Light of Monet - Alla Prima F.A. St Petersburg FL

2004
Florida Artists - Church St Gallery, Orlando
2003

London Landscapes - West Wine Arts, Chelsea, UK
Summer Show - Fisherton Mill, Salisbury, UK
2002
The Big Blue - Artclimbers Gallery, UK
2001
City - Whitechapel Contemporary, London
Cityscapes
 - Chamber of Commerce, London
A River Runs Through It - Orleans Gallery, London
2000
View from the City - The Old Mint, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize - juried. Cheltenham, Hull & Switzerland
New British Art & Design - Candid Arts Centre, Islington, London          ​1999
Summer in the City - Workplace Art, London
1998
Images of Istanbul - Candid Arts Centre, London
1997
Life Forms - Conningsby Gallery, London
New Visions - Beatrice Royal Gallery, Southampton, UK
Watercolours
 - Singer Friedlander/Sunday Times - Juried. London
1993
Eastern Europe - Gagliardi Gallery, London
Nuclear Landscapes - Coventry Gallery, London
1990
The Subjective City - Barbican Centre, London 
& Switzerland 
1989
Inner City - Oriel Gallery, Mold, Wales



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