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2025 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
Leslye Arian
Bio
I am a mixed media artist, born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. While on the board of the Cleveland Institute of Art Alumni Committee, I established the return of the Alumni Exhibition in 2018. I was current past chair of the Peer Review Committee of the Artist Archives of the Western Reserve. I served on the Van Aken District public art and Moreland Neighborhood Visioning as a member of the City of Shaker Heights Government Committee. I co- founded the Shaker Community Gallery, a not-for-profit fine art Gallery in Shaker Heights. I was an exhibiting artist in the first CAN Triennial. I am part of an Artist Salon. I have exhibited work in juried and invitational shows and my work is incorporate and private collections in Cleveland and the United States.
I draw and paint using mixed mediums. I sculpt with clay or paper. Making art for me is visual poetry, a form of silent meditation to create order out of chaos.
I am represented by Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland Ohio