Artist Bio: Leslie Daly
Leslie Lehr Daly is a sculptor currently living in Loveland, Ohio (a Cincinnati suburb) after years of living in New Jersey, Georgia, South Carolina, South Africa, back to South Carolina and finally Ohio. With a BFA in Design from the University of Georgia, Leslie worked for design and architectural firms in South Carolina before marrying and starting a family.
As her children grew older, Leslie looked for new ways to express her creative spirit. Beginning with concrete, she cast organic forms into bird baths which sold locally and retailed nationally. Looking to expand her knowledge base, Leslie took an Introduction to Steel Sculpture class at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and was hooked! Three years later, her instructor asked if she'd be interested in sharing studio space at the new Brazee Street Studios in Oakley, where she worked and maintained studio space for three years. While at Brazee, Leslie began her love affair with glass casting through various processes and began to incorporate cast glass into her steel work, providing additional texture, transparency, and color into her work.
Moving her studio back home, Leslie took over the garage as her studio space. She loves working outside, taking breaks to smell the roses, hanging out with the neighborhood dogs and working on her tan in between welds. While ideal for now, one day, she would love to have a barn style building with rolling garage doors to roll out large scale pieces, a fireplace for ambience and heat in the winter, and an outdoor shower stall for rinsing away the metal dust and grunge of the day...
She continues to dream and hopes she never runs out of ideas....
Leslie Daly
166 Dogwood Dr
Loveland, OH 45140
Phone: 513.374.2388
Email: lesliedaly57@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
The Art Show
PBS: Click here to watch the show
The Masks We Wear exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA. 2021
Out of the Darkness exhibition, featuring The Masks We Wear, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum, Cincinnati, OH. 2021
The Masks We Wear - Pandemic Face Mask Exhibition. Pendleton Photography Gallery 2020
Cincinnati, OH
Sculpture at the River Market Show 2019
Little Rock, AR
Art at the Mill Exhibition 2019
Greenville, OH
YWCA Sheros Exhibition 2019
Cincinnati, Ohio
Art Comes Alive 2019
Art Design Consultants
Cincinnati, Ohio
Miniatures Exhibit
Brazee Street Gallery
Cincinnati, Ohio
Solo exhibition:"In The Shallows - Nature Abstracted" 2018
Brazee Street Gallery
Cincinnati, Ohio
Sculpture at the River Market 2017
Juried sculpture show
Little Rock, Arkansas
Guest Artist/Lecturer 2017
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Sculpture Department
Golden Ticket Show 2017
Juried Art Show
Clifton Cultural Arts Center
Cincinnati, OH
Sculpture In The Park 2016
Juried Sculpture Show
Loveland, Colorado
Sculpture at the River Market 2016
Juried sculpture show
Little Rock, Arkansas
Sculpture in the Park 2015
Juried Sculpture Show
Loveland, Colorado
C-Link/Design Build Exhibit 2015
C-Link Gallery
Cincinnati, Ohio
Sculpture at the River Market 2015
Juried Sculpture Show
Little Rock, Arkansas
Sculpture at the River Market 2015
Grand Prize Winner
Little Rock, Aransas
Sculpture in the Park 2015
Juried Sculpture Show
Loveland, Colorado
Showcase: Female Artists for a cause benefit
Benefits the YWCA
2014
Tripletta
A 2013/2014 traveling art show featuring 46 artists working with 3" x 5" boundary by 1/4" thick in triplicate. Curated by Paige Wideman. Show has traveled to Kentucky and is currently seeking other gallery opportunities.
Sculpture in the Park 2014
Juried Sculpture Show set against the beautiful mountains in Loveland, Colorado.
4th year participant.
Function/Dysfunction at Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio 2013
Function/Dysfunction in concert with the Constella Music festival. October 19, 2013 Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sculpture in the Park 2013
Sculpture in the Park
Juried sculpture show
Loveland, Colorado
2013
Installation of Safe Passage
Commissioned sculpture Safe Passage, installed in Mason, Ohio, May 2013.
Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado 2012
Beyond the Veil Exhibit
Works by artists Paul Lehr, Diana Lehr and Leslie Lehr Daly at Gallery Verditas in New Orleans, January 21,2012.
Third Place, Sculpture catagory, Summerfair 2011, Cincinnati, Ohio
Eco Sculpt 2011 Award Winner
EcoSculpt 2011 First Place, Fountain Square, Cincinnati, Ohio. 100% recycled series of sculptures titled "Anemone Anomaly". Please refer to portfolio page for photos.
Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado
Sculpture in the Park
August 12, 13, 14, 2011
Loveland, Colorado
Representation
Banz Studios - Cincinnati, Ohio
Indian Hill Gallery - Cincinnati, Ohio
Mary Williams Fine Arts - Boulder, Colorado