Art Department Faculty Quadrennial Exhibition 2016 January 2016

Leslee Nelson Professor Emerita UW–Madison Department of Art, 1984–2012 Professional Practices 1978 Master of Fine Arts, UW–Madison 1977 Master of Science, UW–Madison 1972 Bachelor of Fine Arts, California College of the Arts Recent achievements 2015 Feminist Consciousness, Kaohsiung International Women’s Art Exhibition, group show, Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Paris 2015 Stitch by Stitch: Circles of Memory, Appreciations in Thread, group show, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI 2015 Memory Cloths, solo show, Monona Public Library, Monona, WI 2015 Branching Out, group show, Plymouth Arts Center, Plymouth, WI 2015 In Living Color, group show, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI 2014 Memory Cloths: Leslee Nelson, solo show, Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI 2014 In Living Color, group show, The Pyle Center, UW–Madison 2014 School of Eclectic Art, group show, The Pyle Center, UW–Madison 2014 The Exquisite Uterus: The Art of Resistance, ongoing project and traveling show Memory Cloth–Marie Curie, 2014, vintage handkerchief, embroidered with silk thread. 14 x 14 in. Work in the show Leslee Nelson (American, b. 1948) Memory Cloth–Miss Rosemary, 2015 Vintage handkerchief, embroidered with silk thread 12 x 12 in. Memory Cloth–Beatrice Dobbins, 2015 Vintage handkerchief, embroidered with silk thread 11 ½ x 11 ⅕ in. Memory Cloth–Helen’s Grandmothers, 2015 Vintage handkerchief, embroidered with silk thread 12 x 12 in. Memory Cloth–Aunt Mae, 2015 Vintage handkerchief, embroidered with silk thread 11 ½ x 12 in. 69

Art Department Faculty Quadrennial Exhibition 2016 January 2016 | Page 85