Phototransfer Workshop

Leslie Getz

Good art is not about matching your sofa, but about the conversation it starts. Artists, by nature, are emotional people. It is the driving force inside us that compels us to create art. I have always created artwork that was based on trying to create images for things I cannot see but wish to understand: the soul, what makes us who we are, and emotions.  Trying to give an image to what I was feeling or looking for or wanting to better understand.   Figuring out how to make the intangible tangible is a problem that I can solve only through my artwork. When creating a new series, the best thing to do is to draw something…anything, to get yourself moving.  Chuck Close once said, “I drew myself because I was the only one in the room”. My current series is inspired by John Lennon’s “Imagine” lyrics…particularly “and the world will be as one”. Color, size, shape, preferences don’t have to keep us from living as one. What makes us different is what makes us beautiful. If you are too afraid to be different from the world, how can you make a difference in the world. Using my platform as an artist, my hope is that my artwork will encourage people to be genuine even if they stand out and to embrace and celebrate each other’s differences. Only then will we be able to live as one. -Leslie Getz

Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Photography and Drawing, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH, 1995
Masters of Arts in Education, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH, 2002

Awards:
Honorable Mention, “Delectable”, D’Art Center, VA, 2023
Honorable Mention, “51st Hamilton Current Regional”, Fitton Center, OH 2023
Best of Show, “The Golden Ticket”, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, OH, 2022
Honorable Mention, “Regional Art Exhibition”, Artlink, IN, 2022
Honorable Mention, “50th Hamilton Current Regional”, Fitton Center, OH, 2021
Best of Show, “Soul Searching”, Grosse Pointe Artist Association, MI, 2020
Best of Show, “Animals”, Pop Revolution Gallery, OH, 2020
Best of Show, “Movement”, Pop Revolution Gallery, OH, 2019
John Nartker Award, Studio San Giuseppe, OH, 2019

Moderator:
Grosse Pointe Artist Association artist forum for “My Favorite” 2022
Grosse Pointe Artist Association artist forum for for “The Challenge” 2020
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Publications:
RISE: Empower, Change and Action! Gutfreund Cornett Art,  2018

Juror:
Exhibition of Mount Student Art and Design, Studio. San Giuseppe, 2019
The Coffee Peddlar Call for Entries,  2011-2013
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Curator:
The Coffee Peddlar Call for Entries,  2011-2013

Member:
Women’s Caucus for Art, 2021-present
​The Fitton Center, 2019-present

​Featured Artist:
Solo Show, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, September, 2023
Best of the Best, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 2021
The Coffee Peddlar, 2020
​Yellow Springs Brewery, Dayton, OH 2019
Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery, Alumni Excellence Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH 2019
Awakenings, Cincinnati, OH 2017
Redtree Gallery, Walking Through Trees, Cincinnati, OH 2016
The Coffee Peddlar, Not All Who Wander Are Lost, Harrison, OH 2016
The Coffee Peddlar, Clearings in Mind, Harrison, OH 2014
Venue 222, Cincinnati OTR district, OH 2014
The Coffee Peddlar, Pressing, Harrison, OH 2013
Visceral Gallery, Middletown Pendleton Arts Center, Middletown, OH, Ongoing 2011-2013
Fitton Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Hamilton, OH, 2012
The Coffee Peddlar, Embracing Nature, Harrison, OH, 2011
Visceral Gallery, Transforming Nature, Dayton, OH, 2011
Redtree Gallery, Mixed Media, Cincinnati, OH, 2009

Group Exhibitions:
D’Art Center, Delectable, VA, 2023
Fitton Center, 51st Hamilton Current, OH, 2023
Fitton Center, Member Show, OH, 2022
The Power of Portraits-Human and Animal, PA, 2022
​CCAC, The Golden Ticket, OH, 2022
CCAC, New Woman, OH, 2022
Stola Contemporary Art, Best of Women, IL, 2022
Grosse Pointe Farms, My Favorite, MI, 2022
Artlink Contemporary Art Center, 2021 Regional Exhibition, IN, 2022
CCAC, The Golden Ticket, OH, 2021
ARC Gallery, Go Make a Thing, Chicago, IL, 2021
Fitton Center, 50th Hamilton Current Regional, OH, 2021
Healdsburg, Unprecedented, CA, 2021
Mix it up!, The Artless Bastard, WI, 2021
The Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati 128th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH, 2021
Grosse Pointe Artists’ Association, The Art of Domesticity, MI, 2021
Grosse Pointe Artists’ Association, The Challenge, MI, 2021
Grosse Pointe Artists’ Association, Soul Searching, MI, 2020
​Stola Contemporary Art, Imagine, Chicago, IL, 2020
Fitton Center, Member Show 2020, Ohio, 2020
Fitton Center, Hamilton Pride 2020, Ohio, 2020
Pop Revolution Gallery, Animals, Ohio, 2020
Seagrave Exhibit, DAAP Galleries, Ohio, 2020
​Las Laguna Gallery, Animalz, Laguna Beach, California, 2020
Secret Artworks, Music Hall, Ohio, 2019
​Las Laguna Gallery, Aqueous, Laguna Beach, California, 2019
Grosse Pointe Artists’ Association, People Stories, MI, 2019
​Evendale Cultural Arts Center, Ohio 2019
NYA Gallery, Grand Opening, New York 2019
Sense Gallery, Quietly Powerful, Washington, DC 2019
Studio San Giuseppe, Parallel Visions, Ohio 2019
Pop Revolution Gallery, Movement, Ohio 2019
Las Laguna Gallery, 6X6, Laguna Beach, California 2019
​Secret Artworks,Cincinnati, OH, 2018
Northern California Arts, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Bold Expressions, Carmichael, California, 2018
Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Figure Study, Hidden Story, Healdsburg, California, 2018
Kelwood Contemporary Art, Finding Your Voice, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2018
Las Laguna Gallery, It’s Political, Laguna Beach, California 2018
Whitney Modern Gallery, Gutfreund Cornett Art, RISE, Empower Change and Action!, Los Gatos, California, 2018
1650 Gallery, Blurred, Los Angeles, California 2018
Redtree Galery, Neon, Cincinnati, OH, 2017
College of Mount St. Joseph, Parallel Visions, Cincinnati, OH, 2016
Redtree Gallery, A Small Glimpse, Cincinnati, OH, 2015
College of Mount St. Joseph, Parallel Visions, Cincinnati, OH, 2014
Redtree Gallery, A Small Glimpse, Cincinnati, OH, 2014
Holiday on the Hill, Flats Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2013
Redtree Gallery, A Small Glimpse, Cincinnati, OH, 2013
Redtree Gallery, Evoke IV, Cincinnati, OH, 2013
The Coffee Peddlar, Blue, Harrison, OH, 2013
College of Mount St. Joseph, Parallel Visions, Cincinnati, OH, 2012
Redtree Gallery, A Small Glimpse, Cincinnati, OH, 2012
The Coffee Peddlar, My Own Backyard, Harrison, OH 2012
RUA Studio/Gallery, Delicious, Kettering, OH, 2012
Circle Tail, Fundraiser, Loveland, OH, 2012
The Coffee Peddlar, Small Wanderings, Harrison, OH, 2012
RUA Studio/Gallery, Exhibit 99, Dayton, OH, 2011
Redtree Gallery, A Small Glimpse, Cincinnati, OH, 2011
The Coffee Peddlar, Gratitude Rendered, Harrison, OH, 2011
Redtree Gallery, Scapes, Juried Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, 2011
Visceral Gallery, Middletown Pendleton Arts Center, Middletown, OH, Ongoing 2011
Visceral Gallery, Full Circle, Dayton, OH 2011
RUA Studio/Gallery, Small Works 2011, Dayton, OH, 2011
RUA Studio/Gallery, Portraying the Soul, Dayton, OH, 2011
Redtree Gallery, Entry, Juried Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, 2011
College of Mount St. Joseph, Parallel Visions, Cincinnati, OH, 2011
Convergys Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati High School Art Educator Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH, 2011
Redtree Gallery, A Small Glimpse, Juried Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, 2010
Artworks, Secret Artworks, Cincinnati, OH, November 19th, 2010
Artisan Enterprise Center, 50/50, Juried Exhibit, Covington, KY, 2010
Target Gallery, 5X5 Exposed, Juried Exhibit, Alexandria, VA, 2010
Rosewood Art Center, HWD 2010, Juried Exhibit, Kettering, OH, 2010
Semantics Gallery, Feedbag Feedback, Juried Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH,2010
Sixth Street Gallery, Who Am I Today?, Juried Exhibit, Vancouver, WA, 2010
Redtree Gallery, Focus, Juried Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, 2010
Redtree Gallery, Space: Real or Implied, Juried Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, 2010
LVAA, 2010 Regional Water Tower Exhibit,Juried Exhibit, Louisville, KY, 2010
ZieherSmith,Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids, New York, NY, 2010
Gallery 42, Art Open, Juried Exhibit, Mason, OH, 2009-2010
Redtree gallery,November Show, Juried Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, 2009
Westin,Secret Artworks,group show, Cincinnati, OH, 2009
Visceral Gallery, Color Restrained, Juried Exhibit, Centerville, OH, 2009
Redtree gallery, A Small Glimpse, International Juried Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, 2009
Redtree gallery, Scapes, Juried Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, 2009
Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery, Parallel Visions, group show, Cincinnati, OH, 2009.
Metro Pictures, Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids, New York, NY, 2009
Westin, Secret ArtWorks, Group Show, Cincinnati, OH, 2008.
Convergys and Chidlaw Galleries, Regional High School Art Educator Exhibit, Group Show, Cincinnati, OH, 2008.
Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery, Parallel Visions, Group Show, Cincinnati, OH, 2007.
James Cohan Gallery, Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids, New York, NY, 2007.
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids, New York, NY, 2006.
Broadway & 52 St.,Continuous Exhibit, New Trenton, IN, 2002-2004
LAM’S Disease Fundraiser, Fundraiser Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, 2002
Cove Gallery, Cooperative Gallery, Member Artist, Cincinnati, OH, 1996-2000
Mind & Matter Gallery, Member Artist, Continuous Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, 2000
Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery, Alumni Exhibit, Senior Thesis, Medusa: Dream of the Earth, The Visual Surge, Student Show, Cincinnati, OH, 1993-1999
Carnegie Arts Center, Vision on Tap, Juried Exhibit, Covington, KY, 1997
Dion’s Restaurant, Invited Artist, Two Person Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, 1997
Bien’s Coffee House, Invited Artist, Solo Exhibit, Aurora, IN, 1997-1999
YWCA, Figuratively Speaking, Group Show, Juried Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH, 1996