CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)
Representation
White Columns Registry, New York, NY
The Painting Center, New York, NY
Yvonamor Palix Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Mana Decentralized Art, Jersey City, NJ
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA, 2021
Hunter College Studio Art, Studied with Gabriele Evertz, Robert Swain and Valerie Jaudon, New York, NY
Art Students League of NY studied painting with Susan Shatter and Henry Finkelstein
New York Studio School: Drawing Marathon with Graham Nickson
Mount Holyoke College, BA, South Hadley, MA
New York University, School of Law, JD, 1985
Art Fairs
2025 Future Fair, presented by CRISS Collaborations, May 7 - 10, 2025, Chelsea, NY
2022 SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Leftover and Over, curated by Giovanni Aloi and Erica Criss, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Lesley Bodzy: Levity and Depth, curated by Michael David, M. David & Co. Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Lesley Bodzy: The Soft Embrace, curated by Anna Stothart, Chelsea, NY
2022 Folds of Desire, curated by Yvonamor Palix, Yvonamor Palix Fine Arts at Artique Gallery, Houston, TX
2021 Lesley Bodzy, curated by Evelyn Tsekoura, Holy Art Gallery, Hackney Downs Studios, London, UK
2021 Choose & Frame: Watercolors by Lesley Bodzy, curated by Yvonamor Palix, Palix Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2020 Lesley Bodzy: Absence and Presence, curated by John Lee Matney, Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
2020 Lesley Bodzy: Plexiglass Works, curated by Robert Langdon, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2020 Lesley Bodzy: Wrapping and Unveiling, curated by Robert Langdon, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Two-person Exhibitions
2024 Womanhood 102: Lesley Bodzy and Katie Commodore, curated by Erica Criss, Space 776 Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Golden Desire: Lesley Bodzy and Jay Youngdahl, curated by Robert Langdon, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Group Exhibitions
2025 Do Not Disturb, curated by Jenny Wang, Victoria Reshetnikov, and Meinzer, 220 Bogart St., Brookly, NY
2025 Off-Kilter, curated by Abbie Knight, 5-50 Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Limbless, curated by Michael David, M. David & Co. Gallery @Art Cake, Brookly, NY
2024 Phantasmagoria, curated by Abbie Knight, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Mixmaster 2024 Juried Members Exhibition, curated by Susan Eley, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
2023 Tangential Splinters, curated by Rose Nestler, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Currents, curated by Alex Feim, Gallery at Morris Adjmi Architects, New York, NY
2023 Small Works Show, curated by Grace Freedman, Gallery 440, New York, NY
2023 Memory Mirage, curated by Christina Massey, Kunstraum LLC, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Have Your Cake and Eat it Too!, curated by Frances Melhop, Melhop Gallery 7077, Lake Tahoe, NV
2023 New Painting, curated by Rachel Gugelberger, Site: Brookly, Brooklyn, NY
2023 The Big Show 2023, juried by Dr. Kanitra Fletcher, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2023 Alternate Side Parking, Starta Arta, New York, NY
2023 Out of Hand: Tradition meets Tech!, curated by Fabiola Delgado, Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, MD
2022 Dialogue, curated by Yvonamor Palix, Yvonamor Palix Fine Art Gallery, Houston, TX
2022 Echoes of the Ancient, 14 artists of Paradice Palase, 56 Bogart St., Brooklyn, NY
2022 Strange Paradise: A Window Into Surrealism!, curated by Ann Hyland, Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, MD
2022 By Visceral Effect, Starta Arta, New York, NY
2022 Valentine, curated by John Holt, Incubator Studio Gallery, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Contemporary Color, curated by Chloe Wyma , Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
2022 Best In Show, curated by Robert Langdon, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2021 ChaShaMa: Fire and Ice, curated by Alexandra Rutsch Brock, One Brooklyn Place Park Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2021 Art Over Time, curated by Charlotta Kotik, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Exhibition 2021, Flatfile Gallery, New york, NY
2021 The Dreamers, curated by Evelyn Tsekoura, Holy Art Gallery, Hackney Downs Studios, London, UK (3rd Place)
2021 The Next Big Thing 2021, curated by Peter Mays, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
2021 6th Annual Waterscapes Exhibition, curated by Chris & Valerie Hoffman, Fusion Arts, LLC, Palm Springs, CA
2021 Mixmaster: Juried Members Exhibition, curated by Leslie Garrett, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
2021 Catch Phrase, curated by Kristen Kendrick Bigley, CoLab Gallery, Denton, TX
2020 Creating Joy, curated by Melissa Feldman, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2020 small works – BIG TALENT, curated by Lori McBride, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2020 Spirit of the Season Small Works Exhibition, curated by Nikki Hung, Womens Work Art, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020 Fact vs. Fiction, curated by Sam Adams, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2020 Little By Little, curated by Andy Burgess, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
2020 4th Annual Skies Exhibition, curated by Valerie and Chris Hoffman, Palm Springs, CA
2020 Abstrakt, curated by Robert Langdon, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2020 “Flight Of The Monarch” International Art Biennial, Houston, TX
2020 Five Points Annex Small Works Exhibition, curated by Power Booth, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT
2020 Paris Rive Gauche *Three Person Exhibition, Yvonamor Palix Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2020 University of Texas Meadows Gallery International Exhibition, curated by Leslie Moody Castro, Tyler, TX
2020 Purple, Gold, and White: Reflections on Women’s Suffrage, Dallas Heritage Village, Dallas, TX
2020 Gesture and Motion, curated by Margaret Carrigan, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Blue Mountain Gallery Exhibition, curated by Martica Sawin, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Art On The Wall, Flatfile Gallery, New York, NY2020 8 x 8 on paper, Flatfile Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Skies, Grey Cube Gallery, New York, NY HONORABLE MENTION
2020 ChaShaMa: Art We Need Now, curated by Allison Green, One Brooklyn Place Park Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2020 Flux: Vita Mutata, curated by Natsuki Takauji, Sculptors Alliance, New York, NY
Residencies
2024 AIR Vallauris, Vallauris France
Collections
Chaffetz Lindsey Law Firm LLP, New York, NY
Mond at the Museums Residences, Houston, TX
Private collections in Houston, New York, Hamburg, Germany, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Santa Fe
Commission for residential lobby by MaRS Culture Houston, TX