LESLEY FRENZ (b. 1972, Jacksonville, FL)
Painting my way through the Pacific Northwest. Roots planted in Mount Vernon, Washington.
Email lesley@artsyforager.com
Website https://lesleyfrenz.com
Lesley Frenz is an artist working in acrylics and watercolors. Her current practice is centered around the exploration of the intersectionality between the spiritual and earthbound in the form of abstracted landscape paintings.
EDUCATION
University of North Florida, Bachelor of Arts, Art History & Studio Arts, 1996
EXHIBITIONS
2024, group exhibition of PNW female artists, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2024, Dark Times, group exhibition, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024, 18. Anniversary Show, group exhibition, Art & Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
2023, Starry Eyed, group exhibition, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023, 17. Anniversary Show, group exhibition, Art & Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
2023, The Longing is the Return, solo exhibition, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022, 16. Anniversary Show, group exhibition, Art & Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
2021, Off the Wall, group exhibition, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021, 15. Anniversary Show, group exhibition, Art & Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
2021, Breathing Space, group exhibition, Lark & Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2021, Color of Nature, group exhibition, Lark & Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2021, Palace of Nowhere, solo show, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020, Wish List, group exhibition, Lark & Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2020, 14. Anniversary Show, group exhibition, Art & Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
2020, Fernweh, concurrent solo show, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
2020, Enormous Tiny Art #27, group exhibition, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
2019, New Additions, group exhibition, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019, Something New, group exhibition, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2019, Shelter, group exhibition, Lark & Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2019, Enormous Tiny Art #26, group exhibition, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
2019, Anniversary Show, group exhibition, Art & Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
2019, Emerging Artists 2019, group exhibition, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2019, Breath | Air, two person exhibition, Art & Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
2019, Earth, Water, Sky, group exhibition, Lark & Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2019, The Healing Power of Water, group exhibition, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
2018, Small Gems, group exhibition, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2018, Camano, featured artist, Lindsey Runyon Design, Seattle, WA
2018, Enormous Tiny Art #24, group exhibition, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2018, 12th Anniversary Show, group exhibition, Art & Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
2018, Spring in Northeast Florida, four person show, The Haskell Gallery at Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville, FL
2018, A Winter Exhibit, three person show, Mercer Island Community & Event Center Gallery, Mercer Island, WA
2017, Enormous Tiny Art #22, group exhibition, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2017, ICON, annual juried exhibition, Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017, Pop-Up, single artist show, Seattle Art Source, Seattle, WA
2017, Enormous Tiny Art #21, group exhibition, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2016, Small Works Show, group exhibition, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2016, LATITUDE, solo exhibition, Art & Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
RESIDENCIES
2022 The Pouch Cove Foundation, Pouch Cove, NL, Canada
COLLECTIONS
Norwegian Cruise Lines, Oceania Vista, London, UK
The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle, WA
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, Seattle, WA
Lauren Gallow Communications, Seattle, WA
McCarrey Counseling, Round Rock, TX
Lee Health Coconut Point, Estero, FL
Baptist Medical Center South, Jacksonville, FL
Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL
River City Contractors, Jacksonville, FL
ScanSource, Inc., Greenville, SC
Various private collections in the US, Canada, and the EU
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Painter Lesley Frenz Discovers Her Mother’s Spirit Amongst The Wild Things, Artists Up Close podcast, hosted by Beverly Aarons, June 8, 2023
https://www.artistsupclose.com/p/painter-lesley-frenz-discovers-her#details
Six Exhibitions You Need to See for Women’s History Month, blog post, March 8, 2023
Seattle Times
Top 50 Seattle Artists, Find the Artists, June 2022
https://www.findtheartists.com/artists-in/seattle
Art Sea: Mapping the Seattle Arts Landscape, One Year Into COVID, Crosscut.comblog post, March 11, 2021
https://crosscut.com/culture/2021/03/artsea-mapping-seattle-arts-landscape-one-year-covid
Every Canvas is a Journey All its Own, guest, Two B’s in a Podcast, October 22, 2020
Pacific Northwest Artists Making Stunning Original Art That’s Actually Affordable, Emerald Palate blog, August 14, 2020
https://www.emeraldpalate.com/pacific-northwest-artists/
New Additions: Lesley Frenz, Emily Gerard, Saya Moriyasu, EverOut/Seattle blog, December 5, 2019
https://everout.com/seattle/events/new-additions-lesley-frenz-emily-gherard-saya-moriyasu/e65263/
Meet the Maker, Luxe Interiors & Design, Pacific Northwest Edition (print), July/August 2019
Studio Sundays with Lesley Frenz, Create! Magazine blog, August 27, 2017
https://create-magazine.com/features/studio-sundays-lesley-frenz
Lesley Frenz, Create! Magazine blog, January 16, 2017
https://create-magazine.com/features/2017/1/16/lesley-frenz
A Trip to the Sea with Lesley Frenz: VENTERS, A Finer Eye, October 23, 2016
http://www.afinereye.com/blog/2016/10/3/interview-with-lesley-frenz
Celebration of Color, Artsy Shark, October 11, 2016
https://www.artsyshark.com/2016/10/11/a-celebration-of-color/
A Trip to the Sea with Lesley Frenz: VENTERS, A Finer Eye, October 3, 2016
http://www.afinereye.com/blog/2016/10/3/interview-with-lesley-frenz
Artistry- Lesley Frenz, Abstract Artist, She Explores, May 13, 2016
http://www.she-explores.com/artistry/lesley-frenz
Paintings Inspired By the Outdoors, Wild Slate Magazine, Spring 2016, pgs 33-40
https://issuu.com/wildslate/docs/wild_slate_-_spring_16
Melanie Biehle, Art I Heart: Lesley Frenz, LATITUDES, March 2016
http://www.melaniebiehle.com/2016/03/art-heart-lesley-frenz/
Feminine Wiles, The Woven Tale Press, April 2014
https://issuu.com/sandratyler/docs/voll2_4final3