Leonard Dufresne
Solo Exhibitions:
1999 O.K. Harris Works of
Art, New York, NY
1995 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1992 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1988 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1987 Leonard Dufresne: Paintings, William W. Crapo Gallery, Swain School of
Design, New Bedford, MA
1986 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1983 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1980 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1978 Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1978 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1975 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1974 First Street Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions:
2003 Real Illusions: Contemporary
Art from Nashville Collections, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville,TN
2000 Go Figure, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1999 Swain Resurgent, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
1993 Interiors, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993 The 57th Annual National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American
Art, Youngstown, OH
1992 The Articulated Thumbprint, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
1988 Variations On A Theme (erotica-three), Brenda Kroos Gallery, Columbus,
OH
1987 Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind, Butler Institute of
American Art, Youngstown, OH
1986 Erotica Two, Brenda Kroos Gallery, Columbus, OH
1983 O.K. Harris Artists, Eva Cohen Gallery, Highland Park, IL
1982 Still Life/Interiors, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
1982 O.K. Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
1982 The Chair Show, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY
1982 Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
1981 Changes: Art in America 1881-1981, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
1980 Pace Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Bibliography: Books/Catalogues:
Baseball: The National Pastime
in Art and Literature, Edited by David Colbert, Foreword: W.P. Kinsella, Time/Life
Books, 2001.
The Art Students League of New York, 1999-2000, catalogue, New York, NY, 1999,
p.42.
Visual Forces, An Introduction to Design, 2nd Edition, B. Martinez and J. Block;
Prentice-Hall, 1995.
Monoosook Valley, Elisabeth Hyde, Dell, New York, 1989, cover.
Diamonds Are Forever: Artists and Writers On Baseball, catalogue for The Smithsonian
Institution, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 1987.
American Art Now, Edward Lucie-Smith, William Morrow and Company, 1985, p.105-107.
Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind, catalogue, Butler Institute
of American Art, Youngstown, OH; Introduction: Louis Zona, 1987.
Men With Debts, Anthony Giardina, Laurel/Dell Publishers, New York, 1986, cover
photograph.
Bibliography: Periodicals/Newspapers:
Art Students League 1999-2000,
“Leonard Dufresne”, p.42.
Daily Star, (Oneonta, NY), "Restoring the graves that time has forgotten",
Diane Galusha,
September 17, 1996, p.11.
Small Press Magazine, Fall Issue, 1995, cover and featured artist.
A Journal Of Art, (Cornell University), "Leonard Dufresne", Vincent
Calenzo, May 1992, p.38-41.
Miami Herald, "What can artists do with only a thumb?", Helen L. Kohen,
March 1, 1992, p.71.
Palm Beach Post, "Thumbprints", Gary Schwan, February 20, 1992.
SunStorm, "New York Reviews", Dennis Wepman, December 1988, p.35.
Sunday Standard-Times, (New Bedford, MA), "Bits & Pieces", January
18, 1987
The New York Times, "Art: Changing 'Niagara' At the Historical Society",
Vivien Raynor, January 31, 1986.
Teaching Experience:
1998-00 Art Students League,
New York, NY
1984 New York University, New York, NY
1978 Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1975-77 Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
1971 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Grants/Fellowships:
2003 Pollock Krasner Foundation
Grant, NY, NY
1974 Massachusetts Council on the Arts Grant
Selected Collections:
Contemporary Art Center,
New Orleans, LA
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Munson Williams Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY