LESLIE GRIGSBY
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Leslie B. Grigsby lives in Wilmington, Delaware, and creates her beadwork sculptures using glass seed beads and thread, working in off-loom bead-weaving techniques. In some cases, the work is woven over cores made of carved wood or other materials. Her sculptures typically take three to eighteen months to complete. Grigsby's works variously are inspired by Nature, science fiction, science fact, history, and/or art history and often are somewhat surrealistic in quality. They are included in private collections in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Her sculptures also are held by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and The Kamm Teapot Collections. As well as having been displayed at Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) exhibitions, Grigsby's works have been exhibited at several galleries in the US and Canada . Her single-artist exhibition Private Thoughts: Beadwork Sculpture by Leslie Grigsby formed the loan exhibition for the New York Ceramics & Glass Fair , NYC (2017). Grigsby's work also has been displayed (2016-19) at the American Embassy in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in Africa, as part of the US Department of State's Art in Embassies program. Grigsby's work has appeared in several printed and online publications, including the upcoming annual issue of American Artwork, a juried collection of contemporary painting, photography, sculpture, and craft (publ. Hong Kong, China, late 2020). Additionally, a chapter devoted to her artwork is included in Suzanne Golden's! book, Suzanne Golden Presents: 35 Artists Innovate with Beads (Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, NYC, 2013). A career museum professional, Grigsby serves as Senior Curator of Ceramics and Glass at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, in Wilmington, Delaware. Her research focuses on early ceramics and glass as well as the history of design and material culture . She has lectured widely, in the US, Canada, Britain, Australia, and China, and her research has been published in America, the UK, and Hong Kong.
