CV – LESLIE FRANKLIN

EDUCATION

University of Manitoba – Bachelor of Fine Arts – ongoing
University of Winnipeg – Bachelor of Science
University of Manitoba – Manitoba Teaching Certificate
University of Manitoba – Human Resource Management Certificate
Stuart Parkes Forensics – Certificate in Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement
Watercolour studies with Alvaro Castagnet, Jean Haines, John Lovett.
  Ken Hosmer, Janet Rogers

JURIED EXHIBITS
2022 ‘Ten Squared’ Federation of Canadian Artists Juried Show, Vancouver, BC
2022 ‘Success’ Federation of Canadian Artists Juried Show, Vancouver, BC
2022 ‘Shape and Form’ Federation of Canadian Artists. Vancouver. BC
2022 ‘Animalis’ Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2021 Sheepdog Trials, Meeker Classic Art Contest, Meeker, CO, USA
2021 Chrysalis, Manitoba Society of Artists Juried Show, Altona, MB
2021 ‘Landscapes’ Federation of Canadian Artists Juried Show, Vancouver, BC
2020 Manitoba Society of Artists Juried Show, Winnipeg, MB
2020 Winnipeg Sketch Club Annual Open Juried Show, Winnipeg, MB
2020 ‘Landscapes’ Federation of Canadian Artists Juried Show, Vancouver, BC
2020 Manitoba Society of Artists Open Online Juried Show, Winnipeg, MB
2019 Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Juried Art Show, Meeker, CO
2019 Manitoba Society of Artists Eagleridge Gallery Exhibit, Winnipeg, MB
2019 Manitoba Society of Artists 87th Juried Show, Winnipeg, MB
2019 Smallworks Federation of Canadian Artists Juried Show, Vancouver, BC
2019 ‘Oh Canada’ Federation of Canadian Artists Juried Show, Vancouver, BC
2019 ‘Landscapes’ Federation of Canadian Artists Juried Show, Vancouver, BC
2018 Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Juried Art Show, Meeker CO
2018 ‘Impressionism vs Realism’, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
2018 Manitoba Society of Artists 86th Show, Winnipeg, MB
2017 Society of Canadian Artists Online Show
2017 ’43 Horses Enduring Spirits’, Cre8ery Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2017 Meeker Sheepdog Championship Art Show, Meeker, CO, USA
2017 Manitoba Society of Artists Juried 85th Show, Winnipeg, MB
2016 ‘Home’, Federation of Canadian Artists Juried Online Exhibit
2016 ‘Canada’ Federation of Canadian Artists Juried Show, Vancouver, BC
2016 Meeker Sheepdog Championship Art Show, Meeker, CO, USA
2016 Manitoba Society of Artists Open Juried Show, Winnipeg, MB
2015 St James Art Club Open Juried Show, Winnipeg, MB
2015 Urban Art Gallery Competition, Winnipeg, MB
2015 Meeker Sheepdog Championship Art Competition, Meeker, CO, USA
2014 Manitoba Society of Artists Open Juried Show, Winnipeg, MB
2013 St James Art Club Open Juried Show, Winnipeg, MB
2013 Meeker Sheepdog Championship Art Show, Meeker, CO, USA
2012 ‘It’s Raining Cats and Dogs’ Juried Art Show, Wayne, PA, USA
2012 Manitoba Society of Artists Show, Winnipeg, MB

AWARDS
2021 1st Place, Meeker Classic Sheepdog Art Competition, Meeker, CO, USA
2018 2nd Place, Meeker Classic Sheepdog Art Competition, Meeker, CO, USA
2017 1st Place, 43 Horses Enduring Spirits Show, Winnipeg, MB
2016 Children’s Choice, Meeker Classic Sheepdog Competition, Meeker, CO, USA
2016 2nd Place, Professional Division, Red River Exhibition, Winnipeg, MB
2015 1st Place, Meeker Classic Sheepdog Art Show, Meeker, CO, USA
2015 1st Place, St James Art Club Open Juried Show, Winnipeg, MB
2015 Originality Award, St James Art Club Open Juried Show, Winnipeg, MB
2015 Winner Urban Downtown Winnipeg Art Competition (2 display windows)
2013 1st Place, St James Art Club Open Juried Show, Winnipeg, MB

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
The Canola Council of Canada
Canada Life
University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine
City of Winnipeg
Dutch Consulate Toronto
Prairie Endodontics
Roblyn Financial
Charleswood Veterinary Clinic

PUBLICATIONS
2017 ‘Artistic Impressions’, The World of Interiors, Condé Nast Publications Ltd, Vogue House, Hanover Square, London, UK
2017 Artsyshark.com featured artist article
2016 Imago Mundi Project, Luciano Benetton Collection, Treviso, Italy
2015 Galleries West, 301-690 Princeton Way SW, Calgary, AB T2P 5J9
2014 Pulse of the Prairies Journal, Pulse Gallery, Johnson Terminal, Winnipeg, MB

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Pulse Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Webster Galleries, Calgary, AB
Tutt Street Galleries, Kelowna, BC

BEST IN SHOW – ‘Braun and Beauty’ by Leslie Franklin

Leslie Franklin displaying her page in the Imago Mundi publication.