10 Facts About Leroy Lamis

Leroy Lamis was an American sculptor, digital artist and art educator known for his work with Plexiglas.

Leroy Lamis's works have been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe and are in the permanent collections of numerous institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Leroy Lamis went on to attend New Mexico Highlands University and Columbia University.

Leroy Lamis is a descendant from the Dutch Lemmens family originating from the village of St Anthonis in North Brabant, the Netherlands.

In 1970 Leroy Lamis was the Artist in Residence at Dartmouth College.

Leroy Lamis's works were featured in the annual exhibit of the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1964, and in 1965 his work was included in the Museum of Modern Art's exhibit The Responsive Eye.

Leroy Lamis was represented by the Staempfli Gallery from 1965 to 1971.

Leroy Lamis was a member of the American Abstract Artists.

Leroy Lamis was strongly influenced by constructivism, which he read about as an art student, particularly the theories of Naum Gabo, Antoine Pevsner and Richard Lippold.

Leroy Lamis taught himself computer programming and began creating geometric two-dimensional and three-dimensional art based on geometric shapes.