Lesley Dill's work, using a wide variety of media including sculpture, print, performance art, music, and others, explores the power of language and the mystical nature of the psyche.
15 Facts About Lesley Dill
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Lesley Dill received a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1972 from Trinity College and went on to receive a Master of Arts in Teaching from Smith College in 1974.
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In 1985, Lesley Dill married filmmaker Ed Robbins, and their life together has played a role in shaping her work, especially in the places they traveled together.
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Lesley Dill explores the relationship of text and language to a variety of media, often employing a diverse range of materials.
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In 2008, Lesley Dill conceived and directed a full-scale opera, Divide Light, based on the language of Emily Dickinson.
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In 2012, Lesley Dill began collaborating with Pamela Ordonez on Drunk with the Starry Void, a multimedia musical performance.
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Lesley Dill's work has been widely exhibited and the subject of numerous solo shows across the United States at both commercial galleries as well as museums such as the Neuberger Museum of Art, Mississippi Museum of Art, Queens Museum of Art and the Dorsky Museum.
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In 2009, a major retrospective, I Heard A Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill, was on view at the Hunter Museum of American Art.
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Lesley Dill has continued to maintain an active exhibiting relationship with the Arthur Roger Gallery since 1993, with solo exhibitions in 1993,1994,1997,2000,2004,2007,2010 and 2014.
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In 2016, Myth and Menagerie: Lesley Dill premiered Dill's new work at the Gershman Y Gallery in Philadelphia, PA.
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In March 2016, Lesley Dill was the Artist-in-Residence at Fullerton College Art Gallery in Fullerton, CA.
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Lesley Dill has been the recipient of awards and grants from such institutions as the Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Lesley Dill was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2017.
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In 2019, Lesley Dill received both the Smith College Museum of Art Centennial award and the Emily Dickinson Museum's Tell It Slant Award.
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Lesley Dill received the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship Award, an innovative research based residency from 2023 - 2024.