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EDUCATION
2020 BA in Studio Arts, with Honors and High Distinction from the University of California, San Diego
2017 AA in Studio Arts Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Y lo que el Viento no se Lleva, en la Tierra Queda, NTC Gallery 201, Art District Liberty Station, Ca
2023 La Tierra es Testigo (the land is witness), The Front Arte & Cultura, San Ysidro, Ca
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Spirit Guide, Demo.Spot, Sacramento, Ca
More Disruption: Representational Art in Flux, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, Ca
Leucadia Group Exhibition, Oolong Gallery & The Brown Studio, Encinitas, Ca
Configurations: SWC Alumni Exhibition, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, Ca
2023 Athenaeum 31st Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Ca
Small Works 2, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
2022 New Native Narratives, The Front Arte & Cultura, San Ysidro, Ca
New Native Narratives, Bonita Museum & Cultural Center, Chula Vista, Ca
Made In California, Brea Gallery, Brea, Ca
2020 Athenaeum 29th Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Ca
Honors at Home Online Thesis Exhibition, Adam D. Kamil Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla
Goddamn Dioramas! What Have I Done??, Adam D. Kamil Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla
2019 Marks In Motion: An Exploration of Mental, Physical, and Emotional Positions in Life, Adam D. Kamil Gallery,
UCSD, La Jolla
2018 Spring Juried Student Art Show, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, Ca
2017 SWC Art Club Exhibition, Southwestern College Student Art Gallery, Chula Vista, Ca
2016 New Direction: Juried Student Art Show, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, Ca
2015 Fall Student Art Exhibition, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, Ca
INTERNSHIPS
2022 New Native Narratives Apprenticeship Program, The Front Arte & Cultura
2021 Intern at HereIn Journal, founded by editor and independent curator Elizabeth Rooklidge
RESIDENCIES
2024 NTC Foundation Emerging Artist Program
2023 Ranchito Aurora Residency Program, Tecate, Baja California
FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS / GRANTS
2024 Tenant Funding Grant, Arts District, Liberty Station, San Diego, CA
2023 Artists At Work (AAW) Borderlands Fellowship
2016 “Best of Show” Southwestern College Juried Student Art Show
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Y LO QUE EL VIENTO NO SE LLEVA, EN LA TIERRA QUEDA, Gallery 201, Art District Liberty Sation, San Diego, CA
ARTIST TALKS / LECTURES
2024 Configurations SWC Alumni Exhibition Artist Talk, Southwestern College
2023 SWC Speakers Series: Leslye Villaseñor, Southwestern College
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Rooklidge, Elizabeth, “One Work: Leslye Villaseñor”, HereIn Journal, 16 Nov. 2023
Combs, Seth, “Artist Leslye Villaseñor is out of the shadows” San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sept. 2023
Small Works 2 Press Release, Soft Times Gallery, 2 Jul. 2023
“NTC Foundation Awards Studio Space at ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station to Local Artist”, NTC Foundation, 23
2020 Honors at Home Catalog, digital publication
Honors at Home Catalog, UCSD Studio Arts Honors. Print.