BIOGRAPHY

Leslie earned her BFA in metals from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. She has also studied at the Studio Arts Center International in Florence, Italy, and at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. She currently teaches metalsmithing classes at the Brookline Arts Center in Boston.

61 Oak st., Apt. 2
Somerville, MA 02143
(617) 571-1120
leslie.shershow(at)gmail.com

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EDUCATION

2001-2006 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Major: Fine Arts 3D / Metals
Studied with: Joe Wood, Heather White, Reid Drum, George Greenamyer,
Dana Moser, and Deb Todd-Wheeler.

2004 Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy. Study Abroad Program
Concentrated in: stone carving, jewelry, and Renaissance Art

2003 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Summer metals program with Susan Sloan.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2006 Lillian Bardfield Award, courtesy of Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.

2005 Foundation Auction Award, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA.

2005 All School Show Honorable Mention, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA.

2003 Work study scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.

EXHIBITIONS

2010 EXTREME BEAUTY, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX. Feb-March.

2010 TRANSMUTATIONS: MATERIAL REBORN,
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX. Jan-March.
Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA. May.
Gallery Loupe, Montclair, NJ. June.

2009 STIMULUS, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA. June-July.

2009 OH NANCY, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL. June.

2009 DECORATIVE RESURGENCE, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro NJ. April-May.

2008 GLORY, Sienna Gallery, Lenox MA. November- December.

2008 TRIPLE THREAT, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA. July-August.

2007 WORD OF MOUTH, Gallery Diet. Bridge Art Fair, Miami FL. December.

2006 C-308, Mechele Mercaldo Contemporary Jewelry Gallery, Boston MA. June.

2006 THOUGHTS MATERIALIZED, SNAG Juried Student Exhibition, Mars Gallery, Chicago IL. May-June.

2006 SENIOR SHOW, Steven D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. May.

2005 CHILD, YOUR PINK GROW UP DREAMS, Installation Station Gallery,
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. November.

PUBLICATIONS

2009 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs, Lark Books. Pages 246 & 394.

2009 ELLE, “Oh, Pioneers,” March 2009 No. 283. Page 182.

2009 Antler Magazine, Issue 2. Page 42.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2010-present Instructor for “Alternative Material Jewelry.” School of the Museum of Fine Arts Continuing Education, Boston, MA. Spring Semester.

2009 Metalsmithing Instructor for “Jewelry in the Style of Alexander Calder.” Metalwerx, Woburn, MA. July.

2008 Guest Teacher for Taylor Davis' sculpture class. Harvard University, Cambridge MA. October.

2007-present Studio Tech in the metalshop at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Responsibilities include: maintenance of shop, maintenance of tools and equipment, helping students in metalsmithing practices, ordering supplies, organizing and training work study students, and selling metal and equipment.

2006-present Metalsmithing Instructor for children and adults. Brookline Arts Center, Brookline,MA.
Courses: Jewelry and Metalsmithing, a Metals Sampler (for children 11-19), Parent and Teen Jewelry and Metalsmithing.

2006 Studio Assistant for sculpture artist Deb Todd-Wheeler. Boston, MA.
Responsibilities included: creating forms from found objects and metal.

2006 Studio Assistant for metals artist Heather White. Boston, MA.
Responsibilities included: finishing, filing, and sanding castings, sawing, etc.

INTERNSHIPS AND VOLUNTEER POSITIONS

2004 Teaching Assistant for Metals Program Massachusetts College of Art. Boston, MA.
Instructor: Donna Veverka. Course: Beginning Jewelry. Fall Semester.

2003-4 Summer Art Mentor. Belfast, ME.
Responsibilities included: Mentoring an artistically talented child.

2003 Internship as a Curator’s Assistant. Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME.
Fall Semester.
Responsibilities included: making title cards, re-organizing files, and typing.