Photo by QUIET LUNCH
LeRone Wilson CV
Born 1968
EDUCATION
1994
University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Art and Design, BFA
LeRone Wilson, Ancestral Hive
Curated by Katya Valevich
One of the more sensory experiences on offer is stepping into Ancestral Hive, a large-scale recreation of a bee hive by LeRone Wilson, who creates stunning encaustic works with wax. The sweet-smelling enclosure is bright yellow and honeycombed, reflecting the impressive natural creations of the honeybee. In his work, Wilson replicates their process, combining wax with the same sort of resin used by bees to build their hives. Ancestral Hive resonates all the more deeply in the setting of a maze-like corporate office, where employees are all too often reduced to busy worker bees.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2023
LeRone Wilson, Salon Show, Palo Gallery, NY
2021
Scope Art Fair Miami, Nowhere Gallery, MA
SpringBreak Art Show, Spiritual Capital
From Beyond, Bill Hodges Gallery, NY
2019
At the Breakwater, Art Basel, Miami, NY
Art New York, Boccara Gallery, NY, Special Projects Solo Presentation
2018
At the Breakwater Art Basel, Miami, FL, & New York, NY
SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY, MDW NTCHR: Divine Words by Divine Beings (Curated by Alaina Simone and Valerie Wilson)
2017
405 Park Avenue, New York, NY, LeRone Wilson, Artist in Residence with presentation at Phillips Auction
SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY, Ancestral Hive (Curated by Katya Valevich)
JPlus Gallery, New York, NY, Pouring Surfaces
2016
Gallery Nine5, New York, NY, Universal Journey, (Curated by Amanda Uribe)
2012
Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Winner Exhibition
2011
Sascha Finelli Gallery, New York, NY, LeRone Wilson
2000
Samuel Akainyah Gallery, Chicago, IL, Eruption (Curated by Samuel Akainuyah)
1998
Gallery 312, Chicago, IL, You See My View Twice
1992
Spices Gallery, Chicago, IL, LeRone Wilson
Spencer Gallery, Chicago, IL, LeRone Wilson
Kent Law School, Chicago, IL, LeRone Wilson
Universal Journey: LeRone Wilson
January 14-March 6, 2016
Exhibition Opening Saturday,
January 16, 2016
Gallery Nine5
AWARDS
2012
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Overall National Winner, Scope Miami
2003
Nominee, 2003 Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award, New York, NY
2000
Honorable Mention, ARC Gallery Regional VII, Chicago, IL
1999
Best In Show, Nineteenth Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition
AUCTIONS
2010
Phillips DePury, “NOW: Art of the 21st Century”
Select Group Exhibitions
2023 Real Wild, PALO Gallery
2022
Designing Peace, CooperHewitt Museum, NY (on view through August 6, 2023)
Symbiosis, Berkshire Botanical Garden (Curated by Beth Dewoody)
2021 Primordial, PALO Gallery, NY
Resurgence, The NYC Culture Club, The Oculus, NY (Curated by Clayton and Parker Calvert)
Collide & Scope, Knowhere Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard (Curated by Sadaf Padder)
Uber Eats Renaissance Pavilion at Strivers’ Row, NY
2020
Harlem Black Lives Matter Street Mural (Curator and participant)
Hip Hop, Sotheby’s, NY
Uptown Triennial, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, NY
Black Lives Matter Harlem Mural, Harlem NY Curated by LeRone Wilson
The 2020 Finale, Walburton Gallery, NY
The Hancock Street Show, NY
Intersect Aspen 2020, Monika King Contemporary, Aspen, CO
2019
Chase Edwards Gallery, New York, New Artist Showcase
2018
Opera Gallery, London, England, New Artist Showcase
Opera Gallery, Paris, France, New Artist Showcase
2017
Maddox Gallery, London, England, Summer Group Show
2016
Maddox Gallery, London, England, Winter Retrospective
Jim Kempner Gallery, Summer Group Show
Maddox Gallery, London, England, Summer Group Show
Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY, Medium: Black (Curated by Charlotte Mouquin)
2015
Gallery Nine5, New York, NY, Wild (Curated by Maureen Chung)
Flux Art Fair, New York, NY (Curated by Leanne Stella, Danny Simmons)
2014
Long Gallery, New York, NY Escape (Curated by Lewis Long)
Yellow Brick Loft Pop Up, New York, NY, A Night of Art in East Harlem: Also featuring Cullen Washington, Geoffrey Holder, Ernie Bynum, Helene Award
Art in Flux New York, NY, Black and White
Long Gallery, Cutlog Art Fair, New York, NY
Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series
Harlem Biennale, New York, NY
Gallery Guichard, Chicago, IL, Genesis
2013
Museum of Biblical Art, New York, NY, Ashe to Amen: African Americans and Biblical Art (Curated by Dr. Leslie Hammons)
Heath Gallery, New York, NY, 6 x 6
Rush Arts, Scope Miami, The Masters
2011
Scope Miami, Miami, FL, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series
Rush Arts, New York, NY, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series
H.O.A.S.T, New York, NY
2010
Phillips DePury, New York, NY,
Now Contemporary Auction Show
Red Rooster Harlem, New York, NY
2009
Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY, Overlay
2008
Phillips DePury, New York, NY, Staff Show
2007
G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, East Hampton, NY, Forms of Abstraction
G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, New York, NY, Affordable Art Fair
G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, New York, NY, Forms of Abstraction
G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL, Forms of Abstraction
G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL, Seven Voices, Seven Views
2006
Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY, Menagerie
Bank of New York, New York, NY
G.R. N'Namdi Gallery, New York, NY, National Black Art Show
Kankeleeba Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Esquire Downtown at Astor Place, New York, NY, Jennifer Post Design/Calvin Klein Kim Foster Gallery, New York, A Tasting
2003
Art Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL 2003
Union Pacific Restaurant, New York, NY
Kankeleba Gallery, New York, NY, National Black Art Show
White Box Gallery, New York, NY, Five Sublime (curated by Alisoun Meehan)
2002
A Taste of Art, New York, NY, Sugar Craze
Dining Haul: Sweets, New York, NY
Blackbird Restaurant, Chicago, IL
Blackbird Artist Series
2000
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL, Group Show
ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
ARC Gallery Regional VII
900 Century Gallery, Chicago, IL, Emerging Artists Showcase
1999
African American Museum, Dallas, TX, Nineteenth Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition and Exhibition
1993
Spin Gallery, Chicago, IL