Charlotte Lees
Charlotte Lees, painter and sculptor
She was born in Cleveland, Ohio where she still lives.
Education:
1965 Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
1964 Bowling Green State University, B.S. Cum Laude, Bowling Green, OH
Select Solo and Group Exhibitions:
2011 “Extraordinary Environs” Harris ∙ Stanton Gallery Akron, Ohio (2 person show with Linda Zehler)
2009 Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, CA
2008 “Collaboration: Charlotte Lees and David Moskovitz (with George Raeder)” Harris ∙ Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH
2005 “Charlotte Lees Sculpture,” Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, CA
“Celebrating Nature,” Harris ∙ Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH
2003 “With Reverent Hands” Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
2001 “Three Sculptors” Hawken School’s Art Gallery, Gates Mills, OH
2000 “Sculpture by Charlotte Lees” Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH
Mid States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN
1999 “New Works by Charlotte Lees” Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
1997 “New Currents” Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MO
The Cleveland Playhouse Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1995 “Figurative Sculpture: Charlotte Lees” Herr-Chambliss Gallery, Hot Springs, AR
“Women’s Invitational” Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH
1994 “Sculpture by Charlotte Lees” Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
“An Added Dimension” Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
1993 “May Show” Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
“Works off Walls” Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West VA (’91, ’89)
“Three Rivers Juried Exhibit” Pittsburgh, PA (’90, ’89, ’86)
“Figurative Sculpture” 9th Street Studio, Cleveland, OH
“Recent Works by Charlotte Lees” Riley Hawk Gallery, Columbus, OH
Awards and Honors:
All-Ohio Landscape Competition, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, 2004
Josephine Beardsley Sandor Memorial Award, Catharine L. Wolfe Art Club, NY. 2002
Frances E. Willard Award, Alpha Phi International outstanding career achievement award, 2002
Individual Artist Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council, 1995
Awards and Honors (cont'd):
Sculpture Award, Figurative Small Work, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL, 1993
Sculpture Award, Mid-States Exhibition, Evansville, IN, 1992
Excellent Maquettes Exhibit, 4th Rodin Grand Prize Exhibit, Hakone Open Air Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Sculpture Award, TAG Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren OH, 1991
Sculpture Award, Works Off Walls, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, 1991
Honorable Mentions, All Ohio ’90, Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH, 1990
Gold Medal of Honor for Sculpture, Catherine Lorrilland Wolf Art Club Exhibit, NY, 1986
Collections
Hillcrest Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Solon Community Center, Solon, OH
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Women’s Center, Cleveland, OH
Harrison West, Columbus, OH
Hobe Sound Library, Stuart, FL
Vern Riffe Center, Columbus, OH
Solon Public Library, Solon, OH
Narcissus Street, West Palm Beach, FL
Kethly House Sculpture Garden for the Benjamin Rose Institute, Cleveland, OH
Akron Children’s Services, Akron, OH
Westlake Recreation Center, Westlake, OH
Rapid Transit Authority, West Blvd. Station, Cleveland, OH
Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital, Columbus, OH
Meditation Sculpture Garden, First Step Family Violence Center, Tiffin, OH
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Willoughby Hills, OH
University Hospital of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Port Charlotte Town Mall, Port Charlotte, FL
Charlotte’s work is also held in numerous private collections throughout the United States