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email: leek@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
Academic Training
1947. Ph.B. degree. University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1948. B.S. degree. “ “ “ “ “ 1951. Ph.D. degree. “ “ “ “ “
Work Experience
1954-present, Professor, California State University, Sacramento, CA.
Exhibitions--Juried
1948. International Textile Exhibition, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC Printed Textiles. 1954, 1955. Young Americans Exhibition, American Craftsmen’s Educational Council, New York, NY Printed textiles and enamel on metal. 1955-57. California State Library, Sacramento, CA. 8th, 9th, 10th Annual Exhibitions of Graphic and Decorative Arts. Enamel on metal. 1956-58, 1960, 1965. Kingsley Arts Club, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA Enamel on metal, mosaic, collage, painting. 1956-59, 1961 Annual Exhibitions, Northern California Arts, Inc., Crocker Art Museum Sacramento. Enamel on metal, textiles, 3 awards. 1958-59. Annual Exhibitions, Sacramento Artists League, Crocker Art Museum. Enamel on metal, ceramics, one award. 1959-61. lst and 2nd State-wide Craft Exhibitions, Creative Arts League, Crocker Art Museum. Enamel on metal and textiles. 1959. Art Exhibition, Sacramento County Fair. Mosaic, special award of merit. 1960. 9th Annual Designer-Craftsmen Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA Enamel on metal, ceramics. 1975. Retrospective Exhibition: Fifty Years of Crocker-Kingsley Exhibitions, Crocker Art Museum. Enamel on metal. 1986. Summer Ceramic Exhibition, Shepard Garden & Art Center, Sacramento, CA Ceramics. 1989. Art Exhibition, Placer County Fair, Roseville, CA Ceramics. 1990. Annual Crocker-Kingsley Art Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum. Ceramic sculpture. 1991. 4th Annual Feats of Clay Exhibition, Gladding, McBean Corp., Lincoln, CA Ceramic sculpture, Merit Award. 1991. Annual California Exposition and State Fair Art Exhibition, Sacramento, CA Ceramic sculpture. Merit Award. 1991. “Sources Within” ceramic exhibition, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA Ceramic sculpture. 1992. 5th Annual Feats of Clay Exhibition, Gladding, McBean Corp. Lincoln, CA Ceramic sculpture, Merit Award. 1993. 18th Annual Art Exhibition, Roseville Art Center, Roseville, CA Ceramic sculpture, Merit Award. 1994. 7th Annual Feats of Clay Exhibition, Gladding, McBean Corp. Lincoln, CA Ceramic sculpture, Merit Award. 1994. Annual California Exposition and State Fair Art Exhibition, Sacramento, CA Ceramic sculpture, Award of Excellence, and Association of Ceramic Artists' Outstanding Ceramic Work Award. 1994. Arts Benicia Small Work Exhibition, Benicia Art Center, Benicia, CA Ceramic sculpture. 1996. 9th Annual Feats of Clay Exhibition, Gladding, McBean Corp. Lincoln, CA Ceramic sculpture. 2 Merit Awards. 1996. Northern California Ceramics Exhibition, Dean Lesher Regional Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA Ceramic sculpture. 1996. A Celebration of Art III, Amador County Artists Association, Amador County Arts Council, Sutter Creek, CA. Cash Award. 1997. Annual California Exposition and State Fair Art Exhibition, Sacramento, CA Ceramic sculpture, Merit Award. 1997. 22nd Annual Art Exhibition, Roseville Art Center, Roseville, CA Ceramic sculpture. 1998. Annual California Exposition and State Fair Art Exhibition, Sacramento, CA Ceramic sculpture, Merit Award. 1999. 24th Annual Art Exhibition, Roseville Art Center, Roseville, CA Ceramic sculpture. 2000. 25th Annual Art Exhibition, Roseville Art Center, Roseville, CA Ceramic sculpture. 2000. 13th Annual Feats of Clay Exhibition, Gladding, McBean Corp. Lincoln, CA Ceramic sculpture, Merit Award. 2001. 14th Annual Feats of Clay Exhibition, Gladding McBean Corp. Lincoln, CA Ceramic sculpture, Merit Award. 2002. 27th Annual Art Exhibition, Roseville Art Center, Roseville, CA Ceramic sculpture. Award 2003. Calif. State Fair; "California Works," Awards, Sacramento, CA 2004. Calif. State Fair; Fine Arts Exhibition. Awards., Sacramento, CA. 2005 Calif. State Fair, Fine Arts Exhibition. Awards., Sacramento, CA 2005 30th Annual Art Exhibition, Roseville Art Center, Roseville, CA Ceramic sculpture. 2006 19th Annual Feats of Clay Exhibition, Gladding, McBean Corp. Lincoln, CA 2007 Calif. State Fair, Fine Arts Exhibition. Award, Sacramento, CA 2008 21st Annual Feats of Clay Exhibition, Gladding, McBean Corp. Lincoln, CA Merit Award. 2008 Calif.
State Fair, Fine Arts Exhibition, Award, Sacramento, CA
One-Person
1990. Exhibited 13 works in ceramic sculpture at the Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1992. Exhibited 14 works in ceramic sculpture at the Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1992. Exhibited 8 works in ceramic sculpture at the Lincoln Art Center, Lincoln, CA 1993. Exhibited 14 works in ceramic sculpture at the Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2004. Exhibited 8 works in ceramic sculpture at the Art Building Gallery, Auburn, CA 2007. Exhibited 24 works in ceramic sculpture in a "Retrospective Exhibition," at the Witt Gallery, Sacramento State University
Two-Person
1994. Exhibited 7 works in ceramic sculpture at the Judith Weintraub/Hunter Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1999. Exhibited 9 works in ceramic sculpture at the Barry Sakata Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2003. Pence Gallery, Davis CA. 2010. Exhibited 34 works in ceramic sculpture, Solomon/Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Three-Person
2002. Exhibited 7 works in ceramic sculpture at the James Kaneko Gallery at American River College, Sacramento, CA.
Four-Person
1995. “Figure,
Form, Symbol & Spirit” Exhibition, 11 works in ceramic and
bronze sculpture
Invitational
1991. “Asian Influences” Group Exhibition at Gump’s Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA Exhibited 4 pieces. 1992. “Many Mansions: The Art of Shelter,” Group Exhibition at the San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA 1992. 3rd Annual Calif. Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Group Exhibition, at the John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 1993. 4th Annual Calif. Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Group Exhibition, at the John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 1993. “Spirit of Wine” Group Exhibition, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1994. 5th Annual Calif. Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Group Exhibition at the John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 1994. Cup Show: “Cafe au Clay,” Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, CA 1994. Box Show: Weintraub/Hunter Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1995. 6th Annual Calif. Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Group Exhibition at the John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 1995: “The Artist and the Flower” Group Exhibition, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1995. “Miniatures: Alpha to Omega” Group Exhibition, Lincoln Arts Gallery, Lincoln, CA 1996. “Birds, Beasts ..and the Artist” Group Exhibition, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1996. “The Helen Heninger Years” Group Exhibition, Gump’s, San Francisco, CA 1996. “Tribute to Helen Heninger” Group Exhibition, San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA 1996. 7th Annual Calif. Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Group Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 1997. 8th Annual Calif. Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Group Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 1998. 9th Annual Calif. Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Group Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 1998. 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1999. 10th Annual Calif. Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Group Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 1999. Barry Sakata Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2002. Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA. 2002. Solomon/Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2006. Summer Exhibition, Arts Building, Auburn, CA 2008. Barton
Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Special Lectures given at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1970. The Art of the Oriental Rug. 1972. Natural Form in Oriental Art. 1975. The Garden Art of Japan. 1991. The Oriental Rug with respect to a special exhibition: “Deception in Art” 1993. Summer Lunchbox Lecture Series: Topic: “My Own Work.”
Jury Service
1993. Juror for the Amador County Arts Council, competitive exhibition in their gallery, Sutter Creek, CA “For and About Gardens.” 1998. “California Works” the Art Exhibition for the Calif. State Fair and Exposition, Sacramento, CA 1998. Juror for the 23rd Annual Roseville Art Center Exhibition, Roseville, CA 2004. AgroArt Competition, Placer Farm & Barn Festival, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
Educational Awards
1965-66. Distinguished Teaching Award, California State Legislature. 1977. Outstanding Faculty Award, Phi Kappa Phi Chapter, Calif. State University, Sacramento, CA 1988. Meritorious Professional Achievement Award, Calif. State University, Sacramento, CA
Foreign Projects
1980. Co-Director of Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Study Program in India: Topic: The Decorative Arts of India. 1981. Director of Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Study Program in India: Topic: The Modern Social Sciences in India.. 1982. Organizer and Leader of Art & Archaeology Study Tour of the Peoples’ Republic of China, sponsored by the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 1985. Co-leader of Cultural Study Tour of Japan, sponsored by the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 1985. Organizer and Leader of Cultural Study Tour of India and Sri Lanka, sponsored by the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 1988. Co-Director of Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Study Program in China: Topic: The Decorative Arts of China.
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