Curriculum Vitae

Education

2021 MFA in Studio Art, Radford University, Radford, VA

2011 MA in Transpersonal Studies, Atlantic University, Virginia Beach, VA

1990 BFA in Art – Concentration in Photography, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV


Juried Shows & Inclusions

2023 New River Valley Biennial, Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA

2023 Menagerie, Pulaski Center for the Arts, Pulaski, VA

2023 Farm — Life, Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA

2023 A Journey for All, Glencoe Mansion and Art Gallery, Radford, VA

2023 Radford City Art Show, Tyler Street Gallery, Radford University, Radford, VA

2023 The Healing Power of Hope, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Gallery, Roanoke, VA

2021 Super Duper Student Show, Tyler Street Gallery, Radford University, Radford, VA

2020 Art Art Appalachia: 2020, Hayloft Gallery, Floyd Center fo the Arts, Floyd, VA

2020 Super Duper Student Show, Tyler Street Gallery, Radford University, Radford, VA

2019 Solar Impressions Juried Exhibition, South Hampton Arts Center, Hampton, NY

2019 From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands, William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, VA

2019 Unexpected Narratives: Explorations Between Photography and Printmaking, Remarque/New Grounds Print Workshop and Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2019 Radford City Art Show, Tyler Street Gallery, Radford University, Radford, VA

2019 Studio 702, Miller Off Main Street Galleries, Blacksburg, VA

2019 Studio Perspectives, Falcon Gallery, Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA

2019 Innovations in Printmaking, John A. Cade Center for Fine Arts Galery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD

2019 Printmaking Show, Andrew Ross Gallery, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA

2018 Black and White, Artful Lawyer Gallery, Blacksburg, VA (Witchery: A Compendium of 17th Century Envy Photopolymer Gravure Portfolio)

2018 National Small Works Competition and Exhibition, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC

2017-18 Felix Schoeller Winners & Nominees Exhibition, Museum of Cultural History, Osnabrück, Germany

2018 Transportation, Artful Lawyer Gallery, Blacksburg, VA (Train Diaries Piezography Portfolio)

2018 New Voices, Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA (Road Diaries Photopolymer Gravure Portfolio)

2018 Love, Glencoe Gallery, Radford, VA 

2017 Whet Your Palette: Printmaking, Artful Lawyer Gallery, Blacksburg, VA (Road Diaries Photopolymer Gravure Portfolio)

2017 Atlanta Print Biennial, Kai Lin Gallery, Atlanta GA

2017 Homeward Bound, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA

2017 2017 Biennial, Olin & Smoyer Galleries, Roanoke College, Salem, VA

2016-17 Trees, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX

2016 International Juried Photographic Solarplate Exhibition, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, New York, NY

2016 MFA Photo Show, McConnell Library Gallery, Radford University, Radford, VA

2016 Student Photography Show, Porterfield Gallery, Radford University, Radford, VA

2016 Contemporary Print: An International Survey of Printmaking in 2016, Fire House Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

2016 Then and Now, Radford University Art Museum Downtown, Radford, VA

2011 Phone-o-graphics, Vermont Dark Room Gallery, Essex Junction, VT (catalog)

2010 Five by Five, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA

2004 Past, Present, Future Invitational Show, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA

2004 6th Annual Print Biennial Juried Show, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA

2002 ART MD 2002 Juried Show, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD

2001 Self: A Multimedia Juried Show, Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD 

2001 Myths. Legends. Imagination., ArtSpaces, Inc., California, MD

2000 Fantasy Habitat, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD 

2000 6th Annual All-media Juried Exhibition, Mattawoman Creek Art Center, Marbury, MD

1999 Poetry of Paint Juried Show, Montpelier Art Center, Laurel, MD

1999 An Artist’s Perspective: Four Parks, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD

1998 I Can See Clearly Now, Government House, Annapolis, MD 

1998 Warriors Rest: An Artist Perspective, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, Maryland


Awards, Honors & Miscellaneous

2023 Juror for Scholastic Fine Art Awards hosted by the Fine Art Center for the New River Valley, Pulaski, VA

2021 Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Graduate Research Grant for Postcards from the Pandemic

2021 Andrew Ross Photography Purchase Award, Super Duper Student Show, Radford University, Radford, VA

2020 Appalachian Center for Photography's Outstanding Photograph Award, Art Appalachia: 2020, Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA

2020 Image Featured in Monster Summer, From Whisphers to Roars: An Arts & Literary Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 2

2020 Andrew Ross Photography Purchase Award, Super Duper Student Show, Radford University, Radford, VA

2017 One of Five Nominees for Best Emerging Photographer, Felix Schoeller Awards, Osnabrùck, Germany

2017 Accepted into the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers’ National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, England

2017 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society “Love of Learning” Grant Recipient for Creating Hand-bound Books

2017 Printmaking Artist Talk and Photopolymer Gravure Demo at the Artful Lawyer Gallery, Blacksburg, VA

2017 Printmaking demo in Tiny Print Round-Up, Southern Graphics Council Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA

2016 Second Place Essay Award, A Wayward Book Collection, Winesett Book Collecting Competition, Radford University, Radford, VA

2016 What Poe Thought, Mask Exhibition, Don’t Take Pictures (online), www.donttakepictures.com/gallery-masks/

2016 Second Place, 351 West Zia Road, Transience Exhibition, L.A. Photo Curator Gallery (online), laphotocurator.com/transience-curator-adam-finkelston/second-place-leslie-king/1

2016 Flying Tigers by Haoquin Gong and the Art of Design at Radford University, Exhibit Coordination, Gallery Walk at Reagan National Airport, Washington, DC

2015 Memories of a Lost Daughter, Handmade book for Mash Notes Session at Babel Working Group Conference, University of Toronto, ON, Canada

2015 Wish You Were Here Print Exchange and Exhibit, The Lion’s Nest, Austin, TX

2015 Chair.ity, Block print on fabric and chair, Bedford Artisan Trail fundraising project to supplement middle school arts programs, Bedford, VA (Community Art Project)

2011 What the Toast Said: Visualizations of Body Wisdom, MA Culminating Project, Atlantic University, Virginia Beach, VA (Public Lecture)

2004 Mary Anderson Center for the Arts Fellowship, Mt. St. Francis, IN

2000-03 Grant Review Panelist, Arts in the Community, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD

2003 Winter Bird, Birds I View Maryland Public Art Project, Prince George’s County, MD

2002 Elephant In Camouflage, Party Animals Public Art Project, Washington, DC 

2001 HandColor.com, Honorable Mention in Alternative Process Competition

2001 HandColor.com, First Place in Still Life Competition

1998 Artist-in-Residence, Higdon Elementary School, Issue, MD 

Solo Exhibitions


Dear B.J.: Postcards from the Pandemic

2022 Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, VA

2022 William King Museum of Art, Abington, VA

2021 Appalachian Center for Photography, Floyd, VA

2021 Fine Art Center for the New River Valley, Pulaski, VA

2021 Radford University Art Museum on Tyler, Radford, VA

Peak Creek: Carborundum Prints by L.S. King and Paintings by Ken Smith

2021 Fine Art Center of the New River Valley, Pulaski, VA

2019 Falcon Gallery, Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA

Sic Semper Tyrannis: Something About J.W. Booth

2013 Glencoe Gallery, Radford, VA (and lecture)

2004 Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD

2002 Dumbarton Concert Gallery, Georgetown, DC

2002 Tony Hungerford Gallery, College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD (and lecture)

716 Prospect: A Botanical

2012 716 Prospect: A Botanical, Green Heron Art Center, Radford, VA

Vestiges of Victory: A Reminiscence of the First WWII Amphibious Training Base

2005 Glenview Mansion Gallery, Rockville, MD (and artists talk)

2005 Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD

Hand Colored Landscape Photographs

2003 The Dillard Gallery at the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA

1995 Villa Julie College Gallery, Stevenson, MD

1996 MPR Associates, Inc. Gallery, Alexandria, VA

1993 University of Charleston Art Gallery, Charleston, WV

Men: Black and White Photographs 

2003 The Dillard Gallery at the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA

1995 Villa Julie College Gallery, Stevenson, MD

1996 MPR Associates, Inc. Gallery, Alexandria, VA

1993 University of Charleston Art Gallery, Charleston, WV