Leslie Friedman is an artist and educator who specializes in printmaking, sculpture, and installation. She has a BA in political theory from Brown University and an MFA
in printmaking from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. Friedman is an active
player in the alternative gallery world. She founded the art collective NAPOLEON in
2011 which is comprised of ten artist and curatorial members with a gallery space in
Philadelphia’s Chinatown. She is currently a member of Good Children in New Orleans
and Baton Rouge Gallery in Baton Rouge. In 2014, Friedman completed a fellowship at
the Center for Emerging Visual Artists and won the Fleisher Wind Challenge. She has
participated in residency at Shiro Oni in Japan and the Studios at MASS MoCA in
North Adams, Massachusetts. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally
with some highlights including solo shows at Space 1026 in Philadelphia, Millsaps
College in Jackson, Mississippi, and the Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington.
Her work deals with political and social themes like identity, simulacra, stereotype,
gender, and religion.