Leni Mancuso
1926 Born in New York City
1944-46 Pratt Institute, New York City
1946-52 The New School; Brooklyn Museum Art School (with Reuben Tam); Art
Director at CBS, works for Paul Rand
1952 onward Painter and poet in New Hampshire and Maine
2018 Dies in Orono, ME
Selected Exhibitions (S indicates Solo or 2-person exhibition)
1973 Lamont Gallery, Exeter, NH (S)
1974 New England College, Henniker, NH (S)
1975 Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME (S)
1976 Arnold Klein Gallery, Royal Oak, MI (S) (with Thomas Barrett)
1977 University of Maine, Orono, ME (S) (with Thomas Barrett)
1978 Frost Gully Gallery, Portland, ME
1980 Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH (S)
1983 Colby Sawyer College, New London, NH (S)
1985 St. Anselm College, Goffstown, NH (S)
1987 Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences (S)
1989 Blackthorne Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
1991 Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME (S)
1996 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME (S)
2003 “The Barretts”, Galerie am Neuen Palais, Potsdam, Germany
2015, 2018 Annex Gallery, Castine, ME (S)
2016, 2017 Wilson Museum, Castine, ME
2017 Gallery B, Castine, ME (S) (with Thomas Barrett)
2018 Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
Crumpacker Gallery, St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH
Collections:
Portland Museum of Art;
New Hampshire State Art Bank;
Newberry collection, Detroit;
University of Michigan; Michigan Bell Telephone;
First National Bank of Boston;
US Department of State, Washington DC
Publications:
WindowSongs,
Kaleidoscope Rift,
Isis Journey,
Seen and Unseen: Luminaries