Beatriz E Ledesma
SOLO
SHOWS:
2006
BBDO ENERGY, Wrigley Building, Chicago
Morton
College, IL
Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL
2005
Open Studio, Fine Arts Building, Chicago
2004
Open Studio, Fine Arts Building, Chicago
2003
Open Studio, Fine Arts Building, Chicago
2002
“Willing to live in Uncertainty”, Swedenborg Library, Chicago
2001
“Retrospective”, Ledesma Studio, Ltd., Chicago
2000
“Inner Journeys”, Arlington Heights Memorial Public LIbrary
1999
Uptown Public Library, Chicago
Museo Latino, Omaha, Nebraska
Amalia Mahoney Gallery, Chicago
1998
Mestizo Gallery, Mexico DF
1996
“Art as a Form of Healing”, Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin,
Colombia, SA
“Experiencing the Spiritual through Art”, Uptown Public Library,
Chicago
“From the Ashes the Bird Flies”, Dittmar Memorial Gallery, NWU,
Chicago
1994
“On the Working of Mandalas”, Elizabeth Cudahy Library, Loyola
University, Chicago
1991
“New Work”, ArtWatch Gallery, Kentucky
“New Work on Paper”, North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago
1990
“Re-Establishing Communication”, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago
SELECTED
TWO PERSON SHOW:
2006
Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL
1998
“The Way of the Goddess: Monica Brown and Beatriz Ledesma”,
Indianapolis Art Center, Indiana
SELECTED
THREE PERSON SHOW:
1995
“Inner and Outer Landscapes- The Vision of Three American Artists”,
Broadway Gallery-Passeic Community College,
Paterson, New Jersey
1993
“Converge- Three Women Three Directions-One Process” (collaboration),
Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago
1992
“The Healing Image”, School of Clinical Psychology, Chicago
SELECTED
FOUR PERSON SHOW:
2004
Claudia Andersen Gallery, Fine Arts Building, Chicago
“Contemporary Latin American Art Exhibit”, Dinnerware Contemporary
Art Gallery, AZ
2003
“40 x 40: Forty By
Forty”, Apollo Theater, Chicago, IL
Fine Arts Building Open Studio, Chicago, IL
1994
“Inner and Outer Landscapes”, Paterson Museum, Paterson, New Jersey
“Quattro Voces”, Bertoncini Gallery, Chicago
1992
“Discovery & Diversity: Latino Artists in Display”, Malcom X
College, Chicago
“A Celebration of Life/Images of Death”, Potter Butts & Class
1925 Galleries, University of Wisconsin @ Madison,WI
SELECTED
GROUP SHOWS:
2006
Chicago Art Open
Chicago
Art Open Archival Imaging, Ai Gallery, Chicago
“Shapes,
Signs and Signals”, CCT Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Chicago Art Open
Chicago
Art Foundation Benefit, Chicago, IL
“Mandalas:
Map of Conscious Order”, Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA
“Feet
Here, Mind Wandering”, Line Drive Gallery, Evanston, IL
“All Passes Only Art Endures”, FAB Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Old New Borrowed Blue”, Lipa Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
Fine Art Artists Showcase, Fine Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003
40 x 40 Forty By Forty,
Apollo Theater, Chicago, IL
“Small Works-’03”, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
Psy Dream Conference- Online Gallery
2002
“The Art Speaks”, Open Studio Project, Evanston, IL
2001
Horizon Fundraising, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
“Being Connected”, Swedish American Museum, Chicago
Annual Conference AATA, Albuquerque, NM
1997
“Inner Journeys”, NWU Settlement House, Chicago
1996
“Look at the World through Women’s Eyes”, National Museum of Women
in the Arts, Washington DC
1995
“Mujeres de Pelo en Pecho”, NWU Settlement, Chicago
1993
“Seeing with the Inner Eye: A Spiritual Approach to Artistic
Creation”, University Gallery Williams Science Center, Chicago State
University, Chicago
1992
“Hispanic Festival Juried Art Exhibition”, Museum of Science &
Industry, Chicago
“500 America”, Centro Cultural La Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1991
“Contemporary Sensibilities”, Moderne et Contemporaine Gallerie,
Paris, France
1990
“A Day without Art”, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Maryland
“Spiritual Visions”, William J. Bachman Gallery, Munster, Indiana
“Spiritual Images in the Latino Culture”, Genesis Gallery, Chicago
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS:
2006
American Art Collector
The
Chicago Reader, May 19, 2006, Sectio Two
2005
ArtBeat Chicago, WTTW Channel 11, Chicago,
01/14/05, 10:00PM
2002
“In Search of Spiritual, Social and Political Consciousness”, by
Maribel Kalata, Clave- A Journal of Latin American Arts
& Culture, July/September 2002, pp.12
Nilas Newsletter, Spring 2002: Healing Nature, Vol. 1, #2, pp.29.
1996
“Beatriz Ledesma- Profile of an Artist”, by Ricardo A. Frazer,
Cultural Crossroads Norris University Center, Vol. VI #2, pp
4-5
“Encountering Beatriz Ledesma’s Healing Icons”, by Bobbye
Middendorf, Exhibition Catalogue, Chicago
1994
“Danza de Amor: La Pintura de Beatriz Ledesma”, by Americo Paz, Tres
Americas Revista Cultural #6, Summer 1994,
pp 6-9, 35-38, Chicago
“Searching &
Sharing”, by Mirtes Zwierzynsky, Heresies Magazine #27, pp 97-103, New
York
1993
“A Traves del Umbral Surrealista: La Vision Artistica de Beatriz
Ledesma”, by Americo Paz 12/16/93, EXITO!
Magazine Vol. 1 #14, Chicago
“History Repeats”, by Michael Bonesteel, 2/11/93, Evanston Review,
Evanston
PERMANENT
COLLECTION:
National
Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
Yergeau
Musee International d’Art, Canada
Springfield
Hospital Center, MO
Waveland
Wellness Center-Forest Hospital @ Chicago
CURATION:
1995
“Art as a Form of Healing”, Uptown Public Library, Chicago
“Menarche Menses and
Menopause- Women & The Way of the
Blood”, Women Made Gallery, Chicago
1994
“Symbolic Visions”, Women Made Gallery, Chicago
1993
“Young Latin American Artists”, El Nandu Restaurant, Chicago
1992
“ARTicipate”, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago
“Teen of All Nations/ Summer Program”, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago
1991
“Children Expressions”, Hull House & Stockton Elementary School,
Chicago
1989
“A Voice in the Matter”, CWCA Juried Exhibition @ Beacon Street
Gallery, Chicago
COLLABORATIVE
PERFORMANCE:
1997
“Incantation” directed by Dina Morelli, Links Hall Studio, Chicago
1993
“Toward Diane Arbus” directed by Natsu Nakashima, Randolph Gallery
COMPETITIONS:
2006
Finestra Gallery, Chicago
PERSONAL
AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Chicago
Artist Coalition;
American
Art Therapy Association