"Making art is an opportunity I was afforded later in life. At the age of forty I began painting full time after retiring from nursing. For me painting is about searching for a solution. As the painting progresses it takes on a life of its own. It begins to find its own language and speaks to what is required to reach resolution. Finding a balance between abstraction and accuracy involves the process of addition and subtraction. This is something that can’t be experienced without letting go of my expectations. When a painting comes together it is magical in the sense that it results in what I experience as a fractured reality. I evolved from painting landscapes, flowers and portraits to painting about the JFK assassination for the past 12 years. I was six years old when President Kennedy was assassinated. I remember the deep sorrow and loss our country felt. My parents loved President Kennedy as did many Americans. He stood for hope and change in our country. He chose the path of pursuing a lasting peace to end the cold war with the Soviet Union. America seemed to lose hope and many mark the assassination as a day that our country lost its innocence. I always wondered about the truth. Many stories and theories have surfaced to reveal that dark and sinister forces played a role in the assassination of President Kennedy. I found a book of nearly all the archival photographs and film frames amassed by the author Robert Groden about the JFK assassination. I was fascinated by the photos of the motorcade and the people washed in the glittering
November light. For me it was the beginning of my journey to paint about the assassination and explore one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of all time." -Leslie Lanzotti
Museum Exhibitions
2016JFK: A Fractured Reality, Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, Texas
Solo Exhibitions
2017 JFK: A Fractured Reality, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2016 JFK: A Fractured Reality, Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, Texas
2014 JFK: A Fractured Reality, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2010 The Frankenstein Files, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2008 Faces and the JFK Paintings - New Work by Leslie Lanzotti, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2007 Leslie Lanzotti - Face It, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2001 Leslie Lanzotti, Paintings, Carol Henderson Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1997 Leslie Lanzotti, Recent Paintings, Carol Henderson Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Presents, Prints and Paintings, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2020 To 40 More! Artspace 40th Anniversary Celebration, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2020 Studio 111 : Collective Inspiration, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2019 Fall Gallery Night, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2019 Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Artspace 111 at LHUCA, Lubbock, Texas
2018 Preservation is the Art of the City, Juror Selection, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2018 Fall Gallery Night, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2018 Spring Gallery Night, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2017 Preservation is the Art of the City, Juror Selection, Gail and Bill Landreth Award,Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2017 Fall Gallery Night, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2016 Preservation is the Art of the City, Juror Selection, Sam and Pricilla McCall Award, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2016 Fall Gallery Night, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2016 Greatest Hits, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2016 Best of Biennial, Juror Selection, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2016 FWCAC Biennial, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2016 Spring Gallery Night, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2016 Nature's First Green Is Gold, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2016 Core II, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2016 Core, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2015 Preservation is the Art of the City, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2015 Horizons, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2015 Fall Gallery Night, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2015 Spring Gallery Night, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2015 Americana, ART7 Crockett Community Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
2014 Curiosities, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 Dallas Art Fair, Artspace 111, Dallas, Texas
2014 Spring Gallery Night, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2014 FWCAC Biennial, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2013 Icons, Mary Tomás Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2013 Fall Gallery Night, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2013 Like, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2012 Sky Blue Sky, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2011 Contemporaries: A Survey of 21st Century American Artists, Fort Worth Library, Fort Worth, Texas
2011 897 Square, Juror Selection, Gallery 76102, Fort Worth, Texas
2011 The Hunting Prize, Juror Selection, Houston, Texas
2010 Fall Gallery Night, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2009 Texas Landscapes Urban and Rural, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2009 Spring Gallery Night, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2009 Dallas Art Fair, Artspace 111, Dallas, Texas
2007 39 Hour Show, Juror Selection, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2006 Artspace 111 Group Show, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2005 Artspace 111 Group Show, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2004 39 Hour Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2004 Fall Gallery Night, Carol Henderson Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
2003 Spring Gallery Night, Carol Henderson Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
2002 Fall Gallery Night, Carol Henderson Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
2002 39 Hour Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2001 Fall Gallery Night, Carol Henderson Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1999 Spring Gallery Night, Carol Henderson Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1998 Mirror Mirror, The Contemporary Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
1997 Charter Artists Exhibition, The Contemporary Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
1995 Art in the Metroplex, Juror Selection, John Clardy Award, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
Selected Collections
Ms. Annabelle Massey Malloy, LaConner, Washington
Ms.Mary Whilden, Redmond, Washington
Ms. Lenore Moncrief, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. Carter Bowden, Fort Worth, Texas
Ms, Mary Burns, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. Michael McBride, Fort Worth, Texas
Dan and Katie Guthrie, Dallas, Texas
Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, Texas
Dr. Anne Helmreich, Dean of Fine Arts, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Blagg, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Putnam, Fort Worth, Texas
Mrs. Elizabeth Alcorn, Fort Worth, Texas
Dr. and Mrs. Kurt Wever, Grapevine, Texas
Ms. Barbara Jiongo, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. James Sipes, Dayton, Ohio
Dr. Beverly Barcus Tucker, Lexington, Virginia
Ms. Anne Allen, Dayton, Ohio
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Solomon, Burleson, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Cris Gross, Grapevine, Texas
Ms. Susan Dowling, Fort Worth, Texas
Ms. Sherry Rentmeesters, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. Michael Beattie, Houston, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cherryhomes, Jacksboro, Texas
Dr. and Mrs. Mark Redrow, Fort Worth, Texas
Ms. Michelle Singleton, Bedford, Texas
Ms. Karen Stevens, Big Spring, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Merritt, Kilgore, Texas
Mr. John Geesbright, Fort Worth, Texas
Ms. Donna Stocke, Fort Worth, Texas
Ms. Jeanne Hood, Fort Worth, Texas
Dr. and Mrs. Joe Tarride, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. Jeff Franzen, McLean, Virginia
Ms. Robin Edgehill, North Richland Hills, Texas
Mr. Daniel Blagg, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. John Reoch, Dallas, Texas
Mr. Mark Thistlethwaite, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. David Conn, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. Neil Anderson, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. William Moore, Dallas, Texas