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Updated 9/1/2024

LESLIE GIULIANI

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    CT

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Leslie Giuliani is an American contemporary artist. Her work combines encaustic painting, oil painting, printmaking, rug hooking and digital embroidery. 

Giuliani’s recent works have focused on interpreting her original drawings into stitch-able digitized embroidery files. These she sews, with colorful thread combinations as her palette, onto an archival microfiber paper she has painted and printed with Encaustic and Oil paint. To the colorful, painted embroidered images, she stitches down appliquéd shapes cut from other paintings and prints, finally adding decorative machine stitching accents and sequins. The embellishments create a fantastic world for the drawings to inhabit. The imagery can be quirky, surrealistic and sometimes humorous. 

“Artists often have many loves in terms of the materials they enjoy using but sometimes feel they must switch hats and work with them separately. Wanting to combine my love of textile work, encaustic painting, drawing, and technology led me to digital machine embroidery. I wanted to remove the “hand” from my drawing practice. I felt it would give me less control and open me up, via new technical limitations, to new images.  I was also inspired by Louise Bourgeois's use of digital embroidery (via master printer Judith Solodkin) in her prints. Now I think of the textured-motif stitch lines as my drawing lines and the threads as my colored pencils. Absorbent microfiber material allows me to paint and print with oil and wax and then stitch heavily through the paint, without tearing. I hope to share this odyssey of trial, many errors and inspirations that led to this exploration of a new way to make a painting.”

Born in Philadelphia, PA, Giuliani received her BFA in Fine Art from The University of Delaware, with further studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Her work is represented in collections of the Housatonic Museum of Art, the State of CT, and many private collections. She was the recipient of an Artist Fellowship Grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism for Craft. She is Core Support Instructor for R&F Handmade Paints. Giuliani lives and works in Weston, CT. 

 

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LESLIE GIULIANI (She/Hers)
Job Title: Artist
Phone: 203-451-9778
Address:
29 HUCKLEBERRY LANE
Weston, CT 06883

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1988

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1988

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Multi-Disciplinary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Visual/Crafts - Fiber
  • Visual/Crafts - Mixed Media
  • Visual/Crafts - Painting
  • Visual/Crafts - Printmaking
  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Portfolio Review
  • Professional Development / Training
  • Art Sales
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Artists
  • Businesses
  • Families
  • General Public
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Nonprofits

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

VERMONT STUDIO CENTER

Artist Colony

Date: 06/2024-07/2024

Fellowship recipient

Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program

Arts Center

Date: 09/2023-09/2025

Workshop Instructor

MoCA Westport

Museum - Art

Date: 09/2023-09/2024

Demonstrating artist materials

TRURO CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT CASTLE HILL

Arts Center

Date: 09/2015-09/2025

Presenter at the International Encaustic conference, Instructor

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Silvermine Guild of Artists

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Silvermine Guild of Artists

Education

Education:

  • BFA, Fellowship Vermont Studio Center

Special Designations

Designated Arts Community:

  • Connecticut Service Region Member - Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County Service Region

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Private Studio
  • Virtual / Remote
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue

Ages Served:

  • Adults
  • College-age
  • High School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • Elementary School-age

Subject Areas:

  • Visual/Crafts

Fee range:

Private classes and consultation $125 per hour Art Center/School varies per venue Studio Group Classes $225 per 2-day class

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Private Studio
  • Virtual / Remote
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue

Ages Served:

  • Adults
  • College-age
  • High School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • Elementary School-age

Subject Areas:

  • Visual/Crafts

Fee range:

Private classes and consultation $125 per hour Art Center/School varies per venue Studio Group Classes $225 per 2-day class