Leslie Nichols' work titled Identity was chosen for the President's Purchase Award (underwritten by Jeanne and Dr. J. Leslie Wyatt) in the 2010 Delta National Small Print Exhibition. Leslie's work is now part of the permanent collection of Arkansas State University, Jonesboro AR.
Her work was also prominently displayed on the exhibition catalog's front cover.
David W. Kiehl, curator of prints at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, wrote the following about Leslie's piece:
"Identity is a convenient catch-all for defining so much art over the last decade. Leslie Nichols successfully uses the word itself to create a portrait. The layering and size variations of the individual letters, coupled with modulated inking of the matrix, create the substance of her portrait. I like the use of stencils and graphite to title the work in the area to the left of the head."
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