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Artist Statement:
Leslye Bloom has always been
special. She was one of the
very few people allowed to
earn Bachelors, Masters, and
PhD degrees in Penn State?s
prestigious Art Education
program. In addition to her
traditional art studies she
branched out into computers in
1967, becoming the resident
graphic artist in Penn State?s
Computer Assisted Instruction
Lab, working on a timeshared
IBM 1100 with all of 16
kilobytes of memory. She
thought she had died and gone
to heaven when she got an
Apple II in 1981 with 64
kilobytes all her own. That
was when, as head of Virginia
Tech?s Art Education program,
she began to integrate
traditional and computer art.
As a pioneer in the field, she
has had to invent many things,
including the name for what
she does. “Computage” combines
the digital medium with
traditional media. That
synergy results in works that
transcend the pure digital and
the traditional. The art world
can be surprisingly
conservative, but over the
past decade Leslye?s work has
become accepted into the
mainstream, winning prizes in
competition with the best of
current traditional artists.
Leslye jokes that she has a
“Make Art” button on her
computer. In more ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
----------2010 Exhibitions
Solo: : "Redux - brought Back
in Abundance," Montgomery
Museum, Christiansburg,
January 4 - February 30, 2010
----------2006 Exhibitions
Solo: "Computage," at
Perspective Gallery
VA Tech, Blacksburg , Virginia
November 1 to December 6, 2006
Reception: Sunday November 5,
2006, 3 to 5 pmSolo: City
Gallery, Galax, VA; May 5-June
3...
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Artist Reviews:
BOOKS & CD-Rom's:
• "3 Irons 2" is featured in
"Digital Collage and Painting"
by Susan Ruddick Bloom, ISBN:
0240807057, Focal Press,
Paperback, Publication Date:
2006
• "Technicolor Daydream" is
one of a handfull of examples
of digital art in Spotlight on
Art, books and CD-ROMs, grade
8, by Dr. ...
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Collections:
Permanent Collections:
Harmony Hall, Ocho Rios,
Jamaica
Miller off Main Gallery,
Blacksburg, VA
Rescue Mission Gallery,
Roanoke, Virginia
Private Collections: Patrons
list is available on request.
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Galleries for Leslye Bloom:
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Miller off Main Street Gallery, 211 Wilson Avenue, Blacksburg VA, 24060
Prop: Robert Miller
Phone: (540) 552-6969
E Mail: ram1@usit.net
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