SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- The Color of Energy, Marjorie Evans Gallery, Carmel, CA, 2019
- What I meant to say, Never on Sunday, Monterey, CA, 2007
- Vessels, PK Fine Artifacts, Sand City, CA, 2006
- Sleight of Hand, Satsoontsi Gallery, Salinas, CA, 2005
- “(to have a happy childhood) it’s never too late”, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA, 2005
- Limitless Landscapes, Arthouse, Pacific Grove, CA, 2002
- CHINA-A Printmakers Photographic Essay, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA 2001
- New Monoprints, The Grove Homescapes, Pacific Grove, CA, 1999
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- Toward Abstraction, The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA 2023
- Plus One (+One) San Jose City College Arts, San Jose, CA 2023
- Re-Emergence (MPAF Members) Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA 2022
- Creative Women 3, Gallery Mar, Carmel, CA 2022
- Art in the Time of Corona, New Museum, Los Gatos, CA 2021
- Creative Women, Gallery Mar, Carmel, CA 2020
- You Can’t Quarantine Creativity, Marjorie Evans Gallery, Carmel, CA 2020
- 33rd September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, 2020
- Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA, 2019
- Transformation-Envisioning Change, Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, CA, 2015
- Healthy Monterey County, Arts Council for Monterey County, 2010
- Le salon d’etudiant, Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, CA, 2008
- Lauryn Taylor Fine Art, Carmel, CA, 2007
- Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE, 2005
- Fusion, Form, Function, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL, 2004
- “Exposing injustice and Revealing Beauty”, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2004
- 17th Annual Exhibit of Women’s Work, Northwest Area Arts Council, Crystal Lake, IL, 2004
- Small packages: Food for Thought, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA, 2004
- December small Works, Limner Gallery, New York, NY 2003
- Santa Cruz Art League’s Annual Statewide Exhibit, Santa Cruz, CA, 2003
- The Art of Wellness, 15th Annual Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, Salinas, CA 2003
- Art-Connection/Connection-Art, 11 East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2003
- Close to Home, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA 2003
- Spring Forward, Fall Back, Gallery Mia Tyson, Wilmington, NC, 2003
- Substratum, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA, 2003
- 17th Anniversary Open Invitational, 11 East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, 2003
- Mute, Cade Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arnold, MD, 2003
- Spring Salon, Limner Gallery, New York, NY 2002
- Bold Expressions, Northern California Arts, Inc., Sacramento, CA, 2002
- “Feeding Ourselves, Feeding Others: Women and Food”, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA 2001
- MetalMorphosis, Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, CA 1998
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
- Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP)
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF)
- Cypress Coast Cardiac Surgeons (CCCS)
- Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (SVMH)
- Stahl Motor Company
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Dennis Taylor, “Her instincts inform her artwork”, Carmel Pinecone, November 7, 2019
- Michael Chatfield,”Ones to Watch”, Homestyle by the sea Magazine, winter 2007
- Lisa Crawford Watson, Monterey County Herald Go!, “Vessel for Art”, March 23, 2006
- Lisa Crawford Watson, “Sleight of Hand”, Monterey County Herald Go!, May, 2005
- Tom Leyde, “She’s an artist of all trades”, Salinas Californian, May 2005
- “Sasoontsi Gallery Exhibits L.A.Spowart”, Monterey Bay Wine and Travel, Spring 2005
- Lisa Crawford Watson, Layers of Meaning, Monterey County Weekly, April, 2003
- “Tiananmen Square”, Lesley Anne Spowart’s monoprint on paper”, The Baltimore Sun, March 2003
- Rick Deragon, “Rooms with a View”, Monterey County Weekly, September 2002
- Lisa Crawford Watson, “Limitless Landscapes”, Monterey County Herald Go! March 2002
- Kathryn McKenzie Nichols, Monterey County Herald, “Artists work conveys impressions, emotions of visit to China” May 2001
- “Printmaking Explored at the Carl Cherry Center”, The Carmel Pinecone, 1999
AWARDS/HONORS
- 1st & 2nd Place Mixed Media, Monterey County Fair, Monterey, CA 2017
- Voted Best Local Artist Monterey County, Monterey County Weekly 2010
- 1st Place, November Art Competitive, Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA 2005
- 1st Place, Seaside Art Competitive, Seaside, CA 2001
- 1st Place, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA 2001
- Honorable Mention, Seaside Art Competitive, Seaside, CA 2000
- 2nd Place, Marjorie Evans Gallery, Carmel, CA 2000
- Honorable Mention, Seaside Art Competitive, Seaside, CA 1999
EDUCATION
- Art &Creativity for Healing Certification, Chapman University, Laguna Niguel, CA, 2010
- Museum Studies/Exhibition Design, California State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, 1982
- Art History, U.C. Davis & U.C. Riverside, 1981
- BA Art History, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1979