bio.
Leslie King combines her experience in art, theater and a mastery of clay to create narrative ceramic characters inspired by both reality and myth.
With a BA in Theater from the University of Maryland, Leslie started out as a puppeteer in New York City's Central Park, performing and making puppets at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre. Then, moving to Denmark she worked as a scenic artist at Det Kongelige Teatre (the Royal Theater) in Copenhagen, painting sets, creating specialty props and masks.
After completing her degree in Graphic Design from Denmark’s Design Skole (now The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts), Leslie spent a decade working as a graphic artist and videographer for CSC in Denmark. During that time, she worked internationally on projects in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Great Britain, France, and the US.
Leslie has been creating narrative ceramic sculptures since 2016, earning her MFA in Ceramic Sculpture from Hood College in 2021. She is represented by NOMA Gallery in Frederick, MD.
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artist statement.
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"My sculptures are based in reality and transformed by imagination. They are about people I've known, characters in stories, memories and myths. ​Aside from the clay, my favorite tools are fascination and persistence. It is with them I try to find a physical manifestation of the things that are important to me."
- Leslie King
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