Education 

• 1978  B.A., California State University at Northridge, Northridge, CA  
• 1976 San Francisco State University  San Francisco, CA  
• 1972 L’Institute Francais de Photgraphie,  Paris, France  

• 1997 David Beitzel Gallery, NYC, NY
• 1996 Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 1994 
• Jan Baum Gallery, Solo Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA  
• "The Athenaeum II, " Mesa College, San Diego, CA  
• 1993 "The Athenaeum, "Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA  
• 1991 "Altar(ed) Books, "Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA  
• 1990 "Altered Books, "Art Works, Los Angeles  

• 1996 
• "Go Getty Go," Big Sail Gallery, LA, CA
• "LA Current; The Female Perspective," Armand Hammer Museum, LA, CA
• "The Inner Lives of Women: Psyche, Spirit & Soul," Spring Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

• 1995
• "Muses," Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
• "Exultations," Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
• "Works by Betye, Lezley and Alison Saar,"  Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN  
• "Inaugural Group Show," Monique Knowlton, New York, NY
• "Localities of Desire," Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
• "Gallery Group,"  Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles
• "In the Black," Irvine Art Center, Irvine , CA
• "Relatively Speaking:  Mothers & Daughters in Art" 
• Snug Harbor Cultural   Center, November  6 - January 15,
• Rahr West Museum, Manitowock,   Wisconsin, April 14- May 16, 1995,
• Sweet Brair College Art Gallery,    Sweet Brair, Virginia,  August 25- October 25, 1994

• 1994
• "Localities of Desire," Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia 
• "Relatively Speaking:  Mothers & Daughters in Art"  Snug Harbor Cultural   Center, Snug Harbor, New York 
• "Flora:  In Artists Gardens," S.F. Community Arts. 400 South Hope Street Associates, Los Angeles 
• "The Sacred and the Profane,"  Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles 
• "5th. Bienniale,"  Harvana, Cuba 
• The Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany 
• "Trophies," California State University, Los Angeles Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles

• 1993 
• "Beyond the Written Word"  San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 
• "The Return of the Cadavre Exquis," originated by The Drawing Center, New York, NY 
• "Book As Art VI,"  The National Museum of Women in the Arts,     Washington, D.C. 
• "Shaped Structures," Beckstrand Gallery, Palos Verdes, CA 
• "Unification:  Cultures in Collision," FHP Hippodrome Gallery, Long Beach, CA
• "The Elegant, the Irreverent and the Obsessive:  Drawing in  Southern  California,"  Art Gallery-Visual Arts Center, California State University at    Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

• 1992 
• "Under Cover:  The Book Becomes Art,"  Scottsdale Cultural Center,    Scottsdale, AZ
• "Sacred Forms Revisited,"  Security Pacific Bank, Seattle, WA
 
• 1991
• "California Artists Books"  Armony Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA 
• "Photographic Book of  Art in the United States,"  University of Texas, San Antonio, San Antonio TX (traveling exhibition)
 
• 1989  "A Book in Hand, "Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO 
• 1988  "The Book Show," Artworks, Los Angeles 
• 1986  "Book Art", The Brand Library, Los Angeles 
• 1985  "Bookworks," Franklin Furnace, New York, NY 

• 1984 
• "The Book as Art," Art Works, Los Angeles 
• "Book Show", Miami Dade Library, Miami, Florida 
• "Generations," Conejo Valley Art Museum, Conejo Valley, CA 
• "California Book Works, "Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles 

• 1996  J. Paul Getty Mid-Career Grant 
• 1995  Seagram’s Gin Perspective in  African American Art Fellowship 

Adamson Loch, "When Creativity  Runs in the Family"  
The New York Times, Sunday, August 17, 1997  

Bulmer, Marge, "Lezely Saar," ArtScene, November 1991  
  
Christensen, Judith A., "Lezley Saar: The Athenaeum,"  
Visions Art Quarterly, Fall 1993  

Donohue, Marlena, "Arranging Her World"  The Daily Breeze,  November 29, 1996  

Frank, Peter, "Art Pick of the Week,"  LA Weekly, October 18, 1990  

Frank, Peter, "Art Pick of the Week," LA Weekly, December 15, 1991  

Hoffberg, Judith A., "Lezely Saar at Koplin Gallery,"  
Visions Art Quarterly, Fall 1992  

Kandel, Susan, Art Review, "Allegory and Ritual",  
Los Angeles Times, December 5, 1996, page F5  

Kapitanoff, Nancy, "Lezely Saar, Finely Made Constructions,"  
 Los Angeles Times, April 25, 1993  

Pincus, Robert, San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego, CA  

Schwendenwien, Jude, Sculpture Magazine, April/May 1995, page 45  

Yazdani, Tarssa "A Fragile and Limber Magic"  
A Gathering of the Tribes #7, Fall 1996/ Winter 1997  

Zimmer, William, "The Ties That Bind Mother and Daughter,"  
The New York Times,  Sunday (New Jersey Edition), January 1, 1995, page 9  

"Yolanda and the Strange Objects"  Lezley Saar   I Read Books 1978  
"The 5th Cuban Bienal Catalog" 1994 
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