Leslie Thornton

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2019

Artist Residency, CERN, Geneva

Artist Residency, California Institute of Technology, California

2018

Artist Residency, CERN, Geneva

2013

Guggenheim Fellowship, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1998

Hugo Boss Award Nomination, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1997

Bellagio Residency, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York

1996

The Maya Deren Award for Independent Film and Video Artists, American Film Institure, Los Angeles

The Alpert Awards in the Arts, The Herb Alpert Foundation, Santa Monica

1990

Fellowship, The Rockerfeller Foundation, New York

1988

Fellowship, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York

Leslie Thornton, Ground, still, HD video, 13 min., 2020

Leslie Thornton, Ground, still, HD video, 13 min., 2020

Leslie Thornton, Ground, still, HD video, 13 min., 2020

Leslie Thornton, Ground, still, HD video, 13 min., 2020

Leslie Thornton, Installation view, New Order, Art and Technology in the Twenty-First Century, MoMA, New York, 2019

Leslie Thornton, Installation view, New Order, Art and Technology in the Twenty-First Century, MoMA, New York, 2019

Leslie Thornton, Installation view, SPEED, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 2018

Leslie Thornton, Installation view, SPEED, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 2018

Leslie Thornton, They Were Just People, still, streamed video, 9 min. 39 sec., 2016

Leslie Thornton, They Were Just People, still, streamed video, 9 min. 39 sec., 2016

Leslie Thornton, They Were Just People, still, streamed video, 9 min. 39 sec., 2016

Leslie Thornton, They Were Just People, still, streamed video, 9 min. 39 sec., 2016

Leslie Thornton, Begin Again, Again, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, 2021

Leslie Thornton, Begin Again, Again, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, 2021

Leslie Thornton, Begin Again, Again, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, 2021

Leslie Thornton, Begin Again, Again, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, 2021

Leslie Thornton, Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding, video, 16 mm film, 95 min., 1983 – 2016. Installation view, GROUND, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nürnberg, 2020

Leslie Thornton, Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding, video, 16 mm film, 95 min., 1983 – 2016. Installation view, GROUND, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nürnberg, 2020

Leslie Thornton, Strange Space, still, video, 3 min. 47 sec., 1993

Leslie Thornton, Strange Space, still, video, 3 min. 47 sec., 1993

Leslie Thornton, Jennifer, Where Are You?, still, 16 mm film on video, colour, sound, 10 min. 42 sec., 1981

Leslie Thornton, Jennifer, Where Are You?, still, 16 mm film on video, colour, sound, 10 min. 42 sec., 1981

Leslie Thornton, Jennifer, Where Are You?, still, 16 mm film on video, colour, sound, 10 min. 42 sec., 1981. Installation view, GROUND, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nürnberg, 2020

Leslie Thornton, Jennifer, Where Are You?, still, 16 mm film on video, colour, sound, 10 min. 42 sec., 1981. Installation view, GROUND, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nürnberg, 2020

Leslie Thornton, Peggy and Fred in Hell, still, 16 mm film and video transferred to digital, 95 min., 1984

Leslie Thornton, Peggy and Fred in Hell, still, 16 mm film and video transferred to digital, 95 min., 1984

Leslie Thornton, Installation view, Cut from Liquid to Snake, Rodeo, London, 2018

Leslie Thornton, Installation view, Cut from Liquid to Snake, Rodeo, London, 2018

Leslie Thornton and James Richards, Crossing, still, digital video, 19 min. 12 sec., 2016

Leslie Thornton and James Richards, Crossing, still, digital video, 19 min. 12 sec., 2016

Leslie Thornton, Installation view, LUNA Trance, Winkleman Gallery, 2013

Leslie Thornton, Installation view, LUNA Trance, Winkleman Gallery, 2013

Leslie Thornton, Adynata, still, 16 mm film on video, 28 min. 49 sec., 1983

Leslie Thornton, Adynata, still, 16 mm film on video, 28 min. 49 sec., 1983

Leslie Thornton, Installation view, Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding, Raven Row, London, 2016

Leslie Thornton, Installation view, Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding, Raven Row, London, 2016

Leslie Thornton, Peggy and Fred in Hell, still, 16 mm film and video transferred to digital, 95 min., 1984

Leslie Thornton, Peggy and Fred in Hell, still, 16 mm film and video transferred to digital, 95 min., 1984

Leslie Thornton, X-TRACTS, still, 16 mm film on video, black and white, sound, 8 min. 30 sec., 1975

Leslie Thornton, X-TRACTS, still, 16 mm film on video, black and white, sound, 8 min. 30 sec., 1975