Highpoint Editions artist, Leslie Barlow will be exhibiting a new show titled, A Practice of Being With. The exhibition will be on view Monday, February 16th through Friday, March 20th, with a special lecture from the artist taking place on February 19th, from 6-7 p.m in Ostrander Auditorium. “‘A Practice of Being With’ brings together life-sized oil portraits created across several years of Leslie Barlow’s practice, including works from ‘vision of a soft sun,’ ‘Tracing (admiration, conversation, seeing),’’ ‘Within, Between, and Beyond,’ and the recent series ‘Us, Becoming,’ Together, these paintings invite viewers to slow down and reflect on how we come to know ourselves and one another through race, identity, care and belonging. Built from layers of vivid oil paint and stitched fabric, the works hold moments of rest, joy, tenderness and liberation; moments made possible through shared presence and deep attention.”
Sweetness, Oil, pastel, acrylic on panel, 40” x 30”, 2020
The exhibition will be on view from February 16th through March 20th, 2026, at Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Conkling Gallery (located in Nelson Hall 139)