Embodied Abstractions

Lesley Bodzy at Future Fair 2026

Lesley Bodzy’s work explores the experience of the female body,as felt and lived. Across a range of materials such as aluminum panels, raw canvas, polycarbonate, Yupo, and resin, her paintings and mixed-media works give material form to interior states, translating sensation, memory, and emotion into physical presence.

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Rooted in a feminist language of abstraction, Bodzy’s practice challenges inherited binaries, proposing instead that softness and authority, fragility and power, are not oppositional but intertwined. The works occupy a space where something can feel both seductive and unsettled, holding the viewer in a state of quiet tension.

In an era defined by rapid consumption and constant output, these works insist on the value of interior experience and physical presence. They are less about representing the body than about evoking what it feels like to inhabit one, foregrounding embodiment as something complex, resistant, and deeply real.

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Bodzy holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a BA from Mount Holyoke College, and has also studied at Hunter College and the Art Students League of New York. Her work has been exhibited and included in private and institutional collections in the United States and abroad. Her art is represented by galleries including A.I.R. Gallery (NYC), The Painting Center (NYC), dmincubator Gallery (NYC), Criss Collaborations (NYC), and Yvonamor Palix Fine Arts (Houston).