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2010
Manifest Equality, LA, CA
Advanced Minority, Vienna
Blackbook Gallery, Denver CO
2009
Manifest Hope, Washington DC
WR Gallery, Cleveland, OH
RedLetter1 Gallery, Tampa, FL
Dray Walk Gallery, London
Primary Flight, Art Basel, Miami, FL
2008
C-Pop Gallery, Detroit, MI
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
2007
Primary Flight, Miami, FL
BLVD Gallery, Seattle, WA
Public Trust, Dallas, TX
2006
Foundation One, Atlanta, GA
BLK/MRKT, Culver City, CA
2005
RedLetter1 Gallery, Tampa, FL
Outer Edge Studio, Monterey, CA
Hotel De Arts, San Fran., CA
1300 Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL
2004
Art Prostitute Gallery, Denton, TX
Objex Artspace, Miami, FL
MMoCA, North Adams, MA
C-Pop Gallery, Detroit, MI
2003
Analemma, Orlando, FL
1300 Gallery, Cleveland, OH
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
| Native Weapon | Without Reason | BLK/MRKT One |
| Juxtapoz Magazine | Flair Magazine | FEFE #11 |
| 3D Art Book | Imago Mundi – Organix | Knowledge Magazine |
| Art Of Obama | Naïve: Modernism & Folklore in Graphic Design |
Designing Obama |
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- 2017 – Urban Excellence: Social Impact Award / Tampa Downtown Partnership
- 2016 – Arts Ambassador Award: MUSE / St. Petersburg Arts Alliance
- 2015 – Best of the Bay Award: Best Public Art (Critic’s Choice)
- 2015 – Best of the Bay Award: Best Art Festival: SHINE (Critic’s Choice)
- 2012 – Best of the Bay Award: Best Local Visual Artist (Reader’s Choice)
- 2012 – Best of the Bay Award: Best Genre-Defying Artist (Critic’s Choice)
- 2012 – Best of the Bay Award: Best Visual Art Exhibit – Leave A Message, Morean Arts
ABOUT TES ONE
Leon “Tes One” Bedore, Tampa / St. Petersburg based artist.
Known for his signature blend of traditional art and graphic design, Tes confronts contrast in all forms; splicing divisions and redefining the balance. Opposing forces intertwine in subject and substrate. Color and cause run to the edge in full-bleed.
His monograph includes vivid paintings and murals, gallery exhibitions, and commissions by clients such as Nike, L’Oréal, Absolut Vodka and Architectural Digest. Tes One is the founder of the SHINE Mural Festival in St. Petersburg (Est. 2015), and partner at Up&Over murals.
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2018
Into Action, Los Angeles, CA
Waging Peace, MoFA, Tallahassee, FL
2016
Truth To Power, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Pound & Bear Hug, Cass Gallery, Tampa, FL
2014
Side By Side, 1am Gallery, San Fran., CA
2013
PCCA Alumni Show, St. Petersburg, FL
Imago Mundi, Biennale Arte, Venice
2012
Live Painting @ Art Basel, Miami, FL
Leave A Message, St. Petersburg, FL
2011
NYC Scope Art Fair – NYC
Art Center, Miami, FL
