B. 1950 - Leslie Dill was born in Bronxville, New York. Dill studied and received his training at Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, M.F.A. 1980; Smith College, Northampton, MAT. 1974 and at Trinity College, Hartford, B.A. 1972.

Dill has recieced many grants and Rewards, including Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, 1996; New York Foundation for the Arts, Drawing - Printmaking Category, 1995; Project Residency Award, Hillwood Art Museum and New York State Council on Arts, 1992; National Endowment for the Arts, Sculpture Fellowship, 1990; Artist-in-Residence, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic, 1984; Zaner Corporation Purchase Award from Small Works '83, 1983