Leslie Friedman was born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, in 1981 and while she currently lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she considers Providence her home. During the summer of 2002, Leslie learned how to silk-screen at the basement printmaking workshop of the lauded arts non-profit, AS220. She received a BA in Political Science from Brown University in 2005 where she concentrated her studies in political theory and civil liberties. From 2005 to 2007, Leslie Friedman lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and built a printmaking studio in the historic neighborhood of San Telmo. She describes these years as fundamental to her maturation from poster maker to print artist. In the Fall of 2009, she began an MFA program in printmaking at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.

Leslie Friedman has recently exhibited her work The Fossil Fool Project and other Serigraphs at AS220 Gallery (2009). Fifteen of Leslie’s posters were included as part of the special exhibition Wunderground: 1995 to Present, a retrospective of Providence's underground rock n' roll posters, at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum (2006-2007). Additionally, her installation Merry X-Mas, Mr. President debuted at the women’s art collective, The Dirt Palace, in Providence’s Olneyville Square in December of 2005.

Leslie Friedman’s alter-ego, LesliePVD, embodies three of the values that permeate the rich printmaking culture of Providence: the appreciation of industrial craft, the belief in DIY/punk ethos, and the acknowledgment of the political and social historical significance of prints in promoting civil liberties. By blurring the line between rock n’ roll posters and fine art, LesliePVD aims to inspire spontaneous discussion and debate over complex contemporary environmental and social issues. Through humor, bold colors, and collage, her serigraphs are funny, awkward, honest, expressive combination of textures that awaken the democratic spirit.