Leesa Streifler

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Leesa Streifler
Born1957
Winnipeg, Manitoba
NationalityCanadian
EducationUniversity of Manitoba, Hunter College
Known forpainting, drawing, photography

Leesa Streifler (born 1957) is a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist and art professor who lives in

Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her works have been exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions, nationally and internationally, and appear in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
.

Career

Streifler was born in

professor emerita. [1]

Work

Streifler is known for producing art through a variety of media including photography, acrylic painting, drawing, and performance; her works are often centered around feminism and explore themes such as illness, aging, family, body image, mental health, death and identity. Her artwork has been exhibited across Canada in the Canada Council Art Bank, National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Winnipeg Art Gallery, and Kenderdine Gallery. Streifler has also self-published a book entitled Kin, which contains drawings supplemented by fiction from Jeanne Randolph.[1][2]

Streifer's works are part of permanent collection of

chromogenic prints, were purchased by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography in 2005.[5][6][7][8]

Solo exhibitions

Among Streifler's solo exhibitions have been shown at the Moose Jaw Art Museum,

Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina; Dazibao centre de photographies actuelles, Montreal;[9] Festival of Contemporary Photography, Women’s Art Resource Center (WARC), Toronto; Art Gallery of Regina; Estevan Art Gallery, Saskatchewan.;[10] Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria;[11] and Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary.[12]

Group exhibitions

Streifler has participated in group exhibitions at the following venues:

Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina. Her work was exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada in 2006 as part of the exhibition Persona: From the Collection together with work by Shelley Niro, Rebecca Belmore, Rosalie Favell, Rafael Goldchain, and General Idea.[13]

Works cited

  1. ^ a b "Leesa Streifler: Media, Art, and Performance, University of Regina". www.uregina.ca. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Leesa Streifler". sknac.ca. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Leesa Streifler". Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Leesa Streifler: Drawing the Photograph". Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Contemporary Mythology: Compassion. Leesa Streifler 1989, printed 1990". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Contained: Untitled (House). Leesa Streifler 2003". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Contained: Candy Apple Pin-up. Leesa Streifler 2003". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Contained: X-Ray Bunny. Leesa Streifler 2003". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  9. ^ "NORMAL Leesa Streifler (Winnipeg)". Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Leesa Streifler, Embodied (March 14th - April 25th, 2014)". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Lessedra gallery 2015 exhibitions". Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Leesa Streifler : Drawing the Photograph". Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Jin-me Yoon and Persona: Staging, the Self and Contemporary Photography | National Gallery of Canada". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

References

  • Boss, Michael. Rhubarb Magazine, spring, 2012, Issue no. 29, Winnipeg. Images on pp 14, 20 & 27.
  • Collins, Curtis. Prairie Postmodern: Leesa Streifler, Season 1, 2012, Access 7 Communications, Regina, SK
  • Collins, Curtis. DAG volumes: No. 1 (2012) image p. 208.
  • Streifler, Leesa and Jeanne Randolf. Kin. 2006.
    ISBN 0-9782067-0-3


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