Leesa Streifler: The Performance of Being

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Leesa Streifler, “She Was A Bearded Lady,” 2001

silkscreen on paper, 121 x 80cm, (Collection of Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (2016.032.000)) (Photography is by Don Hall and courtesy of Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery)

Opening Reception: February 6, 2025, 5:00 – 8:00pm (remarks at 6:00).

Leesa Streifler: The Performance of Being presents a retrospective survey of the work of one of Canada’s leading feminist artists over the course of her 40-year career. The exhibition explores Streifler’s sustained interest in the representation, performance and politics of “Othered”, marginalized, and non-conforming bodies. Drawing on her own lived experience and informed by feminist theory, her powerful, emotionally-charged, and expressive works present figures that defy social conventions, behavioural ‘norms’ and traditional gender roles to engage in critical discourse on body-image, sexuality, agency, performativity, relationships, motherhood, illness and aging. Drawn from public and private collections nationwide, this survey brings together over one hundred works in drawing, painting, mixed media, photography and installation, exemplifying the significant contributions of Streifler’s critically-acclaimed practice towards feminist art in Canada.

Leesa Streifler, Artist’s Tour, February 7, 12:00 – 1:00pm