Leslie Peters
Toronto based artist Leslie Peters has been actively working in video, multi-channel installation, as well as curating exhibitions and coordinating cultural events since the mid 90’s. Leslie was the featured Spotlight Canadian Artist at the 2004 Images Festival in Toronto where a retrospective of her work was shown and her installation becoming was premiered at the WARC gallery (Womens’ Art Resource Centre). The retrospective then toured to Peru where she presented her work in Lima and Cusco at the VAE8 Festival and in the fall of 2006 the retrospective was presented at Anthology Film Archives, New York. Additionally a survey of Peters’ collaborative practice with Dara Gellman took place at the Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie in France where three video installations were exhibited.
Leslie’s work has been exhibited internationally including exhibitions in the U.K., Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Australia, Peru, Egypt and Italy. In Canada her work has shown in screenings and festivals nationally as well as in galleries including the Power Plant, National Gallery of Canada, Oakville Galleries, Dunlop Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Artist Code: 537
Videography
2006, 12:30 minutes, colour, No Dialogue
2005, 11:00 minutes, colour, English
On the Threshold: Videos By Leslie Peters
2004, 69:50 minutes, colour, english
2004, 05:30 minutes, colour, English
2004, 12:00 minutes, colour, english
2003, 06:17 minutes, colour
2003, 05:30 minutes, colour
2003, 05:30 minutes, colour
2003, 17:00 minutes, colour
2002, 03:30 minutes, colour
2002, 09:45 minutes, colour
2002, 04:20 minutes, colour
2002, 03:58 minutes, colour
2001, 02:00 minutes, colour
2000, 07:16 minutes, B&W
1999, 15:00 minutes, colour
1999, 03:00 minutes, colour
westbound (...the 400 Series...)
1999, colour
loved and lost (...the 400 Series...)
1999, colour
precious memories (...the 400 Series...)
1999, 03:15 minutes, colour
400 Series (...the 400 Series...)
1999, 03:30 minutes, colour
1999, 03:20 minutes, colour
thinking of you (...the 400 Series...)
1999, 03:00 minutes, colour
Forever More (...the 400 Series...)
1999, 02:30 minutes, colour, english
1999, 03:00 minutes, colour
cheatin' heart (...the 400 Series...)
1999, 02:30 minutes, colour
1999, 35:28 minutes, colour, English
1998, 01:00 minutes, colour
1998, 01:30 minutes, colour
1997, 03:00 minutes, colour
1997, 02:30 minutes, colour
1997, 02:00 minutes, colour/B&W
1997, 01:00 minutes, colour/B&W
1997, 01:00 minutes, colour/B&W
1997, 01:30 minutes, colour/B&W
1997, 02:00 minutes, colour/B&W
1997, 01:00 minutes, colour
1996, 02:15 minutes, colour, english
Critical Writing
by . The State of The Arts: Living with Culture in Toronto, 2006. Toronto: Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in publication, 2006.
by . The Globe and Mail, Apr. 15, 2004.
by . The National Post, Apr. 10, 2004.
by . Toronto: Vtape, 2003.
by . Touch: Sensuous Theory and Multisensory Media, 2002. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002.
by . Subclip, Winter 2001, no. 7.
by . Video Primer, 2001. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2001.
by . Toronto: Vtape, 2001.
Toronto: Vtape, 1999.
Toronto: Absolute Choice Curatorial Collective, 1999.
by and . The Bank of Symbiosis: An Archaeological Intervention, 1998. Toronto: The Symbiosis Collective, 1998.