Leta Peer
Leta Peer (born April 17, 1964 in Winterthur ; † February 13, 2012 in Binningen ) was a Swiss painter and photo artist .
Life
Leta Peer studied painting from 1984 to 1987 at the Basel School of Design under Franz Fedier . From 1996 to 1997 she taught as a visiting professor at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts, HISK, Antwerp , Belgium . Her works have been shown at national and international exhibitions.
The artist died on February 13, 2012 after a serious illness.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2010: group exhibition walking on the tightrope! , New Art Association Aschaffenburg
Awards
- 1986: Prize of the Press, annual exhibition in Chur
- 1992: Artist grant from the Kunstkredit, Basel Stadt
- 1993: Scholarship Cité Internationale des Arts Paris
- 1994: Sponsorship award from the Canton of Graubünden
- 1998: Studio grant in Brooklyn, New York, USA, supported by the Giovannina Bazzi Mengiardi Foundation, Scuol
- 1999: Basel artist grant from the Basel-Stadt basic loan
- 1999: Studio grant in Montréal, Canada, from the IAAB Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel
- 2000: International Studio Program ISP New York City
- 2002: Pollock-Krasner Scholarship, New York City
literature
- POISON: Leta Peer; [on the occasion of the International Studio Program, ISP, New York 2000] / [Ed. Voges + Deisen, gallery and edition, Andreas Bee]
- Borrowed Places: Leta Peer; [on the occasion of the exhibition Leta Peer: Painting, May 19 to June 30, 2001, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand]; Christoph Merian Verlag, Basel, 2001; ISBN 3-85616-153-8
- Leta Peer: To Inhabit a Place; [on the occasion of the exhibition Leta Peer: To Inhabit a Place, November 18, 2005 to January 29, 2006 in the Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, art collections and museums in Augsburg]. Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2005; ISBN 3-936-636-75-3
Web links
- Literature by and about Leta Peer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Leta Peers website
- Tatjana Popoff: Peer, Leta. In: Sikart
- Information about Leta Peer on the website of the Fabian & Claude Walter Gallery
swell
- ^ Galerie Weigand: Leta Peer - biography and exhibition overview
- ↑ According to Radiotelevisun Rumantsch (press release from February 18, 2012 Southeastern Switzerland)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peer, Leta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and photo artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winterthur |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 2012 |
| Place of death | Binningen |