Leslie Kneisel

Works on Paper
Photography
Stitchery

StatementOver the years I’ve explored many processes and media. Whether I choose, printmaking, photography, painting, or embroidery, my work reflects an underlying narrative, however nonsensical, regarding feminist themes and imaginative, other worldly subjects. When I do embroidery, I first prepare drawings of my subject matter, which are transferred to fabric and embroidered. I like to use the burlesque-picaresque in my imagery to express concerns with the feminist politics of the day that provoke the sexual undercurrents and sense of discomfort pervading my work. “My Mother Was an Alien and I’m an Escape Artist” series originated during a 2010 visit to Disneyland, where I photographed the very retro-looking rides in Tomorrowland. The process of printmaking called intaglio-type allowed me to achieve an “otherworld” quality that is still recognizable as being part of our world. I produced the prints by laminating a photopolymer film to a thin plate of plastic and exposing the laminated plate to a UV light source with a transparency. I employed a 4-color separation process, using black, yellow, magenta and cyan soy-based Akua inks. The plates are intaglio wiped and printed sequentially on an etching press and Arches 88 paper. The work reflects in part the writings ofu0026hellip;
CV2011 “My Mother was an Alien and I’m an Escape Artist” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2008 “Adventures in Karkata Land” A.I.R. Gallery, NYC, NY 2005 “Not Yet Rated,” Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA Ruby Green Gallery, Nashville, TN 2004 West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ 2003 Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA, Jan-March The Arts Exchange Gallery, Atlanta, GA The Galleries at The Interchurch Center, New York, NY Ruby Green Gallery, Nashville, TN UAH University Center Gallery, University of Alabama at Huntsville 2001 University Center Concourse Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN The Light Factory Center of Photography, Charlotte, NC 2000 Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1999 Baum Gallery, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AK “Portraits of Caf 458,” Photographic Exhibition, Caf 458, Atlanta, GA 1997 “Mindless Diversions,” the McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1995 “The Memory of Paradise: A Retelling,” Two-person exhibition, The Block CandyArt Gallery, Atlanta, GA. 1994 “The Curandero Collages,” Solo exhibit, The Block Candy Art Gallery. 1993 “Mappamundi” Πa collaborative two-woman installation, Installed at: Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA September 7 ΠNovember 7. Carson Street Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 7 ΠJanuary 29. Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Johnstown, PA, February 14ΠMarch Newu0026hellip;
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