Leta Peer (17 April 1964 – 13 February 2012[1]) was a Swiss painter and fine art photographer.
Life edit
From 1984 to 1987, Peer studied painting at the School of Design in Basel under Franz Fedier. From 1996 to 1997 she lectured as a visiting lecturer at the HISK - Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium.[2]
Exhibitions (selection) edit
2010: Gratwanderung! (balancing act!), Group exhibition at Neuer Kunstverein in Aachen
Awards edit
- 1986: Press award, annual exhibition of the Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Switzerland
- 1992: Artist scholarship from Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
- 1993: Scholarship Cité internationale des arts in Paris
- 1994: Sponsorship prize from the Canton Graubünden, Switzerland
- 1998: Atelier in Brooklyn, New York, through the Foundation Giovannina Bazzi-Mengiardi,
- 1999: Artist scholarship from Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
- 1999: Atelier in Montréal, Kanada, through the IAAB Christoph Merian Foundation,
- 2000: International Studio Program New York City, USA, catalogue
- 2002: Pollock-Krasner Scholarship, New York City, USA
References edit
- ^ "Die Künstlerin Leta Peer ist tot" (in German). Die Südostschweiz. February 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ "Leta Peer - Biography" (in English and German). Gallery Weigand. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
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