Leila Sujir

Leila Sujir (born 1951) is a Canadian video artist.[2][3]

Leila Sujir
Born1951 (age 68–69)
Hyderabad, India
NationalityCanadian
Notable work
Dreams of the Nightcleaners[1]
Websiteleilasujir.com

Life

Sujir was born in 1951 in Hyderabad India.[2] She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1956.[4] She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from the University of Alberta in 1971.[5][6] Sujir is an associate professor of Intermedia in the studio arts department of Concordia University.[5][7]

Work

Sujir is known for her video works examining cultural origin and difference.[8][9][10]

Collections

Suijir's video works are held by several museum collections, including the National Gallery of Canada[3][5] and the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery.[11]

gollark: If we made EsoDNS we could conquer all domains.
gollark: Of course we could make our own esoDNS™.
gollark: They don't do <3 letter generic ones or 1 letter country code ones.
gollark: .tld TLD when?!
gollark: Not everything works with IPv6 because utter bees do not configure it.

References
  1. Felix (1 January 1996). Landscape(s). A K Pr Distribution. ISBN 978-1-57027-051-2.
  2. "Artist/Maker Name "Sujir, Leila"". Canadian Heritage Information Network. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  3. "Collections: Leila Sujir 1951-". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  4. Sujir, Leila. "The Movement of She and Sand". Tessera. York University. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  5. "Artist Leila Sujir". V-tape. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  6. "Calendar:Fine Arts Faculty" (PDF). Concordia University. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  7. "Leila Sujir Associate Professor, Intermedia". Concordia University. Concordia University. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  8. Monika Gagnon (2000). Other Conundrums: Race, Culture, and Canadian Art. arsenal pulp press. pp. 73–. ISBN 978-1-55152-092-6.
  9. Marc Maufort; Franca Bellarsi (2002). Reconfigurations: Canadian Literatures and Postcolonial Identities. Peter Lang. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-90-5201-109-7.
  10. Patricia Ainslie; Mary-Beth LaViolette (18 April 2007). Alberta Art and Artists: An Overview. Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
  11. "University of Lethbridge Art Collection". University of Lethbridge Art Gallery Centre for the Arts. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.