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Leanne Davies received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University (Toronto) in 1996. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Vermont Studio Center (USA, 2008) and at the Camac Centre D’Art in Marnay-sur-Seine (France, 2010).
In July 2009, Leanne left Toronto for a year-long sojourn in Paris, France, where she worked in the fabled Les Frigos located in the 13th arrondissement. Leanne has recently exhibited in the Netherlands at Webster Leiden Art Gallery (Fictional Devices, 2010) and in Paris at Portes Ouvertes aux Frigos 2010, 25 ans de création.
Leanne currently works from her studio located at the Artscape Wychwood Barns in Toronto where she has been a tenant
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All of my work is infused with memory, or at least the idea and perception of memories. Over time memories can evolve into a hybrid of fact and fantasy. I try to capture this evolution.
I have painted images from old snapshots and objects of my youth, but I’ve also created images based on my own projections of the future, using small, cute anthropomorphic subjects to represent the journey of how we grow up and gain independence.
By their very existence, all memories are fragmented and incomplete. This is a necessity. If we were able to remember every detail of our experiences, memories would be incomprehensible. So I reproduce some of these details through composite images. Some are drawn from retained knowledge while others are manufactured, influenced by the literature that I read, or by the people and objects that surround me.
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