Leora Gesser (b. 1952 in Montreal) is a BC artist, retired college instructor, published researcher and academic. She has created theatre sets, designed and painted a cover for a published research book, and has shown in student exhibitions. She attended ACAD for four years (2003, 2008 - 2011) where she actively participated in the Painting and Drawing Department.
She works mainly with mixed media but enjoys collage, sculpture, and print making. Leora uses a process which includes photography, collage and painting.
In the last four years, she has exhibited her solo show “Boundaries” in five BC galleries. This work was meant to push viewers to see the unpredictability and uncertainty in their own landscapes and challenge their beliefs in the harmony and serenity found in the natural world around them. Victoria Strange wrote for The Revelstoke Current:
“Boundaries”....Large scale drawings using mixed media fill the intimate
space and present a cohesive and strong exhibit. The abstracted works push and pull between being active and alive, to having also a quiet harmony. The works are both beautiful and chaotic.
Her new exhibition entitled “Stratigraphy” explores the relationship between geological strata, time, place and culture. She creates landscapes that invite viewers into what appears, at first glance, to be unknown territory but at a closer glance exposes a narrative of symbols, layers and signs. The work is provocative and engaging.
