Leta Peer Explained

Leta Peer (17 April 1964  - 13 February 2012^[1]) was a Swiss painter and fine art photographer.

Life

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)

2010: Gratwanderung! (balancing act!), Group exhibition at Neuer Kunstverein in Aachen

Awards

• 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

External links

• Official Leta Peer website

Notes and References

1. News: Die Künstlerin Leta Peer ist tot. February 2012. Die Südostschweiz. German. 26 March 2012.
2. Web site: Leta Peer - Biography. Gallery Weigand. English, German. 30 December 2010.