*Represented by Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON
Acquisitions:
2023: “EveryTING Irie”, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Permanent Public Collection, Toronto, ON
2007: “EveryTING Irie”, The Wedge Collection- Privately owned by Dr. Kenneth Montague Wedge Curatorial Projects, Toronto, ON
Education:
2019- 2022 -MFA, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2002-2006- BFA, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON
Solo exhibits:
2023-“Sugar Coat”, BAND Gallery, Toronto, ON
2021-"The Album”, Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, curated by Leila Timmins, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
2020-“Absence/Presence: Morant Bay”, Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, curated by Dr. Julie Crooks, BAND gallery, Toronto, ON
- Capture Photography Festival, outdoor billboard installations, Vancouver, BC
2014 -“MISSED-Perceived” online feature @Wondereur.com
2010 -“MISSED-Perceived” curated by Karen Carter, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2008 -“EveryTING Irie”, Scotiabank Contact Photography festival, NFB Mediatheque centre - Toronto, ON
-“All that Hip Hop….”, Index G Galleries, Toronto,ON
2007 -“The Barbers of Eglinton”, the Urban Art House,Toronto, ON
-“EveryTING Irie” series, curated by Dr. Julie Crooks, Canadian Heritage Building, Toronto, ON
Group Exhibits:
2024- “Exposure Festival: International Call” Contemporary Calgary and Billboard Project, Calgary, AL
2023- “Homecoming 2022& 2023” Photo Biennale, RIT CITY artspace, Rochester, NY
- “Dancing in the Light": The Wedge Collection”, Museum of Contemporary Art ( MOCA), Toronto, ON
-“Unseen”, Blitz Gallery, Toronto, ON
2022- “Movers and Makers Exhibition”, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON
-“Silver water collective presents: Redux”, Patch and Remington, Marcellus, MI
-“Silver water collective presents: Sterling Presence”, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
- “BEING SEEN”, Worksman Arts, Toronto, ON
2021-”Juried Exhibition”, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON.
-“Movers and Makers”, curated by Betty Julian, Prefix ICA, Toronto, ON.
-“Black History month virtual exhibit”, Museum of Dufferin, Dufferin, ON.
2020-“When night stirred at Sea: Contemporary Caribbean Art”, PAMA, Brampton, ON.
-Caribbean Art Fair, Mandeville Hotel, Mandeville, Jamaica.
2019 -“Stellar: night of arts”, RAW Canada, Mod club, Toronto, ON
-“International Pop-up photography Exhibit” Glasgow Gallery of Photography. Glasgow, Scotland
-“Head Space”, Infocus Festival, Renaissance Hotel, Edmonton, AL
2017-“Position as Desired: Exploring African Canadian Identity” curated by Dr. Kenneth Montague, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
2013-“Position as Desired: Exploring African Canadian Identity” curated by Dr. Kenneth Montague. Pier 21, Halifax, NS
2011-“Position as Desired: Exploring African Canadian Identity” curated by Dr. Kenneth Montague. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON
-“Revolutionizing Cultural Identity: Photography and the Changing Face of Immigration” curated by Claude Baillargeon- Pier 21, Halifax, NS
2009-“Rockstone and Bootheel”. curated by Kristina Newman- Scott and Yona Backer- Real ARTWAYS Gallery, Hartford, CT.
-“Identities”, The Galerie AMU (GAMU)- curated by Peter Sramek, Prague, Czech Republic
2008-“Revolutionizing Cultural Identity: Photography and the Changing Face of Immigration”, curated by Claude Baillargeon, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
2007-“Ninety-six hours of Wedge: A retrospective Exhibition”. curated by Dr. Kenneth Montague, Burroughs Building, Toronto, ON
2006-“Changes” exhibit, curated by Carol Marks, ACA Gallery, Toronto, ON
- “Doors Open Exhibit”, OCAD, Toronto, ON
- “Global Fusion: CONTACT exhibit”, ACA Gallery, Toronto, ON
-“OCAD Thesis exhibition”, X-PACE Gallery, Toronto, ON
-“Four Fusion ” curated by Carol Marks, ACA Gallery, Toronto, ON
Books/Catalogues/Reviews/Articles:
Edmonds, Pamela, “self/same/other catalogue”. McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton. 2023. 28, 29.
Growcoot, Matt, "Photos Made out of Sugar Reveal Caribbean's Brutual History". Oct 2022. https://petapixel.com/2022/10/20/photos-made-out-of-sugar-reveal-caribbeans-brutal-history/
Kail, Ellyn, "In Photographs Made of Sugar, A Brutal History Revealed". Oct 2022. https://www.featureshoot.com/2022/10/in-photographs-made-of-sugar-a-brutal-history-revealed/
Joshi Gita (ed) et al, “Christina Leslie”. Art Seen Magazine. The Curator’s salon, UK, 2022. 92, 93.
Da Silva, Daniel (ed) et al, “Sugar, sweet and sour: Christina Leslie.” Art Magazine. Divide Magazine, UK © 2021, 48, 29,50,51.
Campbell, Janiece. “Christina Leslie-magnifying the lens of forgotten stories.” TOCaribNews, Nov 25, 2020. https://torontocaribbean.com/christina-leslie-magnifying-the-lens-of-forgotten-stories/
Gord, Al. “Celebrating and Reclaiming the African/Caribbean Identity: Meet Photographer Christina Leslie.” Niji Magazine, Oct 11, 2020. https://nijimagazine.com/2020/10/celebrating-and-reclaiming-the-african-caribbean-identity-meet-photographer-christina-leslie/
The Caribbean Camera, “Absence/Presence Morant Bay opens in Toronto” Art Review. The Caribbean Camera, Toronto, ON, May 7, 2020. https://thecaribbeancamera.com/absence-presence-morant-bay-opens-in-toronto/
Ehmann, Pierre, et al, “Murze: Human Issue Twelve”. Art magazine. Murze, UK © 2020, 75-76.
Killen, Darcy et al, “Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival Catalogue”. Catalogue. CONTACT, Toronto, ON © 2020 58-61.
Wall, Emmy Lee et al, “Capture Photography Festival Catalogue”. Catalogue. Mitchell Press, Vancouver, BC © 2020, 38, 39.
Ehmann, Pierre, et al, “Murze: Wildlife/Double vision Issue Ten”. Art magazine. Murze, UK © 2020, 10.
Ehmann, Pierre, et al, “Murze: Jan/Feb 2019 Issue Four”. Art magazine. Murze, UK © 2019,15,16.
Crooks, Julie et al, “Position as Desired: Exploring African Canadian Identity: Photographs from the Wedge Collection”. Book. Wedge Curatorial Projects, Toronto, On. © 2010 24, 37-44, 52-57.
R.M Vaughan, “ROM’s Position as Desired: At last, a black Canada by Black Canadians”. Art review. The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON © 2010.
Newman-Scott Kristina and Yona Backer, “Rockstone & Bootheel: Contemporary West Indian Art”. Book. Real Artways, Hartford, CT © 2010, 100-101,146.
Roger Catlin, “'Rockstone and Bootheel' Comes to City with Nation's Third-Largest West Indian Population”. Art review. Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT © 2009.
Benjamin Genocchio, “Colorful, Witty, Noisy: A West Indian Melange” Art review. The New York Times, NYC, NY. © 2009.
Baillargeon, Claude ed. “Revolutionizing Cultural Identity: Photography and the Changing Face of Immigration”. Catalogue. Rochester, MI © 2008, 5,6,10,11,29.
Wedge Curatorial Projects, “Flava: Wedge Curatorial projects (1997- 2007)”. Book. Wedge Curatorial Projects, Toronto, On. © 2007, 94-97.
McLeod, Scott “Prefix Photo 16: Walking and Consciousness”, Vol. 8 No.2-Book Review photographs, Toronto, On, © 2007, 86-87.
Artist Lectures/Talks:
2023-BAND Gallery (401 Richmond pop-up space), Toronto, ON
2021-Virtual Artist Talk- Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
2020-Virtual Artist talk, BAND, Toronto,ON
-Virtual Artist talk, PAMA, Brampton, ON
2012-Position as Desired symposium Panel discussion, R.O.M, Toronto, ON
2010-Society of Photographic Education conference, Philadelphia, PA
2009-Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON
2008-Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
2007-Ontario College of Art and Design and Canadian Heritage, Toronto, ON
Related Experience:
May 2023- present BIPOC fellowship mentee at McMaster Museum of Art
Jan 2023-present- team member of Cultural Expressions
Jan 2023-May 2023- temporary Gallery Assistant at the Gallery on the Lake, Ajax, ON
March 2021-present-Apexart Juror
Sept 2020-present-Curator of Silver water Artist Collective.
Jan 2009- June 2009-McCain Artist in residency- Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON
Sept 2007- photographed PREFIX PHOTO’s Vol. 8, NO.2 issue of their quarterly magazine.
Oct 2005- Aug 2006- Artist/intern of ACA Gallery