Leila Sujir

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

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]

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

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]

^ Felix (1 January 1996). Landscape(s). A K Pr Distribution. ISBN 978-1-57027-051-2.
^ ^a ^b "Artist/Maker Name "Sujir, Leila"". Canadian Heritage Information Network. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Collections: Leila Sujir 1951-". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
^ Sujir, Leila. "The Movement of She and Sand". Tessera. York University. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Artist Leila Sujir". V-tape. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
^ "Calendar:Fine Arts Faculty" (PDF). Concordia University. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
^ "Leila Sujir Associate Professor, Intermedia". Concordia University. Concordia University. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
^ Monika Gagnon (2000). Other Conundrums: Race, Culture, and Canadian Art. arsenal pulp press. pp. 73–. ISBN 978-1-55152-092-6.
^ Marc Maufort; Franca Bellarsi (2002). Reconfigurations: Canadian Literatures and Postcolonial Identities. Peter Lang. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-90-5201-109-7.
^ Patricia Ainslie; Mary-Beth LaViolette (18 April 2007). Alberta Art and Artists: An Overview. Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
^ "University of Lethbridge Art Collection". University of Lethbridge Art Gallery Centre for the Arts. Retrieved 28 May 2016.

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