Emmanuelle Léonard
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Emmanuelle Léonard (born 1971) is a Canadian photographer and Video artist.
Education
Léonard received an MFA degree in visual and media art from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://montrealcampus.ca/2019/11/04/le-militarisme-canadien-en-images/|title=Le militarisme canadien en images|date=November 4, 2019}}
Work
Léonard's creative practice explores the aesthetic dimensions of documentary styles as well as the ideas of institutional authority and power.{{Cite web|url=https://canadianart.ca/features/portraits-and-tacticshe-emmanuelle-leonard/|title=Portraits and Tactics: The Photographs and Video Works of Quebec's Emmanuelle Léonard – Canadian Art|date=April 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404201106/https://canadianart.ca/features/portraits-and-tacticshe-emmanuelle-leonard/|archive-date=April 4, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/arts-visuels/566056/emmanuelle-leonard-l-ame-d-une-documentariste|title=Emmanuelle Léonard, l'âme d'une documentariste|website=Le Devoir|date=November 2, 2019 }} She is particularly interested in legal photography and administrative archives, which she manipulates to question and explore the idea of proof.{{Cite web|url=http://cielvariable.ca/numeros/ciel-variable-93-forensique/emmanuelle-leonard-homicide-detenu-vs-detenu-archives-du-palais-de-justice-de-la-ville-de-quebec-gaelle-morel-ouvrir-la-photographie-judiciaire/|title=Emmanuelle Léonard, Homicide, Détenu Vs Détenu, Archives Du Palais De Justice De La Ville De Québec – Gaëlle Morel, Ouvrir la photographie judiciaire}}
Collections
Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec{{Cite web|url=http://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600008523|title=Léonard, Emmanuelle|website=Collections | MNBAQ}} and the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.{{Cite web|url=https://macm.org/en/collections/oeuvre/la-providence|title=Emmanuelle Léonard, La Providence, 2014|website=MAC Montréal}}
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Category:20th-century Canadian women artists
Category:21st-century Canadian women artists
Category:Artists from Montreal
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