Leslie Sheryll

I grew up in New York, and though I now live in Jersey City I consider myself a New Yorker. I received my BFA in photography from Kansas City Art Institute. My work explores male/female relationships in a phallocentric society. I appropriate & digitally alter 19th century tintypes, predominantly of women. I name each woman using names common during the 19th century; thus giving each a personal identity.
The 19th century brings together several forces. Studies of biological determination created the belief that men were the superior sex. The roles of men and women were strictly separated. Women belonged at home as wife and mother. This was also advent of the tintype. Now all classes, not just the rich could have their images recorded. Finally this was also the beginning of the women's suffrage movement. Women were increasingly becoming discontent with their restricted lives. It was time to fight for their rights.
I use each tintype as my starting point to create a new narrative that incorporates history, personal experience and current social issues of today.

Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Mo BFA Photography
High School of Art & Design

Group
2023 I see Your Story, Fine Art Gallery, Saint Peters University, Jersey City, N.J.
2023 Pulling At The Threads Of Social Discourse lV, CAMP Gallery, Miami, Fl
2023 Pulling At The Threads Of Social Discourse, The Jewish Museum of Milwaukee.WI
2023 Forgotten, SE Center for Photography Greenville, SC
2023 HUQ, I SEEK NO FAVORS San Jose State University Gallery 5, San Jose, Ca.
2023 Flora and Fauna, Art 150 Gallery, Jersey City, N.J.
2023 The Artist Intervenes, Praxis Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2023 International Photography Exhibition, Royal Photographic Society IPE 164, Bristol, UK
2022 Memorial Sloan Kettering Gallery Space, Monmouth County, NJ
2022 Equinox, Art 150 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2022 Digital Art, Assemblage & Cut Paper Collage, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2022 40 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse Museum of Contemporary Art, Westport Ct
2022 No Man’s Land, Shockboxx Project Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2022 The Exquisite Corpse Show, Firmament Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2021 Reveil, Collectors Photography Gallery, Corte Madera, CA
2021 The Secret Life of Color Praxis Gallery Minneapolis, MN
2021 JCAST “Renaissance” A Revival, Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
2021 Women Pulling at The Thread...