October 5th - November 6th 2023
Long before I made my first rip, the curiosity of collage began while at university when I saw the work of conceptual artist John Stezaker. I was captivated by his layering of only two pieces of paper that told a new story. My attempts to accomplish Stezaker’s technique often failed.
February 2023 began with a beautiful layer of snow and my commitment to create a daily collage for an online challenge called Februllage. I simply wanted to experiment—to try new techniques and ideas with each word prompt. Circles began to emerge that first week which I attempted to include into each collage, along with an unexpected piece of paper, and my love of squiggles and thread.
I’m a night owl. The perfect fit as I searched, cut, assembled, pondered, reassembled, glued, and stitched late into the darkness. In hindsight, what a calming month. For any of you wanting to cut and glue, visit @februllage...which can lead you down a rabbit hole
About the Artist
Patty Leinemann is an emerging interdisciplinary artist on the unceded and traditional territory of the syilx Okanagan peoples. She completed her bachelor's degree in fine arts at UBC Okanagan in 2018. Her art practice explores themes of family, memory, repetition and space integrated into installations of varied mediums, including a sprinkling of performance when possible. Leinemann hosted and curated This Girl Just Wants to Land (2018), a pop-up art installation integrating new and university produced artworks at her family's homestead. She has exhibited solo shows at the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art: little mother (2018) and I Just Don't ███████ Know (2021), and at the Kelowna Community Theatre with The Conversation (2022).