
LEIGHA STILES
Artist Statement
Leigha Stiles (b. Pembroke, Ontario) is a multi-disciplinary artist working primarily in oil paint currently focussing a series of expressive self portraits. Stiles is a BFAH graduate from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She was the co-chair for the BFA graduating class exhibition, "(un)titled".
Her work explores themes of mental health, the physical representation of mood disorders, and expressive self-portraiture. She was hospitalized from psychosis and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder/manic depression in January 2018. As well as being diagnosed with Epilepsy in August 2019.
Her work has been exhibited in different venues including Union Gallery in 2016-2019, the Print Pulse 30: Travelling Exhibition, Cezanne’s Closet fundraising event, the Undergraduate Review, the Queen’s Feminist Review and Visio Magazine.

Artist CV
Education
2018 Bachelor of Fine Art Honours, Queen’s University. Kingston, Ontario.
Advanced Printmaking. QU, 2016
Paint Media, QU, 2017
Exhibited Works
Group
2016 Self-y, Union Gallery off-site exhibition, curated by Madeleine Leisk.
Kingston Frameworks, Kingston, Ontario.
2016 Blank. Union Gallery group exhibition, Reveal. Kingston Ontario.
2017 Hey Sweetheart, Print Pulse 30: travelling group exhibition,
Arts and Media Lab at the Isabel Bader Center of performing Arts. Kingston, Ontario
2018 Vibes, Union Gallery group exhibition, Surface. Kingston, Ontario.
2018 Yours, Union Gallery group exhibition, Course of Action. Kingston, Ontario.
2018 (un)wavering, BFA 18 Group Exhibition, (un)titled. Kingston, Ontario.
2019 My Mentality, Kingston Coffee House, Artist of the month. Kingston, Ontario.
2019 Raggiana, Union Gallery group exhibition, Re:Union. Kingston, Ontario.
Commissions
Public
2016 Art Battle, The Royal Society of Canada, Kingston, Ontario.
Acrylic painting completed in 2hrs
2020 Terpenes, Chrontact Cannabis, Ottawa, Ontario.
Four acrylic 3ft x 2ft paintings of terpene chemical compounds.
Publications
2016 Barn Yard, Before, Bridge of Serendipity, Utopia, and Fairy Spirit
Undergraduate Review, Volume 28. Queen’s University, Kingston. 48, 58, 63, 85. Print.
2017. You like?, Do you like me now?, Does this please you?, How about now?
Collective Reflections, Volume 4. Queen’s University, Kingston. 18, 19, 85. Print.
2019 Malasia, Show and Tell: The Art of Storytelling. Kingston, Ontario. 17, print.
2020 My Mentality, Visio Magazine, volume. 1, issue. 1
Kingston, Ontario. Digital and print magazine.
2020 Organized Chaos, Visio Magazine, volume. 1 issue. 3
Kingston, Ontario. Digital and print magazine.
2020. Yours Series, Visio Magazine volume. 1 issue. 4
Kingston, Ontario. Digital and print magazine.