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Leila Anderson
Born (1984-06-03) June 3, 1984 (age 40)
NationalitySouth African
Known forPerformance art, Theatre
AwardsTheaterformen Festival Grant Holder, 2011
Naledi Award (Nomination) – Best Costume Design, 2011
Fleur Du Cap Award (Nomination) – Best Costume Design, 2008
Most Outstanding Student of the Dramatic Arts, 2006[1]

Leila Anderson (born 1984) is a South African performance artist whose work balances the theatric, the visual, and the performative to create events on stage and in installations.[2] She is also a part-time lecturer in contemporary performance at the University of Cape Town. Additionally, Anderson has won several awards for her costume and design work.[1]

Career

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Exhibitions

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2012

2011

  • Who knows what it is this mysterious substance that everyone seems to be so

worried about identifying Stedelijk Museum‘s Hertogenbosch

  • Who knows what it is… - research and development phase on residency at Beijing

Art Lab

  • EXOTIC ALIEN – photographic series created with Guy De Lancey
  • EXOTIC ALIEN - solo performance in On the Edge of Wrong Festival

2010

  • Foreign Affair: Trotsky – solo multi-media performance, X-op Helsinki and at the Kunstmuseum Bonn
  • Foreign Affair: Trotsky – solo performance with print exhibition, Resolution Gallery
  • Imperfections – co-director, designer & performer, Infecting the City, Spier Public Arts Festival
  • Inkosazana – director, writer & designer, Out the Box Festival

2009

  • Inkosazana– director, writer & designer, premiered on the Edinburgh Fringe
  • Wrecked – director, co-designer, performed on the Edinburgh Fringe
  • Her lips moving... (so to speak) – performer, co-designer, National Arts Festival Fringe
  • Out of the eater came forth meat/ Out of the strong came forth sweet –performer, collaborator, FNB Dance Umbrella

" Dinner for Three – actor, co-writer

Notable Works

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The Diagnosis

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Day installation and performance, as part of the 2012 Infecting the City festival in Cape Town, 2011[3][4]

Foreign Affiatr: Trotsky

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Live performance, video, Johannesburg, 16 minutes, 2010[3]

Inkosazana

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Performance, Edinburgh Fringe, 60 minutes, 2009[3][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Leila Anderson, CV. http://www.leilaanderson.com/resume/Leila%20Anderson%20CV.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.infectingthecity.com/2012/artists/leila-anderson
  3. ^ a b c Leila Anderson, Selected Photographic Documentation, 2007-2011, http://www.leilaanderson.com/resume/Leila%20Anderson%20Docu.pdf
  4. ^ Sichel, Adrienne (20 March 2012). "Public art paradise". Independent Online (South Africa). Retrieved 11 April 2012. ... the brilliant creativity the city has on offer. Top of the list would be ... [one other item] ...; Leila Anderson and Stan Wannet's riveting Castle Street shop instal-lation, The Diagnosis; and ...[third item].
  5. ^ "Play on marriage and identity for Edinburgh Fringe". The Monday Paper. Vol. 28.11. University of Cape Town. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
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Category:1984 births Category:Living people