Leslie Sheryll "Entrapped # 5"
Leslie Sheryll "Entrapped # 5" 2024
Archival Pigment Print on Slickrock Metallic Pearl Paper
Dimensions: 15.25 x 21.75 in, Frame 23 x 16.25 in
Limited Edition of 10
Signed on Verso, includes gallery label and certificate of authenticity.
Leslie Sheryll is a New York-born photographer and multimedia artist based in Jersey City. Their artistic journey began at the High School of Art and Design in New York City, where they first developed an interest in photography. They went on to earn a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, expanding their practice to include video and fiber art.
With a career spanning both photography and the fashion industry, their work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions and publications across the U.S. and Europe. In 2023, they held a solo exhibition at the Monmouth Museum in New Jersey as part of its Emerging Artist Series. Their accolades include the Royal Photographic Selectors Spotlight Award (2020), the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers (2018), the PORTALS Grand Prize (2018), and recognition in The Photography Gala Awards and The Pollux Awards.
“In 1978 my close friend (Heather Hertzog 1955-2017) took a picture of four college art students, including me, for an art piece. Over each of our heads are pillowcases obscuring us as individuals. Many, years later, with permission from the artist’s family, I use that same image as the basis of my series, The Sum Of Her Parts. This exhibition deals with the loss of legalized abortions, our right to choose, and equal rights for women. It asks "Are women individuals with a choice or vessels controlled by our states? At Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s 1993 confirmation hearing to the Supreme Court, she stated “The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity, It is a decision she must make for herself. When the Government controls that decision for her, she is being treated less than a fully adult human responsible for her own choices.’' - Leslie Sheryll