Katie Bethune-Leamen


Proposal For The Use of Bioluminescent Mushrooms to Revive Dead Slang, 2008/2009
digital C-print on matte paper, 20" x 17"
courtesy the artist and MKG127
estimate $800 framed

Katie Bethune-Leamen is a visual artist, and sometimes writer and curator. She received her MFA from the University of Guelph, and BFA from Concordia University. Recent exhibitions include Dazzle Shizzle at MKG127 in Toronto; Older, Sadder, And All In White This Time at Latcham Gallery in Stouffville; Mushroom Studio, commissioned by the Toronto Sculpture Garden; and the Nuit Blanche commissioned project Ghost Chorus: A Dirge for Dead Slang. Recent residencies include: Le Printemps de Septembre a Toulouse in France; Why Are Conceptual Artists Painting Again?... led by Jan Verwoert at the Banff Centre in Alberta; and an upcoming residency with SIM in Reykjavik Iceland.