LESLIE KIEFER
Hydrangea Loops
Archival digital photograph
13” x 19”
Rose Light
Archival digital photograph
13” x 19”
Old Poinsettia
Archival digital photograph
13” x 19”
Remembrance
Archival digital photograph
13” x 19”
Artist Statement
Leslie Kiefer is a Washington, D.C. based visual artist using traditional cameras and scanners to explore the idea of ambiguous grief; loss without the finality of death or closure. She examines dealing with aging, disability of a loved one, loss of self through personal and metaphoric exploration.
Kiefer received a BA from the George Washington University and an MBA from the University of Maryland. Her career spanned 30 years managing financial assets for non-profit and family portfolios.
Her work has been exhibited in galleries in the Mid-Atlantic region, including the Maryland Federation of Art, The Target Gallery at the Torpedo Gallery, Photoworks at Glen Echo, Green Spring Gardens, Gallery B at Bethesda, and PhotoPlace Gallery. Her work is on long-term exhibition at the Medstar Mational Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C. Her images have appeared in the CARF International and Medstar National Rehabilitation Hospital newsletters.