Christina Leslie is a Toronto-based artist whose lens-based practice delves into decolonization, identity, migration, marginalization, and her West Indian heritage. Using experimental photography and text, she explores the intersections of history, memory, and race to create thought-provoking visual narratives.

She holds a B.F.A. from OCAD University (2006) and an M.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art and Design (2022). Currently, she serves as the Interim Assistant Curator at the McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton.

Leslie has delivered notable talks at significant venues, including the SPE Conference in Philadelphia (2010), the Position as Desired symposium at the Royal Ontario Museum (2011), and the McMaster Museum of Art (2022, 2023). She was a featured speaker at the Caribbean Art Meet-Up at the National Gallery West in Jamaica (2025).

Her recent series, Sugar Coat, earned critical acclaim from online platforms: Ain’t Bad Magazine, Feature Shoot, and PetaPixel, and was exhibited at BAND Gallery with support from the Honda Canada Foundation (2023), RIT City Art Space in Rochester, NY (2023), and the Exposure Festival in Calgary (2024). 

Leslie’s photographs have been shown at major institutions worldwide, including GAMU in Prague, Oakland University in Michigan, the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada’s Pier 21, the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Caribbean Art Fair in Jamaica, the McMaster Museum of Art, Paris Photo, and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Toronto.

Leslie’s current solo exhibition, Likkle Acts, is on view at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery until April 2025. And has two upcoming solo exhibitions in May 2025 and July 2025.

Her series EveryTING Irie is part of Dr. Kenneth Montague’s Wedge Collection and in the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Christina Leslie is represented by the Stephen Bulger Gallery in Toronto.