Leila Rose Fanner is a painter and illustrator. Born to a South African artist and an African American musician, she was raised in South Africa and currently works from her studio in Riebeek Kasteel.

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 Leila is both a figurative and an abstract painter. Her creative inspiration is interwoven with her spiritual journey and personal dream symbols. Depicting dream-like natural settings for her silhouetted female figures, she explores her personal relationship with the material realm through a metaphysical and spiritual lens.

Her primary focus is on the meditative journey of creating a piece of art, which she feels is part of the appeal of the final piece.

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​After her studies at the Johannesburg National School of the Arts, she took private tuition in both graphic design and water-colour painting, holding her first exhibition at the age of 23.

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 Her work has appeared in numerous art publications, Harlem Fine Arts  Magazine, Vogue Gallery and Art Africa to name a few. Her most recent exhibitions : 

Empire State of Mind, NEW YORK, September 2023 by CK GALLERY

154 Art Fair, LONDON October 2023

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Noteworthy Acquisitions include:

• The Bunker Artspace, The Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody, West Palm Beach, Miami

• Bill Gautreaux Collection, Kansas City

• CCH Pounder Collection

• AMOCA, Artistic Museum of Contemporary Art, Wales, United Kingdom

• The Schulting Art Collection

• The Wright Art Collection

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Leila’s work is held in private collections in South Africa, Germany, France, Kenya, England, Ireland and the USA.