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OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 from 18:00 until 21:00
The artist will be present
Leslie Hossack
Lives in Ottawa & Vancouver
Leslie Hossack lives in Ottawa and considers Vancouver her home away from home. She pursued photography and the visual arts as a second career, studying at the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa and Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver. Leslie’s photographs have been exhibited across Canada, from Vancouver to Newfoundland, as well as in the United States. She is the author of ten books, and her images have appeared in publications in Canada, the US, and the UK, including the National Gallery of Canada Magazine.
Her work is held in private collections both at home and abroad, as well as in numerous public collections, including Library and Archives Canada; Canadian War Museum; Diefenbunker Canada’s Cold War Museum; City of Vancouver; Nikkei National Museum in Burnaby; National Churchill Library and Center in Washington DC; Center for Creative Photography in Tucson Arizona; Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge UK; and the libraries of the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna, David Collection in Copenhagen, and Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen.
INFERNO is a series by Leslie Hossack that combines art with scientific data to explore the real and urgent effects of climate change that threaten ecosystems and communities. This work highlights measurable and growing impacts on our planet: From nuclear apocalypse, wildfires, shrinking glaciers, rising sea levels and global temperatures.
IMAGE DETAILS: 17 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. (1991), UV pigment ink on clear acrylic and white acrylic, Individual Size: 21.5 x 21.5 in, Solid wood custom frame, 2025 Edition of 3 |
Please note that two editions are reserved for private collectors, and one is reserved for institutions.
Each piece serves as a visual record of environmental change rooted in scientific fact but expressed with an artistic sensibility. By showing these changes, Hossack invites reflection and conversation about the fragility of nature and the need for collective action.
INFERNO is both a warning and a call for awareness to urge viewers to face the scale of change around us and rethink our relationship with the environment. It acknowledges the undeniable reality of the climate crisis while offering hope for resilience and response.
The series explores themes of loss and shared memory, and a collective witness. It reflects on human survival and disaster, using symbols like the Doomsday Clock to highlight growing global threats. It also reveals the hidden dangers of pollution, making the invisible visible and encouraging awareness of environmental harm behind striking colours.
Through these layered artworks, INFERNO asks viewers to confront the immediacy of environmental change and to consider the delicate balance between scientific facts and human experiences.
Image Details: Wildfire, Acrylic sculpture, 15.25 x 5 x 5 inches, 2024
