Leta Peer

Leta Peer (17 April 1964 – 13 February 2012) was a Swiss painter and fine art photographer.

From 1984 to 1987, Peer studied painting at the School of Design in Basel under Franz Fedier. From 1996 to 1997 she lectured as a visiting lecturer at the HISK - Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium.

2010: Gratwanderung! (balancing act!), Group exhibition at Neuer Kunstverein in Aachen

• 1986: Press award, annual exhibition of the Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Switzerland
• 1992: Artist scholarship from Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
• 1993: Scholarship Cité internationale des arts in Paris
• 1994: Sponsorship prize from the Canton Graubünden, Switzerland
• 1998: Atelier in Brooklyn, New York, through the Foundation Giovannina Bazzi-Mengiardi,
• 1999: Artist scholarship from Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
• 1999: Atelier in Montréal, Kanada, through the IAAB Christoph Merian Foundation,
• 2000: International Studio Program New York City, USA, catalogue
• 2002: Pollock-Krasner Scholarship, New York City, USA