Zelli, Leila

Zelli was born in Tehran, and lives and works in Montreal, Quebec. [ 1 ] In 2018, Zelli participated in the 36th International Symposium of Contemporary Art and was chosen "favorite artist" by the public. [ 2 ] Zelli took part in the "Empreintes" residency at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2019. [ 2 ] In 2021, Zelli received the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Arts. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 2023, she won the Lynne-Cohen prize from the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. [ 5 ]