Leslie Barlow

**Leslie Barlow** 'yar Amurka ce mai zane-zane a Minneapolis, Minnesota, wacce ta fi mayar da hankali kan zane-zane da ke tattauna jigogi na al'adu daban-daban, asali, da iyali.  Duk da cewa an fi sanin Barlow da zanen mai, tana kuma aiki da kayan aikin sadarwa iri-iri, ciki har da canja wurin hotuna da zane-zane. 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Leslie Barlow kuma ta girma a Kudancin Minneapolis kuma ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Kudu maso Yamma.  Ta sami digirinta na farko a Fasahar Zane-zane ta Studio tare da mai da hankali kan zane-zane  da kuma ƙaramar digiri a Gudanar da Kasuwanci daga Jami'ar Wisconsin-Stout a 2011. Bayan kammala karatun ta, ta riƙe matsayin ɗalibi mai horo da kuma mai ba da agaji a cibiyar zane-zane ta zamani da ke Minneapolis The Soap Factory. Barlow ta ci gaba da samun digirinta na biyu a fannin zane-zane daga Kwalejin Fasaha da Zane ta Minneapolis a fannin Zane da Zane a 2016.   

## Sana'a
Bayan kammala karatunta daga Kwalejin Fasaha da Zane ta Minneapolis, Barlow ta yi wani baje kolin ayyukanta, mai taken *Love,* kuma an nuna ayyukanta a wurare kamar filin wasa na bankin Amurka .  Barlow tana amfani da hanyoyin sadarwa daban-daban don ƙirƙirar kayanta, tun daga ayyukan da aka yi da fenti kawai zuwa ga kayan watsa labarai iri-iri waɗanda ke amfani da kayayyaki daban-daban, kamar yadda take "tsara zane da bangarori tare da zane-zanen yadudduka waɗanda ke bayyana ta cikin siffofinta..."  Aikin Barlow ya mayar da hankali kan jigogi na launin fata, jinsi, jima'i, da iyali.  Waɗannan sun bayyana sosai a cikin babban baje kolinta na farko, *Love*, wanda ke magance tambayoyi da suka shafi duk waɗannan jigogi daban-daban. 

## Zane-zane
An haifi Barlow a cikin gidan da ke da bambancin launin fata daban-daban, wanda hakan ya yi tasiri sosai a cikin abubuwan da ke cikin aikinta.  Aikinta ya mayar da hankali kan mutum da labaran da suka shafi asali da al'adu daban-daban. 

Aikin Barlow yana cikin tarin dindindin na Cibiyar Fasaha ta Minneapolis ; Gidan Tarihi na Weisman ; Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha ta Amurka na Minnesota ; Tarin Fasaha na Minnesota Vikings ; da Ƙungiyar Tarihi ta Minnesota . 

### ''Mai ƙauna''

An ƙirƙiri wani aiki na Barlow na 2017, *mai suna Loving,* don tattauna dangantakar launin fata tsakanin kabilu shekaru 50 bayan shari'ar kotu mai suna Loving v. Virginia, wacce shari'a ce ta Kotun Koli ta Amurka wadda ta haramta wa jihohi hana auren launin fata tsakanin kabilu. Barlow kuma yana ƙoƙarin fahimtar dangantakar launin fata tsakanin kabilu a gwamnatin Trump.   An nuna Barlow's *Loving* a wani baje koli a Public Functionary da ke Minneapolis a watan Maris na 2017.   Baje kolin ya ƙunshi hotuna 10 na ma'aurata masu launin fata daban-daban waɗanda ba a cika nuna su a cikin hoton mai ba .  

An zaɓi Barlow daga cikin wasu mawakan gida 34 don ƙirƙirar zane-zane da Minnesota Vikings suka yi wahayi zuwa gare su don buɗe filin wasa na US Bank, inda Barlow ya ƙirƙiri manyan hotuna 6 na tsoffin 'yan wasan Vikings. 

## Ƙungiyoyin fafutuka
Barlow, tare da Ryan Stopera, Mackenzie Owens, da kuma mutane 30 ko fiye da Baƙaƙe da 'Yan Asalin ƙasar da aka zana zane-zane masu launi a kan harkokin kasuwanci da aka gina a cikin Twin Cities a cikin makonnin da aka yi ana rikicin farar hula bayan kisan George Floyd . Ƙungiyar, ƙarƙashin taken #creativesaftercurfew, ta tara kuɗi don fenti da kayayyaki ta hanyar gudummawar mutum ɗaya da tallafin kasuwanci da tallafi kamar Wet Paint, Blick Art Materials, da Graves Foundation. Sun kammala zane-zane a Fallout Arts da ke Minneapolis kuma suna shirin kammala ƙarin a kamfanoni sama da 20 mallakar BIPOC .

## Kyaututtuka

* Ɗan Wasan McKnight na 2019 don Masu Zane-zane na gani 
* 2019 20/20 Springboard Artist Fellowship 
* Ƙungiyar Mawakan Jerome Hill ta 2021 
* Mawaki Mai Tunawa da Bikin Baje Kolin Jihar Minnesota na 2022 

## Nunin kai kaɗai

* 2021 - *Cikin, Tsakanin, da Bayan haka*, Cibiyar Fasaha ta Minneapolis, Minnesota

## Manazarta