Sunny Leerasanthanah

PROJECTS:
This is as far as I can take you
Contain Yourself
Naturalization
Offerings
Sticky Note Sketches
Wuthichai (Exit Interview)
Mom’s Magnets
Homes Against Tides
Towards Tenderness
Carry Me Home
Handwriting Superstition Workshop
We Are Here Book Commission
Chinatown Futures
  
PHOTO PORTRAITS
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTO JOURNAL
VIDEO & FILM
WRITING

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︎ News ︎

︎︎︎2025 | Solo exhibition at Anne Reid ‘72 Gallery 

︎︎︎2024-2025 | Studio Residency at Artists
Alliance Inc. LES Studio Program ︎

︎︎︎✺ 2024 | Feature & Interview with Claire Kim for The Here and There Co. ︎

︎︎︎✺ 2024 | Feature & Interview with TAGTAGTAG Magazine ︎

︎︎︎2024 | “This is as far as I can take you” solo show at Smack Mellon (NY) Feb 10 - April 14, 2024

︎︎︎2023 | “Naturalization” solo exhibition at John Michael Kohler Arts Center (WI) July 2023-Jan 2024

︎︎︎2023 | Lesbian Narratives of Cherry Grove: Presentation & Panel Discussion, April 23, 2023 at Candice Madey Gallery 6:30pm (Free) 

︎︎︎2023 | Residency at Image Text Workshop ︎

︎︎︎2023 | Residency at Center for Book Arts 

︎︎︎2022 Nov | Guest panelist for “Let’s Talk About Photo Books” discussion at Soho Photo Gallery. Nov 12, 4:30-6pm ︎

︎︎︎2022 July | Residency at Fire Island Artist Residency

©2024 SUNNY LEERASANTHANAH
Naturalization

“Naturalization” solo exhibition by Sunny Leerasanthanah at John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Curated by Tanya Gayer

July 29, 2023 – January 28, 2024
︎ Link to JMKAC website

Installation Images



Artwork Details














“Certain Aliens” (2023)
HD video, color, sound; duration 42 min

Cast: Hugo Gallo, x senn-yuen rance, Cherrie Yu
Directing: Sunny Leerasanthanah
Video and Sound Editing: Sunny Leerasanthanah
Videography: Sorn Bunnag
Set Design: Sophie Porter-Hyatt
Sound: Cy Kim
Lighting: Lindsay Vanderpool
Production Assistants: Josephine Heston and Lucas Reif
Movers: Joel Trejos and Thomas Truong
Captions and Titles: Sunny Leerasanthanah
Additional Sound and Foley: Chosic, Josephine Heston, Sunny Leerasanthanah
Props and Furniture: Materials for the Arts and Remix Market NYC
Commissoned by John Michael Kohler Arts Center







"Naturalization" (2023) by Sunny Leerasanthanah
HD video, color, sound; duration 14 min

Video and Video Editing: Sunny Leerasanthanah
Sound and Sound Editing: Cy Kim

Sound Credits:
Field recordings by Sunny Leerasanthanah
Studio recordings by Cy Kim and Sunny Leerasanthanah
Additional audio by the National Park Service Sound Library
Texts sourced from government and news media sources.

Comissioned by John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Partially produced while in residence at Fire Island Artist Residency 2022