{"id":17051,"date":"2026-11-04T14:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T19:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=17051"},"modified":"2026-11-04T14:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T19:03:49","slug":"kirsten-batten-leach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/kirsten-batten-leach\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirsten Batten-Leach"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2117\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17051-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2026\/KirstenBattenLeach.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2026\/KirstenBattenLeach.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2026\/KirstenBattenLeach.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17055 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KirstenBattenLeachPortrait-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KirstenBattenLeachPortrait-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KirstenBattenLeachPortrait-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KirstenBattenLeachPortrait-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KirstenBattenLeachPortrait-1018x1536.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KirstenBattenLeachPortrait-1358x2048.jpg 1358w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KirstenBattenLeachPortrait-696x1050.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KirstenBattenLeachPortrait-1068x1611.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KirstenBattenLeachPortrait-1920x2896.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/KirstenBattenLeachPortrait-scaled.jpg 1697w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airgallery.org\/exhibitions\/catalyst-carrier\">Kirsten Batten-Leach<\/a> is an interdisciplinary artist who makes sculptures and performances about carework and bodily autonomy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She creates a record of these durational works in the form of photography and drawing. Her background as a former ballet dancer and domestic worker informs the physical rigor of her object-making practice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is currently a 2025-26 A.I.R. Gallery Fellow, was shortlisted for the Smack Mellon Residency Program and is a Puffin Foundation Grant Recipient. She has exhibited works at NYU Gallatin Galleries, My Pet Ram, The Factory (Long Island City) and Black Brick Project. Raised in Boston, MA she completed her MFA in Integrated Practices at Pratt Institute and earned a BFA in English Literature from Mount Holyoke College.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17056\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17056 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/02-Large-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/02-Large-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/02-Large-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/02-Large-696x928.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/02-Large.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Labor cocoon with spiracles: letting oxygen weather our work, 2026 Rust and verdigris-stained canvas scraps, dried flowers, ink, turmeric, wine, thread 94 x 67 inches (dimensions variable)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17057\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17057 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01-Large-1024x996.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01-Large-1024x996.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01-Large-300x292.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01-Large-768x747.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01-Large-696x677.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01-Large-1068x1039.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aspergillus, penicillium and stachybotrys chartarum on heel of bread, 2026 Graphite on paper\u00a0 51.5 x 42 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17058\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17058 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/03-Large-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/03-Large-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/03-Large-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/03-Large-696x928.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/03-Large.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aimant (a lover\/a magnet), 2026 Paper pulp clay, molding paste, steel, graphite power, neodymium magnets dimensions variable<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2026\/KirstenBattenLeach.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listKirsten Batten-Leach is an interdisciplinary artist who makes sculptures and performances about carework and bodily autonomy. 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