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Lezley Saar (1953-) is a mixed media painter and assemblage artist who incorporates found objects into Kahlo-esque surrealistic portraits and paintings that explore the lives of people, mostly women, who have been marginalized on account of unusual mental or physical attributes. Taking particular interest in racial myths and issues relating to her own mixed Black, Caucasian, and Native American ancestry, Saar's paintings use heavy iconography and allegory to reference American slavery, and to point to its legacy in contemporary American culture. Saar's work also sometimes references her experience as a mother of an autistic daughter.

Saar graduated from San Francisco State University in 1978, and is the daughter of assemblagist Betye Saar and the sister of sculptor Alison Saar.