Leo Elia

Leo Elia (born 1998, Berlin) is a German artist specializing in sculpture and installation. As a child, he learned marketing basics from his father, a former advertising professional, while watching Super Bowl ads. Meeting Yoko Ono as a teenager inspired him to become an artist.• Education
Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg (2025) and Bard College, New York (2024)• Contact
[email protected]• Recent solo and duo exhibitions include
2023 Sell The Farm, SARA’S (with Rachel Rosheger), New York City
2022 The Standard Settings, CULTERIM GALLERY, Berlin
2020 Change of Pace, KUNSTHALLE AM HAMBURGER PLATZ, Berlin• Recent group exhibitions include
2024 Contrapposto, UBS EXHIBITION CENTER, Red Hook, New York Checkpoints, KUPFER GALLERY, London
The Leisure Class, DEICHTORHALLEN - School Of Survival, Hamburg
The Eco-Theatrical Shape-Shifter, PALAZZO SAN GIUSEPPE, Polignano a Mare
A&DT CHONNAI UNIVERSITY, Gwangju
Sport, GRUPPE MOTTO, Hamburg
2023 ByoUsb, LOCKER ROOM GALLERY (curated by Rhizome), New York City
Imagining Health, ICAT, Hamburg
On AI, LOBE BLOCK, Berlin
2022 RL16, Berlin• Curatorial projects include
2024 Arid Places (with Studio K. S. Tehara), Investment Manuals, New York
The Leisure Class (with Estefania Morales), DEICHTORHALLEN - School Of Survival, Hamburg• Past publications of works include
Kunstforum International and D.N.R.• Published writing include
2024 Press releases for K.S. Tehara's “Arid Places“ at INVESTMENT MANUALS, NYC and Arthur Marie's and Cooper Jacoby's “Onsen Confidential“ at KAYOKOYUKI, Toyko (via Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris)
2023 Essays in D.N.R. (with Jae August) and von hundert Magazin (with Jae August)• Selected works