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.[email protected]• Education at Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg and Bard College, New York.• Recent solo and duo exhibitions include Sell The Farm, SARA’S (with Rachel Rosheger), New York City (2023), The Standard Settings, CULTERIM GALLERY, (2022) Berlin and Change of Pace, KUNSTHALLE AM HAMBURGER PLATZ, Berlin (2020).• Recent group exhibitions include Contrapposto, UBS EXHIBITION CENTER, Red Hook, New York (2024), Checkpoints, KUPFER GALLERY, London (2024), The Leisure Class, DEICHTORHALLEN - School Of Survival, Hamburg (2024), The Eco-Theatrical Shape-Shifter, PALAZZO SAN GIUSEPPE, Polignano a Mare (IT) (2024), A&DT CHONNAI UNIVERSITY, Gwangju (KR) (2024), Sport, GRUPPE MOTTO, Hamburg (2024), ByoUsb, LOCKER ROOM GALLERY (curated by Rhizome), New York (2023), Imagining Health, ICAT, Hamburg (2023), On AI, LOBE BLOCK, Berlin (curated by Marc Bredemeier) (2023), Eine Lounge von hundert, RL16, Berlin (2022), No Show, PAVILLON AN DER VOLKSBÜHNE, Berlin (2021) and Post Ambition, KUNSTHALLE AM HAMBURGER PLATZ, Berlin (2020).• Curatorial projects include Arid Places (with Studio K. S. Tehara), INVESTMENT MANUALS, New York (2024), The Leisure Class (with Estefania Morales), DEICHTORHALLEN - School Of Survival, Hamburg (2024).• Past publications of works include Kunstforum International and D.N.R.• Published writing include press releases for K.S. Tehara's “Arid Places“ at INVESTMENT MANUALS, NYC (2024) and Arthur Marie's and Cooper Jacoby's “Onsen Confidential“ at KAYOKOYUKI, Toyko (via Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris) (2024) as well as essays in D.N.R. (with Jae August) (2022) and von hundert Magazin (with Jae August) (2023).• Selected works