LEO ELIA
born 1998 in Berlin
leo_elia.studio@icloud.com
Contact for full portfolio and CV
• 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
Checkpoints, KUPFER GALLERY, London
The Leisure Class, DEICHTORHALLEN - School Of Survival, Hamburg
Sport, GRUPPE MOTTO, Hamburg
The Eco-Theatrical Shape-Shifter, PALAZZO SAN GIUSEPPE, Polignano a Mare
A&DT CHONNAI UNIVERSITY, Gwangju
2023
ByoUsb, LOCKER ROOM GALLERY (curated by Rhizome), New York City
Imagining Health, ICAT, Hamburg
On AI, LOBE BLOCK, Berlin
2022
RL16, Berlin
• Past publications include Kunstforum International and D.N.R.
Selected works:

Semper Augustus Forever Tulip, 2024
wood, glass, mirror, pills, wire, print

Charging Mammoth, 2023
2,5m x 2m x 2m
cardboard, shipping crates, stanchions, spray paint

Trade Secret Live Drop, 2024
1m x 1,13m x 75cm
presswood, plexiglas, incubator, Club Cola bottles, document written with milk, print, blue foam

Untitled (Deflating Bouncy Castle), 2021
Felt pen on paper

Whole Earth Plaques, 2023
Print on thermoformed polystyrene

“All Super Bowl Ad Slogans Since The End Of History: The best moments in life come with a few aches and pains“, paint on thermoformed plastic“, 2023

Silicon Veins, 2023
21cmx142cmx56cm
CNC-milled Microsoft Surface, Surface packaging, carved packaging foam, 19th century table, wood, plexiglas, plastic miniature gold bars, gravure print on A4 paper

Charging Mammoth, 2023
2m x 1,6m x 1,5m
cardboard, officially licensed Wall Street Bull figurine, table tops, rubber mat, metal pipe

Map of Colossal Pleistocene Park Yamal, 2023
200cm x 50cm x 100cm
print on metal sheets, hinges, padlocks

Gazprom Biogas Plant Model Display, 2023
2m x 1,6m x 1,5m
wooden frame, plexiglass, cable ties, print on camping table, stickers, walnut wood plates, model of a biogas plant made from ethically sourced tusk ivory