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
Charging Mammoth, 2023
SARA'S, New York
Whole Earth Plaques: Tips For Outrunning a Bull, Panel 2, 2023
SARA'S, New York
Lonely Tunes (2:21 minutes), 2024
Stephenson Library, Annandale-on-Hudson NY
Trade Secret Live Drop, 2024
Kupfer Gallery, London
Whole Earth Plaques: Log Cabin, 2023
SARA'S, New York
Seaworld Orlando Entrance, 2024
UBS Exhibition Center, Red Hook NY
Pine Tree, 2024
UBS Exhibition Center, Red Hook NY
All Super Bowl Ad Slogan Plaques: The best moments in life come with a few aches and pains (1997), 2023
ICAT, Hamburg
Semper Augustus Forever Tulip, 2024
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
The Living Diamonds of Yakutia, 2024
HFBK, Hamburg
Charging Mammoth (V1), 2023
HFBK, Hamburg
Whole Earth Plaques: Eagle Taking Off (Panel 2), 2023
SARA'S, New York
Checkpoint Charlie U61000, 2024
UBS Exhibition Center, Red Hook NY
GAZPROM Bio Gas Plant Model Wall Unit, 2023
Palazzo San Giuseppe, Polignano a Mare, Italy
Kansas, 2024
UBS Exhibition Center, Red Hook NY
Florida DMV Speciality License Plate as Watercolor Painting, 2024
True Parents, 2024
UBS Exhibition Center, Red Hook NY
The Renovation of the Statue of Liberty, 2024
UBS Exhibition Center, Red Hook NY
Copper Skin, 2024
UBS Exhibition Center, Red Hook NY
Foundation Funding, 2024
UBS Exhibition Center, Red Hook NY
Colossal Pleistocene Park Yamal Map, 2023
HFBK, Hamburg
GAZPROM Bio Gas Plant Model, 2023
HFBK, Hamburg
Tier Badge Display, 2023
HFBK, Hamburg