Alejandro Leonhardt

Alejandro Leonhardt (Puerto Varas, Chile, 1985) is a visual artist whose research focuses on the waste and material vestiges produced by human activity. From these remnants, he develops proposals that move between sculpture and installation.

He studied Fine Arts at Universidad ARCIS (2009) and holds an MA in Visual Arts from the Universidad de Chile (2015). His work has been exhibited both individually and collectively in Chile and abroad, including at L21 Gallery (Spain), Galería Patricia Ready, and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Chile, as well as in international galleries and institutional contexts.

He has received awards and institutional support, including the Ron Barceló Imperial / ARCO Madrid Prize together with L21 Gallery, the Visioni Future Award at SWAB Art Fair, and the Fondo Nacional de las Artes (Chile). He has participated in residencies in Europe and Latin America. In 2024 he published his first monograph, “Whatever You Do, It Takes Time To Make Nothing”.

“Black Repose of the Water”, 2024
Disused fishing nets and ropes from the aquaculture industry in southern Chile
Installation view Galería Patricia Ready, Santiago, Chile Foto / Photo: Felipe Ugalde

“UNBOXING #4: Antiallergic and Chocolate Cereal“, 2023
Poliurethane lacquer and UV inkject print on aluminium composite panels

280 x 199,1 x 3 cm

L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Foto / Photo: Juan David Cortés

“Liquid Solid Surface”, 2023
Shelving A: metal objects transformed by fire, metal shelf

260 x 200 x 30 cm

L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Foto / Photo: Juan David Cortés

“Liquid Solid Surface”, 2021
Installation view
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Santiago, Chile Foto / Photo: Teresa Fischer

“Liquid Solid Surface”, 2021
Cabinet C: melted metals and plastics, aluminum, glass, mirror and wheels

150 x 150 x 50 cm

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Santiago, Chile Foto / Photo: Teresa Fischer

“Flotation and Destruction”, 2021
Installation view: buoys from the salmon aquaculture industry of the Chiloé archipelago, Chile

_un espacio. Santiago, Chile Foto / Photo: Teresa Fischer

“Neighborhood Meeting #10”, 2021
266 pieces of wall fragments taken from the facades of houses and shops of Santiago (Chile), adhesive paste

965 x 350 cm

L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Foto / Photo: Lúa Oliver

“O.K.”, 2018
Discarded windshield models collected from companies of the automobile sector in the city of Santiago, Chile

430 x 257 x 109 cm

Galería Patricia Ready. Santiago, Chile
Foto / Photo: Teresa Fischer

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