Leo Orta

Engaging with a range of media such as sculpture, installation, painting, and performance, Leo Orta's art questions the existential essence of humanity and explores the social and emotional connections forged within communities and environments.

Biography of Leo Orta

Leo Orta was born in 1993 in France. He studied at the Ecole de Recherche Graphique in Brussels from 2013 to 2014 and was an exchange scholar at the Pacific Northwest College of Arts in Portland.

In 2019, Orta graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. In 2020, he was a finalist for the Kazerne Design Award in Eindhoven. One year later, in 2021, Leo Orta was nominated for the Créateurs Design Award in Paris.

His solo exhibitions include "L’ombre de mes pas" at Galerie Gilles Peyroulet & Cie in Paris (2023), "Day Dreams" at Gallery Sohe in Beijing (2023), "Êtres Vivants" at Galerie Christophe Gaillard in Paris (2023), "Relation" at Friedman Benda in New York (2022), "Bagnols Garden" at Functional Art Gallery in Berlin (2019), and many more.

Additionally, Leo Orta's works have been featured in numerous group exhibitions held at various galleries and museums worldwide, including Room57 Gallery in New York, Gallery Downtown + in Paris, Duve Berlin in Berlin, Anton Kern Gallery in New York, Stedelijk Musem in Amsterdam, Chapelle XIV in Paris, K11 in Guangzhou, Museo Marino Marini in Florence, among other esteemed venues. 

 Leo Orta's Art Style

As the artist himself stated, he draws inspiration from various sources, such as psychoanalysis, where he explores the subconscious and the imaginary, seeking to express emotions through his work. He is also drawn to the metaphors of artists like Henry Moore and the emotional expressions of Niki de Saint Phalle, drawing upon their influential works.

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More recently I've been looking at David Altmejd's work for its intuitive relationship to form and its changes of state caused by materials... or Phyllida Barlow who uses readily available materials, often discarding or recycling them for new projects.
 Leo Orta

Furthermore, Leo Orta has been fascinated by industry and its factories, as they provide insight into the cycles of production, from creation to final usage. He is particularly interested in exploring innovative approaches such as upcycling and repurposing, rather than simply discarding materials, to foster new modes of thinking.

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Last but not least, on nature, its organic aesthetics, the beauty of the biodiversity but also how fast and how devastating it disappears...
Leo Orta
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