Leandro Feal

Havana, Cuba, 1986

Leandro Feal (Havana, Cuba, 1986) is one of the most interesting artists of the young generation of Cuban photographers. His work maintains the reserved and intimate character of domestic photography, hence the spontaneity of his framing and the naturalness with which his characters face the camera. The anthropological basis of his work owes much to his time at the Cátedra Arte de Conducta, directed by Tania Bruguera and focused on the empowerment of relational practices in art. This experience, together with the permanent scrutiny of everyday life, has crystallized in a very singular work, close to the viewer.

It should be noted that his main interest in recent years has been focused on today's Cuba. The great social changes experienced in the island, as well as in the imaginary that accompanies them, have been directing his work towards a very particular expressiveness and casualness, in tune with the contextual dynamics of a new kind.

His work has been exhibited in Cuba at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana (MNBA), the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales (CDAV), the Servando Gallery and the Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño. As well as in other relevant foreign institutions, among them, the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), in the United States; the Continua Gallery, in France; the Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, in Poland; the Basque Center-Museum of Contemporary Art and the Atlantic Center of Modern Art, both in Spain.

In addition to the development of the exhibition projects "I don't talk to photographers", Servando Gallery (2018) and "Blow Up, Blow Up" (joint with Joan Fontcuberta), El Apartamento (2016), Leandro has participated in the Pontevedra Biennial (Galicia, Spain) and the Kochi Muziris Biennial (Kochi, India).

curriculum

studies

2008 First year of the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
2007 Art of Behavior Chair, directed by Tania Bruguera, Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
2006 San Alejandro" National Academy of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
2001 José Antonio Díaz Peláez" Experimental Center. Havana, Cuba.

personal exhibitions

2024

Green HavanaEl Apartamento, Madrid, Spain.

2023

Insanity cannot be curedEspacio Teresa Margolles, Madrid, Spain.
The guarded partyCibrian Gallery, San Sebastian, Spain.

2021

The Revolution of the ArtistsHaba Gallery, Utopia 126, Barcelona, Spain.

2019

The photographer on the precipiceStudio of Leandro Feal, XIII Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
The intrusiveness of the inspectorCibrian Gallery, San Sebastian, Spain.

2018

Leandro Feal in conversation with Andreas Siegfried + Dr. Ziba Ardalan, Parasol Unit, Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, UK.

HavanaSiegfried Contemporary. London, England.

International Contemporary Art Fair ARCO Madrid (with El Apartamento, Havana, Cuba), Institución Ferial de Madrid (IFEMA). Madrid, Spain.

2017

I don't talk to photographersServando Gallery. Havana, Cuba.

Nobody knows everything (Bipersonal with Taxio Ardanaz), Azkuna Zentroa. Bilbao, Spain.

2016 
Blow Up, Blow Up (Bipersonal with Joan Fontcuberta), El Apartamento. Havana, Cuba.

2015
Common place, strange placeBilbao Arte. Bilbao, Spain.
Living photography without making a living from itProvincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design "Luz y Oficios". Havana, Cuba.

2013
Where no one is exclusiveCenter for the Development of Visual Arts (CDAV). Havana, Cuba.

collective exhibitions

2023
Three sad tigers, Bode Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
The night confuses me, Casa Miglis, Havana, Cuba.
ZANTZUA. Modus Vivendi Collection, Photomuseum, Basque Museum of Photography - Villa Manuela, Zarautz, Spain.
2022
Contemporary Voices 2022Plataforma2, Barcelona, Spain.
Tout le poids d'une îleMusée des beaux-arts de Rennes, Centre d'Art Contemporain, France.
40mcubeCentre d'Art Passerelle à Brest. Rennes, France.
Without authorization: Contemporary Cuban ArtWallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, USA, New York City, USA.
ObsessionLa Galería by LastCrit, Barcelona, Spain.
Giro Grafico. Like ivy on the wall, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.
On the horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Pérez Art Museum MiamiNashville, Frits Museum, Nashville, USA.
2021
Viva la DevoluciónHaba Gallery. Utopia 126, Barcelona, Spain.
You may come full circleCibrian Gallery. San Sebastian, Spain.
Object, Artfulcollecting (in collaboration with Galería El Apartamento), Miami, USA.
2020
Cultural Transfer. A look from Cuban photographyHaba Gallery, Utopia 126, Barcelona, Spain.
Face to Face (with Antoine d'Agata and Alejandro González), Fondation Brownstone, Paris, France.
Artissima UnpluggedPalazzo Madama, Torino, Italy.
DA Z 2020 (Digital Arts Festival Zurich). Zurich, Switzerland.
Rice with MangoConsell 81, Barcelona, Spain.
Every form in space is a form of time that escapes (VIP Program Arco 2020), Estudio Dagoberto Rodríguez, Madrid, Spain.
2019
Art Basel Miami Beach (with Mai 36 Galerie, Miami, USA. Del laberinto se sale por un costado, El Apartamento, Havana, Cuba.
ABUC. Eleven Cuban ArtistsMai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland.
This is Cuba. Documentary photography after Fidel. Royal Holloway University, London, UK.
From a Rockefeller fanatic to a disciple of Khrushchev (Stories told by artists)XIII Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
Illness has a colourThe Apartment, XIII Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
The Cuban art circuit, El Apartamento XIII Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
2018
4th Kochi Muziris Biennale. Kochi, India.

How is the water?Continua Gallery. Havana, Cuba.

Going Away CloserSpiral. Tokyo, Japan.

Ola CubaLille3000. Lille, France.

Going Away CloserWifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center. Havana, Cuba.

16 mm. Motion photographyThe Apartment. Havana, Cuba.

2017

AtalayaTaller Gorría-El Apartamento Gallery. Havana, Cuba.

Artissima Art Fair (with Servando Gallery, Havana, Cuba). Turin, Italy.

Cuba my loveContinua Gallery. Les Moulins, France. Am I Cuba?Franco Parenti Theater (with Continua Gallery). Milan, Italy.

On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection. Chapter 2: Abstracting History. Pérez Art Museum. Miami, USA.

Dobleplay. Cuban photography todayPhoto Museum Cuatro Caminos. State of Mexico, Mexico.

Kunst x KubaLudwig Forum für Internationale Kunst. Aachen, Germany.

Just look at it, El Espacio. Havana, Cuba.

Summer ExpoRoma Habana. Havana, Cuba.

File collectionNational Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA). Havana, Cuba.

The museum of machinesTaller de los Carpinteros. Havana, Cuba.

Film/Film (Open Studio), Carlos Garaicoa Studio. Madrid, Spain.

2016
Nest without treeNational Union of Architects and Construction Engineers of Cuba (UNAIC) - Continua Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
The suspensions website of desire, Center for the Development of Visual Arts (CDAV). Havana, Cuba.
Today from Generación of the 80sCasa de México. Havana, Cuba.
The banality of the sea, Museum of Modern Art. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Cuba cubedEvolution by Fugaz. Callao, Peru.
Becoming-animal, becoming-intense, becoming-imperceptibleCuban Art Factory. Havana, Cuba.
The Shovel (short or long), Center for the Development of Visual Arts (CDAV). Havana, Cuba.
Open Studio. Another fucking studioStudio of the artist. Havana, Cuba.
TumbandoEvolution by Fugaz. Callao, Peru.
Rescue trade, Servando Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
IconocracyCentro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
2015
Collimators - Cuba Im Blick, Kunsträume Michael Horbach Stiftung. Cologne, Germany.
Signs. Art, industry and vice versaFactoría Habana. Havana, Cuba.
IconocracyArtium, Basque Center-Museum of Contemporary Art. Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Pulse. Collateral to the XII Havana Biennial, Gallery L. Havana, Cuba.
Open Studio. Collateral to the XII Havana Biennial, Sometimes Art Space. Havana, Cuba.
BattlefieldsStudio 8 and Punctum Espacio. Havana, Cuba.
Still lifeCuban Art Factory. Havana, Cuba.
The rabid toyFucina des Artistas. Havana, Cuba.
2014
Bice Bugatti ClubVilla Vertua. Milan, Italy.
2013
DIY (Do It Yourself), Self Kitchen. Tokyo, Japan.
Politics: I do not like it, but it likes meLaznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland. 2011
Raymaluz Art Gallery Retrospective, Raymaluz Art Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
2010
XXXI Pontevedra Biennial. Galicia, Spain.
2009
Queen number #39 (Open Studio), exhibition parallel to the Art Fair ARCO'09. Madrid, Spain.
2008
Estado de excepción. X Bienal de La Habana, Galería Habana. La Habana, Cuba.
Un ojo en la niebla (A Rineke Dijkstra), Sala Contemporánea Casa de las Américas. La Habana, Cuba.
We are porno, Espacio Aglutinador, La Habana, Cuba.
Presentación en la Fototeca de Cuba. La Habana, Cuba.
2007
Presentación del proyecto Bueno, Bonito y Barato en «CLOSE-UP». Ciudad de México, México.
III Bienal Nacional de Fotografía Alfredo Sarabia in Memoriam. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
IMPASS, Facultad de Artes y Letras de la Universidad de La Habana. La Habana, Cuba.
2006
Bueno, Bonito y Barato, casa particular. La Habana, Cuba. Presentación del Taller Arte de Conducta durante IX Bienal de la Habana, casa particular. La Habana, Cuba.
2005
Irracionalismo post-racional, Galería “José Antonio Díaz Peláez”/ Academia de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro”. La Habana, Cuba.

works

Leandro Feal
The Walker on the Sea of Clouds, 2024
UltraChrome printing on 310 g Baryta paper
Color photography, B/W Photography, B/W Photography, B/W Photography
in blue negative, Illuminated B&W Photography
digitally and B&W photography with a green shift.
Polyptych of 12 pieces
60 x 80 cm (23.6 x 31.5 in) (each)
Ed. 3 + 1AP

Leandro Feal
Caribbean, of the Green Havana series, 2020- 2022
Digital printing on Photo Rag Ultrasmooth, 310 g.
B&W negative photograph, green toned.
150 x 150 cm (59 x 59 in)
Ed. 5 + 2 AP

Leandro Feal
Untitled, from the series Green Havana, 2020- 2022
UltraChrome printing on 170 g. matte paper.
Photographic collage, B/W negative photograph with
color shading.
45.5 x 45.5 cm (17.9 x 17.9 in)
Ed. 5 + 2AP

Leandro Feal
Caribbean, of the Green Havana series, 2020- 2022
Digital printing on Photo Rag Ultrasmooth, 310 g.
B&W negative photograph, green toned.
150 x 150 cm (59 x 59 in)
Ed. 5 + 2 AP

Leandro Feal
Untitled, from the series Green Havana, 2020- 2022
UltraChrome printing on Baryta 310 g. paper.
B&W photograph in negative negative, green toned.
112 x 180 cm (44 x 70.9 in)
Ed. 5 + 2AP

Leandro Feal
Elena, Lisa and Potsdamer Platz in color, 2023 - 2024
UltraChrome printing on Baryta 310 g. paper.
Color photography, B/W negative photography, and
Digitally illuminated B/W photograph.
Triptych.
180 x 112 cm (31.5 x 47.2 in) (each)
Ed. 2 + 1AP

Leandro Feal
Untitled, from the series Green Havana, 2020- 2022
UltraChrome printing on Baryta 310 g. paper.
B&W photograph turned to green.
180 x 112 cm (70.9 x 44 in)
Ed. 5 + 2 AP

Leandro Feal
Untitled, from the series Green Havana, 2020- 2022
UltraChrome printing on Baryta 310 g. paper.
B&W photograph in negative negative, green toned.
112 x 180 cm (44 x 70.9 in)
Ed. 5 + 2AP

Leandro Feal
Untitled, from the series Green Havana, 2020- 2022
UltraChrome printing on Baryta 310 g. paper.
B&W photograph turned to green.
180 x 112 cm (70.9 x 44 in)
Ed. 5 + 2 AP

Leandro Feal
Havana from the FOCSA, from the Green Havana series,
2020- 2022
UltraChrome printing on Baryta 310 g. paper.
B&W photograph in negative negative, green toned.
150 x 112 cm (59 x 44 in)
Ed. 5 + 2AP

Leandro Feal
Chromatic fantasy for an evening with Chori or Una
sustained hangover,
2023
Installation (Botellophone of 24 tuned glass bottles)
with water, in a chromatic scale of two octaves; table
wood, two sets of mallets)

Leandro Feal
The Watched Party, 2015- 2024
4K video, B/W, sound
55 minutes
Ed. 5 + 2 AP

De la Serie «¿Y allá qué hora es? Chicago, La Habana, NY, Barcelona», 2009
Ultrachrom printing/Barite paper 310 gr.
112 x 180 cm

De la serie ¿Y allá qué hora es? Chicago, La Habana, NY, Barcelona, 2015-2016
Impresión Ultracrom/Papel baritado 310 gr 7 x 10 cm
Ed. 1 (Edition of 5 + 2 P/A)

De la serie ¿Y allá qué hora es? Chicago, La Habana, NY, Barcelona, 2015-2016
Ultrachrom printing/Barite paper 310 gr.
100 x 61 cm Ed. 1 (Edición de 5 + 2 P/A)

De la Serie «¿Y allá qué hora es? Chicago, La Habana, NY, Barcelona», 2009
Ultrachrom printing/Barite paper 310 gr.
112 x 180 cm

De la serie ¿Y allá qué hora es? Chicago, La Habana, NY, Barcelona, 2015-2016
Impresión Ultracrom/Papel baritado 310 gr 7 x 10 cm
Ed. 1 (Edition of 5 + 2 P/A)

De la serie ¿Y allá qué hora es? Chicago, La Habana, NY, Barcelona, 2015-2016
Ultrachrom printing/Barite paper 310 gr.
100 x 61 cm Ed. 1 (Edición de 5 + 2 P/A)