Leonardo Madriz
Leonardo Madriz (b. 1987, Louisiana) is an interdisciplinary artist and musician based in Brooklyn, NY. Working across methods of filmmaking, painting, sculpture, installation, and creative writing, he makes expanded cinema installations and material assemblages regarding the inter- and inner- states of belonging. He holds an MFA from CUNY Hunter College, NY (2021) and a BFA from Louisiana State University (2010). Residency awards include Bemis Center (2024) and Vermont Studio Center (2014). Solo shows include Sisyphus Altered at Strobe, New York, NY (2023) and Can’t Forget, Dying to Know, at NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY (2023). His installation Letters to Home, Pt. 1, was a selection of CURRENTS New Media Festival in Santa Fe, NM (2022). Select group shows in New York include Lucky to Be Here, Bronx Council on the Arts (2021); Heaven, 205 Hudson Street Gallery (2021); Orphans of Painting II, Ethan Cohen KuBe (2019); and Waiting for the Garden of Eden, White Box Gallery (2019).
Letters to Home, Pt. 2, 2023. Pieces of Dad’s shed, wood, paint, joint compound, roofing cement, roof shingles from my childhood home, refrigerator, magnets, window screen mesh, video, audio. 9 x 11 x 6ft; 41 minutes. Image courtesy of Artist.
Altered No. 1 (Sisyphus), 2023. Wood, paint, window-screen mesh, joint compound, 23k gold leaf, astro turf, electrical wire, light fixture, pieces of Dad’s shed, step-ladder and fake flowers from the shed, roof shingles from my childhood home, drywall fragment with custom Poppy Flower wallpaper, tchotchke from Nicaragua, Dad’s ashtray, video, audio. 86 x 58 x 102 inches; 4:33. Image courtesy of Artist.
Letters to Home, Pt. 1, 2021. Wood, drywall, door hinges, lock, window blinds, hook, dad’s shirt, plastic tarp, wallpaper, paint, plexiglass, plant, astro turf, drill, level, tape measure, photo, 2 ch. projection; Interior video, audio, 20m; exterior video 4m 35s. 216 x 120 x 132 in. Image courtesy of Artist.
Letters to Home, Pt. 1, 2021. Wood, drywall, door hinges, lock, window blinds, hook, dad’s shirt, plastic tarp, wallpaper, paint, plexiglass, plant, astro turf, drill, level, tape measure, photo, 2 ch. projection; Interior video, audio, 20m; exterior video 4m 35s. 216 x 120 x 132 in. Image courtesy of Artist.
Portals, 2019. Wood, window blinds, CRTV, couch, silent-loop projection, 3-channel video/projection with audio, 6m 25s. Dimensions variable / center film 97 x 184 x 100 in. Image courtesy of Artist.
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