Leo Park (b.1980) is a Swedish artist based in Stockholm. He received his MFA in 2019 from Konstfack University of Arts, Craft & Design in Stockholm.
Leo Park's practice is rooted in both art history and pop culture, sourcing motifs and stylistic influences from the past and present. Working in oil, he creates figurative paintings. The figures are usually covered in tattoo-like inscriptions which recall graffiti or even ancient cave paintings. His visual world is inhabited by well-known myths and tropes in which themes such as desire, creation and death are explored. In his work, Leo is rooting himself into the Postdigital age by creating a link between language, humans and our bodies.
Recent solo exhibitions include; 'CHART Art Fair Copenhagen' with Gallery Steinsland Berliner (2023); 'Big Fat Summer' at The Hole in New York (2023); ‘Eat Dream Scream’, DUVE, Berlin (2022); ‘The Speed of Ice Cream’, GR Gallery, New York (2022); ‘Sommaren är kort/Summer Is Swift’, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm (2021). Recent group and duo exhibitions include; Zona Maco Art Fair with The Hole in Mexico (2023); NADA Art Fair with The Hole in New York (2023); 'Embodiment' at Berntson Bhattacharjee in London (2022); Armory Show, 'Manscaping' & 'Universes 5' at The Hole in New York (2022); 'Null Protocol' at Func Gallery in Shanghai (2022); Annual Show at Vins Gallery in Taipei (2022); Market Art Fair with Steinsland Berliner in Stockholm (2022).
He has been awarded several awards for his practice, including the X:et Eriksson Grant by The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, and from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee.