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    FEATURED ARTIST

    Leo Villareal

    b. 1967 Albuquerque, NM Lives and works in New York, NY

    Leo Villareal is an NYC-based artist who makes light sculptures with computational elements. He is represented by Pace Gallery and is known for creating large-scale, site-specific artworks such as The Bay Lights in San Francisco and Illuminated River in London. Villareal’s work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, among others.

    RELEASES

    Art Blocks collections

    Featured token for: Cosmic Reef

    Art Blocks Curated

    Cosmic Reef

    Leo Villareal

    EDITORIAL

    From the Journal

    Article photo for: In Conversation with Leo Villareal

    In Conversation with Leo Villareal

    Article photo for: Pre-Drop Talk with Leo Villareal

    Pre-Drop Talk with Leo Villareal

    Article photo for: In Light of Abstraction

    In Light of Abstraction

    SPOTLIGHT

    Other notable works

    Exhibition photo for: Pace Gallery New York, Interstellar

    2023

    Pace Gallery New York, Interstellar

    Exhibition photo for: Nelson Fine Arts Center, Point Cloud (ASU)

    2020

    Nelson Fine Arts Center, Point Cloud (ASU)

    Exhibition photo for: Pace Gallery Palo Alto, Harmony of the Spheres

    2020

    Pace Gallery Palo Alto, Harmony of the Spheres

    Exhibition photo for: UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Immaterial/Re-material

    2020

    UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Immaterial/Re-material

    Exhibition photo for: Parrish Art Museum, Artists Choose Artists

    2016–2017

    Parrish Art Museum, Artists Choose Artists

    Exhibition photo for: Conner Contemporary Art

    2012

    Conner Contemporary Art

    PRESS

    In the news

    In Santa Fe, a New Museum Brings the Local Art Scene Up to Date

    The New York Times

    2023-10-19

    A Performance Venue at Brown University Gives the Arts Top Billing

    Architectural Record

    2023-10-20

    New art museum in Santa Fe: Vladem Contemporary

    New Mexico Living

    2023-09-28

    Cornell Dairy to Celebrate Johnson Museum with “Cosmos Swirl” Flavor

    The Cornell Daily Sun

    2023-09-19

    NFT and digital artist Leo Villareal lights up the art world with new technologies

    Creative Boom

    2023-02-07

    With Cosmic Reef, Leo Villareal is Excited about the Possibility of Accessibility

    Whitewall

    2022-03-29

    Layers of Light

    Outland

    2022-02-09