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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.

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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