Ludi Leiva
As an illustrator, Ludi has worked with clients such as The Smithsonian Institution, Apple, Phillips Auction House, Vogue, Los Angeles Times, and The Guardian (see illustration portfolio).
Ludi currently divides her time between her independent drawing and painting practice and select illustration commissions.
Contact
ludi@ludileiva.com / Instagram
Mailing list
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Way Gallery (Stockholm)
Sunshine Shop (Los Angeles)
Selected press & interviews
One Club for Creativity
C-Print Journal
Elephant Magazine
Hyperallergic
Hunker
The Trevor Project
Vagabond City Lit
Canvas by Saatchi Art
Creating Your Own Path
Exhibitions
2024 Mine, Yours, Ours, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, US
2024 Transcending Time, The Arts Society, Nerja, ES
2023 Lugares, PTM Contemporary x New York Latin American Art Triennial, New York, US
2023 Kairos, Samsen Atelier, Stockholm, SE (solo)
2023 A Home is a Portal, Östberga Kulturhus, Stockholm, SE (solo)
2023 A Home is a Portal, Körsbärsgården Konsthall, Burgsvik, SE (solo)
2023 HOY, National Museum of Somalia, Mogadishu, SO
2023 Konstfack Spring Exhibition, Stockholm, SE
2023 Experiments in Print, Candyland, Stockholm, SE
2021 New Latin Wave Festival, New York, US (virtual)
2020 DULA: Tastes Like Home, TIER, Berlin, DE
2020 Art On Link, LinkNYC, New York, US
2019 Hecho Con Galaxy, Times Square & One World Trade Center, New York, US
2019 Cluster Illustration Fair, The Truman Brewery, London, UK
Grants, residencies & select achievements
2024 One year working grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2024 Studio grant, City of Stockholm
2023 Shortlisted, Ung Svensk Form (Young Swedish Design Award)
2023 Grant, National Association of Swedish Art Societies
2023 Grant, Konstfacks Foundation
2023 Grant, Beata Brummers Foundation
2023 Grant, Ulla Fröberg-Cramérs Foundation
2022 Jury, Young Guns 20, The One Club for Creativity
2020 Artist Grant, Choose Democracy
2018 Illustrator in Residence, The Other Art Fair: Brooklyn
2018 Fellow in Fiction (residency), Lambda Literary Foundation
Workshops & teaching
2020 Co-creator/presenter, Miraculous Futures, Fontys Academy of the Arts (2020), Nederlands Film Festival (2019)
Projects of note
2023 Creator, A Home is a Portal, exhibited at Körsbärsgården Konsthall (SE), National Museum of Somalia (SO), PTM Contemporary (US), The Arts Society (ES), Women Made Gallery (US), Östberga Kulturhus (SE). Recipient of three grants from Beata Brummers Foundation, Ulla Fröberg-Cramérs Foundation, and Konstfacks Foundation. Shortlisted for Ung Svensk Form (Young Swedish Design Award) 2017 Contributing Artist, Neurospeculative Afrofeminism, premiered at Sundance International Film Festival and also shown at SXSW, Tribeca Film Fest (Jury Honorable Mention), Gray Area Art & Technology Festival, Primer Speculative Futures Conference, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and New Inc: Versions Festival, among others
Education
2023 MFA / Visual Communication / Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts & Design
2013 BA / Political Science & Gender Studies / University of British Columbia