Ludi Leiva (b. 1990, Canada) is a visual artist with Guatemalan and Slovak roots working primarily in painting and printmaking. Her practice is a contemplative dialogue between landscape, body, and memory.
Since completing her MFA at Konstfack and an intensive year at The Royal Drawing School, she has centered her focus on her studio practice, building upon her previous work as an illustrator. Ludi lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.
Selected group exhibitions & fair presentations
Selected group exhibitions & fair presentations
Upcoming
Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, London, UK (February 2026)
London Original Print Fair (presented by Rhodes Contemporary), Somerset House, London, UK (May 2026)
2026
Drawing Closer, The Royal Drawing School, London UK
Sandvikens Salon, Konsthall Sandviken, Sandviken, SE
2025
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair (presented by Rhodes Editions), London, UK
The Art of Being, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, SE
Works on Paper 7, Blue Shop Gallery, London, UK
Gazagazagaza Charity Exhibition, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London, UK
Hardly Soft, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, US
2024
VITAL SIGNS: another world is possible, The Science Gallery, London, UK
Mine, Yours, Ours, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, US
Transcending Time, The Arts Society, Nerja, ES
Lugares, PTM Contemporary (organized by NY Latin American Art Triennial), New York City, US
HOY, National Museum of Somalia, Mogadishu, SO
2023
Spring Exhibition, Konstfack University, Stockholm, SE
Experiments in Print, Candyland, Stockholm, SE
Solo exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2023, A Home is a Portal, Körsbärsgården Konsthall, Burgsvik, SE
2023, Kairos, Samsen Ateljé, Stockholm, SE
Education
Education
Online drawing development year, The Royal Drawing School, UK (2025-2026)
MFA, Visual Communication, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts & Design, Sweden (2021-2023)
BA, Political science & gender studies, University of British Columbia, Canada (2008-2013)
Selected honours
Selected honours
2026, Studio grant, City of Stockholm
2025, Studio grant, City of Stockholm
2024, One-year working grant, The Swedish Writers' Fund
2024, Longlisted, World Illustration Awards
2024, One-year working grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2024, Studio grant, City of Stockholm
2023, Shortlisted, Ung Svensk Form (Young Swedish Art & Design Award)
2023, Exhibition grant, The National Association of Swedish Art Societies
2023, Graduate student award, Konstfacks Foundation
2023, Project grant, Beata Brummers Foundation & Ulla Fröberg-Cramérs Foundation
2020, Artist grant, Choose Democracy
2018, Illustrator in Residence, The Other Art Fair: Brooklyn
2018, Fellow in Fiction (Writing residency), Lambda Literary Foundation