Ludi Leiva (b. Canada,1990) is a multidisciplinary visual artist of Guatemalan and Slovak heritage, primarily working across drawing, painting, and printmaking. Her practice is a contemplative dialogue between landscape, body, and memory.
After a decade working as a writer and commercial artist, she turned her attention towards the cultivation of a gentler, more intuitive studio practice in 2023. She still takes on select commercial collaborations, primarily within illustration and public art.
Currently based in Stockholm, Sweden, she works between there and London, UK.
Studio portrait by Funmia Adewodu
CV
Select exhibitions
2025
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair (presented by Rhodes Editions), London, UK (upcoming) 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
2023
Kairos, Samsen Atelier, Stockholm, SE (solo) A Home is a Portal, Körsbärsgården Konsthall, Burgsvik, SE (solo) Lugares, PTM Contemporary (Organized by NY Latin American Art Triennial), New York City, US HOY, National Museum of Somalia, Mogadishu, SO Spring Exhibition, Konstfack University, Stockholm, SE Experiments in Print, Candyland, Stockholm, SE
2020
DULA: Tastes Like Home, TIER, Berlin, DE
2019
Cluster Illustration Fair, The Truman Brewery, London, UK
Select collaborations
Adidas, Apple, Los Angeles Times, Vogue, The Other Art Fair, The Guardian, The Smithsonian, Herman Miller, Phillips Auction House
2025 / Studio grant, City of Stockholm 2024 / One-year working grant, The Swedish Writers' Fund 2024 / Longlisted, World Illustration Awards 2024 / Shortlisted, Villa Lena Foundation Residency 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 2023 / Project grant, Ulla Fröberg-Cramérs Foundation 2020 / Artist grant, Choose Democracy 2018 / Illustrator in Residence, The Other Art Fair: Brooklyn 2018 / Fellow in Fiction (Writing resident), Lambda Literary Foundation
Education
2025-2026 / Drawing development year / The Royal Drawing School / UK 2021-2023 / MFA, Visual Communication / Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts & Design / Sweden 2018 / Continuing studies, Illustration / Pratt Institute / USA 2008-2013 / BA, Political science & gender studies / University of British Columbia / Canada
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