breve biografia
Leo Sophia nasce a Verona il 28 gennaio 1997.
Studia Fisica all’Università di Padova, ma abbandona gli studi dopo 2 anni. Tenta dunque di entrare al Conservatorio di Verona per studiare Violino Classico, ma non viene ammesso. Poco dopo, inciampa nell’arte visiva, trovando in essa un forte senso di libertà nel pensiero e nell’azione, nonché una forma di protesta al mondo del lavoro tradizionale.
È ex operaio, attuale òperaio, artista visivo, performer e musicista.
Nel 2020, durante il periodo d’emergenza, co-fonda plurale, una forma collettiva di presenza nel mondo.
short biography
Leo Sophia was born in Verona on 28 January 1997.
He studied Physics at the University of Padua but dropped out after two years. He then attempted to enter the Verona Conservatory to study Classical Violin, but was not admitted. Shortly after, he stumbled upon visual art, discovering in it a profound sense of freedom in thought and action, as well as a form of protest against the traditional working world.
He is a former ‘operaio’ (worker), current ‘òperaio‘¹, visual artist, performer and musician.
In 2020, during a period of emergency, he co-founded plurale, a collective form of presence in the world.
¹ A play on the Italian words operaio (worker), opera (work of art) and the personal pronoun io (I).
contacts
mail – leosophiamail@gmail.com
instagram – @leo___sophia
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
, Spazio In Situ, Rome, Italy.
PERFORMANCES, INTERVENTIONS
2024
Performer in Condensazione (dopo l’Apnea) / Condensation (after Apnea), by Chiara Ventura, curated by Giulia Colletti and Gabriele Lorenzoni, Fountain of Neptune, Cathedral Square, Trento, Italy.
2023
Performer in Apnea, by Chiara Ventura, Venire a galla, curated by Silvia Concari, Villa Rondinelli, Fiesole, Italy.
Performer in Superpositional Intersectionalism, by Selma Selman, Feminist Futures, curated by Barbara Boninsegna and Filippo Andreatta, Centrale Fies, Dro, Italy.
Performer in A mare, by Chiara Ventura, Vedersi da fuori. Vedersi da dentro, curated by Angel Moya Garcia, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy.
2022
Performer in Protezione frangibile, by Silvia Mantellini Faieta, Tracce visibili e invisibili – Finissage, curated by In Habitat, Habitat Ottantatre, Verona, Italy.
2021
Aria nei desideri, live performance in collaboration with Arianna Desideri within CURATELA OFFRESI. Inventario per l’avvenire, a curatorial project by Arianna Desideri as part of ISIT.exhi#001, curated by ISIT.magazine, Spazio In Situ, Rome, Italy.
2020
Accetto il rifiuto, performance live, Verona, Italy (public space).
Punto di vista, performance in collaboration with Chiara Ventura, Verona, Italy (public space).
2019
Participation in the project Femminisssmmm – vai pure / Femminisssmmm – go ahead, a collective performance between the Academy of Fine Arts of Verona and Brera, with the action SMS, in collaboration with Chiara Ventura, curated by Giovanni Morbin and Maria Rosa Sossai, Verona, Italy.
TALK / GUEST LECTURE
2023
Scalfire la superficie – talk, a conversation with Max Mondini, Edoardo Durante, Giulio Ancona, Leonardo Avesani, Zeno Massignan, Filippo Tommasoli and Chiara Ventura, Habitat Ottantatre, Verona, Italy.
PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES, PRESS REVIEW