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.
From the Journal
Exhibitions and other work
Press
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
