Leonardo Kaplan

The Citric Fragment (installation view), Rivalry Projects, 2023.


Leonardo Kaplan (b.1985, Bogota, Colombia) is a working artist in Chicago. He has exhibited in galleries across the US and Europe, with exhibitions at Specialist Gallery, Seattle; The Graham Foundation, Chicago; New Capital Projects, Chicago; Freies Museum, Berlin; No Place, Columbus, OH; and at NADA Art Fairs, in New York and Miami. He co-directed The Hills Esthetic Center and BOYFRIENDS, and currently directs Special Feature, which founded in 2021, exhibits emerging artists working in all media.

SELECT Exhibitions

  • The Citric Fragment, Rivalry Projects, Buffalo, NY, 2023

  • A depthless tropic, No Place, Columbus, OH, 2022

  • Learning To Cry Like A River in Spring, Paris, London, Hong Kong, Chicago, IL, 2021

  • Artificial Recognition, Basket Shop Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2021

  • Jkell Theøry, in Collaboration with ATOM-R, The Graham Foundation, Chicago IL, 2019

  • Your Whole Real Life, Specialist, Seattle WA, 2018

  • Machines of Loving Grace, New Capital, Chicago IL, 2016