FLOATING and other movements through transition
LEO ALAS
August 19th-27th, 2022
Monte Vista Projects is pleased to present FLOATING and other movements through transition, an exhibition by LEO ALAS as part of their 2021-2022 Level Ground Residency. FLOATING and other movements through transition is an exploration of personal and political grief that reflect upon a series of interviews LEO conducted. The interviews elevate voices of people whose knowledge around grief is under-recognized– a florist, a teacher, a nurse, a hairstylist, a BDSM educator, a dancer, and a community organizer. Each person shared their perspective about what is missing in care surrounding grief.
Using an ongoing theme around bathing, LEO synthesizes community knowledge and makes work that evokes the body, the senses, and movement. The show includes a guided meditation, in collaboration with Genna Bloombecker, Gray Hong, and Danny War, that will take place on August 19th and August 26th.
Drop by the gallery between August 20th-27th from 3pm-8pm for open gallery hours. To schedule an appointment outside of these times, please email team@levelground.co. For more information, check out this eventbrite page.
LEO ALAS is a contemporary artist exploring themes around care work and grief, through a Marxist-Feminist lens. The work contemplates where care exists in family structures, at work, who performs care, and who receives care. Their work journeys into world building and Queer political imagination, exploring what is possible, what is potent, and what is beautiful, in an effort to find healing and joy in late-stage capitalism.
LEO studied Fine Arts and Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz and received their MFA in Fine Arts at Otis College of Art and Design. Leo is a co-founder of Queer Spa Network, an artist-in-residence at Level Ground Co. in Los Angeles for 2021-2022, and a bathing enthusiast.