Born on June 23, 1993, in Virton, Belgium, Lucas Leffler lives and works in Brussels. Having gained extensive experience through his studies in communication and media at Ihecs in 2011 and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent from 2016 to 2019, he adopts an experimental approach stimulated by a certain fascination with chemistry and the materiality of the image.
Experimentation is at the heart of Lucas Leffler's work process: the strange images and fascinating clouds of matter he produces all stem from a questioning of the nature of photography, its specificities, its chemistry, its mutations, its resistance, and its limits. The material and objectual attributes of photography are systematically questioned and subjected to experimentation.
He has participated in awards such as the CCAP publishing grant in 2019, winners of .tiff 2021, FOMU, and was also a finalist for Picto Lab in 2022.
(1)EXHIBITIONS
2021
"a ppr oc he", Galerie Intervalle, Paris
2020
Silver is Moonlight, Pinguin Art Space, Brussels
2019
Zilverbeek / Silver Creek, AM Foundation Gallery, Paris, curated by Arrière-pensée, Gent
"Nothing is lost, nothing is created", The Glazen Gang - KASK, Gent
2018
Zilverbeek / Silver Creek, Contretype, Brussels, Proposition d’artistes
Zilverbeek / Silver Creek, Galerie Sattelite, Liège
2021
".tiff #08", FOMU, Antwerp
Contemporary Art Price from Belgian Luxembourg, CACLB, Buzenol
Biennale de l’Image Tangible, 20e arrondissement Paris
Plagiarama, duo-show with Angyvir Padilla, Brussels
PhotoBrussels Festival #05 «The World Within», Hangar Art Center, Bruxelles
2020
Art Paris 2020, Galerie Intervalle, Paris
"reGeneration4", Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne
2019
The Golden Ass, In de Ruimt Spacecurated by Willem Vermoere, Flor Maesen & Lucas Leffler, Gent
Wonderland, humans & landscapes, Platform voor actuele kunst, curated by Luc Rabay, Gistel
ManifestO, rencontres photographiques de Toulouse
Graduation Show - KASK 2019, KASK Bijloke Campus, Gent
That Has Been - traces as evidence, In de Ruimt Space, curated by Tim Theo Deceuninck, Gent
2018
Price of the Commision of Arts from Wallonia, Abbatoires de Bomel, Namur
2017
Contemporary Art Price from Belgian Luxembourg (Fresh Art - St-Hubert)
(2)RESIDENCIES
2020
Contretype, space for contemporary photography, Bruxelles
Carrefour des Arts, Brussels (promotion 2020-2021)
(3)PRIZES & COMPETITIONS
2019
Aide à l’édition (CCAP - Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles) - Laureat
Aide à la mobilité (Wallonie-Bruxelles International) - Laureat
ManifestO photo festival (Toulouse) - Laureat
2018
Unseen Dummy Award for Zilverbeek (Unseen Festival, Amsterdam) - Shortlisted
Liège Photobook Dummy award for Zilverbeek - (Photobook Liege Festival, Liège) - Laureat
2017
Concours de photographie ouverte (catalogue), Photography Museum of Charleroi - Shortlisted
(4)EDUCATION
2016 - 2019
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Gent - Bachelor & Master
2013-2016
Lycée professionnel, HELB, Bruxelles - Bachelor
2011-2013
Communication & Médias, IHECS, Bruxelles