About
In his paintings and video’s Leon Stoffelen plays with the simulation of homoerotic and clichéd images. Drawing from diverse sources
like glossy magazines, romantic paintings and online pornography, he deconstructs voyeuristic or surface-level scenes into surreal,
collage-like compositions. The works often find a playful balance between concealment and exposure - a reference to balancing
between different worlds and versions of yourself within a (hetero-)normative culture. In this way images are analyzed as layered
constructions of desire: the desire to capture, to be seen and to touch.
Exhibitions
14 sept - 12 oct 2024 New Perspectives, Galerie Helder, The Hague (group)
21 & 22 sept 2024 Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend, The Crooked Studio, Rotterdam (group)
11 oct 2024 - 2 mar 2025 Queer Horizons, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (group)
TBA 2025 Meest Modern, Museum More, Gorssel (group)
2024 Open Studio, The Crooked Studio, Rotterdam (group)
2024 PROSPECTS, Art Rotterdam (group)
2023 Hazy Horizons, Kunstliefde, Utrecht (group)
2023 FOMONO, Hinterconti, Hamburg, Germany (group)
2023 Life Potential, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (group) - organiser/curator/artist
2023 MAN, Cultureel Centrum Spectrum, Schijndel (group)
2022 Queer Ontology, Willem Twee Kunstruimte, 'S Hertogenbosch (duo with Leo Maher)
2021 Garden of Earthly Delights, Drift, Breda (group)
2020 Synthetic Soft, Projectspace Lokaal, Utrecht (duo with Ersin Eken)
2020 It’s Better to Rot Than to Fade Away, Porjectspace Lokaal, Utrecht (group)
2019 Buying Time (De Belofte 14), Kunstliefde, Utrecht (group)
2019 Screening, Moira, Utrecht (group)
2018 De Roze Sokkel, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg (group)
2018 Fresh Cacao, Cacaofabriek, Helmond (group)
2018 HKU Graduation Show, Pastoe Fabriek, Utrecht (group)
2017 RCT Rain, TUUB, Utrecht (solo)
2017 Inside Empty, TUUB, Utrecht (duo with Ersin Eken)
2017 Neighbourhood, Hooghiemstraplein 51, Utrecht (group)
2014 Atelier Rozenstraat, Atelier Rozenstraat, Tilburg (group)
2014 SAGE BLUSH, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg (group)
Education
(BA) Fontys School of Fine Arts, Education in Visual Arts and Design, 2015
(BA) HKU, Fine Arts, 2018