BENEDIKT LEONHARDT GERMANY, 1984

Biographie
BENEDIKT LEONHARDT
The materiality and radiance of color fields become central, while the painterly process remains deliberately enigmatic.
Benedikt Leonhardt lives and works in Leipzig. He studied at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (HGB Leipzig) and completed his Meisterschüler under Prof. Astrid Klein.
 
Leonhardt’s work explores the tension between figurative memory and painterly abstraction, creating layered compositions of oil, acrylic, and industrial pigments where fragments of images dissolve into luminous fields of color. His paintings transform digital references and fleeting moments into tactile, atmospheric surfaces.

His work has been presented in exhibitions such as “Perlin Noise” (Berlin), “Pale Blue Dot” (Leipzig), and “OTO” (Berlin). Leonhardt is the recipient of the LVZ Art Prize and a Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn grant, and his works are held in public and private collections across Europe.
Œuvres
  • Benedikt Leonhardt, Untitled (BG1-LRX-CO-MCB)
    Benedikt Leonhardt
    Untitled (BG1-LRX-CO-MCB)
    55,7 x 44,8 cm
  • Benedikt Leonhardt, Untitled (BO-CR-ACH-BV)
    Benedikt Leonhardt
    Untitled (BO-CR-ACH-BV)
    200 x 158 cm
  • Benedikt Leonhardt, Untitled (CBL-QM-TC)
    Benedikt Leonhardt
    Untitled (CBL-QM-TC)
    140 x 100 cm
  • Benedikt Leonhardt, Untitled (CBL-QM-TC-NG5)
    Benedikt Leonhardt
    Untitled (CBL-QM-TC-NG5)
    180 x 124 cm
  • Benedikt Leonhardt, Untitled (CYD-CB-BO/CO-QV)
    Benedikt Leonhardt
    Untitled (CYD-CB-BO/CO-QV)
    200 x 150 cm
  • Benedikt Leonhardt, Untitled (FT-CBL-NYL-TO)
    Benedikt Leonhardt
    Untitled (FT-CBL-NYL-TO)
    221 x 152 cm
  • Benedikt Leonhardt, Untitled (FT-NYR-CR-CCB-VD)
    Benedikt Leonhardt
    Untitled (FT-NYR-CR-CCB-VD)
    47,2 x 35,2 cm
  • Benedikt Leonhardt, Untitled (TRV-TO-CLG)
    Benedikt Leonhardt
    Untitled (TRV-TO-CLG)
    180 x 133 cm
  • Benedikt Leonhardt, Untitled (TW/ZW-Y-QM-B-3)
    Benedikt Leonhardt
    Untitled (TW/ZW-Y-QM-B-3)
    64,7 x 46,8 cm
Présentation
BENEDIKT LEONHARDT
“In my painting I’m working with figurative stimuli being overlaid by complex constructions of lines, translucent colors and surface material.

Benedikt Leonhardt builds his paintings from figurative impulses that are gradually overlaid with intricate layers of lines, tape, and translucent veils of colour. Drawing on imagery circulating through digital culture, he constructs luminous surfaces where photographic fragments, abstraction, and painterly materiality remain in constant tension.

Expositions
Bibliographie
BENEDIKT LEONHARDT

  • Education: HGB Leipzig — Painting (2007–2014) + Postgraduate studies (2014–2016). Erasmus semester at Bergen Academy of Art and Design (2012).

  • Awards and Grants: LVZ Art Prize (2017); Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn grant (2021); Cusanuswerk scholarship (2009–2016).

  • Solo exhibitions (selection): 2025 — “OTO”, FeldbuschWiesnerRudolph, Berlin; 2022 — “Pale Blue Dot”, ASPN, Leipzig; 2020 — “Perlin Noise”, FeldbuschWiesnerRudolph, Berlin.

  • Public/Private Collections: e.g. Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig; Kunsthalle Bremen; Museum Wiesbaden; Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz; Fundatie Zwolle (NL).