> Benedikt Leonhardt
1984 born in Leipzig, Germany
Lives and works in Leipzig, Germany
2014-2016 Meisterschüler (postgraduate studies for artists) with Astrid Klein
2014 Diploma bei Astrid Klein
2012 Erasmus Programm at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Norway
2007-2014 Studies of Visual Art at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HGB), Leipzig Germany
Awards, grants and residencies
2021 – Working scholarship, Kunstfonds Bonn, Germany
2017 – Art Prize of the Leipziger Volkszeitung, Germany
2009-2016 – Scholarship of the Cusanuswerk, Germany
Solo (S) and group exhibitions (selection), catalogues (C)
2022
– present collective. Organized by VNG, Werkschauhalle, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig, Germany
– Don’t know why. 15 Jahre Kunstraum Ortloff. Kunstraum Ortloff, Leipzig, Germany
– A5. Anfang Süd bis Ende Mai, Leipzig, Germany
– Pale Blue Dot. (S) ASPN, Leipzig, Germany
– Bilderkosmos Leipzig. 1905-2022. Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany
2021
– Antipoden. (C) Mädler Art Forum, Leipzig, Germany
2020
– Perlin Noise. (S) FeldbuschWiesnerRudolph, Berlin, Germany
– 5014/4010/9011. ASPN, Leipzig, Germany
– Sammlung im Blick: Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Leipzig. Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany
– Jetzt! Junge Malerei in Deutschland. Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
2019
– Jetzt! Junge Malerei in Deutschland. (C) Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
– Jetzt! Junge Malerei in Deutschland. (C) Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
– Jetzt! Junge Malerei in Deutschland. (C) Kunstsammlung Chemnitz, Museum Gunzenhauser, Germany
2018
– Candynski. ASPN, Leipzig, Germany
2017
– Lux. LVZ-Kunstpreis 2017. (S) (C), Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany
– 19 Positionen – 11. Absolventenausstellung der Künstlerförderung des Cusanuswerks, UG im Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
– Cold Turkey. Keller III, Hannover, Germany
– Livid. (S) Galerie FeldbuschWiesnerRudolph, Berlin, Germany
– Corriger la Fortune. Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
2016
– Meisterschülerausstellung. Galerie der HGB Leipzig, Germany
– Bianco. (S) Salon Schmitz, Köln, Germany
– Sammlung Simonow. Adler Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
2015
– Sew, Saw, Paint, Rewrite. Galerie Feldbusch Wiesner, Berlin, Germany
– Leipzig Malt. Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin, Germany
– Continuous Abstraction. Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
2014
– Lumen. (S) Galerie Feldbusch Wiesner, Berlin, Germany
– The Jubilee Graduates. Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB), Leipzig, Germany
2013
– Color Slides & River Tides. King Size, Leipzig, Germany
– Seeds of Color. Upon Paper Space, Berlin, Germany
– copy&re:peat. (C) Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Leipzig, Germany
2012
– to be rather hazy about. Kunstraum Ortloff, Leipzig, Germany
– copy&re:peat. BKS Garage, Copenhagen, Denmark
– Landscapes in transformation. Centre d’art passerelle, Brest, France
– Landscapes in transformation. Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB), Leipzig, Germany
– Hello – Goodby. Gallery of the Academy of Art and Design, Bergen, Norway
Erika Hock, Benedikt Leonhardt, Jochen Plogsties: CANDYNSKI
Benedikt Leonhardt: Pale Blue Dot
Katarína Dubovská, Benedikt Leonhardt, Adrian Sauer: 5014/ 4010/ 9011

Oil, acrylic, Vinyl paint, self-adhesive tape on canvas, 210 x 159 cm, 2022.
Foto: Carsten Humme

Photo: Stefan Fischer

Acryl, vinyl paint, self-adhesive tape on canvas, 200 x 148 cm, 2022.
Photo: Falk Messerschmidt

Acrylic, vinyl paint, self-adhesive tape on canvas, 240 x 167 cm, 2022.
Photo: Falk Messerschmidt

Photo: Stefan Fischer

Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 158 cm, 2021.
Photo: Carsten Humme

Acrylic on canvas, 48,8 x 38,8 cm, 2022.
Photo: Carsten Humme

Acrylic paint, vinyl paint, adhesive tape and putty on canvas, 200 x 160 cm, 2020.
Photo: Carsten Humme

Acrylic and putty on canvas, 53 x 41 cm, 2020.
Photo: Carsten Humme