About
Leonardo Flores Parés
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany (born 1989 in Tehuacán Puebla, México) is a visual artist who uses photography as his main medium. He obtained a degree in visual arts at Escuela libre de arte y diseño de Puebla Bauhaus and has completed several diplomas and workshops at Node Center, International Photography School and Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie with Rodrigo Alcocer de Garay, Marc Volk, Pablo Zuleta Zahr, Paul Hutchinson and Hannah Goldstein. His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in Mexico, Spain, the USA, Australia and Germany.
Flores Parés aims to give new meaning to everyday objects by transforming, rearranging, or simply placing them in different contexts. He seeks to challenge viewers’ perception of everyday life, as for him there is no clear distinction between art and life itself. Central to his practice are themes of time, labor / artistic labor, ephemerality, and processes of change. He is interested in transient situations, fragile gestures, and moments that exist only briefly before transforming or disappearing.
In his practice, photography mainly serves as an exploratory tool through which he tries to capture, experience, and understand the world around him. The camera functions as a container for ideas and discoveries an archive of observations and emotions. He often finds his readymades within the cityscape, as well as in situations encountered involuntarily in everyday life, where he considers fortune to be his muse. Through what he finds, he questions traditional ways in which landscape, painting, and sculpture are commonly perceived and understood.
EDUCATION
2026: Seminar at Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie ‘Photography as Contemporary Art Practice’ with Paul Huitchinson, Berlin, GER
2024: Berlin As A Photographic Playground with Pablo Zuleta Zahr International Photography School Berlin, GER
2023: The political Image Seminar with Hannah Goldstein International Photography School Berlin, Germany
2022-2023 Advanced diploma in contemporary photography, International Photography School Berlin, GER
2022: Activating your archive seminar with Rodrigo Alcocer de Garay International Photography School Berlin, GER
2016: Mentorship Program, Contact Sheet Gallery Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
2015 - 2016: Diploma Contenporary art photography, Node Center, online art institute based in Berlin
2008 - 2012: Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts, University of Art and Design Bauhaus, Puebla, MEX
SOLO SHOWS
2024: “Unknown Pleasures” Leonardo Flores + Michael Willöfer, Erster Erster Raum für Kunst, Design und Neues Arbeiten, Berlin, GER
2012: “Dream Life” La Pajarera Espacio Puebla, Puebla. MEX
2010: “Imperceptible Fragments of Reality” University of Art and Design Bauhaus, Puebla MEX
GROUP SHOWS
2025: “Keep your eyes peeled” AFF Galerie, Berlin, GER
2024: “ZTALP DLOPOEL” Pop Up Show at Leopold Platz, Berlin, GER
2024: “Other Spaces” PEP Exhibition, Loop Raum / B-part Berlin. Berlin, GER
2023: “Statements Of Intent” Curated by Hannah Goldstein, Pop Up Show at Görlitzer Park, Berlin, GER
2023: “Drängende Gegenwart” EMOP, EMOP Special LEIPZIGER STR. 54 Berlin, GER
2018: “Block Party“ Contact Sheet Gallery, St Leonards Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
2015: “Explorations of the Landscape” Curated by Michael López Murillo Vestíbulo del teatro de la ciudad, Puebla, MEX
2015: “Dislocated Environments” Curated by Michael López Murillo, Galería de arte del palacio municipal, Puebla, MEX
2014: 4th Edition of Open Studios Puebla-Cholula, MEX
2014: “Born, Consume and Die”, galería del IMACP (Municipal Insitute for art and Culture), Puebla, MEX
2013: 12o State Meeting of Contemporary Art Galería de Arte Contemporáneo Ángeles Espinosa Iglesias, Puebla, MEX
2013: 3rd Edition of the International Performance Festival EXTRA! Curated by Pancho Lópey Cultural Centre Xavier Villaurutia México City, MEX
2012: “Alignments with non-material labor” LaAlvaca+Cubo Hueco. No Automático Puebla, MEX
2011: “Quito Chiquito” 5th Meeting of art for kids, Don Apolonio presenta, Cholula Puebla MEX
2011: Ikas Art III Exhibition of International University Art (Muestra Internacional de Arte Universitario) Bilbao, ES
2010: 10o State Meeting of Contemporary Art Galería de Arte Contemporáneo Ángeles Espinosa Iglesias, Puebla, MEX
2009: 9o State meeting of Contemporary Art Galería de Arte Contemporáneo Ángeles Espinosa Iglesias, Puebla, MEX