Biography

Leo Brauno (b. Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany) is a visual artist whose multifaceted practice explores the tension between residue and value, nature and industry, authenticity and simulation.

Through painting, sculpture, performance, and installation, his work questions human responsibility towards waste and seeks to resignify discarded materials, granting them a new aesthetic and conceptual dignity.
Painting holds a central place in his research, serving as a foundation for experimentation with other media.

He currently lives and works between Germany and Portugal.

2022–2024 · Master of Fine Arts, Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HBK) Karlsruhe, Germany

2018–2022 · Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany

2020–2021 · Erasmus+ Academic Exchange, Universität der Künste (UdK) Berlin, Germany

2025 · Project Room, TCC Whitestone Design Studio and Factory, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal — Cardboard Box(ready-made, performance, sculptural object)

2024 · Pictorial Vestiges, Galerie Raum5, Berlin, Germany

2023 · Re-Forma in Colors, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

2022 · Raw Material: Paintings, Galerie Alternative, Paris, France

2025 · Sopa de Pedra, Armazém Fundo — Térmita / Candelabro, Porto, Portugal — False Stone (performance and sculptural object)

2024 · Eco-Visions: New Approaches to Painting, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK

2023 · Junge Kunst: Contemporary Painting, Galerie XYZ, Cologne, Germany

2022 · Pictorial Emergencies, Espace d’Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, France

2023 · Artistic Creation Grant (Painting), German Ministry of Culture

2022 · Young Artist Award (Painting), Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg

2024 · Artist Residency, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany