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Jana Leo

° 1965

Lives in Madrid (Spain), lives in New York City (United States).

Jana Leo is a conceptual artist with degrees in philosophy and architecture. Leo is known for creating art installations and situations for encounters. After completing an M.A. in Architecture at Princeton University, Leo taught Architecture at Cooper Union for seven years, during the time she earned a PhD in Philosophy by Autonoma University of Madrid. In 2007, Leo started Civic Gaps, a New York think tank dedicated to neglected spaces in the city. Leo is the founder and current director of the Fundación MOSIS, a not for profit dedicated to city and art focusing in new policies for both. Her videos and interactive installations have been shown in galleries and institutions for over two decades including MNCARS (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia) in Madrid and Invisible Exports Gallery in New York. Leo divides her time between New York and Madrid.

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Rape New York - The Story...
Jana Leo, Rape New York - The Story of a Rape and an Examination of a Culture of Predation, 2009. Book, ink, paper, 13 x 19.5 cm, 127 p, language: English, publisher: Book Works, London, ISBN: 978 1 906012 14 4.

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The Artist's Novel
The Book Lovers is a research project on the phenomenon of the artist's novel curated by David Maroto and Joanna Zielińska. The central quest

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The M HKA is a museum for contemporary art, film and visual culture in its widest sense. It is an open place of encounter for art, artists and the public. The M HKA aspires to play a leading role in Flanders and to extend its international profile by building upon Antwerp's avant-garde tradition. The M HKA bridges the relationship between artistic questions and wider societal issues, between the international and the regional, artists and public, tradition and innovation, reflection and presentation. Central here is the museum's collection with its ongoing acquisitions, as well as related areas of management and research.

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The M HKA Ensembles represent our first steps towards initiating the public to today's art-related digital landscape. With the help of these new media, our aim is to offer our artworks a better and fuller array of support for their presentation and public understanding.