Leon

LANGUAGE EXISTS INSIDE OF LANGUAGE, SECRETING A SECRET SOUND SIMILAR TO SILENCE
Image-Texts by Joshua Ware

Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, September 12th from 6:00-9:00pm 🎊

“Language Exists Inside of Language, Secreting a Secret Sound Similar to Silence” maps the complex relationships between visual and textual representation. Using various styles and strategies, Ware develops contexts that allow for an interplay between image and text. These contexts ask the viewer to consider similarities and differences, intersections and frictions between these two modalities.

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Roll call! Get to know the folks bringing Leon into our next chapter →

MEET THE BOARD | Kaitlyn Tucek

Kaitlyn Tucek lives in Denver, CO. From NY, Tucek has a BFA from Pratt Institute and Masters from CUNY Queens College. Tucek’s work has been shown in New York, Aspen and Denver, including at The Dairy Arts Center, Black Cube Nomadic Museum, Leon Gallery, and K Contemporary Gallery. Tucek has been in SW Contemporary Magazine, Hyperallergic, The Aspen Times, CPR’s Denverite.

MEET THE BOARD | Matt Tripodi

Matt Tripodi is a Denver-based artist working in painting and sculpture. In addition to his studio practice, Matt works as an Economist with the Bureau of Labor Statistics / U.S. Department of Labor.

MEET THE BOARD | :Victor-Jesus: Escobedo

Victor Escobedo is an interdisciplinary artist based in Denver. Originally form Los Angeles, Escobedo has developed an expansive and compelling style using ceramic masks, marionettes, installations, murals, paintings and performances rooted in reimagined ancient iconography. Victor has shown in California, New Mexico and all across Denver and has been recognized by the Jim Henson foundation and The Andy Warhol foundation for his work in puppetry. Victor been a resident artist at the Childrens Museum and Redline contemporary art center and is a part of the Chicano Murals of Colorado Project and has worked as an educator with the Latino Cultural Arts Center.

MEET THE BOARD | Drew Austin

Drew Austin Drew Austindisciplinary artist and curator living and working in Denver, CO. He grew up in Great Falls, Montana, and attended the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, in Denver, which he graduated from in 2017 with his BFA as Valedictorian. He has worked in non-profits for nearly a decade including ReCreative Denver, The Dairy Arts Center, and currently with The Wayfaring Band.

MEET THE BOARD | Mateo Schimpf

Mateo's loMateo Schimpfare w**e, dogs and sound. He makes podcasts at Colorado Public Radio, and is obsessed with the intersection between music, immersive audio art and journalism. He's lived in Colorado for more than 10 years and his favorite w**es these days are from Piedmont.

MEET THE BOARD | Whit🌻

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Announcing our next exhibition: “Saudade” a pop up exhibition featuring the works of Peter Strange Yumi and JDP Anderson

On view for a short time only: August 26th - 30th

Join us for a celebration for the artist on Saturday, August 29th from 6-9pm

“Saudade” brings together new works by Denver-based artist Peter Strange Yumi and JDP Anderson, mapping a visual dialogue rooted in distance, memory, and movement between the United States and Brazil.

Centering on JDP and Yumi’s experiences traversing the coastal trails, urban centers, and landscapes of São Paulo and beyond, the exhibition explores the untranslatable Portuguese concept of saudade—a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves, and the lingering ache of places left behind.

Through a striking collection of photographs, abstract paintings, mixed-media collages, and print works, the artists investigate how personal geography shapes identity, how memory settles into physical materials, and the enduring pull of distant horizons.

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New exhibit alert! Join us for the opening reception of Sculpting Sound on Saturday, April 25th.

Sculpting Sound features new sonic artworks by local visual and installation artists. The best part? You're invited to interact and experiment with the pieces yourself. These works will then transform into a living 'orchestra' for a series of newly commissioned pieces performed by The Playground Ensemble.

The exhibition runs through June 6th, culminating in two concerts premiering the commissioned music on May 30th, followed by an improvised music concert on May 31st.