CV-Leandro Alenfel

BORN

Brasília, Brazil
LIVES AND WORKS
Brasília DF, and Southampton UK
LANGUAGES
Portuguese, English, and Spanish, all fluently.
CONTACT
Mobile:
DF (+55) 61 99206-0505 alenfel@hotmail.com
UK (+ 44) 07720210078 www.leandroalenfel.weebly.com
PROFILE

I am a curator and multi-disciplinary artist living and working between Brasília and the UK. My interest in the arts initially began
as influenced by the music scene and the cultural activities found Brasília, Brazil. Living in this modern city made me aware of
its ethnographic characteristics in which I explored its psycho-geography and multicultural traits by making drawings and
paintings. In Brasília, I also performed with a choir that involved singing, dancing, in which I also drew costumes for shows.

After moving to the UK I studied to teach English as a Foreign Language and a Higher National Certificate in Art and Design
with Merit. Then I achieved a BA in Fine Art with Honors and in 2017 an MA in Contemporary Curation with Distinction. Over
the years my practice has become more philosophical and more concerned with existentialist principles in which I began to
question ‘identity’ as a result of cultural ‘facticity’ (the condition one is born into). I purposely work with a variety of mediums
and their amalgamation varying from film, sculpture, painting, installation and performance art.

In relation to my curatorial approach in most cases, the narratives hold an epistemological to generate knowledge and reach
the public. In both of my practices either as a curator or as an artist, I aim to instigate social consciousness and to question the
significance of the ‘being’ socially in the materialistic world. My multi-disciplinary experience came very handily coupled with
my work experience when curating shows and communicating with artists. I am friendly and outgoing and really interested in
people’s story. I enjoy working in collaboration as it allows me to grow and find a sense of purpose within my work. I believe in
the power of community and social support to educate inspire and bring development.

EDUCATION
2016-2017 MA (Distinction) Contemporary Curation Winchester School of Art
Southampton University-UK
2013-2016 BA (Hons) Fine Art Arts University of Bournemouth,
UK
2012-2013 HNC-Higher National Certificate (Merit) in Art and Design Southampton City College, UK
2013 PTLLS-Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector: Level 4 Itchen College, UK
2004 TEFL-Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) United World School of English,
Bournemouth
2004-2005 Studied singing under Allie Sharp Bournemouth, UK
2000-2002 Instituto de Música de Brasília-Choir and Musical Theatre School Brasília, Brazil
2002 Summer Dance School-Ballet, Modern Dance, Contact and improvisation Centro de Dança de Brasília
CURATORIAL EXPERINCE
2017 MA Degree Show at the Winchester School of Art Gallery Winchester-UK
‘Sense and Sensibility, Body and Mind’
2017 MA Interim Exhibition at the Winchester School of Art Gallery Winchester-UK
‘Dis-place-ment’

2017 ‘All in The Mind’. Summer Festival about Mental Health. Basingstoke-UK
(Solo Curator)
2017 ‘The Altered Book Exhibition’. Winchester School of Art Gallery and Library Winchester-UK
CURATORIAL INTERNSHIP
2015 CHARLIE SMITH LONDON Gallery. Old Street, London, UK

My responsibilities involved being in direct contact with artists, collectors, galleries and venues
on a regular basis. I typed, edited and published materials such as press releases, consignment
agreements artwork and exhibition installation images that were published online and on hard
copy.
I helped to organize the transportation of artworks to exhibitions, prepared the gallery and
hosted private views and was responsible for the gallery when the director was not present. I
took part in the London Arts Fair, working in the Saatchi and CHARLIE SMITH LONDON show,
‘The Future Can Wait for the Frieze Art Fair.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / RESIDENCIES (as an artist)
2017 Coexist- Alumni Exhibition Arts University of Bournemouth Poole UK
2017 Aspex Gallery- Platform Prize Exhibition 2016 Portsmouth UK
2017 FREE RANGE-True Man Brewery. Brick Lane Group exhibition London-UK
2017 Final Year Group Exhibition Arts University Bournemouth
2015 Hanz Brinker Painting Prize Amsterdam, NL
2015 Exchange, ArtSWay-Fine Art Residency Sway, UK
2015 Come And Crit Me, Artaphobes Bournemouth, UK
2015 Summer Art Exhibition, Life Centre Bournemouth, UK
2015 Spine, An Exhibition of Altered Books Bournemouth Library, UK
2014 Unbound, An Exhibition of Altered Books Bournemouth Library, UK
2014 HIDE 2014, ArtSway- Fine Art and Architecture Residency ArtSway Gallery, Lymington, UK
2013 Spellbound Exhibition Maritime Museum,
Southampton, UK
2013 Old Spitalfields Market Old Spitalfields Market,
2013 Southampton City College The Hub, Southampton City
College, UK
PERMANENT COLLECTION
2015 Painting “Saints and Lullaby” Southampton, UK

2014 Altered Book Sculpture ‘The Burden of Truth’ Bournemouth Library, UK

2013 Ceramic piece ‘Pathway to Change’ Southampton City College,

UK
2013 Collage “Sitting Beauty” Southampton City College,
UK
PUBLICATIONS
2015 State Magazine-Visible 19 Artist of Today. Frieze London Art Fair. London, UK

2013 Poster for Southampton City College for the Spitalfields Market Exhibition London, UK

MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
2002-2006 Rubyz-Cabaret Restaurant (Singer and entertainer) Bournemouth, UK

2005 BU-Gospel choir under the conduction of Ali Sharpe Bournemouth, UK

2004 Wandering Minstrels Choir: The Boyfriend, Camelot, Le Miserables Bournemouth, UK

2000-2001 Instituto de Música de Brasília, musicals: Evita, Grease, Heal The World, Teatro Nacional, Brasília
Sleeping Beauty, and Les Misérables.
2001 Instituto de Música de Brasília: Gospel Choir Comando da Aeronáutica,
Brasília

SKILLS

2012-2015 Printmaking, Digital Photography, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Film, Bournemouth, UK

Microsoft office.
References on request