Renato Leotta

Renato Leotta born in 1982, in Turin, currently lives and works between Acireale and Turin. Renato Leotta’s work stems from a reflection on the landscape, understood as the unfolding of time upon surfaces. Temporality is the subject of the work, and it takes shape through an observation of the elements that govern it: the sky, for example, and its relationship with things—the sea, plants, the wind, but also the body and memory.

His works are acts of observation, and the subject of his practice can be traced back to the Mediterranean—a context understood as an entity that situates the artist’s research within a critique or resistance to the rhythms of speed and image production.

Leotta’s solo exhibitions include: Concertino, Castello di Rivoli, Italy (2023) and Ondina with the Turin phiilarmonica orchestra at Conservatorio Verdi, Turin (2023); Sensibilità, Le Quai, Monaco, France (2023); MACTE, Termoli, Italy (2022); Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin (2020); Galleria Fonti; Naples (2019 & 2015); Magazzino Italian Art, NY (2019); Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen (2018); Madragoa, Lisbon (2017 & 2016), among others. 

Group exhibitions include: Museum de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Portugal (2025); Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection, Paris (2024); Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy (2024); 17th Instanbul Biennial (2022),  Bulgari Prize, MAXXI, Roma (2021); Fundaciòn Santander, Madrid (2019); Gropius Bau, Berlin (2019); Palazzo Fortuny, Venezia (2018); MASP, Sao Paolo, Brazil (2018); Manifesta 12, Palermo (2018); Madre, Naples (2017) Le Galerie Centre d’Art Contemporain, Noisy-le Sec, France (2016); BOZAR, Bruxelles (2015), among others. Leotta is a co-founder of CRIPTA747, Turiner Khunstverein ? and Istituto Sicilia.