About

Leonardo Flores Parés

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany (born 1989 in Tehuacán Puebla, México) is a visual artist who uses photography as his main medium. He obtained a degree in visual arts at Escuela libre de arte y diseño de Puebla and has completed several diplomas and workshops at Node Center, International Photography School and Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie with Rodrigo Alcocer de Garay, Marc Volk, Pablo Zuleta Zahr, Paul Hutchinson and Hannah Goldstein. His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in Mexico, Spain, the USA, Australia and Germany.

Flores Parés aims to give new meaning to everyday objects by transforming, rearranging, or simply placing them in different contexts. He seeks to challenge viewers’ perception of everyday life, as for him there is no clear distinction between art and life itself. Central to his practice are themes of time, labor / artistic labor, ephemerality, and processes of change. He is interested in transient situations, fragile gestures, and moments that exist only briefly before transforming or disappearing.

In his practice, photography mainly serves as an exploratory tool through which he tries to capture, experience, and understand the world around him. The camera functions as a container for ideas and discoveries an archive of observations and emotions. He often finds his readymades within the cityscape, as well as in situations encountered involuntarily in everyday life, where he considers fortune to be his muse. Through what he finds, he questions traditional ways in which landscape, painting, and sculpture are commonly perceived and understood.