Sophia Leitenmayer is an artist based in Hamburg working with sound, performance, objects, and video. Their working method is fluid, ephemeral, and process-oriented and includes creating spaces for art and curation. This is accompanied by fields of research: self-organization, archives, remembrance practices, funeral eulogy, rest and desire. 

 Currently, Leitenmayer works on prostheses, non-functioning bodies, and the repair of different live forms and explores mycelium materials. Previous works focused on the water systems of cities, which the artist is listening to and resonating with by using hydrophone and saxophone. 

 Collective and interdisciplinary approaches are an integral part of their practice. In 2019 they founded the off-space orbit.altona, Hamburg, and in 2021 they started working as co-curator of Hyper Cultural Passengers Gallery, Hamburg. Leitenmayer is also part of the international artist network “Portjourneys”, the exhibition collective “TAPETE” and the experimental research group “Archival Community”. 

 Leitenmayer has been awarded several prizes, including the Willi Münzenberg Award for the most socially relevant film (2021) and the Hamburg Young Filmmakers Award (2022). Their works have been exhibited at Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Kunstverein Springhornhof, HYCP Hamburg, Studio Peragine, Delphi Space, and ((NYT)) Art Space Berlin. Solo exhibitions include ‘Three River Pieces’ at Ono Point Space Yokohama, ‘Kinderbrille’ at Galerie für Gegenwartskunst EWERK Freiburg, and ‘Papierfischchen’ at Galerie Genscher Hamburg.

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