Whitney Biennial 2026

Through Aug 23

Exhibition artists

56 total
Leo Castañeda
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Leo Castañeda

(he/him)
Born 1988 in Cali, Colombia
Lives in Miami, FL
A surreal green underwater scene with rocks, sea plants, and a large slug-like creature in the foreground.
A surreal green underwater scene with rocks, sea plants, and a large slug-like creature in the foreground.

Leo Castañeda, still from Camoflux: Levels & Bosses (Igapó), 2023–25. Ultra-HD video game, color and sound, dimensions variable. Image courtesy the artist. © Leo Castañeda and Maria Thereza Negreiros

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Leo Castañeda
(he/him)
Born 1988 in Cali, Colombia
Lives in Miami, FL

Leo Castañeda adapted 3D modeling techniques and combined painting, drawing, and sculpture to create the immersive video game installation on view here. He incorporated paintings by his grandmother Maria Thereza Negreiros to depict a fantastical landscape of Colombian and Brazilian ecosystems inflected with Latin American Surrealism. As players move through this territory in the game, they use camouflage and electromagnetism to solve environmental puzzles and resolve conflicts, ultimately altering the course of a cataclysmic explosion. 

The video presented here offers a 360-degree flythrough of the game environment. Castañeda has also released a preview of Camoflux: Levels & Bosses Video Game Installation Incendio Igapó on the gaming platform Steam.

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

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