Catalina León was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1981. She is a visual artist and a cultural manager. She stared her artistic training in 1998 attending various workshops and, after moving simultaneously among other studies. In2001 decides to devote herself mainly to visual arts. Around those years she studies
with artist Mariana López, whom she considers essential to her training, and between
2003 and 2005 participates of the Kuitca Scholarship Programme / Rojas UBA.
Her first solo exhibition, Convertidas en perlas tus lágrimas brotan del mar, took place
at Alberto Sendrós Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, in 2004. Followed by Cruz Imaginal,
Daniel Abate Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, 2008, after winning in 2007 First Prize of the
arteBA / Petrobrás Award with her work Patio ó pintura para piso y plantas; Muda,
Alberto Sendrós Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, 2011, El sacrificio Inútil, Museo de Arte
Moderno, Buenos Aires, 2015 and Un Zodíaco Posible (Obra en construcción) Usina del arte 2019.
Currently she is working on Lluvia, astrología impredictiva, [Rain, Non-Predictive Astrology] a participative project devised to rethink, through art, the traditional imaginaries of astrology and its practical use in daily life.
Desde el 2005 participa de exhibiciones colectivas entre las que se destacan: J’ en Rêve (Fondation Cartier pour l’ Art Contemporain, París, 2005);); ¿Por qué pintura? (FNA, 2009); Mientras sea posible (Casa de América, Madrid, 2010); PintorAs (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario MACRO, 2010); Arte argentino actual en la colección del Malba. Obras 1989-2010 (MALBA, 2011); Últimas tendencias II (Donaciones suspendidas), (Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, 2012); Naturaleza, refugio y recurso del hombre (CCK Buenos Aires, Argentina 2017). Hogar dulce Hogar ( Muntref, Buenos Aires, Arg 2018) 14th Bienal de Curitiba Biennial en la muestra Los hilos del ritual ( Curitiba, Brasil 2019) Reunión, Galería Ruth Benzacar (Buenos Aires 2021) Trama Sinfónica, Museo Marco ( Buenos aires 2021).
She is also cofounder and director of Vergel, an NGO that since 2010 has worked to connect art, health, and education. vergelarte.org
Currently she is working on Lluvia, astrología impredictiva, [Rain, Non-Predictive Astrology] a participative project devised to rethink, through art, the traditional imaginaries of astrology and its practical use in daily life.
Desde el 2005 participa de exhibiciones colectivas entre las que se destacan: J’ en Rêve (Fondation Cartier pour l’ Art Contemporain, París, 2005);); ¿Por qué pintura? (FNA, 2009); Mientras sea posible (Casa de América, Madrid, 2010); PintorAs (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario MACRO, 2010); Arte argentino actual en la colección del Malba. Obras 1989-2010 (MALBA, 2011); Últimas tendencias II (Donaciones suspendidas), (Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, 2012); Naturaleza, refugio y recurso del hombre (CCK Buenos Aires, Argentina 2017). Hogar dulce Hogar ( Muntref, Buenos Aires, Arg 2018) 14th Bienal de Curitiba Biennial en la muestra Los hilos del ritual ( Curitiba, Brasil 2019) Reunión, Galería Ruth Benzacar (Buenos Aires 2021) Trama Sinfónica, Museo Marco ( Buenos aires 2021).
She is also cofounder and director of Vergel, an NGO that since 2010 has worked to connect art, health, and education. vergelarte.org