Auction Records
Paddle 8 "SDAI Benefit", San Diego Art Institute, San Diego 2015
Paddle 8 "Benefit for Diane Farber Cancer Institiute", NYC 2014
Philips de Pury, "Now:Art of the 21st Century" March 6 2010
Education
BFA M.G.S.A Rutgers University 1999
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Superfine Art Fair, NYC
"Winner's are the New Losers Part III", The Living Gallery Outpost, NYC
2017
Superfine Art Fair, Miami
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle
Roll Up Gallery, San Francisco
Superfine Art Fair, NYC
"Winners Are The New Losers", World Money Gallery, NYC
2016
"Skittles and Old Spice", Megumi Ogita Projects,Tokyo
"Accessible Art Fair", MVVO, NYC
"Seekers", Amy Li Projects, NYC
2015
"Brian Break", Megumi Ogita Gallery , Tokyo
"Brian Leo is Not a Zombie Formalist". Amy Li Projects, NYC
"Pancake Ferrari", Alt Space, NYC
2014
"Post Painterly Pop:Tokyo" , Megumi Ogita Gallery , Tokyo
"Pop Up Art with Brian Leo, Wish Lounge, San Francisco
"Kurt Cobain had never Googled Porn NYC", Rebecca Jampol Projects,,NYC
"Post Painterly Pop", International Fine Arts Consortium
"Fountain Art Fair", NYC
2013
"Kurt Cobain had never Googled Porn", Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo
"Gimbab", Golmok Gallery, Seoul
"Party Is Over If You Want It", S&J Projects NYC
"Selected Works", Hana Gallery, Tokyo
"Fountain Art Fair", Kesting Presents, Chicago
"I Hear The Droning", Kesting Presents, NYC
"Fountain Art Fair", Kesting Presents, NYC
2012
"Not A One Night Stand", Fukagawa Garage, Tokyo
"We are Just Ordinary Until We Get More Damage Done", Kesting Ray Gallery, NYC
"Fountain Art Fair", NYC
2011
"Fountain Art Fair", NYC
"The Post Ironic", Kesting Ray Gallery NYC
"NEXT Art Fair", courtesy of Kesting Ray Gallery Chicago
"Pulse Art Fair",courtesy of Kesting Ray Gallery Los Angeles
"Fountain Art Fair", courtesy of Christina Ray Gallery Miami
2010
"Fountain Art Fair" ,courtesy of Leo Kesting Gallery, NYC
"Philips De Pury Auction", NYC
"This Air Is Full", Leo Kesting Gallery NYC
"NEXT Art Fair", Leo Kesting Gallery Chicago
"Convergence Art Fair", NYC
"Fountain Art Fair", courtesy of Leo Kesting Gallery Miami
2009
"Fountain Art Fair", courtesy of Leo Kesting Gallery NYC
"Brian Leo is Every Soldier in the World" Leo Kesting Gallery NYC
"Fountain Art Fair", Miami
2008
"Fountain Art Fair", courtesy of Leo Kesting Gallery NYC
"Truck Bomb" Leo kesting Gallery, NYC
"Fountain Art Fair", Miami
2007
"Martial Law Winter Wonderland" C.K.F.A , Brooklyn
"Disappoint the Youth" Jonathan Shorr Gallery , NYC
"Bird Flush" Ramp Gallery Tokyo, Japan
"Death Star" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho, NYC
"Disappoint The Youth" Kong Tong Gallery Tokyo, Japan
"Field Goal" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho, NYC
"New Paintings" Salon 191 Gallery, NYC
"Ziggurship" Jonathan Shorr Gallery , NYC
"No Water" SB Gallery Tribeca NYC
2006
"The Free Associative" Capla Kesting Fine Art ,Brooklyn
"Submarine and Skyscrapers" Jonathan Shorr Gallery NYC
2005
"Pennies" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho, NYC
"The G. Parade" Capla Kesting Fine Art, Brooklyn
2004
"Garage Pop Surrealism" Tribes Gallery, NYC
Superfine Art Fair, NYC
"Winner's are the New Losers Part III", The Living Gallery Outpost, NYC
2017
Superfine Art Fair, Miami
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle
Roll Up Gallery, San Francisco
Superfine Art Fair, NYC
"Winners Are The New Losers", World Money Gallery, NYC
2016
"Skittles and Old Spice", Megumi Ogita Projects,Tokyo
"Accessible Art Fair", MVVO, NYC
"Seekers", Amy Li Projects, NYC
2015
"Brian Break", Megumi Ogita Gallery , Tokyo
"Brian Leo is Not a Zombie Formalist". Amy Li Projects, NYC
"Pancake Ferrari", Alt Space, NYC
2014
"Post Painterly Pop:Tokyo" , Megumi Ogita Gallery , Tokyo
"Pop Up Art with Brian Leo, Wish Lounge, San Francisco
"Kurt Cobain had never Googled Porn NYC", Rebecca Jampol Projects,,NYC
"Post Painterly Pop", International Fine Arts Consortium
"Fountain Art Fair", NYC
2013
"Kurt Cobain had never Googled Porn", Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo
"Gimbab", Golmok Gallery, Seoul
"Party Is Over If You Want It", S&J Projects NYC
"Selected Works", Hana Gallery, Tokyo
"Fountain Art Fair", Kesting Presents, Chicago
"I Hear The Droning", Kesting Presents, NYC
"Fountain Art Fair", Kesting Presents, NYC
2012
"Not A One Night Stand", Fukagawa Garage, Tokyo
"We are Just Ordinary Until We Get More Damage Done", Kesting Ray Gallery, NYC
"Fountain Art Fair", NYC
2011
"Fountain Art Fair", NYC
"The Post Ironic", Kesting Ray Gallery NYC
"NEXT Art Fair", courtesy of Kesting Ray Gallery Chicago
"Pulse Art Fair",courtesy of Kesting Ray Gallery Los Angeles
"Fountain Art Fair", courtesy of Christina Ray Gallery Miami
2010
"Fountain Art Fair" ,courtesy of Leo Kesting Gallery, NYC
"Philips De Pury Auction", NYC
"This Air Is Full", Leo Kesting Gallery NYC
"NEXT Art Fair", Leo Kesting Gallery Chicago
"Convergence Art Fair", NYC
"Fountain Art Fair", courtesy of Leo Kesting Gallery Miami
2009
"Fountain Art Fair", courtesy of Leo Kesting Gallery NYC
"Brian Leo is Every Soldier in the World" Leo Kesting Gallery NYC
"Fountain Art Fair", Miami
2008
"Fountain Art Fair", courtesy of Leo Kesting Gallery NYC
"Truck Bomb" Leo kesting Gallery, NYC
"Fountain Art Fair", Miami
2007
"Martial Law Winter Wonderland" C.K.F.A , Brooklyn
"Disappoint the Youth" Jonathan Shorr Gallery , NYC
"Bird Flush" Ramp Gallery Tokyo, Japan
"Death Star" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho, NYC
"Disappoint The Youth" Kong Tong Gallery Tokyo, Japan
"Field Goal" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho, NYC
"New Paintings" Salon 191 Gallery, NYC
"Ziggurship" Jonathan Shorr Gallery , NYC
"No Water" SB Gallery Tribeca NYC
2006
"The Free Associative" Capla Kesting Fine Art ,Brooklyn
"Submarine and Skyscrapers" Jonathan Shorr Gallery NYC
2005
"Pennies" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho, NYC
"The G. Parade" Capla Kesting Fine Art, Brooklyn
2004
"Garage Pop Surrealism" Tribes Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibitions
2019
"Normal Activity" Two Person Show with Alfredo Martinez, NYC
2018
AD Art Show courtesy of MvVo Art, Sotheby's, NYC
"With Cats", Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo
"Last to Leave, First to Arrive", University of Miami, Coral Gables
2017
"Holiday Show", Ille Arts, Amagansett
"Zine Show", Ille Arts, Amagansett
2016
"LiveWire" , Midway Gallery, San Francisco
"WAGMAG Benefit", The Boiler, NYC
"Best In Show" San Diego Arts Institute, San Diego
2015
SDAI Benefit, Paddle 8/San Diego Institute of Arts, San Diego
"Panic as you See Fit", Gallery M Squared, Texas
"WAGMAG Benefit", The Boiler, NYC
Gwangju International Contemporary Art Center, Gwangju Biennale Hall, Korea
2014
Make It Big, Make It Red, Put A Crown On It, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, NYC
Encapsulados/Wunderkammer , Casa Sostoa, Valencia, Spain
Imago Mundi exhibits at Dak'Art Off 2014 as part of the 11th edition of the Biennale of Contemporary African Art in Dakar, Senegal
Cut Log art Fair courtesy of IFAC, NYC
WAGMAG Benefit, Galapopgos, NYC
"Benefit for Dana Farber Cancer Institute", Paddle8/Lodge Gallery, NYC
2013
"Reuben Wu and Brian Leo", Fukukawa Garage, Tokyo
"XYZ pt.2" courtesy of Megumi Ogita Gallery, Issetan Dept Store, Tokyo
"Etiquette For Lucid Dreaming" Gateway II, Penn Station, Newark, NJ
"Luciano Benetton Show Venice Biennale Sub-Show", Gallery Itdapnida, Venice, Italy
(Imago Mundi debuts in Venice at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, as a collateral event of the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia)
"Bread Cats" Kunstyueck, Berlin, Germany
"Bushwick Open Studios", Kesting Ray Projects, NYC
"Contrast", John Stavros Studios, NYC
"WAGMAG Benefit", English Kills, NYC
2012
"XYZ" Megumi Ogita Gallery Tokyo
"Monster Drawing Rally" Dumbo Arts Center
"Bushwick Open Studios" Kesting Ray Projects
"Contrast", John Stavros Studios NYC
"WAGMAG Benefit", The Boiler, NYC
2011
"War Show", Flux Factory NYC
"Beethoven", Tinca Art Chicago
"Cats with Dustbusters, Baby Grand NYC
"Contrast", John Stavros Studio NYC
"Antagonists" Niagara East Village NYC
"Raw Show", Raw Gallery San Francisco
"Don Porcella and Brian Leo", Kesting Ray Gallery NYC
"December Show", Kesting Ray Gallery NYC
2010
"Gaga ARTCenter", NY State
"Second Saturdays", Staten Island NYC
"Contrast", John Stavros Studio
"Antagonists" Niagara East Village NYC
"DUMBO Arts Center", Brooklyn NYC
"Governors Island Art Fair" NYC
"Gaga Arts Center", NY
"Umbrella Arts Gallery", East Village NYC
2009
"Governors Island Art Fair", NYC
"Gaga Arts Center", NY
"WPA Work Office " Chashama NYC
"The Piazza Glass Gallery", Philadelphia
"SWIMMING CITIES OF SERENISSIMA fundraiser Secret Project Robot", Williamsburg
"Fountain Art Fair" LKG and Glow Lab NYC
"Scope Art Fair" Jon Shorr Gallery NYC
"Glow Lounge" Glow Lab NYC
"Wag Mag Annual Benefit" Front Room Williamsburg, Brooklyn
"Bridge Art Fair", Miami
2008
"Bridge Art Fair" Saffir Gallery Miami
"Fountain Art Fair" LKG Miami
"Preview" LKG
"Guaranteed Good" LKG NYC
"Laughing Matter" Pierro Gallery South Orange NJ
"Umbrella Projects" East Village NYC
"Last Kiss" Jonathan Shorr Gallery NYC
"Art by the Ferry" Staten Island
"Destination" NYC
"DUMBO Arts Center Leap Year Benefit Auction" DUMBO
"Inaugural Group Show" Leo Kesting Gallery NYC
"Wag Mag" Front Room Williamsburg
"Review" Capla Kesting Fine Art Williamsburg, Brooklyn
"Preview Show" Leo Kesting Gallery NYC
2007
"Fountain" Art Basel Satellite Show Miami
"Bridge Art Fair" Chicago art fair Satellite Chicago
"Sunset and St.Marks" Capla Kesting Fine Art Williamsburg, Brooklyn
"Wag Mag" Front Room Gallery Williamsburg, Brookyn
"Food Not Bombs" Mcaig Welles Gallery Williamsburg, Brooklyn
"Global Warming" Protest Gallery Chelsea NYC
"Fountain" Armory Satellite Show NYC
"Domestic Violence" Chelsea NYC
"Inside Out" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho NYC
"Gallery Artists" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho NYC
"Surveillance" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho NYC
2006
"Bridge Art Fair" Art Basel Satellite Show Miami
"Fountain" Art Basel Satellite Show Miami
"Sunset Island Art Mansion" curated by Ronnie Cutrone Miami
"The Flamingo" Art Basel Miami
"Sunset and St.Marks" Standard Hotel Art Series L.A.
"Guild of the Black Eagle" East Village NYC
"Sunset and St.Marks" C.K.F.A Williamsburg
"Fountain" Armory satellite show NYC
"Wag Mag" Front Room Gallery Williamsburg
"Human Animal Hybrids" Diamonds and Oranges E.V. NYC
"E.VIL. Art" Snake Monkey Studio East Village NYC
"Open Walls" Micro Museum Carol Gardens
2005
"Group Show" Zito Studio/Gallery LES NYC
"Street Urchins" Casola Gallery (curator-Ronnie Cutrone) N.Y.
"Fictions" 109 Crosby Street Gallery Soho NYC
"Young Paintings" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho NYC
"Armory Show" Capla Kesting Fine Arts Williamsburg
"Abstractions" Tribes Gallery East Village NYC
2004
"Panjectivist Salon" Capla Kesting Fine Arts Williamsburg
"RNC" Capla Kesting Fine Arts Williamsburg
"Celebration of the Aesthetic" Signet Fine Arts Soho NYC
"Emerging Artists" Blue Sky Gallery Chelsea NYC
"Charlie Parker: Birds" Tribes Gallery East Village NYC
"Murderers and Prophets" CBGB's Gallery East Village NYC
"Freeze" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Tribeca NYC
2003
"Howl Art Auction" Angel Orensanz Foundation LES NYC
"City" CBGB's Gallery East Village NYC
"Charlie Parker: Birds" Tribes Gallery East Village NYC
"Field Day Music Festival" Giants Stadium E. Rutherford NJ
2002
"Antagonists" Niagara East Village NYC
2001
"9-11-The Last Run of Engine 205 L.118" T.F. Gallery NYC
"Graff/Pop-Surrealism" T.F. Gallery East Village NYC
1999
"Penny for Your Thought" MGSA/Rutgers University N.J.
"Normal Activity" Two Person Show with Alfredo Martinez, NYC
2018
AD Art Show courtesy of MvVo Art, Sotheby's, NYC
"With Cats", Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo
"Last to Leave, First to Arrive", University of Miami, Coral Gables
2017
"Holiday Show", Ille Arts, Amagansett
"Zine Show", Ille Arts, Amagansett
2016
"LiveWire" , Midway Gallery, San Francisco
"WAGMAG Benefit", The Boiler, NYC
"Best In Show" San Diego Arts Institute, San Diego
2015
SDAI Benefit, Paddle 8/San Diego Institute of Arts, San Diego
"Panic as you See Fit", Gallery M Squared, Texas
"WAGMAG Benefit", The Boiler, NYC
Gwangju International Contemporary Art Center, Gwangju Biennale Hall, Korea
2014
Make It Big, Make It Red, Put A Crown On It, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, NYC
Encapsulados/Wunderkammer , Casa Sostoa, Valencia, Spain
Imago Mundi exhibits at Dak'Art Off 2014 as part of the 11th edition of the Biennale of Contemporary African Art in Dakar, Senegal
Cut Log art Fair courtesy of IFAC, NYC
WAGMAG Benefit, Galapopgos, NYC
"Benefit for Dana Farber Cancer Institute", Paddle8/Lodge Gallery, NYC
2013
"Reuben Wu and Brian Leo", Fukukawa Garage, Tokyo
"XYZ pt.2" courtesy of Megumi Ogita Gallery, Issetan Dept Store, Tokyo
"Etiquette For Lucid Dreaming" Gateway II, Penn Station, Newark, NJ
"Luciano Benetton Show Venice Biennale Sub-Show", Gallery Itdapnida, Venice, Italy
(Imago Mundi debuts in Venice at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, as a collateral event of the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia)
"Bread Cats" Kunstyueck, Berlin, Germany
"Bushwick Open Studios", Kesting Ray Projects, NYC
"Contrast", John Stavros Studios, NYC
"WAGMAG Benefit", English Kills, NYC
2012
"XYZ" Megumi Ogita Gallery Tokyo
"Monster Drawing Rally" Dumbo Arts Center
"Bushwick Open Studios" Kesting Ray Projects
"Contrast", John Stavros Studios NYC
"WAGMAG Benefit", The Boiler, NYC
2011
"War Show", Flux Factory NYC
"Beethoven", Tinca Art Chicago
"Cats with Dustbusters, Baby Grand NYC
"Contrast", John Stavros Studio NYC
"Antagonists" Niagara East Village NYC
"Raw Show", Raw Gallery San Francisco
"Don Porcella and Brian Leo", Kesting Ray Gallery NYC
"December Show", Kesting Ray Gallery NYC
2010
"Gaga ARTCenter", NY State
"Second Saturdays", Staten Island NYC
"Contrast", John Stavros Studio
"Antagonists" Niagara East Village NYC
"DUMBO Arts Center", Brooklyn NYC
"Governors Island Art Fair" NYC
"Gaga Arts Center", NY
"Umbrella Arts Gallery", East Village NYC
2009
"Governors Island Art Fair", NYC
"Gaga Arts Center", NY
"WPA Work Office " Chashama NYC
"The Piazza Glass Gallery", Philadelphia
"SWIMMING CITIES OF SERENISSIMA fundraiser Secret Project Robot", Williamsburg
"Fountain Art Fair" LKG and Glow Lab NYC
"Scope Art Fair" Jon Shorr Gallery NYC
"Glow Lounge" Glow Lab NYC
"Wag Mag Annual Benefit" Front Room Williamsburg, Brooklyn
"Bridge Art Fair", Miami
2008
"Bridge Art Fair" Saffir Gallery Miami
"Fountain Art Fair" LKG Miami
"Preview" LKG
"Guaranteed Good" LKG NYC
"Laughing Matter" Pierro Gallery South Orange NJ
"Umbrella Projects" East Village NYC
"Last Kiss" Jonathan Shorr Gallery NYC
"Art by the Ferry" Staten Island
"Destination" NYC
"DUMBO Arts Center Leap Year Benefit Auction" DUMBO
"Inaugural Group Show" Leo Kesting Gallery NYC
"Wag Mag" Front Room Williamsburg
"Review" Capla Kesting Fine Art Williamsburg, Brooklyn
"Preview Show" Leo Kesting Gallery NYC
2007
"Fountain" Art Basel Satellite Show Miami
"Bridge Art Fair" Chicago art fair Satellite Chicago
"Sunset and St.Marks" Capla Kesting Fine Art Williamsburg, Brooklyn
"Wag Mag" Front Room Gallery Williamsburg, Brookyn
"Food Not Bombs" Mcaig Welles Gallery Williamsburg, Brooklyn
"Global Warming" Protest Gallery Chelsea NYC
"Fountain" Armory Satellite Show NYC
"Domestic Violence" Chelsea NYC
"Inside Out" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho NYC
"Gallery Artists" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho NYC
"Surveillance" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho NYC
2006
"Bridge Art Fair" Art Basel Satellite Show Miami
"Fountain" Art Basel Satellite Show Miami
"Sunset Island Art Mansion" curated by Ronnie Cutrone Miami
"The Flamingo" Art Basel Miami
"Sunset and St.Marks" Standard Hotel Art Series L.A.
"Guild of the Black Eagle" East Village NYC
"Sunset and St.Marks" C.K.F.A Williamsburg
"Fountain" Armory satellite show NYC
"Wag Mag" Front Room Gallery Williamsburg
"Human Animal Hybrids" Diamonds and Oranges E.V. NYC
"E.VIL. Art" Snake Monkey Studio East Village NYC
"Open Walls" Micro Museum Carol Gardens
2005
"Group Show" Zito Studio/Gallery LES NYC
"Street Urchins" Casola Gallery (curator-Ronnie Cutrone) N.Y.
"Fictions" 109 Crosby Street Gallery Soho NYC
"Young Paintings" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Soho NYC
"Armory Show" Capla Kesting Fine Arts Williamsburg
"Abstractions" Tribes Gallery East Village NYC
2004
"Panjectivist Salon" Capla Kesting Fine Arts Williamsburg
"RNC" Capla Kesting Fine Arts Williamsburg
"Celebration of the Aesthetic" Signet Fine Arts Soho NYC
"Emerging Artists" Blue Sky Gallery Chelsea NYC
"Charlie Parker: Birds" Tribes Gallery East Village NYC
"Murderers and Prophets" CBGB's Gallery East Village NYC
"Freeze" Jonathan Shorr Gallery Tribeca NYC
2003
"Howl Art Auction" Angel Orensanz Foundation LES NYC
"City" CBGB's Gallery East Village NYC
"Charlie Parker: Birds" Tribes Gallery East Village NYC
"Field Day Music Festival" Giants Stadium E. Rutherford NJ
2002
"Antagonists" Niagara East Village NYC
2001
"9-11-The Last Run of Engine 205 L.118" T.F. Gallery NYC
"Graff/Pop-Surrealism" T.F. Gallery East Village NYC
1999
"Penny for Your Thought" MGSA/Rutgers University N.J.