Per-Oskar Leu uses several media – bronze, stone sculpture, oil painting, video art and ready-made – but none in particular.
He takes advantage of historic sources and west culture’s references, deduced for example from literature or films, in order to give different keys to understand nowadays political and social issues.
Furthermore, all of his works challenge the concept of authenticity in Art. Other artist’s inspirational matters are his native country and youth subcultures, which the artist has always felt close to, because joyned in the Punk hardcore movement.
Recent solo exhibitions include: The Lucullan reading circle, a performance based on Bertolt Brecht’s The Trial of Lucullus, GoetheInstitut, New York (2018); Artists’ book XXXIII (2009), Featured at BLACK PAGES, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (2018); Before The War, 1/9unosunove, Rome (2017); Benjamin Tiven c/o Per-Oskar Leu – An alternate correspondence, 1/9unosunove, Rome, Italy (2014); The Suitcases of Mr O.F., 1/9unosunove, Rome (2012); Crisis and critique, Triple Canopy, New York (2012); The English: Are they Human? Commercial Road, project by Cura Magazine, Metropolitan University, London, UK (2012).
Recent group shows include: #15, 1/9unosunove, Rome; Migration: traces in an art collection, konsthall, Stockholm (2019); FREUX FOLLETS, BBB Centre d’Art, Toulouse, France (2016); I SKUGGAN AV KRIGET, Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden (2015); AGITATIONISM, EVA International Biennial, Limerick, Ireland(2014); In These Great Times, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (2014); Studio Exhibition, Whitney Independent Study Program, New York (2013).
He took part at NADA fair New York with 1/9unosunove in 2015.
