Biography
Leo Carmona (b. Oax, Mexico) is an artist based in Seattle, Washington. Leo’s creative path traces back to his middle school years when he learned to use photoshop by creating mixtate covers and MySpace layouts for his friends. Since then, he has developed a portfolio of photographic and design works while simontaniously pursuing a career in communications. Storytelling is a central aspect of Leo’s work. He has collaborated with agencies across industires to design brand experiences and materialize stories across print and digital media with works ranging from branding and visual identities, web design, portraiture and editorial photography, and video productions.
In 2021, amid COVID-19, Leo begain experimenting with art making as a way of creative expression apart from commissioned projects. Pulling from his background in documentary photography and passion for design principles, Leo is interested in the poetry found in every day life, forms, and colors. His most recent artistic work is centered in the exploration of ecological concepts and the environment. Though the use of photography, collaging, and other image-making tools, Leo examines the relationship between built and natural matter, and interrogates the social and cultural practices that shape the human relationship to the the land.
Leo earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Washington in 2016. In 2019, he participated in a 6-month filmmkaing program with Blanket Forth Films, where he directed and co-produced his first short film, The Token.
Contact
leocgijon@gmail.com
instagram.com/leocarmona
Leo Carmona (b. Oax, Mexico) is an artist based in Seattle, Washington. Leo’s creative path traces back to his middle school years when he learned to use photoshop by creating mixtate covers and MySpace layouts for his friends. Since then, he has developed a portfolio of photographic and design works while simontaniously pursuing a career in communications. Storytelling is a central aspect of Leo’s work. He has collaborated with agencies across industires to design brand experiences and materialize stories across print and digital media with works ranging from branding and visual identities, web design, portraiture and editorial photography, and video productions.
In 2021, amid COVID-19, Leo begain experimenting with art making as a way of creative expression apart from commissioned projects. Pulling from his background in documentary photography and passion for design principles, Leo is interested in the poetry found in every day life, forms, and colors. His most recent artistic work is centered in the exploration of ecological concepts and the environment. Though the use of photography, collaging, and other image-making tools, Leo examines the relationship between built and natural matter, and interrogates the social and cultural practices that shape the human relationship to the the land.
Leo earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Washington in 2016. In 2019, he participated in a 6-month filmmkaing program with Blanket Forth Films, where he directed and co-produced his first short film, The Token.
Contact
leocgijon@gmail.com
instagram.com/leocarmona