Mediator, Brandenburg/Ruhr area

"The role art plays in society is a theme that has occupied me since my studies. With the New Patrons, I rethink this question together with artists and citizens groups, realising projects that are rooted in those citizens’ lives and lived environments. This collaborative process opens up new perspectives on what art can and should be today."

Lea Schleiffenbaum is an art historian and independent curator. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Reading with a scholarship from the Heinrich Böll Foundation. She earned her Master’s degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her Bachelor’s degree from Westminster University in London. She has worked as a curatorial assistant at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt and at Kunsthaus Dresden. Since 2017, her focus has been on projects in public space. In addition to international collaborations with artists such as Pawel Althamer, Jorge Pardo, Tobias Rehberger, and Pae White, she worked in 2020 and 2021 for ZK/U – Center for Art and Urbanistics in Berlin. In 2022, she was commissioned by the Düsseldorf Art Commission to curate the sculpture park in Lantz’scher Park.

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