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Leo Villareal

American, 1967

WA-00000575

Contemporary

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WikidataQ6524309

MoMA

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LocationArtsy + Gallery Pace· 85%✓
Birth yearArtsy + Gallery Pace· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Gallery Pace· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Pace· 80%✓

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Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/34787
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Leo Villareal creates large-scale installations using LEDs and custom software to generate intricate, ever-shifting patterns of light. His works transform architectural spaces through algorithmic composition, treating digital code as a sculptural medium that responds to time, mathematics, and perception.

Source: Pace Gallery · Trust score: 100% · Updated 4mo ago

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Artworks (4)

Illuminated River

2019

Hive (Bleecker Street)

2007 · Light-emitting diodes (LEDs), custom software program, electrical hardware, and diffusion material

7' x 24' x 15" (457.2 x 731.5 x 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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12 entries · 1 sources

Illuminated River
2019 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Hive (Bleecker Street)
2012 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Multiverse
2008 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

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