Sophia Leitenmayer is an artist, musician and curator based in Hamburg. Collective approaches are important for their work―developing interdisciplinary works at the intersection of sound
and object, film and performance. The working method is fluid, ephemeral and process-oriented, and social and political contexts drive their installations and interventions. The physical experiences of their hand-based practises and creating spaces for art and curating is accompanied by fields of research: self-organization, archives, rememberance practice, funeral eulogy, rest and desire.
At the moment Leitenmayer works on prosthesis, non-functioning bodies and repair of different live forms and explores mycelium materials. Previous works focused on the water systems of cities which the artist is listening to and resonating with by using hydrophone and saxophone.

studies
Bachelor studies in Fine Arts, Timebased Media with Michaela Melián and Documentary Film with Pepe Danquart 2016-2021 at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg;
Master’s degree in Fine Arts, TimeCBTed Media with Michaela Melián / Kader Attia 2021-2024 at the HFBK Hamburg
Since 2020 co-curator of Hyper Cultural Passengers and the off-space orbit.altona in Hamburg, as well as part of the exhibition collective TAPETE and research community

prices
2021 Willi-Münzenberg-Preis
2022 Hamburger Nachwuchsfilmpreis

scholarships & residencies
2024 Residency at Koganecho in collaboration with Zou-No-Hana Terrace Yokohama and Spiral Tokyo, JP
2021 "Kabuff", EWERK Freiburg, DE