Ouka Leele

*1957-2022 / Spain

Works

Contacts for the work of Ouka Leele

Ouka Leele

elparaguas@oukaleele.com
www.oukaleele.com

Solo exhibitions

Mitologías modernas: Ouka Leele & Co

Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid (ES)
2 Jul 2026 – 18 Oct 2026
Barcelona 1978 -1980

RocioSantaCruz, Barcelona (ES)
15 May 2026 – 9 Sep 2026
Ouka Leele

Museo Trastevere, Roma (IT)
17 Apr 2024 – 7 Jul 2024
The universe of a star

Real Sociedad Fotográfica, Madrid (ES)
6 Jun 2023 – 29 Jul 2023
Supernova

Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (ES)
2 Jun 2021 – 24 Oct 2021
EXPOSITION MONOGRAPHIQUE

Vu' La Galerie, Paris (FR)
24 Jan 2020 – 7 Mar 2020
Travellers from my Galaxy

Fernández-Braso, Madrid (ES)
9 Jun 2016 – 30 Jul 2016
Ouka Leele (Bárbara Allende Gil de Biedma)

Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (ES)
17 Feb 2014 – 18 May 2014
@ Paseo de Valdelasfuentes

Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Alcobendas (ES)
4 Jul 2013 – 31 Jan 2014
La utopía transgresora

Fototeca Nacional, Pachuca (MX)
21 Jun 2013 – 1 Dec 2013
Inédita

Museo de Cáceres, Cáceres (ES)
25 Oct 2013 – 24 Nov 2013
@ Bulevar Salvador Allende

20 years of the Alcobendas Photography Collection

Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Alcobendas (ES)
28 Jan 2013 – 30 Jun 2013
OUKA LEELE

Galería Punto, Valencia (ES)
16 May 2013 – 24 Jun 2013
La utopía transgresora

CCE CENTRO CULTURAL DE ESPAÑA , Montevideo (UY)
19 Jul 2012 – 4 Sep 2012
Una fuente que mana sedienta de si misma o un volcán ávido de contemplar su propia lava

Galeria AFCN Contraluz, Pamplona (ES)
18 Nov 2011 – 22 Dec 2011
Inédita

Centre d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (ES)
25 Mar 2011 – 29 May 2011
Inédita

Tinglado 1 / 2 / 4, Tarragona (ES)
20 Apr 2010 – 13 Jun 2010
Delirious Reality

Consulate Spain Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
12 Dec 2009 – 28 Feb 2010
Inédita

Sala Municipal de San Benito, Valladolid (ES)
26 Jun 2008 – 24 Aug 2008
Ouka Leele - Bárbara Allende

Photo Gallery 20, Bilbao (ES)
4 Apr 2008 – 30 Jun 2008
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Kur Art Gallery, San Sebastián (ES)
4 May 2007 – 4 Jul 2007
Pulpo's Boulevard - Ouka Leele en su laberinto

Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid (ES)
10 Oct 2006 – 12 Nov 2006
En Blanco y Negro

Centro Cultural Cajastur, Mieres (ES)
6 Nov 2003 – 3 Jan 2004
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Theatre La passerelle, Gap (FR)
14 Jan 2003 – 1 Mar 2003

Group

Emancipations. Foto Colectania Collection

Fundacion Foto Colectania, Barcelona (ES)
8 Oct 2026 – 7 Feb 2027

with Helena Almeida, Pilar Aymerich, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Colita, Joan Colom, Gabriel Cuallado, Estela de Castro, Cristina De Middel, Jean-Marie del Moral, Antonio Julio Duarte, Joan Fontcuberta, Francisco Gomez …
INSTANTES DE LUZ. 12 Premios Nacionales de Fotografía

Instants of Light. 12 National Photography Award Winners PHE 2026

Blanca Berlín, Madrid (ES)
23 May 2026 – 17 Oct 2026

with Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Toni Catany, Joan Colom, Gabriel Cuallado, Eugeni Forcano, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Cristobal Hara, Rafael Sanz Lobato, Ramon Masats, Isabel Munoz, Carlos Perez Siquier
L’épreuve du réel – Chapitre 1

La photographie à l’épreuve de la colorisation

Vu' La Galerie, Paris (FR)
11 Sep 2025 – 18 Oct 2025

with Israel Arino, Irène Jonas, Rima Samman
CHROMOTHERAPIA

Feel-Good Color Photography

Villa Medici, Roma (IT)
28 Feb 2025 – 9 Jun 2025

with Miles Aldridge, Erwin Blumenfeld, Guy Bourdin, Juno Calypso, Maurizio Cattelan, Walter Chandoha, Harold E. Edgerton, Hassan Hajjaj, Hiro, Madame Yevonde, Arnold Odermatt, Ruth Ossai …
Open Your Eyes

The Photographic Collections of Les Abattoirs and the Galerie Le Château d’Eau

Les Abattoirs - Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse (FR)
11 Oct 2024 – 18 May 2025

with Pilar Albarracin, Miguel Angel Rojas, Alexander Apostol, Dieter Appelt, Gabriele Basilico, Claude Batho, Hans Bellmer, Gael Bonnefon, Mohamed Bourouissa, Brassai, Elina Brotherus, Matthias Bruggmann …
A CONTEMPORARY LOOK AT THE PRADO MUSEUM

Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Alcobendas (ES)
8 Feb 2024 – 16 Jun 2024

with Jose Manuel Ballester, Bleda & Rosa, Carmen Calvo, Javier Campano, Cristina De Middel, Naia del Castillo, Joan Fontcuberta, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Pierre Gonnord, Luis Gordillo, Cristina Iglesias …
MADRID: CRÓNICA CREATIVA DE LOS 80

MADRID: CREATIVE CHRONICLE OF THE 80'S

Fundación Canal, Madrid (ES)
19 May 2023 – 20 Aug 2023

with Jordi Socías
BANQUETE

La Fabrica, Madrid (ES)
10 Dec 2022 – 31 Jan 2023

with Matias Costa, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Rosa Muñoz, Javier Riera, Laura Torrado, Miguel Trillo
15 AÑOS. 15 ICONOS

Blanca Berlín, Madrid (ES)
19 Feb 2022 – 21 May 2022

with Soledad Cordoba, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Toni Catany, Martin Chambi, Flor Garduno, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Ramon Masats, Isabel Munoz, Jose Ortiz Echague, Cecilia Paredes, Juergen Schadeberg, Carlos Perez Siquier …
ENCOUNTERS

A MULTIPLICITY OF VIEWS ON CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Alcobendas (ES)
17 Feb 2022 – 16 May 2022

with Pedro Albornoz, Greta Alfaro, Paula Anta, Jose Manuel Ballester, Gabriele Basilico, Luis Baylón, Primoz Bizjak, James Casebere, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Chema Conesa, Magdalena Correa, Matias Costa …
AN OVERWHELMING ILLUSION

JPMORGAN CHASE ART COLLECTION

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
11 Nov 2021 – 14 Nov 2021

with Claire Adelfang, Anna Atkins, Aurore Bagarry, Bae Bien-U, Colita, Petra Cortright, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Prince Gyasi, Cig Harvey, Hisai Imai, Richard Learoyd, Gosette Lubondo …
Feast for the Eyes

The Story of Food in Photography

Hasselblad Center, Göteborg (SE)
29 Feb 2020 – 10 May 2020

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Guy Bourdin, Imogen Cunningham, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Nan Goldin, Rinko Kawauchi, Laura Letinsky, Man Ray , Nickolas Muray, Martin Parr, Cindy Sherman, Wolfgang Tillmans …
LA MOVIDA. A chronicle of turmoil

Fundacion Foto Colectania, Barcelona (ES)
17 Oct 2019 – 23 Feb 2020

with Alberto Garcia-Alix, Pablo Perez Minguez, Miguel Trillo
Feast for the Eyes - The Story of Food in Photography

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
21 Dec 2018 – 6 Mar 2019

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Guy Bourdin, Imogen Cunningham, William Eggleston, Roe Ethridge, Marion Faller, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Roger Fenton, Fischli & Weiss, Hollis Frampton, Nan Goldin, Daniel Gordon …
PHotoEspaña 2016

PHotoEspaña, Madrid (ES)
1 Jun 2016 – 28 Aug 2016

with Kristoffer Albrecht, Tete Álvarez, Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Shirley Baker, Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno, Gabriele Basilico, Lurdes R. Basoli, John Batho, Jordi Bernado, Alphonse Bertillon, Joana Biarnes, Daniel Blaufuks …
Fulgor

Proyecto Imagina. Fondos del CAF

CAF. Centro Andaluz, Almería (ES)
31 Jul 2013 – 30 Nov 2013

with Sibylle Bergemann, Toni Catany, Arno Fischer, Mimmo Jodice, Francoise Nunez, Bernard Plossu, Ilan Wolff
50X60 POLAROID GIGANTE

CAF. Centro Andaluz, Roma (IT)
10 Sep 2013 – 31 Oct 2013

with Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Toni Catany, Monica Lleo, Chema Madoz
Humanos. Acciones, Historia y Fotografía

Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Alcobendas (ES)
16 Nov 2010 – 6 Feb 2011

with Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Chema Madoz, Ramon Masats, Isabel Munoz
Artistas y Fotógrafos. Imágenes para una colección

Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporáneo de, Madrid (ES)
8 May 2008 – 28 Sep 2008

with Gabriele Basilico, Luis Castelo, Pepe Cuevas, José Maria Díaz-Maroto, Pepe Frisuelos, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Juan José Gómez Molina, David Jimenez, Ola Kolehmainen, Chema Madoz, Ramon Masats, Pablo Perez Minguez …
L'Eternel Féminin

Muestra Colectiva de Fotografia.

Kowasa Gallery, Barcelona (ES)
14 Jun 2007 – 30 Jul 2007

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Ramón Battles, Thierry Béringer, Ferenc Berko, Josep Bou, Bill Brandt, Josef Breitenbach, Toni Catany, Jordi Cuxart, Alfonso De Castro, Frantisek Drtikol, Grancel Fitz …
Guangzhou Photo Biennial - Evolution

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
17 May 2007 – 8 Jul 2007

with Bleda & Rosa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Patrizia Di Fiore, Joakim Eneroth, Walker Evans, Alain Fleischer, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Cristina Garcia Rodero, AN Ge, WANG Guofeng, Cristobal Hara, Arja Hyytiaeinen …
L'AMOUR, comment ca va?

Maison de la Villette, Paris (FR)
5 Apr 2006 – 13 Aug 2006

with Lucie Balme, Joel Bartolomeo, Quentin Bertoux, Sylvie Blocher, Sophie Brändström, Jean-François Campos, Olivier Coulange, Antoine d'Agata, Claude Danteny, Denis Darzacq, Stéphanie de Boutray, Sabine Delcour …
Insensé Espagne

Colette, Paris (FR)
2 May 2005 – 28 May 2005

with Juan Pablo Ballester, Luis Baylón, Javier Campano, Vari Carames, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Toni Catany, Joan Colom, Jordi Colomer, Juan Manuel Diaz Burgos, Mario de Ayguavives, Naia del Castillo, Joan Fontcuberta …
Homenaje a Rafael Alberti. Nueve fotógrafos

Baluarte de la Candelaria, Cádiz (ES)
8 Sep 2004 – 1 Oct 2004

with Héctor Bermejo, Carlos Canal, Jorge G. Dragon, Antonio J. García, Lola Gutiérrez, José M. Ochoa, José Tamayo
Homenaje a Alberti. Nueve fotógrafos

CAF. Centro Andaluz, Almería (ES)
17 Jun 2004 – 25 Jul 2004

with Héctor Bermejo, Carlos Canal, Jorge G. Dragon, Antonio J. García, Lola Gutiérrez, Pablo Julià, José M. Ochoa
Proposal EFTI'04 - PHOTOESPAÑA 2004

EFTI. Escuela de Fotografía y Centro de , Madrid (ES)
18 Jun 2004 – 14 Jul 2004

with Ciuco Gutierez, Chema Madoz, Manuel Rufo, Martin Sanpedro, José Luis Santalla
Géneros y tendencias en los albores del siglo XXI

Sala Municipal de San Benito, Valladolid (ES)
20 Jan 2004 – 7 Mar 2004

with Daniel Canogar, Joan Fontcuberta, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Javier Vallhonrat
UNIQUES

Vu' La Galerie, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2003 – 10 Jan 2004

with Michael Ackerman, Jehsong Baak, Jose Ramon Bas, Hicham Benohoud, HAI Bo, Lorenzo Castore, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Anita Conti, Antoine d'Agata, Denis Darzacq, Hugues de Wurstemberger, Hiroto Fujimoto …
Two of us

L.A. Galerie, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
26 Oct 2002 – 31 Dec 2002

with Bernard Faucon, David Hilliard, Paul Laster, Tracey Moffatt, Yasumasa Morimura, Johnny Pack, Michelle Sank, Arthur Tress, Chris Verene

Events

APERTURA - Madrid Gallery Weekend 2026

Arte Madrid, Madrid (ES)
10 Sep 2026 – 13 Sep 2026

with Carlos Aires, Cristóbal Ascencio, Aziz + Cucher, Daniel Canogar, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Toni Catany, Alejandro Cesarco, Joan Colom, Gabriel Cuallado, Irene de Andres, Jim Dine, Eugeni Forcano …
Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

RocioSantaCruz, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Toni Amengual, Pilar Aymerich, Antoni Campañá, Colita, Marcel Giró, Javier Inés, German Lorca, Barbara Mors, Francisco Ontanon, Palmira Puig-Giro, Lua Ribeira, Miguel Trillo …
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth

RocioSantaCruz, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Toni Amengual, Pilar Aymerich, Antoni Campañá, Colita, Paco Elvira, Marcel Giró, Javier Inés, Gloria Oyarzabal, Lua Ribeira
Paris Photo 2023 artists

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2023 – 12 Nov 2023

with Berenice Abbott, Michael Ackerman, Ansel Adams, Albarran Cabrera, Toni Amengual, Eugenio Ampudia, Angelo Funk, Vladimir Antaki, Nobuyoshi Araki, Nadim Asfar, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon …
PHotoEspaña 2023

PHotoEspaña, Madrid (ES)
31 May 2023 – 3 Sep 2023

with Marina Abramovic, Paula Anta, Alice Austen, Jose Manuel Ballester, Bolette Berg, Joana Biarnes, Bleda & Rosa, Nick Brandt, Nadia Bseiso, Edward Burtynsky, Martin Chambi, Imogen Cunningham …
XVIII Bienal de Fotografía de Córdoba

AFOCO - Asociación Fotográfica Cordobesa, Córdoba (ES)
15 Apr 2023 – 18 Jun 2023

with Latif Al Ani, Antonio Cabello, Estela de Castro, Maryam Firuzi, Hanna Jarzabek, Isabel Munoz, Ana Palacios
CONTEXT Art Miami

CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami (US)
29 Nov 2022 – 4 Dec 2022

with Eric Ceccarini, Todd Gray, Patrick Lajoie, Isabelle Menin
PHotoEspaña 2021

PHotoEspaña, Madrid (ES)
2 Jun 2021 – 30 Sep 2021

with Larry Achiampong, Alfonso, Liza Ambrossio, Paula Anta, Heli Blåfield, Bill Brandt, Candice Breitz, Monica de Miranda, Pia Elizondo, David Goldblatt, Katia Kameli, Kiluanji Kia Henda …
Paris Photo 2019

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2019 – 10 Nov 2019

with Berenice Abbott, Oliver Abraham, Marina Abramovic, Ansel Adams, David Adika, Jun Ahn, Albarran Cabrera, Pilar Albarracin, Laure Albin-Guillot, Helena Almeida, Darren Almond, Malala Andrialavidrazana …
Rencontres d'Arles 2019

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
1 Jul 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Laurence Aegerter, Berenice Abbott, Anonymous, Josefin Arnell, Eve Arnold, Mate Bartha, Steeve Bauras, Valerie Belin, Daphne Bengoa, Mohamed Bourouissa, Philippe Chancel, Lucien Clergue …
Encontros da Imagem 2017

30th international festival of Phtotography and Visual Arts

Encontros da Imagem, Braga (PT)
15 Sep 2017 – 29 Oct 2017

with Anja Bohnhof, Fernando Brito, Delphine Burtin, Rita Castro Neves, Antoine d'Agata, Jack Delano, Ulla Deventer, Jonas Feige, Sophie Gabrielle, Antonio Guerra, Dorothea Lange, Daniel Moreira …
ENTREFOTOS 2003

Cromotex . Miguel Fleta, 5 . 28037 MADRID

Asociación entreFotos, Madrid (ES)
27 Nov 2003 – 30 Nov 2003

with Jose Ramon Bas, Evaristo Delgado, Fernando Herraez