Leah Gordon
Affiliation: Independent Artist
Leah Gordon (born Ellesmere Port) is an artist, curator, and writer. Gordon’s work amplifies ‘histories from below’ and recognises the role of carnival and folk traditions in sustaining radical histories. Gordon’s film and photographic works have been exhibited internationally including the MCA, Sydney and the Dak’art Biennale. Her book and subsequent award-winning film, KANAVAL, were published and screened in 2021/2022. Gordon exhibited in and curated at documenta fifteen in 2022 and she exhibited, Monument to the Vanquished Peasant in 2025, as part of the Coventry Biennial. In 2026 she exhibited at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale and the Chennai Photo Biennale.
This work does not represent one particular body of work, but is an assortment of works from ‘Monument to the Vanquished Peasant’, ‘A Pig’s Tale’, ‘Kanaval’ and my evolving project, ‘The Perfume Harvesters’, which is currently in progress.