Ralph Leeten Belgium, b. 1999

Ralph Leeten (b. 1999, Antwerp, BE) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is

rooted in painting. He graduated from LUCA School of Arts in 2022, where his work

evolved through sustained observation of local landscapes, arboreal structures,

and the shifting relationship between humans and their immediate environment.

Leeten’s practice reflects on the contemporary condition of the Anthropocene

through acts of observation and selection rather than research or narration. His

paintings are constructed from found imagery that is deliberately juxtaposed,

generating a feverish coherence through visual and conceptual friction between

themes. During the painting process, Leeten builds extensive structures of thought,

which are gradually reduced, leaving the painted work as an artifact — a residue of

thinking materialized in paint. Emphasizing spatial depth and layered composition,

his form of painting exposes simultaneity in both image and thought.

Curriculum Vitae:

Exhibited:

-Anthropocentric Duality in Forbidden City, April-May 2026, Antwerp

-Rez Gauche, Shelter Series/ Research Exhibition 2026, Brussels, Belgium

-Belgian Art & Design Fair (BADAFF), March 2026 Ghent

-(Expo)nentieel , Nodenaysteen, January, 2025 Ghent

-Current Art Space, December 2023 Antwerp

-Equilibrium in Backspace April 7th-9th 2023 Antwerp

-Groupshow Diskus 2022 Aalst

-Collaboration Juttu- LUCA school of arts 2022 Ghent

-Raveelmuseum 2021 Machelen-aan-de-Leie

-Wijk8 Solo Expo 2022 Ghent, Belgium

-Kavka Solo expo 2019 Antwerp, Belgium

Curated exhibitions:

-Equilibirum, Backspace April 2023

-Common Ground, Backspace April 2025

-Spatial (Re)Awareness, Backspace June 2025

-Functional Friction, Backspace December 2025

-Ornamental Gesture, Backspace, January 2026

-Painting Maximalism, Backspace, April 2026

-Permanent Apocalypse, Backspace, May 2026

Residencies:

-Rez Gauche, Brussels, Belgium

-Agerupgård, Samsø, Denmark April 2026

-ArteVentura, near Aracena, Spain, August 2026