Juan Ledesma (b. 1988 Auckland, New Zealand) is a Peruvian interdisciplinary artist based in Miami, FL. Through sculpture, drawing and sound installation, Ledesma examines the intersection of sound and material culture. His practice treats seemingly unrelated disciplines (i.e. linguistics & acoustics) as common threads in the fabric of our social reality, revealing spaces of commonality that fundamentally question who we are and how we relate to one another.
Solo exhibitions include: “Rhythm of Speech”, Locust Projects, Miami, Florida (2021). Selected group exhibitions include: “El Espacio Entre Los Otros”, Radio 28, Mexico City, MX (2023); “The BluPrnt”, Bridge Red Studios, Miami, Florida (2023); “Instrument”, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2018); “Performance for Parafiction”, ArtCenter South Florida, Miami, Florida (2017), among others. Ledesma received “The Ellies Creator Awards”, Oolite Arts, Miami, Florida (2019). Residencies include: Radio 28 Creative Studios, Mexico City, Mexico (2023); Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, Colorado (2023); “Home & Away”, Oolite Arts / Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida (2020) and “MFU: Miami”, ArtCenter South Florida / BHQFU, Miami, Florida (2017). Ledesma received his BFA in Studio Art from Florida Atlantic University in 2012.