Jose Gregorio Leon

José Gregorio León (Venezuela, 1967) is a photographer and visual artist based in Panama since 2011. His work explores the relationships between image, artifice, identity, and contemporary visual culture through photography, portraiture, and collage.

Since 2017, he has developed an authorial practice focused on the symbolic construction of images through processes of appropriation, fragmentation, and staging. His projects address themes related to the body, technology, memory, and representations of femininity within popular culture.

He graduated from the New York Institute of Photography, holds a Master’s Degree in Professional Photography from ESdesign Barcelona, and completed the PHotoEspaña Master’s Program. He has participated in workshops and educational programs with Nelson Garrido, Erik Kessels, Aaron Sosa, Erik Del Búfalo, and Duncan Wooldridge, among others.

His work has been featured in group exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama, Diablo Rosso, Centro Cultural Internacional, Centro de Arte Alcobendas (Spain), and Ciudad de las Artes de Panamá. In 2021, he presented his solo exhibition “Silicon Valleys” at the Alliance Française of Panama.

Master PhotoEspaña / ESDesign Master in photography
NYIP Professional Photography

April 2025: “Creative Pause” - a group exhibition by Futuradmedia, participating in the Ayalapapers series. Panama City, Panama City Walls

September 2023: “Meeting Point” - a group exhibition by PHotoEspaña, participating in the Ayalapapers series. Madrid, Alcobendas Art Center, Spain

July 2023: Ayalapapers - collective exhibition Artes Visuales Fest 2023 at the National Archives, Panama City, Panama

July 2023: Mal Re Trato - collective exhibition at Tacos La Neta, Panama City, Panama

April 2023: Movimiento Cultura Colectiva - collective exhibition at Café Bar Carajillos, Series: Metamujer, Panama City, Panama

February 2022: Mínima Arte en pequeño formato - collective exhibition at the Centro Cultural Internacional - Santa Ana, Panama City, Panama

October 2021: DIVERSUM, IMAGO Exhibition - online group exhibition curated by Aaron Sosa

August 2021: White’s Art Gallery - Miami, Florida, USA

July 2021: Valles de Silicio - solo exhibition at the Prada Online Gallery by Wilson Prada

May 2021: Valles de Silicio - solo exhibition at the Alliance Française de Panamá, Panama City, Panama

May 2021: BEFORE DURING AFTER - group exhibition at Espai 30 - Ateneu Sagrerenc, Barcelona, Spain

May 2021: Paper Holds Everything Chapter 5, S...