Liina Leo (EE, b. 1993) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the transformative power of the unseen, navigating the liminal spaces between life, death, dreams and reality. She holds an MA in Contemporary Photography from London’s Central Saint Martins. Leo approaches image-making as an alchemical process, focusing on its hidden material conditions rather than representation alone. Through site-specific performances, photography, and moving image, her work reflects on the experience of alienation.
Leo’s presentation at Foto Tallinn continues her exploration into the alchemical potential of photography and the material presence of silver. Inspired by the act of looking into a mirror, Leo’s project questions the space between observer and observed, the living and the dead. In the artist’s terms, gold and silver function as allegories of value and desire, yet they remain cold, distant surfaces, drawing the viewer into a fractured encounter with their own reflection. The work seeks to evoke an uncanny, ghostly presence, where the photographs take on a spectral value beyond the image itself.
