Leonardo Gabriel do Amaral
Artist/Writer/Educator



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Selected
  1. Ask me to stay, a little longer (2026) — MFA Exhibition
  2. Not in America, Through (2026) — Solo Exhibition
  3. Eight to Eighteen (2026)
  4. Almost (T)here (2025) — Installation
  5. Almost (T)here (2025) — Performance Lecture
  6. On Performing as an Immigrant (2025) 
  7. Colonização Cultural (2025-)
  8. Dress like a Brazilian (2025-)
  9. true! (2024-)
  10. I Am for You (2022-)
  11. O Imigrante (2021)
  12. Aqui Não É Sua Casa (2021)
  13. Copies (2021)
  14. An Unremarkable Dream (2021)



Aqui Não É Sua Casa (2021)



Aqui não é sua casa. (I)
Growing up in Brazil I was very quickly sold on the American Dream. The news constantly talked about how bad of a state our country was in, and the media we consumed continually showed how great America was, and how peaceful, rich, and powerful it was. One of the ways my desire for the American Dream manifested was through housing. In all my trips to America I was fascinated by these massive mansions and what they represented, I wanted one. It wasn’t long before I realized that these homes were not built for someone like me, but that they were built by exploiting people like me, exploiting their hopes and dreams, and then locking them out of it. These homes scare me, for they are not my home at all.

Aqui não é sua casa. (II)
Aqui não é sua casa. (III)
Aqui não é sua casa. (IV)
Aqui não é sua casa. (V)
Aqui não é sua casa. (VI)
Aqui não é sua casa. (VII)


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