Born 1993, Naples, FL
Lives and works in Seattle, WA

education

2021-2022, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA

solo exhibitions

2022, Joe Waine Gallery, Wanda Terrace, Seattle, WA

two person exhibitions

September 2019, LoveCityLove, Exhibition Elsewhere,
with Jake Alexander, Seattle, WA

(select) group exhibitions

October 2023, Indigo Slate Gallery, Common Ground, Seattle, WA

published works

monographs:

Pocho (Cens.us, 2019/2021)

Wanda Terrace (self-published, 2022)

Drive By (Frute, 2024)

Tierra Roja (self-published, 2025)

zines:

Machismo (Cens.us, 2017)

Bardo (Cens.us, 2018)

Personas (Cens.us, 2019)

Pocho (Cens.us, 2019/2021)

selected bibliography:

Photographs of Seattle's dynamic drag scene, i-D, January 1st, 2023 - Interview by Jas Keimig

Premiere: Leo Bañuelos in "Ruining Skateboarding", Jenkem, April 8th, 2022 - Interview by Alexis Castro

Meet Your Maker: Leo Bañuelos, Crosscut, February 26th, 2020 - Interview by Agueda Pacheco Flores

The Queer Utopia is There, Skateism, May 25th, 2020 - Interview by Emanuele Barbier

THERE is the queer collective united by a love of skating, Dazed Mag, Text by Marianne Eloise

Conversation With Queer Creator Leo Bañuelos, Skateism, March 25th, 2019 - Interview by Tobias Coughlin-Bogue