"Leonardo" 15:00 #1060 Artist Residence curated by Frama in Italy | Negative Capability Leonardo c. Amadeus Vandal was born november 1988. copenhagen, denmark. son of - painter & scenographer, lenda vandal and cultural journalist, jørn anker. photography from "the narcissist" presented at etage projects, 2014. leonardo anker amadeus vandal is a danish artist and designer. his designs are mostly influented by historical themes from lost time periods. from the renaissance to the romanticism in a more gloomy and monocromatic way, where as his art is more in the abstract direction. leonardo is educated in basic tailoring, sales and visual merchandising. leonardo has been making interior design for high-end fashion stores, costumes for the danish royal ballet and haute couture for the discerning audience. he started his company, nom de plume by a. naselli in 2008, which means: pen name/synonym by the protagonist of commedia dell'arte – alberto naselli whom invented the persona harlekin (arlechino), the tragic but evocative person, whose clothes were made of patches. which is the philosophy of the brand, to take pieces of fabrics and put it together for something extraordinary, like his costume ewoke and aroused peoples attention. leonardo presented a new line in 2013 called the black albino and had a presentation at a copenhagen based gallery, where he for the first time met up with out his usual disguise as his caracter a. naselli, and in 2014 he presented an art film series the narcissist, where in act iv, he reveales the true identity behind the mask. leonardo has worked with following issues: fashion design, furniture design, interieur design, films/performance art, painting, sculptures, writing and installation art. leonardo’s creations, has been shown amongst other great designers/artists such as: rick owens, damir doma, julius, givenchy, jill sander, barbara i gongini, gerrit thomas rietveld, jo nagasaka/schemata architects, alastair philip wiper, camilla stærk, fos, frederik paulsen, luuk van den broek, martin sobral, niels heymans, sabine marcelis, studio like this. #love #art #design #photography