Marc Ohrem-Leclef (German) is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY.
After completing studies in Communication Design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences in Germany, he relocated to New York City in 1998.
Founding a commercial photography studio that serviced the advertising industry for 15 years, a life-changing experience renewed Ohrem-Leclef's focus on personal long term projects (2012). His collaborative practice moves between documentary and performative modes to construct alternative representations and narratives that address issues of identity and belonging.
Ohrem-Leclef’s work has been exhibited in Brazil, Germany, India, Israel, Slovakia. Spain, the Netherlands, UK and US. It is held in the collections of Museo de Arte do Rio (MAR / Rio de Janeiro), and David Dechman, NYC.
A MacDowell Fellow (2018), he teaches at the International Center of Photography (ICP) and has lectured at Columbia University, New School, CUNY, School of Visual Arts, SUNY, Pratt Institute, amongst others.
Select publications and reviews include Artnews, Artforum, BBC, British Journal of Photography, CityLab, Hyperallergic, Der Spiegel, GUP, Slate, Out.
A long-term project portraying the residents of Rio’s favelas as they are evicted from their homes in the slums to make way for modern infrastructure to support the Olympic Games in 2016.
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