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Leia Genis

Leia Genis is a trans artist and writer currently based in Atlanta. Her writing has been published in Hyperallergic, Frieze, Burnaway, Art Papers and Number: Inc. Magazine. Genis is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design and is also an avid cyclist with a competition history at the national level.

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A person lies on a patterned sofa under a lamp, reading a magazine that partially covers their face, in a warmly lit, domestic room.

Curator Karen Comer Lowe’s Five Artists to Watch

By Leia Genis
A woman holding a large folded map labeled “Atlanta Art Fair” reads it inside a booth, with artworks on the walls around her.

The Best Booths at This Year’s Atlanta Art Fair

By Leia Genis
20th Anniversary David C. Driskell Prize Gala At The High Museum Of Art

A Night of Living Legends: Inside the High Museum’s Driskell Gala and Afterparty

By Leia Genis
An art gallery installation view shows several works themed around houses, including colorful paintings, photographs, and wooden sculptures arranged across a white-walled space.

Meet the Collector: For John Wieland, Collecting Art Is About Feeling at Home

By Leia Genis
A painting of autumn presents tall grasses and wildflowers in front of a vivid red and pink sky, with a glowing orange sun above the horizon.

At the High, Kim Chong Hak Shows It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It

By Leia Genis
An illustration of a girl with a short black bob haircut holding a yellow landline phone, with small inset images of a flower vase and incense holder floating against a blue and red background.

‘Hoa Tay (Flower Hands)’ Searches for Cultural Assimilation in New Orleans

By Leia Genis
A gallery wall displays seven colorful collages above a long shelf filled with small devotional objects and found materials.

The 2025 Alabama Triennial’s Wide Range Is Both a Strength and a Stumbling Block

By Leia Genis
A sculpture of a classical-style head turned upside down and partially melting in pastel pink, yellow and orange material, pressed into a red cushion.

The Can’t-Miss Art Exhibitions in Atlanta This July

By Leia Genis
A close-up image of a masquerade figure wearing a multicolored costume encrusted with sequins, lace, tassels and embroidery, featuring a sculpted mask with closed eyes and a protruding tongue.

NOMA’s ‘New African Masquerades’ Has Much to Tell Us About Identity and Engagement

By Leia Genis
An image of a white gallery wall displaying five black-and-white portrait photographs of individuals in formal or traditional attire, accompanied by a life-size sculpture of a robed figure with a dark face and folded hands in prayer.

Zanele Muholi Shows that Insistence Is the Best Resistance in Savannah

By Leia Genis
An expansive indoor space contains three enormous illuminated video panels showing the surface of the sun, a nebula-like explosion, and a blue celestial body, with several silhouetted visitors standing in front of each.

Ryoji Ikeda’s “Data-Verse” at the High Is an Ego Killer

By Leia Genis
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