Curator / Artist / Cultural producer01 / Exhibitions
Art, culture and the communities built between them.
Fabien “LeoGami” Bolle-Soazandry is an artist, curator and cultural producer whose work connects portraiture, moving image, physical exhibitions and digital communities.
His journey through the art world began with making work as a form of recognition—creating portraits, celebrating cultural figures and placing art directly into the hands of the people who inspired it. That instinct developed into a wider curatorial practice: building platforms for overlooked perspectives, opening institutional spaces to new audiences and helping artists move between physical and digital worlds.
“Art becomes more powerful when people can see themselves inside it.”
02 / Selected impact
From institutional rooms to a global creative network.
03 / Art as exchange
Portraits made to be experienced, not simply displayed.
Before building exhibitions and cultural platforms, LeoGami’s art practice centred on portraiture and personal exchange. The finished originals were presented directly to their subjects—turning portraiture into both an artwork and an encounter.
01
John Boyega
An original portrait exploring contemporary Black identity, cultural visibility and the emergence of a new generation of British creative figures—personally gifted to the actor.
02
The Floacist
An original portrait gifted to Natalie “The Floacist” Stewart of Floetry, recognising the singular voice she shaped through poetry, music and performance.
03
Tye Tribbett
An original portrait gifted to the Grammy Award-winning gospel artist, celebrating the energy, movement and spiritual expression at the centre of his work.
04 / Institutional & public culture
From making art to shaping cultural experiences.
01
Cut The Chat × Chris Ofili
As part of BRING THE NOISE!, our podcast Cut The Chat staged a whole-building takeover of Tate Britain in support of Chris Ofili’s exhibition. We brought the full barbershop experience into the gallery—creating a lively, accessible space for conversation between art, culture and new audiences.
Tate Britain also asked us to create a review film of the Chris Ofili exhibition as part of BRING THE NOISE!—translating the experience into a character-led response for audiences beyond the gallery.
02
First institutional presentation
A month-long exhibition of original artwork at the former US Embassy in Grosvenor Square marked LeoGami’s first presentation of a complete artistic practice within an international institution.
The event carried particular historical significance: it was the final exhibition held inside the former American Embassy before the diplomatic mission relocated to its new building in Nine Elms, Battersea. The presentation therefore became both a personal milestone and part of the closing cultural chapter of an iconic London building.
03
African Impact
A programme positioning African creativity, identity and influence as a living, evolving force—bringing artists, ideas and cultural perspectives across disciplines and generations into Tate Exchange.
04
Tania Bruguera’s Hyundai Commission
As part of Tate Neighbours, LeoGami contributed to the community-led process surrounding Tania Bruguera’s Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern. The project explored migration, collective action and the relationship between the institution and the communities living around it.
The commission included renaming Tate Modern’s Boiler House as the Natalie Bell Building, recognising a local activist whose work has supported communities across Southwark. Initially introduced through the commission, the name has since been made permanent—creating an enduring institutional legacy shaped by community participation.
His involvement formed part of a wider creative practice connecting artists, major cultural institutions and local communities through participatory cultural experiences.
View Tate film ↗︎
05
Memory / Music / Cultural legacy
Bob & I
The Hospital Club, London
An intimate and rarely seen chapter in the story of Bob Marley.
Co-curated with photographer, filmmaker and cultural historian Esther Anderson, the exhibition presented archival photographs from Marley’s early life—before the internationally recognised iconography had fully emerged.
LeoGami helped connect Anderson’s archive with a contemporary audience while protecting the intimacy, authorship and historical importance of the material.
- Role
- Co-curator
- Collaborator
- Esther Anderson
- Focus
- Photography, memory and cultural authorship
06 / Building a digital art community
From curating exhibitions to building the platform.
LeoGami founded NFT_Community to discover, support and connect artists working across digital art, emerging technology and online culture.
What began as an independent social platform grew into a community of more than 235,000 followers across Instagram and X—providing visibility for thousands of creators while digital art was still fighting for wider cultural legitimacy.
The next step was physical: exhibitions and international activations connecting artists discovered online with galleries, collectors, institutions and new audiences.
07 / Digital art in physical space
International NFT_Community exhibitions.
London / 2021
Digital Existence
Rotate Gallery × KnownOrigin × Ethereum London
Explored what happens when blockchain-based artwork moves beyond the screen and enters a shared physical environment—bringing digital and physical work together at a formative moment for crypto art.
Curator / NFT_Community founder
New York City / June 2022
NINFA × The Crypt Gallery
NFT NYC / International activation
Placed artists from the community inside an international digital-art context, extending NFT_Community from an online discovery platform into a cross-border curatorial network.
Curator / Community partner
Rio de Janeiro / Brazil
NFT Rio Takeover
16 artists / Week-long programme
Connected an international artist community with Brazil’s growing digital-art ecosystem through exhibitions, conversations and collaborations beyond the established centres of the NFT market.
Lead curator / NFT_Community founder
08 / Curatorial approach
Discover early. Connect meaningfully. Build for cultural longevity.
Curation is not simply about selecting work. It is about creating the conditions in which art, people and ideas can meet.
Access
Create points of entry for audiences who may not see themselves reflected in conventional art-world spaces.
Discovery
Identify distinctive artists and cultural voices before institutional or commercial recognition arrives.
Connection
Build meaningful relationships between artists, audiences, communities, collectors and institutions.
Context
Present digital and culturally specific work with the narrative, care and physical presence it needs to be understood.
Selected exhibitions & cultural projects
- 01Cut The Chat × Chris Ofili — Tate Britain
- 02Month-long solo presentation — US Embassy London
- 03Bob & I with Esther Anderson — The Hospital Club
- 04African Impact — Tate Exchange
- 05Tate Neighbours — Tania Bruguera Hyundai Commission
- 06Digital Existence — Rotate Gallery, London
- 07NINFA × The Crypt Gallery — New York City
- 08NFT Rio Takeover — Rio de Janeiro
09 / Open channel
Curation, cultural partnerships and exhibition development.
Available for curatorial commissions, cultural programming, artist and institutional partnerships, digital-art exhibitions and projects connecting emerging technology with physical cultural experience.
