Lisa Leone

Born in the Bronx and raised throughout New York City, Lisa Leone has been surrounded by hip-hop culture for virtually her entire life. By the late eighties, as a widely published photographer, she was in a unique position to capture a behind the-scenes perspective on the spirit of collaboration that fueled hip-hop’s early artistic triumphs. “To see a young Nas in the studio with Q-Tip, Premier and Large Professor was not only inspiring,” she reflects on one of the candid photos included in the show, “it is ‘the decisive moment’.”

Lisa Leone began her career shooting musicians as well as personalities like Debi Mazar and Spike Lee. She worked for British Vogue and for VIBE, where she was a contributing photographer and columnist for two years. While shooting stills on a music video the director asked Lisa to shoot B roll; so began her career as a cinematographer. A few years later, Lisa began work on Stanley Kubrick’s last film, ‘Eyes Wide Shut’. Kubrick quickly became her mentor, with their shared Bronx history an important facet. Lisa continues to make her own work, and is currently Vice President of Artistic Programs at the National YoungArts Foundation.

Artist Exhibitions

Artist News

Lisa Leone Mary J. Blige – 1992 NYC Pigment Print on Museo Silver Rag Paper 9h x 14w in 22.86h x 35.56w cm Edition of […]

Fri Dec 6th – Sun Dec 8th, 2019 After a year-long run at HVW8 Gallery in Los Angeles, Brave New Views takes on Miami with […]

Thank-you to all the artists, attendees, participants and performers for this year’s ‘Creative Class’ at Miami Art Week.  

A selection of past work now on display. To visit HVW8 Berlin please email info@hvw8.com or pass by Thursday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm.

        New Press on East Side Story at HVW8 Los Angeles and How You Like Me Now? at HVW8 Berlin now on iD […]

New photos online from HVW8 Berlin . Thank-you everyone who came by for the opening. Exhibition on dispaly until Nov. 12th

New interview with Lisa Leone on iGnant  :   Opening this week at HVW8 Gallery Berlin – an exhibition showing the work of Lisa Leone, a Bronx-born photographer […]

For Immediate Release Tuesday, September 20, 2016 HVW8 GALLERY BERLIN PRESENTS HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW? LISA LEONE’S ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS IN FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION IN […]

Photo the Exhibition ‘Then’ from 2012 at HVW8 Gallery. HVW8 Alumni Lisa Leone’s exhibition Here I Am: Photographs by Lisa Leone opens this Saturday, September […]

  It’s the 20th Anniversary of Nas’ ‘Illmatic’ album and we still have a few posters left from her 2012 exhibition Then   Also available […]

Video from the recent ‘Home and Away’ exhibitions in Milan and Amsterdam featuring Lisa Leone, Alessandro Moroder and Hassan Rahim.

Home and Away at Galleria Patricia Armocida Milan. Francisca and Alessandro Moroder in Milan. Lisa Leone HVW8 Gallery Home and Away touring crew. Home and […]

LOS ANGELES has recently moved to the forefront of the contemporary art scene with HVW8 Gallery playing a pivotal role. HVW8 stands at the heart […]

Lisa Leone Fabel and Wiggles-1990 NYC, 1990 Pigment Print on Museo Silver Rag Paper 19 x 29 inches (48.25 x 73.65 cm)   Call 323 655 […]

Lisa Leone ‘Then’ Exhibition Catalog is now back in stock. …. Only 9 left. 64 pages, 2012, produced by the Icon Books for ‘Then’ at HVW8 Art […]

A few words and photos from Lisa …. exhibition opens May 11th. Nas – 1993. During the recording session of Nas’s first album “Illmatic”…considered by […]

Fugees – ’94 Nas – ’93 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “THEN” by Lisa Leone Opening May 11th to June 10th, 2012. rsvp: lisa_leone@hvw8.com New photo exhibition […]