About the Artist

Leya Rubin (b. 2000, NY,US) is a Chinese-British multidisciplinary artist whose work spans painting, performance, and music.

Drawing deeply from personal experience, she explores identity, emotion, and perception through bold visual language and sound.

 

Her painting practice is 

diary-like: a narrative unfolding through vibrant color, symbolic forms, and layered compositions that fuse the natural with the surreal. She frequently engages with the female form as a symbol untethered from material or societal definitions, inviting viewers into a raw space of vulnerability and internal inquiry. Her work challenges binaries, blurs boundaries, and reflects a desire for shared emotional resonance.

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Equally rooted in music, Leya Lunei Lei is a classical and jazz trained  multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, playing four instruments since the age of four. Her musical foundation is steeped in jazz - a major influence on her style and improvisational approach. She is currently working on her debut EP, set to release by the end of 2025, which will reflect the same narrative sensitivity and emotional transparency found in her visual work.

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With a background in mathematics, Leya's interdisciplinary approach seeks structure in chaos and fluidity in form - whether through brushstroke or melody. She aspires to combine an exhibition and listening party as a culmination of this holistic vision: an immersive space where painting and sound coalesce. This project is not just a presentation of work, but an invitation to witness the overlap between visual and auditory language, internal experience and external expression. Through this dual offering, Leya continues her pursuit of transformation, connection, and the power of art to illuminate the unseen.