Born in Málaga, Spain in 1986,Leonor Serrano Rivas studied Architecture at the Universidad Europea de Madrid (2004-2012) and Fine Arts at the same university (2004-2011). She received her MFA from Goldsmith’s University in 2015 and is currently doing a Research Degree at Slade, UCL (London). Her work explores different mediums and structures in order to create situations between art and architecture, theatre and movement. Her work involves research into historical theories about communication through form, the relationship between the body its movements and design. 

Serrano Rivas was recently nominated for the Jarman Award (2018) and has developed a site performance for Swiss Church, London/GB supported by Arts Council of England Grants for the Arts. She had her first live performance in 2014 at Serpentine Galleries summer pavilion, London (UK).  She has been awarded with the Botin Foundation International Visual Art Grant; ARCO 2016 Young Artist Award Solán de Cabras; New Contemporaries ICA London and Tokyo Arts and Space Residency (a division of Museum of Contemporary Arts Tokyo) supported by Matadero de Madrid, Spain. She is currently developing a new film project commissioned by Ca2M, Madrid (ES).

Since 2014 she has been involved in workshops for kids, foundation courses and university students such as UEM, Madrid ( 2016); LCC foundation years as part of UAL, London ( 2015); around the Corner in collaboration with La Casa Encendida, Madrid ( 2015), and developed a workshop at Museum Reina Sofia, Madrid (2014).

She has exhibited internationally, including Liverpool Biennale ( 2016/ GB); E-Werk, Freiburg (2016/DE); Collection of Russian Museum St. Petersburg/Málaga (2016/ES); ICA London (2016/GB); Arcade Gallery (2016/GB); CAAC, Seville (2016/ES): MUPAM (2016/ES); (solo show) Sala Santa Isabel, Seville (2016/ES); Chisenhale Studios (2016/GB); José La Fuente Gallery, Santander ( 2015/ES); ( solo exhibition) Marta Cervera (2016/ES); Lychee One Gallery, London (2015/GB); Tiro al Blanco, Guadalajara (2015/ MX);  (solo show) Espaidos, Terrassa, Barcelona (2014 /ES); (performance) Serpentine Galleries (2014/GB);Cine Bogart. CentroCentro, Madrid (2014/ES); La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2014 /ES);  (solo show) Galleri Rotor, Gothenburg (2011/ SE), XI Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice (2008 /IT) amongst others.