Leroy Berger is an artist and designer coming from Sakha Republic (Yakutia), an indigenous land in North Asia.

His work explores how indigenous culture and practices can be present in the era of globalization and colonialism. 

Working with language, memory, archives, folklore and cultural traditions, Berger puts images and occurrences together, trying to document a space where political becomes personal, and explore the ways of communal resistance and defiance.

Currently based in the Netherlands.

Currently participating in Queer Union Academy (July-Dec 2026), Reschooling Spiral (Sep 2026 - June 2027)


Education
ArtEZ University of the Arts Arnhem, NL
Graphic Design BA
2021-2025

Solo exhibitions
A Few Words From the Yakut Language
PuntWG, Amsterdam, NL
2026

Group exhibitions

Tactics for Survival in Uncertainty
KOTE, Seoul, KR
2026

Enter Nostalgia: The Comfort of Knowing
NulZes, Eindhoven, NL
2026

Proof of Existence
L’Aléatoire – Galerie d’art indépendante, Paris, FR
2025

TAKE a SEAT. MAKE a SHIFT
Kulturfabrik Moabit, Berlin, DE
2025

Shuud Busaar (Indirectly)
Résidence des Récollets, Paris, FR
2024

Water Investigations/Hydro Playground
Rozet, Arnhem, NL
2023


Events
Lingering Voices, short film screening
(curating with Baine Choros)
airWG, Amsterdam, NL
2026

ECHO | Knowing in Solidarity, panel talk
Platform POST, Nijmegen, NL
2026

That word, right on the tip of my tongue
(workshop facilitator)
2.Dh5 Festival, Utrecht, NL
2026

The Bowl of Aspirations: A Noodle workshop
(facilitation with Asha Victoria & Soyoon Cha)
Bradwolff Projects, Amsterdam, NL

2026

That word, right on the tip of my tongue
(workshop facilitator)
ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, NL
2026

byob fair

Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
2025

native tongues defiant : talk
Colored Qollective Symposium, Utrecht, NL
2025

Lorem Ipsum
Midwest, Amsterdam, NL
2024


Experience
Colored Qollective
Board member
2026-now

De Voorkamer
Lino workshop instructor
2026

COROOTED, art collective
Co-founding member
2024-now

deff collective

Graphic Design Intern
2024

Freelance
Graphic Design & Illustration
2018-now


Awards & Grants
Amarte Fonds
Project Grant
2026

NewOne Awards, Shanghai, CN
native tongues defiant, Merit Award
2025

The Supporting Act Foundation by WeTransfer
Creative Bursary grantee
2024-2025

AON Scholarship Program
2024-2025


Residencies
airWG, Amsterdam, NL
2026

Future Storytelling Lab,
Zwolle, NL
2024-2025