Leopoldo Goût (b. 1972, Mexico) is an artist, writer, and filmmaker who works across mediums to capture the ephemeral: an abstract and figurative clash with memory and humanity, with chaos. Born in Mexico City, Goût grew up among poets, musicians, explorers, activists, filmmakers, scientists, and visual artists, whose stories and ideas inspired him.
He studied in London at the renowned Central Saint Martins School of Art and it was there that he began to approach his work as a kaleidoscope of references that inhabit and obscure easy origins and meaning. Goût’s perspective is a confluence of the modern and ancient, order and disorder, and speaks to a wide audience. All his projects, including films and novels, influence each other in unexpected ways.
He has written and produced films, documentaries, and television shows for more than a decade. Goût’s documentary film Carlos debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival and was theatrically distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. He wrote and produced The Chosen One (El Elegido) with his brother Everardo, a television show that debuted on Netflix in 2023 on the top 10 list in more than 70 countries. An accomplished novelist, Goût’s book Piñata won the Top 10 Horror Novels of 2023.
He lives with his family in NYC and has studios in NYC, Mexico City, and Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca. His work has appeared in galleries and museums throughout the world, including MoMA PS1, Galeria Museo of Bogotá, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City, and the West Collection of Pennsylvania.
