Labor

About

Mano Leyrado – Magister in Fine Arts (Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin).

I’m a Creative Technologist specialized in art, culture & communication.

My hybrid background allows me to manage the entire project process, from conceptualization and project management to the technical production of communication assets.

Services

Advanced Digital Support: Deep experience in media design, covering video production, graphic design, web development, coding, CMS platforms, and more. AI tools integrated.

Production and Logistics: Hands-on assistance, preparation of artworks, installation, and de-installation of exhibitions.

Documentation and Communication: Content generation, support in project communication, and preparation of materials for publication.

Mano Leyrado

Creative Technologist & Artist

Barcelona · Remote · manoleyrado@gmail.com · linkedin · ig


Profile

Fifteen years working with communication teams as a media designer [ video, design and web ] combined with studies in fine arts (Master in Sculpture and Degree in Fine Arts, with honors) and art curating (cultural management). This hybrid practice lets me take on the concept and strategy as much as the visual and technical production of complex projects. My video Elenchus was recently acquired by the Belvedere’s Ursula Blickle Video Archiv (Vienna, 2026); I was 1st runner-up for the Beyond Future Art Prize (Berlin, 2025).


Selected Experience

Tecnologia [in]visible — Palau Robert, Barcelona
Audiovisual Production & Creative Collaboration · Gracias Grecia · 2026
Public institutional exhibition commissioned by Mobile World Capital Barcelona and the Generalitat de Catalunya, curated by Genís Roca. Audiovisual production: a six-channel multiscreen room, two generative AI video pipelines (ComfyUI, Wan/LTX, cloud GPU), a documentary interview series, and a pipeline built on Whisper. Delivered the multi-room production budget, equipment riders and lighting diagrams.

OFFICE IMPART — Berlin
Artist Assistant, Production & Digital · 2026
Jonas Lund, “Performance Review”: the gallery ran as an AI-governed production system where an autonomous agent assigned tasks, evaluated output and logged human labour through a live interface. Worked inside it as an assigned operator on production and digital support.

ctrl QS — Berlin
Video Producer & Creative Technologist · 2020–2025
Ran video from script to animation and delivery across a five-year collaboration. Integrated generative AI into production pipelines. Built and maintained multilingual web platforms and databases.

INCAA — Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales, Buenos Aires
Media Designer & Digital Strategy · 2014–2018
Media design and digital strategy for Argentina’s national institute of cinema and audiovisual arts. Video, graphics and web across its communication output.

CPU — Contemporary Processes Unity, Buenos Aires
Co-founder, Art Director & Web Developer · 2017–2022
Co-founded an independent art space at Palacio Barolo. Led communication strategy, visual identity and web development, and ran full exhibition cycles from technical production to institutional relations.

Art Basel Cities Buenos Aires
Web Developer & Technical Manager · 2018
Built and managed the institutional digital platform.

Others: Pirámide Selva: creative direction & brand (2011–2017) · El Gran Vidrio: gallery web & inventory systems (2018) · Ad-HOC: visual system & editorial (2019). Studios: Turbo Trueno, Remolino, Kato Producciones, THCMPNY, Banda Aparte.


AI & Technical

Generative AI & video · ComfyUI, Stable Diffusion (SDXL), Wan, LTX, Runway, Midjourney, Whisper (ASR), LLM-integrated pipelines

3D & fabrication · Blender, depth-map workflows, 3D printing (OrcaSlicer), mold casting

Motion & post · After Effects, Premiere, Resolume Arena; multiscreen / multichannel edit & sync

Web & infrastructure · JavaScript, PHP, HTML5/CSS3, WordPress, Contentful, Drupal; cloud GPU (RunPod), local inference (Apple Silicon / MPS)


Selected Work & Exhibitions

Elenchus (2023) · acquired by the Belvedere’s Bildarchiv & Ursula Blickle Video Archiv, Vienna, 2026
1st runner-up, Beyond Future Art Prize, Berlin, 2025
295-piece generative AI archive · m4n0.art/ai-archive
Metaxy (Artwings) & Gute Gesellschaft (Wilhelm Studio), Berlin, 2025 · Escalators to: Big Bang, KHB Graduate Exhibition, 2026


Education & Languages

Master in Sculpture · Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin (KHB), 2025–2026
Degree in Fine Arts, with honors · Weißensee KHB, 2020–2025
Exchange, Digital Arts · University of Applied Arts Vienna (Die Angewandte), 2024
Art Curating & Cultural Management · CIC, Buenos Aires, 2015–2018

Languages: Spanish (native) · English (C1) · German (B2)