Levels & Bosses
Levels & Bosses is the studio of Leo Castañeda, an artist and game developer born in Cali and based in Miami. His work spans painting, video games, sculpture, immersive media, and software.
The paintings and the game are made from the same world. The lanterns, the mangrove hedge, and The Other appear on canvas and in the engine.
Levels & Bosses is the studio of Leo Castañeda (b. 1988, Cali, Colombia), a multimedia artist and video game designer exploring Latin American Surrealism in the digital age. His work takes the form of episodic games and immersive installations that meld atmospheric paintings, video, mixed reality, wearables, and sculpture.
In 2026 Camoflux: Levels & Bosses, Incendio Igapó was exhibited in the Whitney Biennial, and Camoflux Recall Grotto, commissioned for the Whitney's artport, entered the museum's permanent collection. Castañeda is a Knight Foundation Arts + Technology Fellow, YoungArts Artist Technology Fellow, Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute Praxis Project Fellow, Ellies Creator Award recipient, and Harpo Foundation grantee.
He has exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel, Museu do Amanhã in Rio de Janeiro, Espacio ArtNexus Bogotá, Locust Projects Miami, and Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia in Colombia. He holds a BFA from Cooper Union and an MFA from Hunter College. Camoflux is published by Otro Inventario.