RESUME

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibition, Gallery@OXO (2020)

Art Number 23 Group Exhibition, Athens (2021)

Xavier Leopold Exhibition, Soho House White City Studios (2022)

Xavier Leopold Installation, Soho House Brixton Studios (2022)

The Lion Mountains Exhibition, Gallery@OXO, Supported by Beats By Dre (2022)

Ambivalent Paradox Group Exhibition, Omaka Gallery (2023) 

Plurality Now Group Exhibition, 198 Contemporary Arts Gallery (2023) 

ING Discerning Eye Group Exhibition, Mall Galleries, co-curated by Peju Oshin (2023)

Together We Thrive, Sothebys Institute and Culture&, in collaboration with Gallery OCA  (2024)

Legacy, Group exhibition, exhibited alongside the late Jean Michel Basquiat, The Bishop Gallery, Brooklyn NYC (2024)

Christies Inc, Christies Lates Group Exhibition, London (2024 )

HSBC HQ, Quasar Group Exhibition, London (2024)

 ‘Reclaiming Narratives’ Group Exhibition, Liberty London (2024)

How Do We Reconcile, Group Exhibition, Copeland Gallery (2024)

Dakar Biennale, Past, Present Future, OFF Programme, Senegal (2024)

Barbican Centre, Echoes of Identity, Group Exhibition, London  (2025)

MA Show, Ancestral Threads & Present Steps, Royal College of Art (2025) 

Public Speaking

Guest Speaker at Charter School East Dulwich, Year 7  (2023)

Guest Panelist, Cromwell Place, 'Diversity in the Arts' , led by Jonathan Woolfson, Director at Sothebys Institute, Hosted by Peju Oshin, Associate Director at Gagosian (2024)

Guest Lecturer at  University Of East London (UEL) Undergraduate Students (2024)

Panel Discussion at Design District, Source The Area (2024)

Guest Lecturer at University Of East London (UEL) Post-Graduate Students (2024)

Guest Lecturer, Sothebys Institute, Post-Graduate Students (2024)

Guest Lecturer at Sothebys Institute, Undergraduate Exchange Students (2024)

In Conversation with Sarah Staton, Dulwich Picture Gallery (2025)

Panel Discussion, Modern Art Oxford (2025)

Philanthropy, Community Engagement and Professional Contributions

£65,000 raised for Black Minds Matter UK through inaugural solo exhibition (2020)

Judging Panelist for The Week Junior Book Awards (2024) 

Art critc, LA Foundation (2024)

Artwork donation, Place2be Fundraising Gala  (2024)

Artwork donation, Student Mind charirty,  Online Auction   (2025)

Notables & collections 

Xavier’s art has been acquired by both private and corporate collections, including global management consulting firm Bain & Company (2022)

Art For The Heart is stocked at institutions such as Museum Of Modern Art (MoMa) and Tate (2023)

Appointed Champion at Place2be Charity - Patron, HRH The Princess of Wales (2023)

Honoured by his former primary school in St.James CE, which named their Year 6 class the “Year 6 Leopold” class in his name (2024)

Publications & Workshops 

The ‘iCan’ workshop, St.Peters Primary School, Documented by The BBC (2020)

Brixton Studios, Soho House, ‘Art For The Heart’  Children's Workshop (2021)

'Art For The Heart' Published, Hachette Book Group Publishing  (2022) 

Edinburgh Book Festival Delivered ‘Art For The Heart’ Children's workshop (2022)

Guest Workshop Facilitator, Kid's Lit Fest, 198 Contemporary Arts Gallery (2024)

Guest Workshop Facilitator, Kid's Lit Fest, Station Hall Herne Hill  (2024)

Art Workshop with Knightsbridge School, Place2be Charity and The Week Junior Magazine (2024)

Commissioned by Wellcome Collection to deliver a project with neurodivergent pupils from their partnering school, Ian Mikardo High School (2024)

Sculpture Making Workshop Host, Dulwich Picture Gallery (2025)