HI
I’m Ori Paul Levi, a visual artist and photographer based between Paris and London. My work moves at the intersection of fashion, music, and counterculture, creating cinematic narratives that blur the line between visual art and editorial. For me, photography is a way of building worlds - spaces of intimacy, emotion, and self-expression.
Raised between Lisbon and London and trained at IED Milan, I began my editorial career at i-D and Wonderland Magazine. I later co-founded QWHO Magazine in London , an independent quarterly print publication dedicated to menswear, culture and art, which deepened my connection to the city’s countercultural scene.
After relocating to Los Angeles, I fronted an alt rock band and reconnected with photography in a way that blurred art, performance, and storytelling - a rhythm and energy that still drives my work today.
My practice spans editorial commissions, fine art projects, and experimental visual narratives. Exhibited internationally in London, Berlin, Los Angeles, and New York-including with the Tom of Finland Foundation- my work has also been commissioned by brands such as Valentino and featured in publications including i-D, Paper Magazine, Archive Futures, Fucking Young!, and A Part.
At the heart of my work is a desire to create imagery that feels emotionally honest and visually bold - worlds that hold tension between edge and tenderness, fashion and rawness, art and intimacy.
SELECTED EXHIBITS
Solo Exhibitions
2023 : Four Twenty Four, Art Hacker Gallery – Los Angeles
2021 : Sexposed, LA UP Gallery – Los Angeles
Group Exhibitions
2025
The Queer Archive x Body Movements Festival – London
DandyLand Expo – New York
2024
STOGGAF, Fetish Art Exhibition – London
Feeding the Queer Archive, The Queer Archive – Thessaloniki
Art Speaks Through Us, Tom of Finland Foundation – Berlin
2023
Keep The Fire Burning, Mortal Machine Gallery – New Orleans
Four Twenty Four (featured artist preview), Art Hacker Gallery – Los Angeles
Art Fair, Tom of Finland Foundation – London
Paradise Garage, Godspeed Labs – Los Angeles
Love Above All Else, Artshare L.A. – Los Angeles
Group Exhibition, The Queer Archive Gallery – Los Angeles
MIX, Sans Labels Gallery – Los Angeles
2022
Wish You Were Here, Mortal Machine Gallery – New Orleans
Tel Aviv Pride 2022 Exhibit, Pan Art Gallery – Tel Aviv
Daddy Issues, Pan Art Gallery – Tel Aviv
Group Exhibition, Art of Tomorrow Gallery – Virtual
Group Exhibition, Photogenics x Dos Gardenias – Los Angeles
Group Exhibition, CLAW 22’ – Los Angeles
2021
Raw Anatomy, Tom of Finland Foundation – Los Angeles
Group Exhibition, CLAW 21’ – Los Angeles
IDOLS, Pan Art Gallery – Tel Aviv
Opening Group Exhibition, Pan Art Gallery – Tel Aviv
Group Exhibition, Art of Tomorrow Gallery – Tel Aviv
Group Exhibition, Dandy Queer Art – Virtual
2020
Group Exhibition, Art of Tomorrow Gallery – Virtual
Group Exhibition, Queer Art Review – Virtual
Group Exhibition, M.A.D.S Gallery – Milan
2018
Echo Park Rising Festival, 6262 Gallery – Los Angeles