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Ela Leko (b. 1996) is a textile designer. In 2024 she completed her master's studies in Textile Design at the Faculty of Textile Technology in Zagreb. She spent one semester abroad at the Akademia Sztuk Pięknych in Łódź, Poland, specializing in Experimental Textile and Paper.

She has exhibited in over 30 group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad, with the most notable being The Exhibition of Coatian Design 21/22, ReGalerija Triptih-tapiserije, Bien 2023, and One su tu 2024. In 2023, she had solo exhibitions at TTF Gallery (Simbioza) and Gallery Bernardo Bernardi (3PTIH R3FLEKSIJE), followed by exhibitions in 2024 at Gallery CEKAO (Into The Blue) and Center for visitors “La mula de Parenzo” in Poreč (Plavetnilo).

She has also worked on various projects, including a three-month collaboration in 2022 with Laboratorij Gajnice on L'jepa moja gora zelena, po njoj teče voda studena. In 2023, she participated in a student residency at the Textile Biennale in Kranj, where she curated the Ulična galerija space under the project In transit- old textiles, new methods with Leo Subanović. In 2024, she took part in the international project Revive in Tržič, Slovenia, where she created the land art installation Rake.

She has received several awards, including second place in the 2022 project by Faculty of Textile Technology and ReGalerija and again a third place in 2023, a special achievement award at The Exhibition of Coatian Design 21/22, and first place at Da! Festival 2023. She is also a member of the Artex collective and The Croatian Association of Fine Artists of Applied Arts .

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Ela Leko (1996.) je dizajnerica tekstila. 2024. završava diplomski studij Dizajna tekstila na Tekstilno-tehnološkom fakultetu u Zagrebu. Jedan semestar je provela na Akademiji Sztuk Pięknych u Łódźu, Poljskoj na specijalizaciji Eksperimentalni tekstil i papir.

Skupno izlaže na preko 30 izložbi, u Hrvatskoj i inozemstvu, od kojih su najznačajnije Izložba hrvatskog dizajna 21/22, ReGalerija Triptih-tapiserije, Bien 2023 i One su tu 2024. 2023. Samostalno izlaže u TTF Galeriji (Simbioza) i u Galeriji Bernardo Bernardi (3PTIH R3FLEKSIJE), te 2024 u Galeriji CEKAO (Into The Blue) i Centru za posjetitelje “La mula de Parenzo“ u Poreču (Plavetnilo).

Radi i na projektima, od kojih se može izdvojiti tromjesečna kolaboracija s Laboratorijem Gajnice "L'jepa moja gora zelena, po njoj teče voda studena" u 2022.g. Dok 2023. sudjeluje na studentskoj rezidenciji na Bijenalima tekstila u Kranju gdje uređuje prostor Ulične galerije pod nazivom „U tranziciji- stari tekstili, nove metode“. 2024. sudjeluje na međunarodnom projektu Revive u Tržiču, Sloveniji gdje izrađuje Land art instalaciju “Rake“.

Dobitnica je drugog mjesta u projektu Tekstilno-tehnološkog fakulteta i ReGalerije 2022., i trećeg mjesta 2023., kao i posebnog postignuća na lzložbi hrvatskog dizajna 21/22 te 1. mjesta na Da! Festivalu 2023. Članica je Artex kolektiva i ULUPUHA-a