Shaun Leonardo: El Conquistador Turns 20

Performance at The Queens Museum, New York

On November 9, 2024, for Día de los Muertos, El Conquistador (Shaun Leonardo) returns to The Queens Museum, where he last fought the Invisible Man in 2007.

 

El Conquistador vs. The Invisible Man was a reoccurring wrestling event where the artist embodied a Mexican wrestling luchador in order to fight invisibility both metaphorically and literally. During more than three years of this performance, the match acted as a physical manifestation of not only a battle against societal obscurity but also an internal struggle with the complexities of the artist’s own masculine identity. 

 

This event will merge El Conquistador's four years of battling against The Invisible Man with his six years immersed in the world of lucha libre.

 

More details to come. 

October 9, 2024