Ima Leupp

lives and works in Austin, TX

Selected Group Exhibitions and Presentations

2026
MONAD NYC, SXSW exhibition
Anamnesis (exhibited artist)
2024
Intimacy, Movement and the Human Body, group exhibition, April 13, 2024; presented the series Permission (featured artist)

Selected Film

2026
Iron Lung, feature film (EPK/BTS), directed by Mark Fischbach

Selected Comedy Specials

Help! My Vagina Is Trying to Kill Me, Yola Jean Lu, taped comedy special (Director)

Selected Music Videos

2026
Sunsetting, Glass Mansions, music video (Director)
Drip, Emski, music video (Director)
Wait For Me, Emski, music video (Director)
2025
Violet, Glass Mansions, music video (Director)
H2hOe, Mikky and The Doom, music video (Director)
2024
Modern Love Is a Shame, Heavy Velvet, music video (Director)
You Know, Pearl Z, music video (Director)
Aztec Death Whistle, MISSIO, music video (Director of Photography)
Fuck It, MISSIO, music video (Director of Photography)
Higher You Climb, MISSIO, music video (Director of Photography)
2023
Voice Notes, Demi the Daredevil, music video (Director of Photography)
Big Stacks, MISSIO, music video (Director of Photography)
Easy, MISSIO, music video (Director of Photography)
Good Vibrations, MISSIO, music video (Director of Photography); featured on MTV Italy
Read Your Mind, MISSIO, music video (Director of Photography)
Wonderland, MVSSIE, music video (Director of Photography)
2022
Have You Ever?, Urban Heat, music video (Director)
Trust, Urban Heat, music video (Director)
2021
Smoky Cold Pint Glass, Jimmy Arcurio, music video (Director)
2020
Gravity, Lena Luca, music video (Director)

Awards, Nominations and Festival Selections

2026
Nominee, Best Photographer, Austin Chronicle, May 2026
2024
Award for comedy short, Vapesters, Austin Film Festival
2022
Winner, Funniest Music Video, Houston Comedy Film Festival (Smoky Cold Pint Glass)
Winner, Funniest Music Video, Austin Comedy Film Festival (Smoky Cold Pint Glass)
Official Selection, Lake Travis Film Festival (Smoky Cold Pint Glass)

Artist Talks and Panels

2026
Panelist, Career Sustainability panel, Austin Cinemaker Space, August 2026
Panelist, Photography and Film panel, Anamnesis

Selected Commissions

Album cover photography: MISSIO, Cinco; the haunt (two covers); Mama Duke; Your Future Ghost; Nakia; Barns Courtney; Colorblind; Glass Mansions, Soft Witness
Fashion photography: Flamer; Alive by Benjamin

Collectives and Affiliations

Seamless Loop Productions, with Joseph Hassage, Austin, TX

Bibliography

2025
Featured photographer, Qwear Fashion Magazine
2024
“Meet Ima Leupp,” Bold Journey Magazine, March 1, 2024
2023
“Meet Ima Leupp,” CanvasRebel, July 13, 2023

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