Overland Park, Kansas – ‘Leo Villareal’ opened in the first-floor galleries of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas from 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 24th. A lecture by the artist begins at 7 p.m. in the M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Auditorium on the second floor of the museum. The exhibition will be on view through September 18th. The opening reception and lecture are free and open to the public. The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art will present the first-ever museum survey of the work of the prominent sculptor Leo Villareal, a pioneer in the use of LEDs and computer-driven imagery. Leo Villareal, organized by the San Jose Museum of Art, will feature approximately 20 sculptures and expansive installations by Villareal on loan from public and private collections, as well as video documentation of his architectural, site-specific works.