Leonardo Drew was born in 1961 in Tallahassee, Florida and grew up in the projects of Bridgeport, Connecticut. It was at a dump near his childhood home that he started finding objects and creating art from a young age. He was exhibited in galleries starting at the age of 13, and later he attended The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and Parsons School of Design, both in New York. Drew is still known for crafting together found objects and creating them into beautiful large scale installation sculptures. Although in the past, he was reluctant to leave his home and studio, he caught the travel bug and insists that traveling itself is a way of making art, and that his travels to South America and Europe are constant inspiration for his work.
Recently he has been working on a series of prints, which seems to be a little beyond his comfort zone, however, equally as successful to his sculptures.
Click here to see what he is working on now on his Facebook page!
Drew is currently working and living in Brooklyn, New York.
Recently he has been working on a series of prints, which seems to be a little beyond his comfort zone, however, equally as successful to his sculptures.
Click here to see what he is working on now on his Facebook page!
Here is an excerpt from his exclusive feature in Art21 about art and traveling.
Drew is currently working and living in Brooklyn, New York.
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| Number 8 1988 animal carcasses, animal hides, feathers, paint, paper, rope, wood |
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| Number 14 1988 oxidized metal and rust |
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| Number 31A 2000 |
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| Number 77 2000 |
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| Number 77 (detail) 2000 |
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| Number 135 2010 wood and mixed media |
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| Number 134 2010 wood and mixed media |
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| Number 106L 2011 wood and paint |
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| Number 159 2012 wood and aluminum |
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| Number 162 2012 wood, metal, paint, gouache, thumbtacks, ballpoint pen, graphite paper |
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| Number 163 2012 wood, paint, paper, metal |
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| 2013 |
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| Number 83E 2013 wood |
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