Leonardo Drew is a contemporary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. He creates sculptures from natural materials and through processes of oxidation, burning, and decay, Drew transforms these objects into massive sculptures that critique social injustices and the cyclical nature of existence.

Feb 26, 2025 · Leonardo Drew was born in Tallahassee, Florida in 1961, and grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Although often mistaken for accumulations of found objects, his sculptures are instead made of “brand new stuff”—materials such as wood, rusted iron, cotton, paper, and mud—that he intentionally subjects to processes of weathering, burning ...

For over three decades, Leonardo Drew has become known for creating contemplative abstract sculptural works that play upon a tension between order and chaos. At once monumental and intimate in scale, his work recalls post-Minimalist sculpture …

Leonardo Drew is an American artist known for his abstract sculptural works made from the manipulation and modification of raw materials. View Leonardo Drew’s 81 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for …

Leonardo Drew: Cycles, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer Foundation, Eskenazi Museum of Art, University of Indiana; the Frost Art Museum, Florida International University

Dec 21, 2019 · Leonardo Drew (b. 1961, Tallahassee, Florida) creates complex sculptural works that hover between order and chaos. Assembling and reworking large accumulations of raw material, Drew transforms his heavily referential materials—wood, scrap metal, cotton—into choreographed arrays of color and form.

Leonardo Drew is known for creating reflective abstract sculptural works that play upon the dystopic tension between order and chaos. Recalling Post Minimalist sculpture that alludes to America’s industrial past, as well as the plight of African Americans throughout U.S. history.

Leonardo Drew is a contemporary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. He creates sculptures from natural materials and through processes of oxidation, burning, and decay, Drew transforms these objects into massive sculptures that critique social injustices and the cyclical nature of existence.

Leonardo Drew (b. 1961), Number 235T, 2023, currently on view at Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas through June 2024. Sculptor Leonardo Drew is the next contemporary artist to transform the Museum’s first floor …

Dec 9, 2023 · Leonardo Drew is known for creating reflective abstract sculptural works that play upon the dystopic tension between order and chaos. Recalling Post Minimalist sculpture that alludes to America’s industrial past, as well as the plight of …