Leonardo Drew is an artist who creates free standing installations. Allot of his work is to challenge the idea of space and architecture. Allot of these pieces come from his childhood and specifically from memories from his childhood. This is very apparent in his works because he focuses on more adolescent subjects. His work is based in Brooklyn, NY and this is where he creates allot of his work too.
He began using rust and experimenting with new medias in his early years as an artist. He would go on to make this work for about two years until he started using other means of media. He also got allot of his ideas from Africa and early African culture.
After this he really started to focus on his childhood. Memories of his childhood surroundings—from the housing project where he lived to the adjacent landfill—resurface in the intricate grids and configurations of many of his pieces. Never content with work that comes easily, Drew constantly reaches beyond “what’s comfortable” and charts a course of daily investigation, never knowing what the work will be about but letting it find its way, and asking, “What if….”.
