Leonardo Drew (b. 1961, Tallahassee, FL) has been making artwork since childhood, and first exhibited his work at the age of thirteen. He attended the Parsons School of Design and received his BFA from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1985. He currently lives and works between Brooklyn, NY and San Antonio, TX.
His works have been shown internationally and are held in numerous public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; and Tate, London. Recent solo museum exhibitions include shows at the SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah (2013); Beeler Gallery at the Columbus College of Art & Design (2013); Palazzo Delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy (2006); and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (2000). He has also collaborated with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and has participated in artist residencies at Artpace, San Antonio, and The Studio Museum of Harlem in New York City, among others.
Drew’s mid-career survey, Existed, premiered at the Blaffer Gallery at the University of Houston in 2009, and traveled to the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts. He is currently the subject of a solo exhibition, titled Leonard Drew: Alchemy at the Bruce Museum, which is on view through May 10, 2026.
He is represented by Galerie Lelong & Co. in New York and Paris, Anthony Meier in California, and Talley Dunn Gallery in Texas.