Lenhardt Lecture: Leonardo Drew

November 8, 2023 

Reception @ 5:30pm /// Lecture @ 6:30pm 

Great Hall /// Whiteman Hall

TICKETS: Free for Members | $5 for the general public 

Join PhxArt for the fall Lenhardt Lecture featuring artist Leonardo Drew.

About Leonardo Drew

Leonardo Drew is renowned for his contemplative abstract sculptural works that play on a tension between order and chaos. Both monumental and intimate in scale, his works recall post-minimalist sculptures that alludes to America’s industrial past and the plight of African Americans throughout U.S. history. Drew transforms accumulations of raw materials such as wood, scrap metal, and cotton to articulate overlapping themes from the cyclical nature of life and decay to the erosion of time.

Based in Brooklyn, New York, Drew’s natural talent and passion for art was recognized at an early age, first exhibiting his work at the age of 13. He went on to attend the Parsons School of Design and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1985. His works have been shown nationally and internationally and are included in numerous public and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; and Tate Modern, London; among others. Drew also collaborated with Merce Cunningham on the production of Ground Level Overlay.