American, b. 1961
For over three decades, Leonardo Drew has been 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 that alludes to America’s industrial past. Drew transforms accumulations of raw materials such as wood, scrap metal, and cotton to articulate various overlapping themes with emotional gravitas: from the cyclical nature of life and decay to the erosion of time.
Drew’s works have been shown internationally and are included in numerous public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; and Tate. His works have recently been acquired by The Phillips Collection; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; North Carolina Museum of Art; Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art; and New Orleans Museum of Art, among others.
Solo exhibitions include Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; University of Massachusetts Amherst; de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; Palazzo Delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy; and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Drew was also commissioned for two major site-responsive works permanently installed at San Francisco International Airport, and at the Facebook Headquarters, Menlo Park, California.
Drew was born in 1961 in Tallahassee, Florida, and grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Drew’s works have been shown internationally and are included in numerous public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; and Tate. His works have recently been acquired by The Phillips Collection; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; North Carolina Museum of Art; Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art; and New Orleans Museum of Art, among others.
Solo exhibitions include Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; University of Massachusetts Amherst; de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; Palazzo Delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy; and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Drew was also commissioned for two major site-responsive works permanently installed at San Francisco International Airport, and at the Facebook Headquarters, Menlo Park, California.
Drew was born in 1961 in Tallahassee, Florida, and grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
