Leonardo Benzant
Epistolary For The Dreamers And Creators (2024)
Fighting With The Wind And Vanishing Into Charcoal (2024)
Of The Stars And In the Direction Of The Moon (2024)
Slippage of Marks and Letters (2024)
Their Children Had Come With Whips and Stones (2024)
Up and Through (2024)
Where The Whirring Begins There’s A Trickster Who Laughs (2024)
About
Leonardo Benzant is an artist who bridges the spiritual and the material realities of the African diaspora. In his multidisciplinary practice he is most known for his expressive painting and his elaborate beaded sculptures. Born and raised in Brooklyn he is Dominican-American with Haitian heritage. His practice is informed by his studies and initiations of Kongo and Yoruba origin. He deploys a wide variety of media and found objects to create work that connect African and Caribbean religion, art, history, culture, rituals and modern and contemporary art.
Exhibitions
2024
SUMMER SUMMER | Jul 25 - Aug 25, 2024