Leo Fortune (They/He)
Skills/Mediums: Drawing, Illustration-Graphic Design, Painting, Teacher, Writing
Member of ACW since: October 23, 2024
Biography
Leo Fortune (they/them), an emerging Minnesotan based artist and longtime public school educator, explores the power trees and spirals have to connect us to our authentic selves, to each other and to the world.
They began coloring outside of the lines at the age of three. Then, they spent most of their life disconnected from themself and consequently, their art. A year ago, at the age of 41, they came out as a neurodivergent queer trans human. Their art practice reignited and exploded.
They know first hand the power that comes from reconnecting to yourself. Leo harnesses their life story of being painfully disconnected to empower others to keep reconnecting and embracing their true self. They hold space in their art for others to be safely vulnerable. They deeply believe the more people are connected to their own love, the more the world will change for the better.