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BIO

Faculty

Craig Leonard

Professor
Foundation
Director, MFA Program (Jan. 1 - June 30, 2025)

CONTACT INFORMATION

Phone Number: 902-494-8252
Email: cleonard@nscad.ca
Website: https://craigleonard.hotglue.me/

Background

Craig Leonard’s research and teaching interests include artist publications, sound art, performance and sculpture. His recent exhibitions include Central Art Garage (Ottawa), Darling Green (New York) and Double Happiness (Toronto).

Some recent publications include Uncommon Sense: Aesthetics after Marcuse published by MIT Press (2022); an introduction for the digital republication of w.o.r.k.s.c.o.r.e.r.e.p.o.r.t. (Artexte 2022); his artist project “Ironwork for Dirac House” published in the Winter 2020 issue of Canadian Art magazine; the script/transcript The Halifax Conference published in 2019 by New Documents (Los Angeles); and Stretching Exercises, a book of performance prompts, with Michael Fernandes self-published in 2018. Craig has been a Board member of the Turret Arts Space since 2014 and past Board member of the Khyber (2008-18)