Giuseppe Di Leo

Born in Italy, Giuseppe Di Leo has been living in Canada since 1958. He received his MFA. degree from York University, Toronto in 1980. Important exhibition projects have included various solo and group exhibitions, at Waddington and Gorce, Montréal; Art Gallery of Hamilton,  Musée d’art Contemporain des Laurentides, Qué; Musée du Québec; Justina Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto; Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Palermo, Italy; Kalenarte, Casacalenda, Italy; and Museo de las Bellas Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Di Leo’s drawings and watercolours are rich in figurative detail and attentive to narrative genres of myth and autobiography. His drawings have been reviewed in various publications, and are featured in both museum and corporate collections. He teaches in the Fine Arts Programs at Dawson College and Concordia University in Montreal, and is Director /Curator of the W.G. Flowers Art Gallery at Dawson College, Montreal.