The Alchemy of Decay: The Artistic Journey of Leonardo Drew Leonardo Drew’s artistic practice is a profound engagement with the very materiality of existence, a meditative exploration of the transformative processes that define our world. Born in Tallahassee, Florida, in 1961, Drew’s creative consciousness was deeply shaped by his upbringing in the projects of Bridgeport, Connecticut. It was here, amidst the sprawling vistas of a local city dump, that a young artist learned to find value in the discarded. This early exposure to the remnants of consumption instilled in him a lifelong fascinat…