Antonio Leano - Artist Info

About Antonio Leano

  • Biography

    Antonio Leaño
    b. 1963

    Described as a “polymath” by art collector Joven Cuanang, Leaño's oeuvre extends beyond the practice of painting to product and environment projects to architectural design and construction – all from an autodidact's experience. He is best known as the designer of the Pinto Art Museum as well as key consultant to the development of the Silangan Gardens where the museum is located.

    In the 1990s, Leano was known as a visionary painter of apocalyptic canvases as well and co-founder and erstwhile leader of the artist group Salingpusa. As a painter Leano's work spans a range of genres and styles – from the figurative to the abstract, extending to non-objective work.

    His first series were grim portr...

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