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Paddy Leung is an artist, educator & activist based in Toronto, Ontario.

 

Photograph by Jocelyn Reynolds

Paddy Leung is a genderqueer, neurodivergent, second-generation Chinese-Canadian artist, educator, and activist. Rooted in a diasporic context, their multidisciplinary practice—spanning drawing, painting, mixed media, and installation—celebrates queer joy, imagination, and connection. Through experimental art, Paddy explores identity, belonging, and intergenerational relationships, fostering inclusive spaces where all can thrive to create a better future. Their work advocates for inclusion, belonging, and meaningful connection, using art to bridge groups and nurture collective care. With over a decade of experience in exhibitions, facilitation, and event production, Paddy is dedicated to cultivating spaces where diasporic and queer individuals can flourish through creativity.



Interested in working together?

Paddy Leung combines their arts and crafts practices, integrating various materials and methods in their sculptures, installations, and other art forms. Their work continues to carry on traditions of community collaboration and knowledge sharing. 

Available for short & long-term contracts and freelance. Reach me at
leung.paddy@gmail.com

Services 
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Event Production  
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Arts Education



Paddy Leung

(They/Them)
Artist, Educator, Activist
B. 1988, Toronto, ON
Residence in Toronto, ON  


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Community-Engaged Art Programs & Events

2024 – Corporate Engagement, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP: Tie Dye Workshop, Toronto ON

2023 – Seniors Program & Special Exhibition, TIFF Bell Lightbox: Silver Screening, Food For Thought, Toronto ON

2023 – Virtual Seniors Program & Special Exhibition, Ottawa Art Gallery, Lantern Workshop, Ottawa, ON

2022 – Virtual Program, Ottawa Art Gallery: Lunar New Year Lantern Workshop, Ottawa, ON

2022 – Public Art Program, North York Arts, Around Art & Land, Toronto, ON

2022 – Hybrid Public Art Program, Chinatown BIA: Yue Moon 完滿: Tiger With Wings 如虎添翼, Toronto, ON

2021 – Public Art Program, The Bentway: Community Incubation Program, Kindness Rocks, Toronto, ON

2021 – Virtual Program, VIBE Arts: Reduce, Reuse, Remake, Toronto, ON

2021 – Public Art Virtual Program, STEPS Public Art & Chinatown BIA: 完滿 (Yue Moon II)

2021 – Virtual Program, VIBE Arts: Mini PUFF CLUB, The 519, Toronto, ON

2021 – Corporate Engagement, Huawei Canada: Paper Lantern Workshop, Windsor, ON

2020 – Virtual Program, VIBE Arts: PUFF Club Boys & Girls Club Humber, Toronto, ON

2020 – Corporate Engagement, Huawei Canada: Halloween Mask Making Workshop, Markham, ON

2020 – Public Art Program, STEPS Public Art & Chinatown BIA: 完滿 (Yue Moon), Toronto, ON

2019–2015
Community, youth, festival, and public art programs across the GTA – full list available in PDF CV.



Selected Exhibitions & Commissions


2022 – Featured Exhibition, Yue Moon 完滿: Tiger With Wings 如虎添翼, DesignTO, Toronto, ON

2021 – Online Group Show, That So Gay (11th year): Eleventeen, Toronto, ON

2020 – Commission, Take Care, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, ON

2020 – Commission, The Butterfly Effect, BIG on Bloor Festival, Toronto, ON

2019–2014
Installations, shows and commissions with Art Gallery of Ontario, The Royal Ontario Museum, Gladstone Hotel, The Drake Hotel, Nuit Blanche, DesignTO, and more – full list available in PDF CV.



Selected Press & Media

2022 – Media Featured, A rundown of Toronto’s Lunar New Year celebrations, Breakfast Television

2022 – Website Interview, This lantern exhibit in Toronto with brighten your Lunar New Year, Daily Hive

2022 – Website Interview, Toronto Chinatown Exhibit ‘Yue Moon’ Illuminates Culture and Community, Art Helps

2022 – Website Featured, Asian communities to celebrate Year of Tiger with artwork, CBC News

2022 – Website Featured, Yue Moon 完滿: Tiger With Wings 如虎添翼, AGO Insider

2021 – Digital Content, Mini Paper Lantern with PUFF Paddy, CBC Arts


2020 – Digital Content, WEE Asian Arts: Coffee Filter Arts, Reel Asian

2020 – Digital Content, VIBE Arts: Puffy the Clown Mask, The 519

2020 – Website Interview, Q&A with PUFF Paddy, Whippersnapper Gallery


2019 – 2016
Features, interviews, and digital content across CBC Online, NOW Magazine, LSTW Magazine, Side Streets  – full list available in PDF CV.


Awards & Grants

2021 – Ontario Art Council: Artist in Community and Schools

2020 – Ontario Art Council: Artist in Community and Schools 


2020 – Toronto Art Council: Open Door

2020 – Toronto Art Council: COVID-19 Response Fund


2015 – Neighborhood Art Network BMO Seeds Fund

 
Artist Talks & Panels

2022 – Virtual Program, PRIDE Month Celebration: Guest Artist Host – Milliken Mills High School, Markham, ON

2021 – Virtual Program, Asian Heritage Month: Artist Talk – Louise Arbour Secondary School, Mississauga, ON

2021 – Virtual Program, STEPS Public Art & REEL Asian: CreateSpace – 完滿 (Yue Moon II)  

2021 – Virtual Program, That So Gay (11th year): Eleventeen - Artist Talk & Art Workshop

2020 – Virtual Program, CreateSpace Artist Workshops:  PUFF Studio – Artist Talk & Art Workshop


2020 – Virtual Program, Project40: Diasporasian Future II – Artist Talk & Workshop


2016 – Artist Talk, That’s So Gay (7th year): Come Together, Toronto, ON


Professional Affiliations

2024 –  Community Programs & Partnership, CANVAS Arts & Action Programs, Toronto, ON

2024 – Selection Committee, StreetARToronto Partnership Program Advisory Panel, Toronto, ON

2023 – Guest Facilitator: Entrepreneurship & Professional Skills, Associated Designers of Canada, Toronto, ON

2023 – Mentor in Residence Program, VIBE Arts: LaunchPAD II, Toronto, ON

2022 – Child & Youth Facilitator, The 519, Toronto, ON

2022 – Selection Committee, StreetARToronto Partnership Program Advisory Panel, Toronto, ON

2022/ 2023 – Digital Residency, On Display/ For Review, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, ON

2022 – Guest Facilitator, Professional Development: Virtual Visual Workshop, VIBE Arts, Toronto, ON

2022 – Mentor in Residence Program, Neighbourhood Arts Network, Toronto, ON

2021 – Mentor in Residence Program, Neighbourhood Arts Network, Toronto, ON

2021 – Mentor in Residence Program, VIBE Arts: LaunchPAD, Toronto, ON

2021 – Guest Facilitator, Professional Development: Virtual Visual Workshop, VIBE Arts, Toronto, ON

2021 – Guest Facilitator, Creativity Meets Business with Paddy Leung, Workman Arts, Toronto, ON

2020 – Selection Committee, Pride Public Art, The City of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON

2019 – Mentorship in Residence Program, VIBE Arts: Desire Lines, Toronto, ON


2017 – Guest Host, January Community Meal: Lunar New Year, The Theatre Centre, Toronto, ON
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