PADDY LEUNG
Artist, Educator & Cultural Worker
I create participatory art projects and learning experiences that centre care, equity, and collective storytelling. My practice brings together art, education, and community engagement to support 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, racialized youth, and intergenerational connections.
Paddy Leung is a Toronto-based artist and arts educator working at the intersection of community care, cultural production, and social justice.
Their practice is rooted in collaboration, accessibility, and relationship-building, with a strong focus on 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion, youth engagement, and public participation.
Through workshops, exhibitions, and large-scale community projects, Leung creates spaces where people can connect, share knowledge, and imagine more caring futures together. Their work has been presented in galleries, schools, and public spaces in partnership with arts organizations, school boards, and community groups.
Available for Projects, Workshops & Commissions — across Canada & Internationally.
Get Bent
🌈️ Get Bent
︎ Installation
︎ Montreal, QC
︎ June 2017
Get Bent
is a QTPOC collective based in Toronto and Montréal, dedicated to creating inclusive spaces for live performance, DIY events, and experimental community engagement. Their work challenges norms, celebrates queer joy, and fosters environments where imagination, play, and self-expression are central.
As part of this collective, I collaborated with artists, designers, writers, and creatives to design and facilitate accessible, hands-on DIY events. These immersive experiences created spaces where participants could feel seen, safe, and affirmed—a place to dream, wonder, and play in a shimmery, celebratory world. The gatherings emphasized the importance of QTPOC community coming together to honor our collective existence, remind each other of our value, and nurture visibility that carries forward to the next generation and beyond.
This project deepened my practice in care-driven, inclusive art programming, highlighting how collaborative creative spaces can amplify marginalized voices, cultivate belonging, and transform public and social environments into vibrant experiences of connection, joy, and resilience.
As part of this collective, I collaborated with artists, designers, writers, and creatives to design and facilitate accessible, hands-on DIY events. These immersive experiences created spaces where participants could feel seen, safe, and affirmed—a place to dream, wonder, and play in a shimmery, celebratory world. The gatherings emphasized the importance of QTPOC community coming together to honor our collective existence, remind each other of our value, and nurture visibility that carries forward to the next generation and beyond.
This project deepened my practice in care-driven, inclusive art programming, highlighting how collaborative creative spaces can amplify marginalized voices, cultivate belonging, and transform public and social environments into vibrant experiences of connection, joy, and resilience.
