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.
Around Art & Land
︎ North York Arts & ArtworxTO
︎ Community Interactive Art Exhibition
︎ Toronto, ON
︎ April - October 2022
As part of North York Arts' response to the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action, Paddy Leung co-facilitated accessible mixed-media workshops for youth ages 14-18 at Downsview Park. The workshops invited young people to explore their relationship to the land and deepen their understanding of solidarity with Indigenous peoples and cultures.
Participants first worked with spoken word poet Patrick Walters to create poems centered on nature and their commitment to the land. They then collaborated with visual artist Paddy Leung to embed these poems into wooden crates through painting and mixed media techniques. Youth reflected on what it means to be close to nature, their shared responsibility to Indigenous communities, and their role in environmental stewardship.
Each participant received an individual crate to take home, while collectively contributing to a larger installation for the Community Interactive Art Exhibition, We CAN do it! When stacked together, these crates formed a multi-sided sculptural mural—like the interconnected roots of a forest, representing how individual actions and acknowledgments come together to create something larger than themselves.
For Leung, a settler living on Turtle Island, this project offered an opportunity to show up in solidarity with Indigenous peoples by creating space for youth to engage meaningfully with the land and their responsibilities to it. The workshop honored the principle that the land is the epicenter of Indigenous knowledge, inviting participants to shift from egocentric perspectives toward land-centered consciousness.
