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.
Big Water
︎ TYPE Books
︎ Window Display
︎ Toronto, ON
︎ March 2018
Paddy Leung was commissioned to create a window display for TYPE Books to showcase their latest book collections. Inspired by Andrea Curtis’s Big Water, the project explored the motion and energy of waves. Using rolls of corrugated cardboard and decorative paper elements, I recreated the shifting patterns of water, experimenting with reflections of sunlight through the window to mimic the way light dances on the surface of the sea.
The installation included layered waves of varying heights, a seagull mobile, and a kite-sail ship created by Haptic Lab , creating a dynamic, immersive scene that invited viewers to engage with movement, scale, and light. This project allowed me to continue exploring a DIY aesthetic, using accessible materials to expand my artistic expression and bring poetic, tactile installations into public spaces.
