Leon Dickey settled in New York City in the late 1970s and quickly became active in the vibrant East Village art scene, exhibiting at the Metropolitan Mueseum of Art in 1978.
After making the acquaitance of Andy Warhol in 1979, Dickey commenced illustrating for Warhol’s Interview Magazine, as well as Vogue, Mode Avant Garde and L’Officiel.
As a premier artist for Eastman Wallmandoffe Gallery in New York, Dickey refined his own visual and conceptual vocabulary that became the hallmark of his paintings and sculptures. Leon marked the 1990s with the first of his revolutionary “burn” paintings that were produced by applying different types of fuel to his canvases and sculptures. This technique created an effect that continues in his work today adding to one of many of his unique styles and orginality.
Leon’s style of abstract expressionism comes from discarded objects and materials that include couture clothing, nature, glass, metal, plastic and paper to create one-of-a-kind paintings, vessels, and sculptures.
Leon’s work has been widely reviewed in Art Forum, Art News, Flash Art, Art in America and Detroit’s Parkview Magazine. Leon was the artist in residence at Linda Dresner Boutique, Birmingham, Michigan and exhibited on multiple occasions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit-MOCAD. Leon’s art is currently being featured in galleries, private homes, and commercial interiors in Metro Detroit, nationally and internationally.
