Drue Leahy
Three Triangles and Autism

Drue Leahy is an agender conceptual artist in Brooklyn, NY. Their work focuses around experiences navigating the world as a neurodivergent transsexual stemming from strong emotional experiences that affect their day to day. Their process allows them to use documentation to articulate the feelings of otherness. During their time at ´ace, Drue worked on a series of prints using our facilities while printing with our Workshop Manager.

In the past, they have documented and communicated intimacies with gender, sexuality, and mental health. Drue’s medium preference is digital documents (i.e. Sheets/Powerpoint), color pencil, or different printmaking techniques. When not in the studio, they are a Teaching Artist in Brooklyn & Queens.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Currently, Drue categorizes, contextualizes, and reconstructs shapes found in fidget toys and gaming devices. They utilize color and value to change meaning while recycling composition, similar to how same situations with different stimuli can change their mood completely. These pieces are used to communicate feelings of isolation within their community as they explore characteristics of their neurodiversity. The almost obsessive nature of mark making in the work displays the mental absorption one experiences with their hyperfixations.