Leonard Tebegetu is a self-taught artist from Papua New Guinea - a painter and sculptor. While his paintings frequently explore the human form in action-on the streets of urban centers and in the smaller communities of his island home-his sculptures often address issues of consumption.

As a member of The Roots: Creative Entrepeneurs collective, Tebegetu is engaged in community projects that combine sustainable design, leadership, and artistic sensibility.

He was recently awarded the de Young Global Fellow at the Kimball Education Gallery/Artist Studio.  Leonard is creating a body of sculptural and architectural work influenced by sustainable construction techniques. Working with locally sourced natural as well as recycled manmade materials, Tebegetu shares an economically feasible process the average person with no specialized construction skills can use to create functional and beautiful structures. Visitors to the gallery are invited to learn basic construction and fabrication techniques.