CREDO

 

The theme of individual or collective trauma is a central focus in Leonie’s work, especially in the articulated Totems. Connectivity is also a recurring concept in her pieces, expressed through movable components, unexpected materials attached to them (such as screws, copper, springs, etc), through titles and the use of archetypal symbols that create the allusion and belief that we are all connected to everything.   But how does this connection happen exactly? How are we all linked to one another, despite our diversity and regardless of time and geographical distance? For Leonie, this connection occurs through the healing of trauma; it begins with but exceeds the emotional realm, culminating in the quantum entanglement of humanity