LEEAUX (American, b. 1991) is a surrealist illustrator and painter whose work draws on folklore, mythology and occult literature, moving between fine-line pen illustration and acrylic painting. He paints largely from imagination, guided by intuition and a recurring interest in cycles of life, death and rebirth.
Leeaux began selling his art in 2013, after a friend bought one of his drawings at a party, and left high school to pursue it full time. He built an early following showing work on the street and at concerts before settling in New Orleans, where he exhibited at Red Rock Gallery and lived between 2016 and 2018. During this period he co-founded the artist collectives Teamkilleveryone and Milky Way Art Cult, which promoted and featured other artists. He later moved to Las Vegas for three and a half years before founding Abracadabra Gallery, which operates as a physical space in Shreveport, Louisiana.
