
Creative Collaborations
Crafting meaningful projects through creative partnerships.
As an artist at heart, I am always seeking out ways to collaborate creatively with others. If you’re interested in exploring a creative project together, I’d love to learn more about your ideas and chat about how we can collaborate to bring them to life.
My creative practice
Through the sensory experience of mark making, I scribble other worlds. My work is in constant search of what ignites imagination when my body feels attuned to the things around me.
I play with materials that feel good to touch, see, and smell. From painting to scribbling, drawing to writing, my art gravitates towards other possibilities. My work reflects on the flows that (over)whelm me, helping me locate myself in my body in a world that is often chaotic. It’s a practice of observation and integration.
I grew up in the west end of Ottawa, Canada, before moving to Toronto to pursue a career in interior design, graduating from the Ontario College of Art & Design in 2010. Currently, I work in accessible communications while living a life full of color, light, and texture.
Much like my art, this professional work focuses on creating spaces that welcome divergence and difference. I collaborate with a diverse array of clients, from social enterprises and public sector organizations to collectives and nonprofits.
Five abstract pieces of artwork, down on the ground against greenery. Each piece is using different paint strokes and line work.
Photography by Jamie Poh and pieces by Leanna Marie Manning.
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2024 to present — Neurodivergent Artist Collective
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2025 — James Black Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2024 — Illuminating the Invisible; Chronic Pain Project, Portland, OR
2023 — Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival, Vancouver, BC
2023 — The Gallery George, Vancouver, BC
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2024 — The Frame Fanzine cover art; Issue 5: All about love and loss
2023 — The Frame Fanzine artist submission; Issue 4: All about neurodiversity
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2010 — Ontario College of Art & Design; Bachelor of Design in Environmental Design, Toronto, ON
Photography and art pieces by Leanna Marie Manning.