Leo Bignell

Samurai
Cardboard
19 x 19 x 33cm – Two Samurai Together
2019
NFS

St Joseph’s College, Ipswich

Using cardboard from an early age gave me a use for an otherwise overlooked material. It doesn’t have the best qualities for many common mediums, but I think it proves quite well that practice can equal proficiency even with atypical methods.

Awards/ Experience

Tendring Primary School
2014
Newspaper coverage Year 6, won the competition to design a new school logo which is used on all TPS paper communications
St Joseph’s College
2015-2018 Won many competitions to design logos: two Arts Festivals Programmes, charity Fashion Show and Arts Scholars Society
2015-2018 Started first clothing brand Felidae at the age of 13 and went onto to develop a new brand Leonardo Lambert at the age of 15
2018 Designed a cardboard sculpture for Donatella Versace. After contacting Valerio D’Ambrosio VP of Global Communications for Versace, presented this to her in person at the Versace head office in Milan.
Summer 2019 RA Young Artist Summer Show
3 sculptures shortlisted: Kick, Native American and Human Hybrid
4-9 October 2019
TV and Newspaper Coverage Turners Showcase
Cardboard and wire sculptures
28-29 October 2019 Patrick Hurst, Sculptor
Two-day collaboration
15-28 November 2019 Anna Airy Exhibition, Ipswich
Commendation for Samurai and Native American cardboard sculptures
1-20 July 2020
(Cancelled, Gallery closed due to funding as a direct result of COVID) Minories Gallery Colchester
Solo exhibition of sculpture, painting, drawing and photography in the main gallery
1-31 August 2021
(Postponed from 2020 due to COVID) Surrau, Sardinia, Italy
International Solo Exhibition sculpture, painting, drawing and photography