Sandra Di Leo is an award-winning multi-disciplinary, contemporary artist with practices in both painting and graphic design. Her art is self-reflective — an introspective exploration of self-discovery and ultimately an intimate form of emotional expression. Di Leo’s paintings are mostly influenced by the American Abstract Expressionist movement. She works solely in acrylics and paints non-objective art through colour theory and abstract expressionism, she explores themes such as love, loss, transformation and self-discovery. 

Her intention is to capture the emotion of an experience by implementing the fundamentals of colour and form and the principles of graphic design. Di Leo delves deep within, examining what is visible yet unseen, and the interplay of light and dark in her life experiences. She works with colour to create rhythm, movement and depth. Her gestural brushstrokes create a visual symphony as they dance across the composition with her signature black markings; offering a deep sense of contemplation in the viewer.

Sandra Di Leo studied art + design at George Brown College and holds a diploma in Graphic Design (2000). Since 2012, she has been a regular participant in major art fairs and gallery exhibitions across the globe, she has exhibited in Canada, USA, Mexico, England, Germany and Singapore. Di Leo recently exhibited her art in the esteemed juried Scope Art Fair in Miami during Art Basel week (2025). Her artworks are held in numerous private collections internationally, she lives and works in Toronto, Canada.


Sandra Di Leo standing in front of her large colourful abstract expressionist painting.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

  • Award — Third Place
    Juror — Kim-Lee Kho
    Painting — “Memories of You”

  • Artist Feature
    Juror — Andrea Zeiher, ZeiherSmith Gallery
    Paintings — “A Love Song” and
    “Come Away With Me #2”

RECENT AWARDS + RECOGNITION