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James Leonard
Warbond Certificate, 2004
7 color offset print with security features
4 1/4 in. x 7 3/4 in.
Edition: 2500
This work is both a print and an monetary instrument. Each certificate sports many contemporary security features common to modern legal documents including a holographic foil tape, microprinting and chemically sensitive watermark paper stock. This work is part of an ongoing series. The purchase of a Warbond will help Leonard realize the manufacture of 100,000 custom toy soldiers for an ambitious installation. (The price of work given here is arrived at by agreement between artist and Fuse Works taking into account the terms consignment agreement and New York State sales tax where applicable.)
artist bio
James Leonard was born in 1973 to a biologist and a medical doctor. The culture in his home was a mix of scientific curiosity, precision, and a Puritan work ethic. Leonard still carries threads of these traits through today, despite his almost bipolar indulgences in whimsy, satire, and sensuality.
In 1996, he graduated from Syracuse University with a self-styled degree in visual art with a primary focus on painting, sculpture, and media arts and a secondary focus on a foundation in physics, mathematics, and philosophy. Upon graduation, Leonard was awarded with Syracuse University's highest honor for excellence and achievement: the University Scholar.
After a period of travel, Leonard found a home in Chicago in late 1997. In 2004, Leonard received his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan in studio art with a cognate concentration on complex systems theory. Following his graduation, Leonard and his wife moved to Brooklyn, New York where they now work and live.
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