Ronald Leconte

Artist Ronald Lucien Leconte “Luc” Bio

My painting style is abstract expressionism and neo-expressionism. I was the artistic director and founder of “La Galerie Lezard” in Dakar Senegal, which was established in 1991 to host the opening of Senegal’s first international artistic event since 1987”La Biennal de Dakar” 1991.This event greatly contributed to pave my style of painting called tribal art. I have shown my works in exhibitions throughout the world.My first solo exhibition was at the Bank of Central West Africa over which the former president of Senegal’s Mr Abdou Diouf presided Senegal (1999 ),group exhibition at muse de l’IFAN “L’expression artistique (1995),Art/Mur at the Charles DEGaule airport, Paris (1997),the White Chapel gallery, London(1997),the House of Culture of Pria Cape Verde(1995),the M.A.N gallery Cameroon(1994).

In the USA,the Cornel Museum of Delray Beach organized the Culturel Experience and Expression through the Art by the Milagro Center Delray Beach FL(2000),the Synergy Gallery Creative Center For the Arts and Humanities, West Palm Beach(2000),Palm Beach Cultural Center “Multicultural Artists Expo”with William Nix project director (2000),the CAREING Foundation inc. at the Barton elementary school (2001)A Gathering of Kuumba (creativity)Old School Square Cultural Arts, Center(2001) The Gallery At Milagro “Signs, Shape, and Colors (2001)A Kwanza celebration for the black history month at the Spady cultural Center( 2002),the Broward County Library Gallery 6”Cross Currents Exhibition (2002).Big and Bold at Car Team USA exhibition( 2025)

Permanent exhibition with “Les Ateliers de NGor” Senegal West Africa. Curator Gaston Madeira (2008 to present)

The New Times journal of Broward stated in the”Cross Currents” Exibition of 2002

“There is a lot of going one in “Gone with the wind” and the “Tribe”, two mixed media by Lucien Leconte. The latter in particular probably the exhibition’s strongest work is a tantalizing mélange of elongated figures, rune- like markings, and crumbled strips of some sort of metallic substance, all set in a looming archway and accented here and there by crudely applied swatch’s of orange and dramatic teal squiggle”

Artist statement

“I never know what to paint on the white canvas. It comes out by itself spontaneously. When it’s done everything seems at its place. The idea is that everyone express his or her own interpretation through the image. My belief is that everyone of us is related to the same umbilical cord leading us to the beginning of time”