Drew Leshko: Amor Fati
November 7 – November 30, 2025

OPENING RECEPTION 
Friday, November 7 • 6PM-8PM


Paradigm Gallery + Studio is pleased to present Amor Fati, the newest collection of documentary sculptures by Philadelphia-based artist Drew Leshko. 

Amor Fati will be on view in the Paradigm Arts Building (12 N 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106) starting November 7th until November 30, 2025, with a public opening reception on Friday, November 7 from 6PM–8PM.

More information coming soon.

Please email info@paradigm-gallery.com if you wish to be added to Drew Leshko's digital collector preview list for all upcoming projects and exhibitions, or submit your request here.

About Drew Leshko

Drew Leshko is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based artist.  By carving, cutting, and layering varieties of paper and wood, Leshko creates documentary studies of architecture from his neighborhood in an attempt to create a three dimensional archive of buildings that are in transitional periods. The work examines gentrification and history, how historical relevance is determined, and most importantly, what is worth preserving. Working from observation and photographs, the artist painstakingly recreates building facades from his neighborhood at a 1:12 scale. The scale is familiar for some viewers as standard dollhouse spec; the treatment to the buildings is widely different. The minute detail of his work includes city detritus such as dumpsters and pallets, which are commentary of the same ideas of what is worth preserving. Highlighting quick fixes and simple solutions, Leshko’s work begs the viewer to build their own ideas of why and when these changes had been made. Accumulations of typically overlooked details and minutiae like acid rain deposits and rust become beautiful adornments.

Leshko’s work has been exhibited in London, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, Chicago, New York City, Delaware, Detroit, Indiana, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Houston, and Miami. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Dean Collection (NYC), the Hosner Collection (LA), West Collection (Philadelphia), and Iron State Development’s corporate collection (Hoboken), Urban Nation Museum (Berlin), and many private collections throughout the country.

About Paradigm Gallery + Studio

Paradigm Gallery + Studio® was established in 2010 by co-founders and curators, Jason Chen and Sara McCorriston. The gallery exhibits meaningful, process-intense contemporary artwork by emerging and mid-career artists from around the world, with a focus on Philadelphia. In 2023, Paradigm moved locations and opened its new 5-story, 7,000 sq. ft. home, The Paradigm Arts Building, in Old City, Philadelphia. Open to the public, the building boasts multiple floors of exhibition space, integrated in-house design and printmaking, a dedicated events floor, and art advisory offices. With this, Chen and McCorriston expanded their vision for the greater Philadelphia arts community. The gallery is at the heart of this vision, anchoring Paradigm’s overall mission of increasing access to the commercial art world, supporting artists and advancing their careers, and collaborating with like-minded partners to build a more equitable, sustainable arts economy for all.

Please email info@paradigm-gallery.com if you wish to be added to Drew Leshko's digital collector preview list for all upcoming projects and exhibitions, or submit your request here.