Caterina Leone is a Melbourne-based artist revitalising the historic drawing technique of silverpoint to create figurative works that question societal notions of gender and, more recently, the human relationship to nature. Born in Sydney, she studied at the National Art School and worked in arts administration, writing and curating before moving to Melbourne in 2017 to pursue her own art practice. Caterina’s interest in art began in childhood, inspired by her artist and designer grandfather, whose artistic ability helped him survive POW camps in Germany during WWII and who studied under Communist rule in Ukraine. Consequently, her conception of art is defined by a belief that it must attempt to transform, redeem and challenge the self and society. Her work has been featured in online and print publications and Caterina has been included in numerous group exhibitions and juried art shows in Australia as well as the USA. Collected internationally, her most recent solo exhibition was held at Tinning Street Presents in May 2021, with an upcoming solo at Off The Kerb in May 2025. In 2022 she was a finalist in the prestigious M16 Drawing Award.