SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2020 The Ekphrastic Review Magazine, (Interview)Oct. 2020, Special Showcase: John Di Leonardo, Artist and Ekphrastic Poet.
2020 ArtScene Magazine, (Interview) March & April Issue, PineRidge Arts/Allan's Artists,2020.
2020 Devour: Art & Lit Canada, John Di Leonardo/Artist Profile, Issue 004, 2020.
2019 Kites Without Strings: Blog Interview/ Debbie Okun Hill, Feb. 24, 2019
2018 RMG Blog Interview: Interview with Art Lab artist John Di Leonardo, June 5, 2018.
2017 The Ted Plantos Memorial Award Review: By John B. Lee, The Ontario Poetry Society, suite of ten poems.
2017 OAA-Oshawa Art Association: Member Profile of the Month - July -
2013 Surfacing Arts Magazine, "Artist Profile", Winter Issue, Pg. 10, Durham Region, ON
2013 “Crossing Baldwin” Brooklin Poetry Society Anthology, John Di Leonardo, Compiler & Editor.Brooklin, ON
2013 The Citizen Newspaper, Brooklin, "Poetry Profile Interview" Parvaneh Pessian, Oct. 18, Brooklin, ON
2012 "Key Artist Interview" Saira Knowles, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
2012 Whitby This Week, Artspace on the Mezzanine, "Exhibition Article" Oct. 19, Bowmanville, ON
2010 Arts Forum Magazine, B. McIlwain, “Interview with a Canadian artist” May Issue, Durham Region, ON
2009 The Brooklin Town Cryer Newspaper, Nov. 20, "Exhibition Article, " Page 3, Bradley McIlwain, Brooklin, ON
2008 The Brooklin Town Cryer Newspaper, March 28, "Article" Pg. 4 Brooklin ON
1990 "Lyrical Perspectives/Prospettive Liriche", Exhibition Review, Flavio Belli, Pg. 4, J.D.Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
1991 The Catholic Register, Feature Page Article, Tonia Desiato, June 29, Page 7, Toronto, ON
1982 The Scarborough Mirror, "Exhibition Article," Mohemmad Syed, Feb. 3, Scarborough, ON
1982 Markham-Unionville Times, "Markham Focus: Article" Angela Piper, Oct 20, Markham, ON
SELECTED LECTURES /AWARDS/COLLECTIONS
2020 Guest Speaker: Oshawa Art Association, Lecture: The Nude in Canadian Art History, Feb. 12, 2020.
2019 Artist Talk: The Contentious Nude in Canadian art History, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
2018 Artist Lecture: The Contentious Nude in Canadian Art, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, July, 2020.
2018 Canada Council Arts Grant/Exhibition
2018 RMG Residency/Exhibition; (June to September) Oshawa, ON
2007 CAPSON Lecturer, "A.P. Art in the Ontario Curriculum", Canada Conference, Crecsent Private School, Toronto, ON
2003 Solo Judge,Oshawa Art Association, "Annual Exhibition" Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
2002-2003 Author/Visual Arts Coordinator, "Sightlines Textbook Series" Prentice-Hall/Nelson Publishing, ON
1993-2000 Adjunct Professor, Admissions Panel, Faculty of Education, York University, Toronto, ON
1983 Visual Arts Instructor, York University, Faculty of Education, Toronto, ON
1984-84 “Impact 84 “ Lecturer: Provincial Arts Conference, Lecturer, Toronto, ON
1980- 1993 Life Drawing Instructor, York Region Board of Education, ON
1985 Lindsay Gallery Purchase, Lindsay, ON
1982 Del Bello Gallery, Purchase, Toronto, ON
1981 McMaster University Art Museum, "Bull's Eye," Purchase, Hamilton ON
1974 WCAA Art Scholarship, Toronto, ON
1973 CSEA, Scholarship, National Competition, Scholarship to study Art, Hamilton, ON
2020 ArtScene Magazine, (Interview) March & April Issue, PineRidge Arts/Allan's Artists,2020.
2020 Devour: Art & Lit Canada, John Di Leonardo/Artist Profile, Issue 004, 2020.
2019 Kites Without Strings: Blog Interview/ Debbie Okun Hill, Feb. 24, 2019
2018 RMG Blog Interview: Interview with Art Lab artist John Di Leonardo, June 5, 2018.
2017 The Ted Plantos Memorial Award Review: By John B. Lee, The Ontario Poetry Society, suite of ten poems.
2017 OAA-Oshawa Art Association: Member Profile of the Month - July -
2013 Surfacing Arts Magazine, "Artist Profile", Winter Issue, Pg. 10, Durham Region, ON
2013 “Crossing Baldwin” Brooklin Poetry Society Anthology, John Di Leonardo, Compiler & Editor.Brooklin, ON
2013 The Citizen Newspaper, Brooklin, "Poetry Profile Interview" Parvaneh Pessian, Oct. 18, Brooklin, ON
2012 "Key Artist Interview" Saira Knowles, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
2012 Whitby This Week, Artspace on the Mezzanine, "Exhibition Article" Oct. 19, Bowmanville, ON
2010 Arts Forum Magazine, B. McIlwain, “Interview with a Canadian artist” May Issue, Durham Region, ON
2009 The Brooklin Town Cryer Newspaper, Nov. 20, "Exhibition Article, " Page 3, Bradley McIlwain, Brooklin, ON
2008 The Brooklin Town Cryer Newspaper, March 28, "Article" Pg. 4 Brooklin ON
1990 "Lyrical Perspectives/Prospettive Liriche", Exhibition Review, Flavio Belli, Pg. 4, J.D.Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
1991 The Catholic Register, Feature Page Article, Tonia Desiato, June 29, Page 7, Toronto, ON
1982 The Scarborough Mirror, "Exhibition Article," Mohemmad Syed, Feb. 3, Scarborough, ON
1982 Markham-Unionville Times, "Markham Focus: Article" Angela Piper, Oct 20, Markham, ON
SELECTED LECTURES /AWARDS/COLLECTIONS
2020 Guest Speaker: Oshawa Art Association, Lecture: The Nude in Canadian Art History, Feb. 12, 2020.
2019 Artist Talk: The Contentious Nude in Canadian art History, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
2018 Artist Lecture: The Contentious Nude in Canadian Art, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, July, 2020.
2018 Canada Council Arts Grant/Exhibition
2018 RMG Residency/Exhibition; (June to September) Oshawa, ON
2007 CAPSON Lecturer, "A.P. Art in the Ontario Curriculum", Canada Conference, Crecsent Private School, Toronto, ON
2003 Solo Judge,Oshawa Art Association, "Annual Exhibition" Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
2002-2003 Author/Visual Arts Coordinator, "Sightlines Textbook Series" Prentice-Hall/Nelson Publishing, ON
1993-2000 Adjunct Professor, Admissions Panel, Faculty of Education, York University, Toronto, ON
1983 Visual Arts Instructor, York University, Faculty of Education, Toronto, ON
1984-84 “Impact 84 “ Lecturer: Provincial Arts Conference, Lecturer, Toronto, ON
1980- 1993 Life Drawing Instructor, York Region Board of Education, ON
1985 Lindsay Gallery Purchase, Lindsay, ON
1982 Del Bello Gallery, Purchase, Toronto, ON
1981 McMaster University Art Museum, "Bull's Eye," Purchase, Hamilton ON
1974 WCAA Art Scholarship, Toronto, ON
1973 CSEA, Scholarship, National Competition, Scholarship to study Art, Hamilton, ON