Minna Leunig is a Melbourne based artist living and working on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri people. Painting with acrylic on canvas, Minna creates playful images inspired by the unique beauty and feeling across a vast array of native Australian landscapes - all the way from the dry sclerophyll forests of the Strathbogie ranges, to the tangled mangroves and thick rainforests of Cape York.

Having grown up in rural North-East Victoria on Taungurung country, Minna spent countless hours throughout her younger years wandering the bush on foot and on horseback, and here she developed a profound love and respect for the Australian environment. This early experience continues to inform her work today. Through her paintings, she seeks to spark a sense of appreciation for the natural world as well as an interest in issues relating to environmental conservation, during a time where fragile ecosystems need our care and protection the most.

Minna is interested in the visual language of symbols - the simplifying and stripping back of shape to essential forms. Her work features bold silhouettes, organic lines and demonstrates a careful consideration for how shapes fit together to create harmonious and balanced patterns - symbolic of finely balanced ecosystems and the way in which specific plants and animals fit together to create an interactive stability. Thick and tactile paint textures have also come to define Minna’s work, reminiscent of textures found within many Australian landscapes. 

As well as having exhibited at galleries such as Backwoods, aMBUSH, Saint Cloche, Outré, Yeah Nice and Juddy Roller, Minna has a keen interest in bringing art out of gallery spaces and into the public realm through large scale murals, working by the philosophy that art should be an integral part of everyday life, and accessible to all.