Leslie Connito is a New York artist who works in various media, investigating concepts of time, memory, disintegration, permanence and impermanence. Her oil paintings and mixed media work reflect everyday life and often include snippets of culture, politics, history, music, art history, and the like, which are painted into the images in layers. She uses symbols as a kind of narrative in the oil paintings, mixed media work, and encaustics. 

Leslie is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of art, and studied at RIT, Parsons in Paris, and Hunter College. She has published three children’s books and a book of poetry. She has curated several art shows and won several awards.