Eric Lei, Cleft Ridge

Eric Leichtung (b. 1995) is an award winning painter from Queens, New York. From a young age, he would voraciously draw and was introduced to painting in highschool. He attended Rhode Island School of Design where he received a BFA in Illustration, and has studied at the Grand Central Atelier under Jacob Collins. He is a 2021 & 2022 recipient of the Hudson River Fellowship. He has exhibited work across the East coast, and his work is included in numerous private collections across the United States.