Dante Leonelli (born September 15, 1931 in

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, United States) is an American pioneer of kinetic light sculpture and a former tutor at

Hornsey College of Art Hornsey College of Art (a.k.a. Hornsey School of Art) was a college in Crouch End in the London Borough of Haringey, England. The HCA was "an iconic British art institution, renowned for its experimental and progressive approach to art and design ...

and the

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. In 1968, Leonelli formed the Continuum group with artists Michael McKinnon and Robert Janz. Their group exhibition toured Sheffield, Hull, Manchester and Oxford, culminating in the first exhibition of kinetic light art to be shown at the

Hayward Gallery The Hayward Gallery is an art gallery within the Southbank Centre in central London, England and part of an area of major arts venues on the South Bank of the River Thames. It is sited adjacent to the other Southbank Centre buildings (the Roy ...

. More recently, Leonelli has proposed ''Eco Halos'', which monitor and reflect changing levels of environmental traffic and air pollution. Leonelli has work in national and international collections.Leonelli artworks at auctions retrieved 15 June 2020 https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Dante-Leonelli/E430425B50E1B08A

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