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 in the core program. He has exhibited work across the East coast, and his work is included in numerous private collections across the United States.