Enrique Leal is a visual artist and Associate Professor of Print Media at the Art Department  of the University of California in Santa Cruz. Originally from Recife Brazil, Leal has worked as a printmaker in the U.S.A. and Spain before receiving his B.F.A. from the Polytechnique University of Valencia, M.F.A. and PhD in Fine Arts from the University of Castilla La Mancha (UCLM). He is the recipient of printmaking fellowships from the Institute of Iberian-American Culture, the Spanish Academy in Rome, and a visiting artist/teacher at Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Rutgers University. Leal’s work has been exhibited and is found in collections in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Spain and the United States.

Enrique Leal es artista visual y Profesor Titular en Medios de Impresión del Departamento de Arte de la Universidad de California Santa Cruz. Originalmente de Recife, Brasil, Leal ha trabajado como grabador en EEUU y España antes de recibir su Licenciatura en Bellas Artes de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, y el titulo de Doctor en Bellas Artes por la Universidad de Castilla La Mancha (UCLM). Ha recibido becas de grabado del Instituto de la Cultura Iberoamericana, la Academia Española en Roma, y residencia artística/docente en la Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Universidad de Rutgers. El trabajo de Leal se ha exhibido y se encuentra en colecciones en Argentina, Belgica, Brasil, China, Estados Unidos de America, España, Francia, Hungría y la Republica Checa.