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Leeroy New (b. 1986, General Santos City) is a Manila-based artist-designer whose practice overlaps and intersects with film, theater, product design, and fashion. He is a graduate of the Philippine High School for the Arts, where he majored in visual arts, and the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts.

He has received several citations for his work, including: the grand prize for sculpture in the 2005 Metrobank Art Awards; the 2009 Ateneo Art Awards, wherein he was awarded the La Trobe Residency Grant in Australia and the Artesan Gallery Residency Grant in Singapore; a nomination for the 2011 Signature Art Prize, Singapore; the 2012 Cultural Center of the Philippines 13 Artists Award and the 2014 Metrobank Foundation Award for Continuing Excellence and Service.

Primarily a practicing artist, he has staged numerous exhibitions and public art projects, including the Psychopomp's Reef (2011) installation for Bonifacio Global City's Offsite public gallery and Chrysa