Amie Leonhardt

Based in south Devon, Amie Leonhardt is an artist with a colourful background. Having grown up in Glastonbury and now living on Dartmoor, nature is a huge inspiration in her art and everyday life.

Using a range of different mediums from tattooing to glass painting, Amie has always been creative. Drawing from a young age and developing her creative skills as soon as she was able to hold a pencil.

After suffering from two near fatal cardiac events, she was diagnosed with 3 heart conditions. CPVT, Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Mitral Valve regurgitation. She now has her own S-ICD to keep her safe and will be on medication for the rest of her life.

Art has always been her way to manage and cope with the vast range of emotions that come with living life with SADS conditions, especially living with them undiagnosed for so long. Moving forward, she hopes to raise funds and awareness of these serious heart conditions with her art, making this exhibition a dream to be a part of.

About Amie’s work “Pulse”:

The art of Japanese kintsugi appears much like lightening. Representing the electrical shock, that is needed to save a life. 

About Amie’s work “Kintsugi”:

Gold runs through her heart and her scar as she is shocked again by her device, she takes peace in this, knowing that women are less likely to receive bystander CPR/AED. AED’s and devices like ICD’s and pacemakers are like the gold in the art of kintsugi. They make our imperfections beautiful and help our souls shine on for longer, giving us another chance at life.

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