Leeroy New

Leeroy New (born 1986) is a contemporary Filipino fine artist whose works overlap with theatre, film, fashion, and visual arts.

[citation needed] Prior to becoming renowned for his collaboration with Kermit Tesoro, New had already gained prestige in the fine arts industry.

[citation needed] In July 2010, New opened an installation at the Ateneo Art Gallery (Formerly Rizal Library) that he called Balete.

[citation needed] In Fall of 2010, New teamed up with designer Kermit Tesoro to release a sci-fi inspired collection for the Philippine Fashion Week.

Described as "a product of his generation's fascination with pop culture, graphic novels, sci-fi literature and industrial design", New creates a landscape built specifically as home to his iconic cast of aliens and monsters.

There’s a need to kind of fill this spiritual vacuum, be it in the form of aswang stories, folktales, or religious mythology and this projection of a fantasy future through sci-fi and superheroes, graphic novels or whatever.The exhibit was divided into three parts, a cave made of mangrove root formations, a hanging latex installation, and an area filled with floating geometrical structures.

[citation needed] Leroy designed the Lanson Place-SM Mall of Asia artworks on the second floor ceiling which portrayed huge wind wave.

[citation needed] When asked about working on fashion pieces, his basic principles are applied in a similar way, albeit slightly different.

Besides his fascination for Philippine folklore and western legends, he has expressed interest in Kaiju, or giant monsters in Japanese anime and television.