Leni Acosta Knight

About Leni

Leni Acosta Knight

Leni Acosta Knight is an international artist based in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

Earlier in her life, she withdrew from an art scholarship and spent over half of her lifetime traveling the world and working in public relations, management, and marketing of international projects involving real estate, commodities, and multimedia design. In 2016, she returned to her true passion of creating fine art and has been a full-time artist since then.

Her thought-provoking artwork is predominantly inspired by her love of philosophy, science, mythology, and poetry. She combines classical realism and abstract expressionism and specializes in painting with oil, acrylic, and watercolor, as well as drawing with graphite and charcoal.

As a breast cancer survivor and an advocate against domestic and sexual violence, she dedicates her work to helping worthwhile humanitarian projects and donates a substantial portion of her sales to organizations supporting such causes.

In person

Leni was a resident artist at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua. She volunteers as a Healing Through Art facilitator, bringing creativity, comfort, and inspiration to cancer patients and survivors.

Selected exhibitions

Giving

Leni is raising funds for the new Cancer and Infusion Center at Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women & Children, and has donated paintings to Kapiʻolani and to the University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu.

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