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Johannes Leak
Australian editorial cartoonist and painter (born 1980) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Johannes Leak (born 25 October 1980)[1] is a German-born Australian editorial cartoonist and painter.
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He is the son of cartoonist Bill Leak and teacher Astrid, née Wiegand.[1] The family lived in Dießen am Ammersee before moving to Australia.[1] He attended Sydney Boys High School and then Julian Ashton Art School for five years on a scholarship.[1]
In November 2019, Leak was appointed editorial cartoonist of The Australian, a position held by his father until his death two years before.[2]
Leak's August 2020 cartoon of Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 2020 election was deemed as offensive and racist by a number of politicians and journalists.[3] The cartoon had used Joe Biden's use of the phrase "little brown girls".[4]
In February 2021, Leak was awarded a $40,000 contract from the Australian Department of Parliamentary Services to paint an official portrait of former prime minister Tony Abbott.[5][6]
Leak submitted paintings to the Archibald Prize in 2021 with a portrait of Warlpiri Country Liberal Party politician Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and in 2025 of Jewish advocate Alex Ryvchin.[7] Neither were selected as finalists, although the State Library of New South Wales bought the portrait of Price for about $20,000, but following some First Nations employees taking offence to the acquisition, the picture is not shown on the library's website[8] and can only be viewed by appointment.[9]
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