Craig Leonard was born in Nova Scotia and grew up in Ontario.

He is a Canadian visual arts artist, musician, and educator. He graduated from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (B.A., 1993), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (B.Ed., 1996), and the University of Toronto (Master of Visual Studies, 2005). Since 2006, he has been teaching Expanded Media at the NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design) in Halifax. Leonard exhibits his art at various exhibitions in Canada, the United States, and Europe.

Leoni was an 18th century architect and architectural historian who published studies of Palladio and Alberti.