Léni Paquet-Morante (1962) was born in Canada, raised in Maryland, and has been living and working in New Jersey since arriving in 1984 for an apprenticeship at the Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture. Léni is primarily a studio-based painter, relying on sketches, photographs, and sensory memory for an evocative rendition of landscape through painterly brush stroke. Her sculptural work in metals and clay has also referenced landscape.

"For the last few years I have been inspired by the places that have lured my immediate attention and been evocative. Most often these are along my daily commute, trips to public parks in and near my home in New Jersey, and in the rural Maryland landscape where I was raised under a canopy of trees.” Keenly interested in the wandering line, Léni Paquet-Morante explores notions of landscape through an intuitive, coalescent approach that invites a leap of faith through chaos. Her interpretations through painting, drawing, sculpture, and monoprint projects have been featured in solo and group exhibitions throughout the northeast region, including the 2022 and 2023 NJ Arts Annual. A full-time, award-winning artist with a studio at the Johnson Atelier Studio Program in Hamilton, she also teaches for Grounds For Sculpture and holds workshops from time to time. A Signature member of National Association of Women Artists, and listed in Women Artists of America National Directory, her work is held in private, corporate, and institutional collections internationally.