A professor of art, Lesniak has been teaching design, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, and modern art at UW-Washington County since 2001, and previously taught sculpture at UW-Milwaukee. He holds a BFA from East Carolina University, Greenville, and an MFA from UW-Milwaukee. To augment his education, he traveled to Estonia, Latvia and Russia to “experience art in quickly changing, unstable regions of the world.” While in Estonia, he facilitated an iron pour at the Tallinn Art University.
He also performs with a band locally.
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