GLITCHOFMIND (Leonel Piccardo) is an Amsterdam-based multidisciplinary digital artist exploring the intersection of identity, technology, and Afrosurrealism through editorial storytelling. Born in the Dominican Republic, his early experiences shaped a quest for self-expression and self-discovery, drawing inspiration from nature, folklore, and fashion.
With a background in photography, he began exploring digital tools and Web3 during COVID-19, adopting the moniker GLITCHOFMIND—a play on “peace of mind”—to reflect his journey with ADHD and depression, and his use of imagination as a safe space for storytelling.
His work transforms personal narratives into immersive stories that blur reality and the surreal, exploring self-awareness, heritage, and futurism. His art has been featured in Vogue, Forbes, Red-Eye Magazine, and GLITCH MAGAZINE. He has exhibited internationally, including at London and New York Fashion Weeks, Miami Art Basel, Grand Palais Paris, ROSEWOOD Amsterdam, and NXT Museum in Amsterdam. In 2025, he won the WiNQ Photography Contest + Opel, selected by the Erwin Olaf Foundation.
(See Exhibitions for the full list.)
(See Exhibitions for the full list.)
In 2024, he founded INTERLÔR Atelier, a digital design studio merging nature and digital innovation through speculative design and the digitalization of nature-based materials, in collaboration with Amsterdam Fashion Institute & HvA, and was recognized in HUG100 Artists to Watch 2024 selected by a jury from MoMA, Christie’s, and Art Dubai.
GLITCHOFMIND + SYKY
In 2023 GLITCHOFMIND digital fashion work was selected as one of the 10 artists for the first one-of-a-kind digital fashion co-hort by SYKY. Founded by Alice Delahunt former Chief Digital & Content Officer at Ralph Lauren, SYKY is a digital platform with a mission to democratize the fashion industry and catapult the next luxury fashion house of the future.
The collective made their debut at London Fashion Week 2023 during the immersive exhibition “Worlds Collide” hosted by SYKY in collaboration with the British Fashion Council.
Later that year, during Art Basel Miami 2023, GLITCHOFMIND launched his first capsule editorial collection on SYKY, introducing his upcoming studio INTERLÔR Vol.1 The Awaken, which became the highest-selling digital collection on SYKY in 2023.
