Leonie Persyn (°1989 – Kortrijk) is affiliated to the Department of Music, Visual Arts and Performance Studies, at Ghent University (2017-2023). She is researching the heautonomous functioning of sound to image within the context of contemporary performing arts. She was trained as a visual artist (Sint-Lucas, Antwerp) and as an Art historian (Ghent, Univserity). After her studies, she developed an own practice and worked for several art institutions, artists & companies.