Sam Leach

Sam Leach

Born: 1973, Adelaide, SA

Education

2009

Master of Arts (Fine Arts) by research, RMIT

2004

Honours Fine Art (Painting), RMIT

2003

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), RMIT

1993

Bachelor of Economics, University of Adelaide

Solo Shows

2009

Native Dualism, Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide, SA

2008

Holotypes, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2008

Negentrophies, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW

2007

Unnatural Selection, Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide, SA

2007

The Spoils, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne

2006

Familie Kapitaal, Michael Carr Gallery, Sydney

2005

The Lift, Spacement, Melbourne

2005

The Longed for Departure, Bus Gallery, Melbourne

Group Shows (selected)

2009

Auckland Art Fair 09, Auckland NZ

2009

SSFA09, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney

2009

Mute Relics and Bedevilled Creatures, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne

2008

Optimism, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

2008

Neo Goth, UQ Gallery, Brisbane

2008

Heat: Art and the Environment, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne

2008

Bal Tashchit: Thou Shalt Not Destroy, Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne

2008

Archibald Prize Finalists , Touring Exhibition

2008

SSFA08, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney

2007

Momento Mori, Blkmrkt, Brisbane

2007

Eutick Memorial, Still Life Award, Coffs Habour

2007

Sincerity of Detail, Touring Exhibition

2007

Metro 5 Finalists Show, Metro 5, Melbourne

2007

Archibald Prize Finalists , Touring Exhibition

2006

Metro 5 Finalists Show, Metro 5, Melbourne

2006

Melbourne Reign, Melbourne Reign

2006

8, RMIT Faculty Gallery, Melbourne

2005

Commonwealth Games Village Melbourne

2002

Melbourne Fringe Festival: Installation, Franco Cozzo, Brunswick

Prizes and Awards

2009

Archibald, finalist

2008

Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, Highly Commended, SA Museum, Adelaide

2008

Stan and Maureen Duke Awards, Gold Coast, work acquired

2008

Archibald, finalist

2007

First Prize, Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Habour, NSW

2007

Winner, Siemens Scholarship & Aquisitive Art Award, Melbourne

2007

Archibald, finalist

2006

Geelong Gallery Fletcher Jones Contemporary Art Prize

2006

Judges Prize, Metro5 Gallery, Melbourne

2005

Shortlisted, Siemens Art Prize, Melbourne

2004

Shortlisted, Siemens Art Prize, Melbourne

Collections

La Trobe University

Coffs Harbour Gallery

Geelong Art Gallery

Siemens Australia

Artbank

Private Collections in Australia, Europe and USA

Publications

C.Lumbie, The Primacy of Progress, Australian Art Collector, June/July 2009

C.Nicholls, A prize to reckon with, Asian Art News, April 2009

J.Woodburn, Leach’s Animal Instincts, Independent Weekly, April 2009

S. Clarke, Beautiful Obsession, Courier Mail, December 27 2008

A. Crawford, Sam Leach: Ghost in the Machine, Art Monthly, April 2008

M.Flanagan, Lessons from the Old Testament, The Age, 26 April 2008

C. Miller, Varnished Truths, Exhibition Catalogue, 2008

M. Amore & A. Crawford, Let There be Life, Exhibition Catalogue, April 2008

C. Lumbie, Two Speed, Australian Art Collector, January 2008

A. Crawford, Hunters & Collectors, Australian Art Collector, January 2008

S. Haley, Holotypes, Exhibition Catalogue, May 2008

J. McDonald, There’s Magic in These Spectacular Works, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 29, 2008

S. Smee, Put on a Happy Face, The Australian, February 29, 2008

Sunday Arts, ABC TV, March 2008

K. Strickland, Animal Focus is Dead Right,, The Australian Financial Review, November 2007

J. McDonald, A Palette of Local Colour, Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum, November 2007

Introducing Sam Leach, Adelaide Advertiser, November 2007

A. Kylie, Paint it Black, Vogue Living, September 2007

A. Crawford, Freeing the Corpse from the Corporate, The Age, June 2007

P. Ellis, The Spoils, Exhibition Catalogue, June 2007

A. Crawford, 50 Most Collectable Artists, Art Collector, January 2007