Sam Leach

Peter Walker Fine Art
101 Walkerville Terrace
Walkerville SA 5081
08 8344 4607

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EDUCATION

2009 Master of Arts (Fine Arts), RMIT University
2004 Honours Fine Art (Painting) at RMIT University
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) at RMIT University
1993 Bachelor of Economics, Adelaide University

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2010 Archibald Prize, winner
2010 Wynne Prize, winner
2009 Archibald Prize, finalist
2008 Stan and Maureen Duke Award, finalist
2008 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, commendation
2008 Fleurieu Biennale, finalist
2008 ABN Amro Emerging Artists Award, finalist
2008 Archibald Prize, finalist
2007 Siemens Fine Art Award, winner
2007 Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, winner
2007 Stan and Maureen Duke Award, finalist
2007 Archibald Prize, finalist
2006 Geelong Gallery Fletcher Jones Contemporary Art Prize
2006 Judges Prize Metro5
2005 Short listed for Siemens Art Prize
2004 Short listed for Siemens Art Prize

COLLECTIONS
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
The Adelaide Club
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Geelong Art Gallery
Artbank
University of Queensland
Monash University
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
Private Collections in Australia, Europe and USA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Enlightenment becomes Sacrifice of Sacrifice, Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide
2011 Sam Leach Survey Exhibition, The Adelaide Club, Adelaide
2010 Present at Hand, Sullivan and Strumph, Sydney
2009 Native Dualism, Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide
2008 Negentrophies, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2008 Holotypes, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Unnatural Selection, Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide
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 EXHIBITIONS

2010 COMODAA, Gallery 8, St James's, London
2009 SSFA09, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2008 Optimism: Contemporary Australian Art, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
2008 Neo Goth, University of Queensland Gallery
2008 Heat: Art and the Environment, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Bal Tashchit: Tho Shat Not Destroy – The Environment in Biblical and Rabbinic Sources, Jewish
Museum of Aust, Melbourne
2008 SSFA08, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2007 Momento Mori, Blkmrkt, Brisbane
2007 Sincerity of Detail, Wardlow Studios, Melbourne
2007 Metro 5 Finalists, Touring Exhibition
2007 Archibald Touring Exhibition
2006 Metro 5 Finalists Show, Metro 5, Melbourne
2006 Melbourne Reign, Michael Carr Gallery, Sydney
2004 RMIT Honours Graduate Show, Area Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
2004 8, RMIT Faculty Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Melbourne Commonwealth Games Village
2003 Thread, RMIT Graduate Show, Melbourne

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