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Sam Leach Biography


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Born 1973, Adelaide
2024 Artist in Residence, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
2016 Doctor of Philosophy (Fine Arts) RMIT University, Melbourne
2009 Master of Arts (Fine Arts) by research RMIT University, Melbourne 
2004 Honours Fine Art (Painting), RMIT University, Melbourne 
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), RMIT University, Melbourne  
1993 Bachelor of Economics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide
2018 Mercury, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2018 6600+, curated by Vanessa Gerrans, Warrnambool Art Gallery, VIC
2017 Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide
2016 Imagining Science, PHD examination show, RMIT Faculty Gallery
2015 The Desire of Things to Move Against Gravity, Sullivan Strumpf, Sydney
2014 SSFA at Art London, UK
2014 Habitat Proposals, Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide
2013 Careening Meteors and the Early Mind, Future Perfect, Singapore
2013 Dymaxion. Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney 
2012 The Civilising Process, VOLTA8, Sullivan+Strumpf, Basel, Switzerland 
2011-12 Sam Leach: The Ecstasy of Infrastructure, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville 
2011 We Have Never Been Modern, ARTHK11, Sullivan+Strumpf, Asia One, Hong Kong
2010 Present at Hand, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney  
2010 Platonia, COMODAA, London, UK 
2010 Cosmists, 24HR ART, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin 
2009 The Next Billion Years, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney 
2009 The Margin, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne 
2009 Native Dualism, Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide 
2008 Holotypes, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne 
2008 Negentrophies, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
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
2023 Sydney Contemporary
2020 Taipei, Nangang Exhibition Centre
2019 Sydney Contemporary 
2018 My Monster: The Human-Animal Hybrid, RMIT Gallery, City Campus, Melbourne
2018 Birds and Bees, Museum of Discovery, Adelaide 
2016 Art Basel HK, Sullivan Strumpf, Hong Kong
2015 21C Hyperrealism, Daejeon Art Museum, Daejeon Korea
2015, Personal Spaces, Palazzo Bembo, Venice
2014 Skylab, Latrobe regional gallery, Victoria
2013 Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2013 Australia: Contemporary Voices, Fine Art Society, London
2013 Skylab, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Latrobe
2012 Haunts and Follies, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne 
2012 Animal/Human, University of Queensland Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane 
2012 Lie of the Land: New Australian Landscapes, Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, USA 
2011 Imagining the Future, RMIT Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne 
2011 Unknown Pleasures, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 
2011 The Rapture of Death, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 
2011 The New Arcadia, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore 
2011 First Life Residency in Landscape, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China 
2011 Together in Harmony, Korean Foundation Cultural Centre, Seoul, South Korea 
2011 SSFA11, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney 
2011 Art Stage Singapore, Sullivan+Strumpf, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 
2010 ARTHK10, Sullivan+Strump, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong 
2010 SSFA10, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney  
2010 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 
2010 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 
2009 Skylab - curated by Felicity Spear, Stephen McLaughlan gallery, Melbourne
2009 Horror – Come Darkness, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney  
2009 The Shilo Project, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne and touring 
2009 Nature ID, Jan Manton Gallery, Brisbane  
2009 Australia Now, Bedfordbury Gallery, London, UK 
2009 Surveying the Field, Moreland City Art Gallery, Melbourne 
2009 Mute Relics and Bedevilled Creatures – Constructing an Antipodean Curio Cabinet, Moreland City Art Gallery, Melb
2009 SSFA09, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney  
2008 Contemporary Australia: Optimism, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane 
2008 The Year of the Bird, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Sydney  
2008 Heat: Art and Climate Change, RMIT Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne 
2008 Neo Goth: Back in Black, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane 
2008 Melbourne Art Fair, Sullivan+Strumpf, Royal Exhibition Centre, Melbourne 
2008 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 
2008 SSFA08, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney 
2008 Bal Tashchit: Thou Shat Not Destroy – The Environment in Biblical and Rabbinic Sources, Jewish Museum of Australia,  Melbourne 
2007 Momento Mori, Blkmrkt, Brisbane 
2007 Sincerity of Detail, Wardlow Studios, Melbourne 
2007 Metro 5 Finalists, Metro Gallery, Melbourne 
2007 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 
2006 Metro 5 Finalists, Metro Gallery, Melbourne 
2006 Melbourne Reign, Michael Carr Gallery, Sydney 
2004 RMIT Honours Graduate Show, Area Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne 
2004 8, RMIT Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne 
2004 Melbourne Commonwealth Games Village, Melbourne 
2003 Thread, RMIT Graduate Show, Melbourne 

AWARDS AND PRIZES
2016 Fluerieu Art Prize, Samstag Museum, Adelaide, finalist
2010 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, winner 
2010 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, winner 
2010 RMIT Alumnus of the Year Award, RMIT University, Melbourne 
2009 Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, finalist 
2009 Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award, Sydney, finalist 
2009 University of Queensland Self Portrait Prize, Brisbane, finalist 
2009 Arthur Guy Memorial Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, finalist 
2009 Waterhouse Natural History Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, finalist 
2009 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, finalist 
2008 Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, finalist 
2008 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, commendation 
2008 Fleurieu Biennale, Art of Food and Wine and Water Prize, McLaren Vale, winner 
2008 ABN Amro Emerging Artist Award, Sydney, finalist 
2008 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, finalist 
2007 Siemens Fine Art Award, RMIT University, Melbourne, winner 
2007 Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, finalist 
2007 Stan and Maureen Duke, Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, finalist  
2007 Metro5 Art Award, Metro Gallery, Melbourne, finalist 
2007 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, finalist 
2006 Fletcher Jones Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Art Geelong, winner 
2006 Metro5 Art Award, Metro Gallery, Melbourne, winner 
2005 Siemens Fine Art Award, RMIT University, Melbourne, finalist 
2004 Siemens Fine Art Award, RMIT University, Melbourne, finalist 

COLLECTIONS
Artbank 
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour  
Christ Church Grammar School, Perth 
Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong  
Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast  
La Trobe University Museum of Art, Melbourne 
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne 
Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle  
Peggy Scott and David Teplitzky Collection, Wellington, New Zealand 
RMIT University, Melbourne 
University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane 
Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo  

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mee, Simon ‘Haunts and Follies’, Haunts and Follies, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, catalogue essay, 2012 
Turley, Louise. ‘The Civilizing Process – VOLTA8’, video interview, 2012 
Spence, Beatrice. ‘Oh no, it’s sold!’, Australian Art Collector, 2012 
Rule, Dane. ‘The Ecstasy of Infrastructure’,  The Age, January 14, 2012 
Craven, Owen. ‘Sam Leach: The Science of Painting’, Artist Profile, Issue 16, 2011, p 56 - 63 
Pys, Pavel. ‘Sam Leach’s Platonia’, Art Monthly Australia, no. 237, March 2011, p 38 -39 
Johnston, Andrew. Empty Magazine, Issue 19 August 2010, Cover Image and p 1 - 5 
Lau, K. ‘Open Gallery: Present at hand’, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 – 17 October 2010 
Taylor, Andrew. ‘Painting the True Picture’, The Sun-Herald, 3 October 2010 
‘Talent: Paint Storm’, Vogue, November 2010, p 168 
Christopher, Lissa. ‘Open Gallery: The Next Billion Years’, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 – 16 August 2009 
‘On Sam Leach @ Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art’, Artkritique 2, August 2009 
ABC TV, Sunday Arts, 16 August 2009 
Davies, Kerrie. ‘Sam Leach – Time and Space’, Artworld, Issue 9, June/July 2009, p 102 -105  
Miller, Carrie. ‘The Primacy of Progress’, Australian Art Collector, Issue 48, April – June 2009, p 114 - 121 
Harris, Cerentha. ‘Shining Stars’, Belle, April/ May 2009, p 90-92 
‘100 Most Influential Melburnians’, The Age, Melbourne Magazine, 12 December 2008 
Clarke, Suzanna. ‘Beautiful Obsession’, The Courier Mail, 27 – 28 December 2008 
Miller, Carrie. ‘Join the Queue’, Art Collector, Issue 45, 2008 p 96 – 98Crawford, Ashley. ‘Sam Leach: Ghost in the Machine’, Art Monthly Australia, no. 211, July 2008, p 42 – 44 
Flanagan, Martin. ‘Lessons from the Old Testament’, The Age, 26 April 2008 
Cooke, R. ‘Sam Leach: Negentrophies’, Time out Sydney, 2-8 April 2008 
McDonald, John. ‘There’s Magic in These Spectacular Works’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29-30 March 2008 
Strickland, Katrina. ‘Not Many Well-suited to This Year’s Archibald’, The Australian Financial Review, 29 February 2008 
Smee, Sebastian. ‘Put on a Happy Face’, The Australian, 29 February 2008 
Higson, Rosalie. ‘Finn’s the Pick of the Crowded Packing Room’, The Australian, 29 February 2008 
Pearce, Alyosha. ‘A Packer’s Eye on the Prize’, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 February 2008 
Schwartzkoff, Louise. ‘Smart Money on the Finn Review’, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 February 2008 
Sunday Arts, ABC TV, March 2008 
Llewellyn, J. ’50 Most Collectable Artists’, Australian Art Collector, Issue 43, January – March 2008, p154-158 
Strickland, Katrina. 'Animal Focus is Dead Right', The Australian Financial Review, November 2007 
McDonald, John. ' A Palette of Local Colour', Sydney Morning Herald, November 2007 
'Introducing Sam Leach', Adelaide Advertiser, November 2007 
Kylie, Annemarie. ‘Paint it Black’, Vogue Living, September 2007 
Crawford, Ashley. ‘Freeing the Corpse from the Corporate’, The Age, June 2007 
Ellis, Peter. ‘The Spoils’, Catalogue Essay, June 2007 
Lloyd, Tony. ‘The Spoils’, Artinfo.com.au, June 2007 
Makin, Jeff. ‘High Five for Artists’, Herald Sun, February 2007 
Crawford, Ashley. ‘50 Most Collectable Artists’, Art Collector, January 2007 
Barclay, Alison. ‘Hang them High’, Herald Sun, December 2007 
Crawford, Ashley. ‘Melbourne Reign’, Catalogue Essay, September 2006 
Makin, Jeff. ‘Art of Death Takes Flight’, Herald Sun, February 2006

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