Born 1973
2000 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1998 Post Baccalaureate Certificate, SAIC
1996 BFA, University of Iowa, (Honors and Distinction)
2005‐2007 HISK, Antwerp
2000‐2002 Rijksakademie Van Beelden Kunsten, Amsterdam
2000 Anderson Ranch, Aspen Colorado
2011
The Art of Predicting the Future - Internatioanl festival in Riga, Latvia – curated by Agnese Luse and The Latvian Center for Contemporary Art
Adam Leech Brüssel/Belgien Solo Show - AtelierFrankfurt– curated by Corinna Bimboese
Futurity Now!, Transmediale 2010, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Tomorrow is the Question - S.M.A.K. Gent
"A Million and One Days" - National Gallery of Art, Lithuania – curated by Eglė Mikalajūnaitė, Giedrius Gulbinas and Dovilė Tumpytė (Oct 2010 – Jan 2011)
Champaign today, Shit Tomorrow - Von Cirne Gallery Solo show, Koln, Germany
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Cologne-based KunstFilmBiennale – Speech Bubble won the critic's prize – Berlin.
Open Archive 2 – Piercing the Market Bubble – Argos, Brussels
2010
Hoet – Bekaert Solo show, Gent
Video Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York
Netwerk, solo show, Aalst, Belgium
The Armory Show, with Hoet-Bekaert Gallery, New York
Young Collectors, Sign, curated by Johan Delcour en Monia Warnez, Groningen, The Netherlands
Changez! een Belgenshow, Actuele Kunst 21 Rozendaal, Enschede, The Netherlands
2009
OFFMOSTELES, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
Impakt Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
KunstFilmBiennale Koln, Germany
TICAB Tirana International Contemporary Art Biannual, curated by Joa Ljungberg and Edi Muka, Tirana, Albania
Split Film Festival, Croatia
Moderna Museet, Bubble Night - solo show, curated by Joa Ljungberg, Malmo, Sweden
Watou, Verzamelde Verhalen #01, Watou, Belgium
WRO Biennial, Lost Nation: A mental journey through the US – WRO Art Center, Wroclaw, Poland
Argos Zu Gast IM Atelier Frankfurt, Germany
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
Art Brussels ‐ Solo show with Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Gent, Belgium
Hoet Bekaert Gallery – Solo show : Accept what is coming to you, Gent, Belgium
Maison Grégoire ‐ Adam Leech: Beyond narratives, Behind the surface , Curated by Emmanuel Lambion, Ukkel, Belgium
2008
Manifesta 7 ‐ Curated by Adam Budak , Trentino – South Tyrol, Italy
Ariane de Rothschild prijs 2008, Brussels, Belgium
It's not fair le monde est arbitaire, Huis Van Winckel, Curated by Bram Van Damme, Dendermonde, Belgium
Canvas Collection – Palais des Beaux‐Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Koraalberg, The Crying of Potential Estate (with Potential Estate),
Antwerp, Belgium
Netwerk, Post Painterly Attraction, Aalst, Belgium
Rodeo Gallery, A Principal of Assumptions, Istanbul, Turkey
The Swiss Institute, New York City
2007
Hoet Bekaert Gallery - solo show, Knokke, Belgium
S.M.A.K., M for M, Gent, Belgium
Netwerk, Potential Estate, Aalst, Belgium
UNDO.NET, Milan, Italy
2006
HISK, Barrack, Antwerp, Belgium
UTIL, EXACT, Imaging and Diagnostics, Brussels, Belgium
STUK Arts Center, Potential Estate, Cabinet Jacotot, Leuven, Belgium
2005
Platform Garanti, It Happened One Night, Istanbul, Turkey
HISK, And Lucy Liked It, Antwerp, Belgium
Walter Van Beirendonck, Alma Mater Slaughter, Antwerp, Belgium
Terrain #1 Curated by F18 and UTIL, Antwerp , Belgium
Museum Het Domein, On Love/Over Liefde, Sittard, The Netherlands
HISK, Open Studios, Antwerp, Belgium
Kunstencentrum Netwerk, Victoria's Secret, Aalst, Belgium
2004
Triangle Project Space, Uncommon Truths, San Antonio, Texas
Magnificent Mile, Performance, Chicago
Gallery 312, Really Real, Twins Project, Chicago
2003
Rijksakademie, Open Studios, Amsterdam
2002
Musee De L'Art Contemporian, Rendezvous, Lyon, France
Xiamen University, The China Show, Xiamen, China
Rijksakademie, Open Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Centre Soleil d'Afrique, CLICK, Bamako, Mali
2001
Impakt Film and Video Festival, Central Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Finesilver, San Antonio, Texas
TBA, Adam Leech ‐ Lucas Ajemian, Chicago
SAIC, MFA Show, Chicago
German Film Critics Association Award, KunstFilmBiennale Koln 2009
Paula Patton Graham Scholarship for the Arts
SAIC Grant
SAIC Anderson Ranch Scholarship
Artksleidoscope – Adam Leech im atelierfrankfurt – Juli bis September . heft 3 11- D42794
FlashArt n. 269 - November-December 2009 - Brand New
Interview between Adam Leech and Michael Polsinelli
Trends/Tendances no 49 People : Lernout & Hauspie and video art - Robert Van Apeldoorn
<H>ART #45 - 00/00/2008 - Ariane de Rothschild prijs in Tour en Taxis , door Christina Vuegen
<H>ART #46 - 00/00/2009 - Voer voor taalfilosofen - Adam Leech in Maison Gregoire, door Sam Steverlynck
<H>ART #48 - 05/03/2009 - Adam Leech in Hoet-Bekaert Galerie, door Mark Ruyters
Capricious connections between clandestineness and visibility
Netwerk center for contemporary art Annual 07, Belgium, p. 204
M for M ‐ S.M.A.K. Stedelijke Museum voor Actuele Kunst, 2007
Leere X Vision ‐ ConneXions 2006
Art Lies ‐ Contemporary Art Quarterly, Issue 44 -
Adam Leech, Melhuis, Caveh Zahedi: Uncommon Truths.Triangle Project Space,
by Jennifer Day, 2004