Education 

  2000          MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 

  1998          Post Baccalaureate Certificate, SAIC 

  1996          BFA, University of Iowa, (Honors and Distinction) 

Residencies

  2020-2021    S.M.A.K., Gent 

  2005‐2007    HISK, Antwerp 

  2000‐2002    Rijksakademie Van Beelden Kunsten, Amsterdam 

  2000           Anderson Ranch, Aspen Colorado 

Awards    

Paula Patton Graham Scholarship for the Arts

SAIC Grant 

SAIC Anderson Ranch Scholarship 

Selected Exhibitions 

2021 

2019

WhiteHouse Gallery – Adam Leech - A face for radio

YouMe Exhibition #19 – Pieter and Thais

2018

Emergent Gallery, Drie solo's : Franz Anaïs, Cathérine Claeyé, Adam Leech, Curated by Frank Maes, Veurne, Belgium

2017

SMAK Museum, From the Collection, Collecting Friends, Gent Belgium

Onderweg, Cultuurcentrum Zwaneberg, Heist-op-den-Berg, Curated by Willem Vermeersch

2012 - 2021

YouMe Exhibitions #1-19 Private Exhibitions for families, small groups, and corporations.

Positie Kiezen, Emergent, Veurne. In conjunction with YouMe. 2015

2013

Shame! (Hide and Show), Curated by Ria Van Landeghem ERROR ONE, Pianofabriek, Brussels.EMERGENT project space – Curated by Frank Maes, December, Veurne.

2012

Introduction to Psychology – Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens en Zebrastraat - Curator Joost Declercq, Gent

ABC Art Berlin Contemporary - met Hopstreet gallery

‘Paraphrasing Babel. Video Art and Soundscapes on Language in Public Spaces’ - Maastricht en Heerlen - Nederland

Set-off, Molens van Orshoven, Leuven

Ängelholm International Video Art Festival, Zweden

2011

Hoet – Bekaert - If your Eyes Are Good…,  Solo Show, Gent

Von Cirne Galerie, Champaign Today, Shit Tomorrow, Solo Show Koln, Germany

Speech Bubble Expo, Cultuurcentrum Evergem

IFFR – International Film Festival Rotterdam

International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen

Videoex 2011, Zurich

Festival Nouveau Cinema Montreal 2011

Cortopotere 2011, Bergamo, Italy

2010

Hoet – Bekaert Solo show, Gent

A Million and One Days, National Gallery of Art Lithuania

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

Futurity Now!, Transmediale 2010, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

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 BramVan 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 - soloshow, 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 

Publications 

Een gids voor de geest: de esthetische ervaring onderzocht. SOFIE VAN HYFTE voor De Morgen, 26 juli 2021

Trends/Tendances no 49 People : Lernout & Hauspie and video art - Robert Van Apeldoorn

<H>ART #45 - 26/12/2008  - Ariane de Rothschild prijs in Tour en Taxis, Schilderkunst is elastisch, door Christina Vuegen

<H>ART #46 – 22/01/2009  - Voer voor taalfilosofen – Nieuw werk van 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