Awards and prizes
*2024 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 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, finalistCollections
Leach's work features in several collections including *Artbank *Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide *Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour *Christ Church Grammar School, Perth *Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong *Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria *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, DubboExhibitions
Solo exhibitions
Leach's work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions. *2014 Theriophily and Substance, ART14 London *2013 Careening Meteorites and the Early Mind, Future Perfect, Singapore *2013 Sam Leach, 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 Convention and Exhibition Centre, 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, MelbourneGroup exhibitions
Leach's work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions. *2015 10th Anniversary Group Show, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney *2014 Conquest of Space, COFA Galleries, Sydney, curated by Dr. Andrew Frost *2014 Art Basel Hong Kong, Sullivan+Strumpf, Hong Kong *2014 The Medium is the Message, La Trobe University Museum of Art, Victoria *2014 SSFA14, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney *2013 Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne *2013 Australia: Contemporary Voices, The Fine Art Society Contemporary, London, UK *2013 SkyLab, La Trobe Regional Gallery, Victoria *2013 New Horizons, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale *2013 Wonderworks, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong *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 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, Melbourne *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 Shalt 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, MelbourneSee also
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