Sam Leach
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Sam Leach is an emerging Australia
n contemporary artist. He was born in Adelaide
, South Australia
. Leach worked for many years in the Australian Tax Office after completion of a degree in Economics. He also completed a Diploma of Art, Bachelor of Fine Art degree and a Master of Fine Art degree at RMIT
in Melbourne
, Victoria
. Leach currently resides in Melbourne.
Leach's work has been exhibited in several museum shows including "Optimism" at the Queensland Art Gallery and "Neo Goth" at the University of Queensland Art Museum in 2008, in 2009 "the Shilo Project" at the Ian Potter Museum of Art and "Horror Come Darkness" at the Macquarie University Art Gallery and "Still" at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery in 2010 . His work is held in public collections of regional galleries of Geelong, Gold Coast, Coffs Harbour, Newcastle and Gippsland and the collections of the Latrobe University and University of Queensland.
His portrait of musical comedian Tim Minchin
won the Archibald Prize, one of Australia's most noteworthy art prizes, in 2010. In the same year, he won the Wynne Prize
for his landscape Proposal for landscaped cosmos. In doing so he became only the third artist after William Dobell
and Brett Whiteley
to win the Archibald portrait prize and the Wynne landscape prize in the same year. The award has generated some controversy due to the similarities, acknowledged by Leach, between his work and one by seventeenth century Dutch artist Adam Pynacker
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n contemporary artist. He was born in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. Leach worked for many years in the Australian Tax Office after completion of a degree in Economics. He also completed a Diploma of Art, Bachelor of Fine Art degree and a Master of Fine Art degree at RMIT
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
. Leach currently resides in Melbourne.
Leach's work has been exhibited in several museum shows including "Optimism" at the Queensland Art Gallery and "Neo Goth" at the University of Queensland Art Museum in 2008, in 2009 "the Shilo Project" at the Ian Potter Museum of Art and "Horror Come Darkness" at the Macquarie University Art Gallery and "Still" at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery in 2010 . His work is held in public collections of regional galleries of Geelong, Gold Coast, Coffs Harbour, Newcastle and Gippsland and the collections of the Latrobe University and University of Queensland.
His portrait of musical comedian Tim Minchin
Tim Minchin
Timothy David "Tim" Minchin is a British-Australian comedian, actor, and musician.Tim Minchin is best known for his musical comedy, which has featured in six CDs, three DVDs and a number of live comedy shows which he has performed internationally. He has also appeared on television in Australia,...
won the Archibald Prize, one of Australia's most noteworthy art prizes, in 2010. In the same year, he won the Wynne Prize
Wynne Prize
The Wynne Prize is an Australian landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize. One of Australia's longest running art prizes, it was established in 1897 from the bequest of Richard Wynne...
for his landscape Proposal for landscaped cosmos. In doing so he became only the third artist after William Dobell
William Dobell
Sir William Dobell, OBE was an Australian artist .The electoral Division of Dobell is named after him.- Life :...
and Brett Whiteley
Brett Whiteley
Brett Whiteley, AO was an Australian artist. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald Prize...
to win the Archibald portrait prize and the Wynne landscape prize in the same year. The award has generated some controversy due to the similarities, acknowledged by Leach, between his work and one by seventeenth century Dutch artist Adam Pynacker
Adam Pynacker
Adam Christiaensz Pynacker or Pijnacker was a Dutch Golden Age painter, mostly of landscapes.-Biography:...
.
External links
- artist's page
- ABC Sunday arts
- The Age newspaper
- http://www.artinfo.com.au/articles/read/the-spoilsReview of The Spoils, exhibition at Nellie Castan Gallery by Tony Lloyd (Artist)Tony Lloyd (Artist)Tony Lloyd is an Australian contemporary artist. Tony was born in Melbourne Victoria. Lloyd's paintings are influenced by cinema, in particular Film Noir and Science Fiction, and the Romantic Sublime . His largely monochromatic paintings are realist in style...
] - http://www.artinfo.com.au/articles/read/a-considered-responseOpinion piece on the controversial self portrait by Tony Lloyd (Artist)Tony Lloyd (Artist)Tony Lloyd is an Australian contemporary artist. Tony was born in Melbourne Victoria. Lloyd's paintings are influenced by cinema, in particular Film Noir and Science Fiction, and the Romantic Sublime . His largely monochromatic paintings are realist in style...
] - australianedge.net interview
- Sam Leach, 2011, ARTIST PROFILE Issue 16, pp. 56-63