EXHIBITIONS
Pending - August 2024 - Ventriloquism curated by Mike Chavez-Dawson, The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery, Rawtenstall
2024 early 2025 – A Bigger Splash with Kara Lyons & Paul Haywood, Gallery Frank, Ebor Studios
16th June – 11th August 2022 Sixty Drawings + 10, Curated by Carolyn Curtis Magri, Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, Rawtenstall, Lancashire (Link)
31st March - 25th April 2022 Ebor Studios Associate Members Show Gallery Frank, Ebor Studios, Littleborough UK (Virtual link)
25 Sept – 14 Nov 2021 Definitions of Drawing, Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Leeds curated by court spencer
11 Sep 2020 - Sun 20 Dec 2020 Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival Open WCAF20, Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
1st July - 31st July 2020 Leeds Summer Group Show curated by court spencer (Online exhibition) https://courtspencer.squarespace.com/online-exhibition
28th Sept - 12th Oct 2019 Solo Exhibition “The Expectation of Chaos” Gallery Frank, Ebor Studios, Littleborough, UK
25th Jan - 18th Feb 2018 Solo Exhibition 'Silence, exile and cunning' Custom House Gallery, Westport, Co Mayo, Ireland
7th April - 16th June 2018 Solo Exhibition 'Jurisdictions', Bury Museum and Art Gallery, Manchester UK
2016 Group Show Claremorris Gallery
2016 - Tanya Harris | Emma Houlihan | Chris Leach curated by Will O'Kane Glor Ennis Artists Resource Room
2015 'Mayo, God help us' Curated by Patrick T. Murphy and Catherine Marshall, Claremorris Gallery
2014 - "Still Places" 3 person exhibition with Ann Quinn & Daniel Lipstein, Claremorris Gallery
2014 - Find Art Project, Castlebar Ireland (http://www.findartproject.com/chris-leach.html)
2014, Group Show as part of Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong
2013 – SUBurban,(Group Show) Smart Clothes Gallery, New York, USA
2013 – Invited Artist, Engage with Architecture, (curated by Oonagh Young,) Co Offaly.
2013 – Winter Members Exhibition, Ormston House, Limerick, Ireland
2012 Solo Exhibition - ‘On the threshold of recognition.’ Ballina Arts Centre, Co Mayo. Ireland
2012 – Vue Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, with Ooonagh Young Gallery, Dublin
2012 – Group Exhibition, Claremorris Gallery, Co Mayo.
2012 – Winter Group Exhibition, Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2012 – ‘Whose unconscious? Our Unconscious.’,Communist Gallery, Hastings
2011 - Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland.
2010 - An Artists Impression - (Group show curated by Aideen Barry with Limited Edition Publication) Gallery 126, Galway.
2010 – OPEN/INVITED e v+ a 2010 Limerick, Ireland
2009 – Tulca 09 Festival of Visual Art, Galway, Ireland
2009 - Mayo Artists Exhibition, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
2009 – Claremorris Open Exhibition, Various Venues. Claremorris, Ireland
2009 - The visual response to texts. Instituto Cervantes, Manchester
2007 - Mayo Artists Exhibition, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar.
2006 - ‘Timelock’ an exhibition, Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Salford
2005 - Collaborations – Newton Street Gallery, Manchester
2004 - Group Exhibition Newton Street Artists, The Castle, Manchester
2002 - Commonwealth Exhibition, Lowry Arts Centre, Salford Quays
2001 - Arts in Regeneration, Angel Centre, Salford
2000 - Chapel Street Open, Islington Mill, Manchester
Education
1996 -1999 BA Hons Fine Art Wimbledon School of Art, London
Pending - August 2024 - Ventriloquism curated by Mike Chavez-Dawson, The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery, Rawtenstall
2024 early 2025 – A Bigger Splash with Kara Lyons & Paul Haywood, Gallery Frank, Ebor Studios
16th June – 11th August 2022 Sixty Drawings + 10, Curated by Carolyn Curtis Magri, Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, Rawtenstall, Lancashire (Link)
31st March - 25th April 2022 Ebor Studios Associate Members Show Gallery Frank, Ebor Studios, Littleborough UK (Virtual link)
25 Sept – 14 Nov 2021 Definitions of Drawing, Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Leeds curated by court spencer
11 Sep 2020 - Sun 20 Dec 2020 Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival Open WCAF20, Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
1st July - 31st July 2020 Leeds Summer Group Show curated by court spencer (Online exhibition) https://courtspencer.squarespace.com/online-exhibition
28th Sept - 12th Oct 2019 Solo Exhibition “The Expectation of Chaos” Gallery Frank, Ebor Studios, Littleborough, UK
25th Jan - 18th Feb 2018 Solo Exhibition 'Silence, exile and cunning' Custom House Gallery, Westport, Co Mayo, Ireland
7th April - 16th June 2018 Solo Exhibition 'Jurisdictions', Bury Museum and Art Gallery, Manchester UK
2016 Group Show Claremorris Gallery
2016 - Tanya Harris | Emma Houlihan | Chris Leach curated by Will O'Kane Glor Ennis Artists Resource Room
2015 'Mayo, God help us' Curated by Patrick T. Murphy and Catherine Marshall, Claremorris Gallery
2014 - "Still Places" 3 person exhibition with Ann Quinn & Daniel Lipstein, Claremorris Gallery
2014 - Find Art Project, Castlebar Ireland (http://www.findartproject.com/chris-leach.html)
2014, Group Show as part of Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong
2013 – SUBurban,(Group Show) Smart Clothes Gallery, New York, USA
2013 – Invited Artist, Engage with Architecture, (curated by Oonagh Young,) Co Offaly.
2013 – Winter Members Exhibition, Ormston House, Limerick, Ireland
2012 Solo Exhibition - ‘On the threshold of recognition.’ Ballina Arts Centre, Co Mayo. Ireland
2012 – Vue Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, with Ooonagh Young Gallery, Dublin
2012 – Group Exhibition, Claremorris Gallery, Co Mayo.
2012 – Winter Group Exhibition, Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2012 – ‘Whose unconscious? Our Unconscious.’,Communist Gallery, Hastings
2011 - Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland.
2010 - An Artists Impression - (Group show curated by Aideen Barry with Limited Edition Publication) Gallery 126, Galway.
2010 – OPEN/INVITED e v+ a 2010 Limerick, Ireland
2009 – Tulca 09 Festival of Visual Art, Galway, Ireland
2009 - Mayo Artists Exhibition, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
2009 – Claremorris Open Exhibition, Various Venues. Claremorris, Ireland
2009 - The visual response to texts. Instituto Cervantes, Manchester
2007 - Mayo Artists Exhibition, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar.
2006 - ‘Timelock’ an exhibition, Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Salford
2005 - Collaborations – Newton Street Gallery, Manchester
2004 - Group Exhibition Newton Street Artists, The Castle, Manchester
2002 - Commonwealth Exhibition, Lowry Arts Centre, Salford Quays
2001 - Arts in Regeneration, Angel Centre, Salford
2000 - Chapel Street Open, Islington Mill, Manchester
Education
1996 -1999 BA Hons Fine Art Wimbledon School of Art, London