Hugh Leeman
Hugh Leeman is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator, teaching art history and technique in English and Spanish. Leeman's artwork and projects focus on community collaboration and social interaction.
Leeman first collaborated on a self-empowerment project with the homeless in San Francisco. He co-founded Aetatribes.org to bring clean water projects to the indigenous Aeta Tribes of the Philippines. Now he is creating impasto paintings and sculptures. They address environmental destruction, mythology, and the history of inequality.
Leeman has exhibited his artworks at the de Young Museum, the Museum of Mexico City, the Masur Museum of Art, and the Arlington Contemporary Art Center. He was awarded an Artistic Mastermind Grant. His artwork and projects are published in The Outlaw Bible of American Art.
“Human’s ongoing survival no longer solely depends on technology and its ability to overcome nature but on our ability to overcome the creative and destructive nature within ourselves.”
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Calling Celestial Bodies into Existence -
Hive Mind
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From Fields of Ferns to our Wildest Dreams
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Ophelia
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Prayer Sold
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Singularity 001
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Singularity 003 Sold
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Looking At Ourselves
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Traje De Luz
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Names Erase My Face
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Personifying Pride
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Searching for Ourselves
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Winston Churchill
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Divided Internal Empire (Napoleon)
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I Wear A Wig Too
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Holiday Open House
December 2 - 16, 2023Burlingame, CA - As the holiday season unfolds, Studio Shop Gallery is thrilled to announce its much-anticipated Holiday Open House, a celebration of art, community, and seasonal cheer. The event...Read more -
LAYERED BEAUTY
A SUMMER EXHIBITION July 14 - August 5, 2023Join us July 14th, 2023 @ 5pm for our opening reception and an unforgettable experience at "Layered Beauty – A Summer Exhibition” introducing new artists Nimisha Doongarwal, Laura Malone & Gail Garcia. Also including works from our established artists Daniel Ochoa & Hugh Leeman.Read more -
Body WORKs
Melinda Cootsona, Goli Mahallati, Daniel Ochoa & Hugh Leeman September 14 - October 1, 2022Body WORKs - four artists celebrate humanity Delving into the many ways there are to see one another, Studio Shop Gallery presents “Body WORKs,” a show of figurative paintings highlighting...Read more
EXHIBITIONS & PUBLIC PROJECTS
2022
Body WORKs, Group Figurative Show, Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2021
Left Coast Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA - Juror, Christine Koppes, curator San Francisco ICA
The 58th Annual, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA - Juror, Dr. Kelli Morgon, curator Indianapolis Museum of Art
The de Young Open, The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA - Juror, Timothy Anglin Burgard
2014
New Works, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013
South x Southwest Mural Project, SXSW Festival, Austin, TX
2012
ctrl + P, Arlington Contemporary Arts Center, Arlington, VA - Jurors, Julie Chae and Kristina Bilonick
Picks of the Harvest, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, San Francisco, CA
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
2011
Entrance Mural to Fountain Art Fair, Art Basel Miami, FL
Fountain Art Fair, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Miami, FL
Fountain Art Fair, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
International Beethoven Festival, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Chicago Urban Art Society, Chicago, IL
SF Weekly Artopia, Artistic Masterminds Grant Winner, Public Works, San Francisco, CA
2010
Living Walls, MLK Historic District Mural, Atlanta, GA
Draw Show, Museum Of Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico - Juror Miguel Calderon
SELECTED WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
2022
The Colonial Art of Latin America, San Francisco State University, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Approaching the Spiritual Realm Through the Artworks of the Transcendental Painting Group,
Crocker Art Museum of California, 10/22, Sacramento, CA
The Renaissance, a Global Perspective, Colorado State University, 9/22 - 11/22, Fort Collins, CO
The Renaissance, a Global Perspective, San Francisco State University, 8/22 - 9/22, San Francisco, CA
The Renaissance, a Global Perspective, San Francisco State University, 4/22 - 5/22, San Francisco, CA
Connecting the Renaissance to Today, San Francisco State University, 7/21, San Francisco, CA The Art of Making, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, 3/22, San Marino, CA
Community Empowerment Workshop, The Tenderloin Museum, 12/21 San Francisco, CA