Hugh Leeman is an artist, lecturer, and writer.
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Hugh Leeman was born and raised in rural Indiana. While living in the Caribbean as a teenager, Leeman imagined himself remaining there for the rest of his life. Yet, as he began to meet visiting cruise ship passengers from the Americas and Europe, their stories would change the course of his life, inspiring a multi-year journey. He traded his paintings for rent while working his way around the world. He learned to draw from books he couldn't read while teaching English in China. Leeman moved to the United States from the Middle East, where he had picked up trash in the desert.
In his social practice, Leeman first collaborated on a self-empowerment project with unhoused San Franciscans. More recently, using his art and social activism, he co-founded Aetatribes.org to bring clean water projects to the indigenous Aeta Tribes of the Philippines. Currently, Leeman is collaborating with diverse communities, using AI, storytelling, and painting to preserve cultural memory. He is collaborating with storytellers on short films using AI to address the confluence of cultural memory, technology, and societal change. Leeman is the managing editor of Roborant Review, a contemporary art journal.
Leeman has exhibited his artwork and projects at the de Young Museum, the Museum of Mexico City, the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, and the Masur Museum of Art.
In his social practice, Leeman first collaborated on a self-empowerment project with unhoused San Franciscans. More recently, using his art and social activism, he co-founded Aetatribes.org to bring clean water projects to the indigenous Aeta Tribes of the Philippines. Currently, Leeman is collaborating with diverse communities, using AI, storytelling, and painting to preserve cultural memory. He is collaborating with storytellers on short films using AI to address the confluence of cultural memory, technology, and societal change. Leeman is the managing editor of Roborant Review, a contemporary art journal.
Leeman has exhibited his artwork and projects at the de Young Museum, the Museum of Mexico City, the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, and the Masur Museum of Art.
Learn more about Hugh Leeman at Our Infinite Curiosity.