Hugh Leeman is an artist, lecturer, and guest speaker.
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While living in the Caribbean at a young age, Leeman imagined himself remaining there for the rest of his life. Yet, as a teenager, 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, he co-founded Aetatribes.org to bring clean water projects to the indigenous Aeta Tribes of the Philippines. Currently, Leeman is collaborating with Spanish-speaking communities, using AI, oral histories, and narrative art-making to preserve familial knowledge. He is creating artworks that address the confluence of personal mythology, technology, and societal change.
Leeman has exhibited his artworks 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, he co-founded Aetatribes.org to bring clean water projects to the indigenous Aeta Tribes of the Philippines. Currently, Leeman is collaborating with Spanish-speaking communities, using AI, oral histories, and narrative art-making to preserve familial knowledge. He is creating artworks that address the confluence of personal mythology, technology, and societal change.
Leeman has exhibited his artworks at the de Young Museum, the Museum of Mexico City, the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, and the Masur Museum of Art.
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