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artist
Christopher Leitch is a visual artist working with found materials and unpredictable methods. Chance occurrences and random processes determine the content and images of his works, and, he says, “I never know what anything’s going to look like. This uncertainty is liberating and invigorating.”
His works have been included in solo and group exhibitions at: the Boston Society for Arts and Crafts; the Brunnier Museum of Art, Iowa State University; Plymouth State College, NH; the Kansas City Jewish Museum; the H&R Block ArtSpace at Kansas City Art Institute; McAlester College Gallery of Art; Jan Weiner Gallery; and many others.
Articles featuring his work have appeared in New Art Examiner, Fashion Theory, Kansas City Home Design, American Craft, the Kansas City Star and the International Textile Design Directory. Leitch has written art criticism for ArtPapers Atlanta, the New Art Examiner and Ceramics: Art and Perception. He has designed costumes for private collections and public productions, recently for The Paul Mesner Puppets’ presentations of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" and Mark Twain’s very naughty “1601”.
Christopher Leitch earned an MA in Visual Arts from Goddard College in Vermont and his BFA from Kansas City Art Institute. He lives and works in Kansas City, Missouri.
