The work of artist Leigh
Ledare maps psychosocial relations inscribed within the various orders of
photography, language, and public and private social constructions. Ledare’s
exhibitions and projects have been exhibited extensively in the US and abroad.
Recent exhibitions include: The Plot, The Art Institute of
Chicago (2017); Vokzal, The Box, Los Angeles (2017); as well
as numerous group exhibitions including the 2017 Whitney Biennial,
The Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Manifesta 11, Zurich (2016).
Ledare's work has also been the subject of major surveys at Charlottenborg
Kunsthal, Copenhagen (2013), and WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels
(2012). Publications by Ledare include: Double Bind Conversations (Art
Resources Press, 2015), a book length dialog co-authored with Rhea
Anastas; Ana and Carl and some other couples (Andrew Roth,
2014), a collaboration with Nicolas Guagnini; Leigh Ledare, et al. (Mousse
Publishing, 2012), edited by Elena Filipovic; An Invitation (Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia
University, 2012), a photolithography edition; Double
Bind (MFC-michèle didier, 2012); and Pretend You’re Actually Alive (PPP Editions and
Andrew Roth, 2008). In 2017 Ledare was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim
Foundation Fellowship.