Christopher Leitch lives and works near Kansas City. His works have been widely exhibited at: the CICA Museum in South Korea; the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art; the University of Wyoming Museum of Art; the Boston Society for Arts and Crafts; Jan Weiner Gallery; and many others. His 100-piece ‘dreaming about mom’ was shown in True Stories at the Nerman Museum with essay by Michaël Amy. His large biological painting ‘before’ toured nationally in Men of the Cloth, curated by poet Stephen Beal (catalogue). 

Leitch’s work has been published in Art in America, New Art Examiner, Fashion Theory, American Craft, Drawing from Life by Jennifer New and Ley Lines by H. L. Hix. He has written art criticism for ArtPapers Atlanta, New Art Examiner and Ceramics: Art and Perception. Leitch served as Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at Kansas City Art Institute and as Director of the Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall. He has taught and lectured frequently, and has presented to the American Alliance of Museums and the Canadian Museums Association. He earned an MA from Goddard College in Vermont and his BFA from Kansas City Art Institute.