UIC Gallery 400 40th anniversary

David Leggett is a visual artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. He received his BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design (2003), and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2007). He also attended The Joan Mitchell Foundation Artist-In-Residence program (2018). Leggett’s large scale solo exhibition was presented at UIC Gallery 400 in 2016. His work tackles many themes head-on; hip-hop, art history, popular culture, sexuality, the racial divide, and the self are all recurring subjects. Leggett takes many cues from standup comedians, which he listens to while in his studio. He ran a daily drawing blog Coco River Fudge Street that started in 2010 and ended in 2016. He has shown his work throughout the United States and internationally, including a recent solo show at Anthony Gallery in Chicago (2021) and a group show titled Hotline at The Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach (2022). He received the Visual Artist Award from 3Arts Chicago in 2009.