Midwest Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Howard Leu

Saturday, October 11, 2025 @ 2:00pm, Wayne State University

Sacred Reverie: memories from photographs become testament

Howard Leu is a Midwest-based interdisciplinary artist. He works with lens-based and cameraless processes and photo archives to construct narratives surrounding the Asian diaspora, including his own family's immigrant journey. Leu earned an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he taught for two years. He recently relocated to Minneapolis/Saint Paul and is pursuing a position in academia. 



His recent exhibitions include the HBUT Design Festival (Wuhan, China), Midwest Regional Juried Exhibition at Art Link (Fort Wayne, IN), juried shows at the Cedarburg Art Museum (Cedarburg, WI) and the Wright Museum of Art (Beloit, WI), where he placed 3rd in both; and his MFA thesis solo exhibition Sacred Reverie at Kenilworth Square East Gallery (Milwaukee, WI). His work can be seen in the juried Members Exhibition at the Scarab Club during the 2025 MWSPE Conference.