Chad Kleitsch was born and raised in New Jersey. He earned his B.A. in photography at Bard College in New York in 1991. He has since lectured at Bard College, Yale University, Sarah Lawrence College, and The Center for Photography at Woodstock. He has lead classes in photography at several colleges and art centers, such as Bard College, Simons Rock, Woodstock Center for Photography and LaGuardia College.Chad Kleitsch's work has been featured in numerous exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States such as The Art Institute of Chicago, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum CT, CCS Bard Hessel Collection NY, The Center for Photography at Woodstock NY, Berkshire Museum MA, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art NY, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery NYC, Yancy Richardson Gallery NYC and Carrie Haddad Gallery Hudson NY. In 2010 he received The Center for Photography Woodstock Photographers Fellowship Fund Award Fellowship.His work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Time Magazine, Money Magazine, Chronogram, and The Mountain Record. ResumeSolo Exhibitions”Going Back to My Old School” Bard College NY, May 2016Home Grown: Fellowship Recipients 2005-2014, Center for Photograhy, Woodstock,NY, November 2014“Botanical Mind” Eclipse Gallery, North Adams MA, Aug 2013Works on Paper, The Camera Club of New York, May 2011White Box- Photographs of the Unseen Museum,The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT Jan. 2010White Box, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, NYC, NY, 2003 Community Access, Puck Building, NYC, NY, 1999 Asylum, E3 Gallery, NYC, NY,1999Rilke’s Eighth Elegy, Zen Mt. Monastery, Mt.Tremper, NY, 1997 Lost & Found – Ellis Island, Carolyn J. Roy Gallery, NYC, NY, 1994 Mansfield University Art Center, Mansfield, PA, 1994Group Exhibitions40th Annual PhotoRegional, Opalka Gallery Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY March 2018 Photograhy of the 21st Century, Curated by Kate Menconery, Troy, NY 2016Home Grown: Fellowship Recipients 2005-2014, Center for Photograhy, Woodstock, NY, 2015Wall & Rha Inaugurial Gallery Opening Exhibition, Millbrook, NY 2014“On Time and Place”: Celebrating Scenic Hudson’s first 50 Years, October 2013 Grand Central Station NYC.Eastern Standard: Indirect lines to the Hudson River School, Green County Council on the Arts, Catskill NY July 20 - September 20, 2013Art Meets Art: Perspectives on and Beyond Olana, Olana's Coachman's House Gallery / Hudson Opera House June 2013Soft Focus, Carrie Haddad Gallery Hudson NY June 2013“On Time and Place”:Celebrating Scenic Hudson’s first 50 years, Nyack Library July 2013Works from the Hudson Valley Visual Art Consortium Collections, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY, August 2011Warren St., Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY June 2011Pissed Elegance, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles CA, May. 2011Photography Now, Juried by Vince Aletti, CPW, Woodstock, NY, April 2011Still Life in Color, Carrie Haddad Photographs Oct. 2010Found, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles CA, Sept. 2010Architectural Photography, Carrie Haddad Photographs Oct. 2009Of and About Wood, Walter Randel Gallery, May 2009A Look Inside, Carrie Haddad Photographs, April 2009Born of the Moment and Method, Walter Randel Gallery, December 2008Paper, Carrie Haddad Gallery, July 2008Grace, Peer Gallery, NYC, NY, January 2008The Set Up, Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Hudson NY September 2007Ex Libris, Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington MA July 2007Into The Garden, Babylon Fine Arts, Housatonic, MA May 2007The Regional Triennial of Photographic Arts, CPW, Woodstock, NY, September 2005Photographing the Museum, Yancy Richardson Gallery, NYC, August, 2005Adieu - A Farewell Exhibition, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, NYC, June 20057th Annual Photographic Exhibition, Carrie Haddad Gallery, March 2005This is not an Archive, CCS Bard Hessel Collection, Bard College, NY, 2005Still Life & Stilled Lives, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, NYC, 2005Greed Envy Jealousy Fear, Time Space Limited, Hudson, NY, 2004 Haddad Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, 2004Wild Flowers, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, NYC, 2004Inaugural Exhibition, Haddad Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, 20046th Annual Photographic Exhibition, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, 2004Inside/Outside? Observations in Nature, Upstate Art, Phoenicia, NY, 2003Out of the Studio, Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY, 2003The World We Live In, Upstate Art, Phoenicia, NY, 2003Guns & Wounds, White Box Gallery Annex, NYC, 2003Hudson Alley Project, Time Space Limited, Hudson, NY, 2002Interiors & Exteriors, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Williamsburg, NY, 2002Extraordinary Photographers, Carrie Haddad Gallery Hudson, NY, 2002The Sidewalk Never Ends, Contemporary Street Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2001Share the Vision, Cooper Union, NY, NY, 2000Five Photographers, Columbia Green Comm. College, Hudson, NY, 200052 Artists We Like, Wall St. Viewing Room, NYC, 2000Winter Show, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI, 2000LTD, Margaret Bodell Gallery, NYC, 1999Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, 1999Third Annual Photo Exhibit, Warren St. Gallery, Hudson, NY, 1994Photograph the Place, Event & Person, Warren St. Gallery, Hudson, NY, 1993Photographs By Chad Kleitsch, Merchant & Ivory Foundation, Claremont, NY, 19931992 Exhibition Of Photography, Judged by John Szarkowski, Pittsfield, MA, 1992National Art Exhibition, World Trade Center, NYC, 1992Wood, Fiber, Steel, Warren St. Gallery, Hudson, NY, 1992Kanazwa College of Art, International Art Exhibition, Kanazwa, Japan, 1991AwardsWoodstock Center For Photography Fellowship Winner 2010Center Project Competition Runner Up 2007Merchant & Ivory Grant, 1993 REVIEWSArt News, Shooting the Side Show, February 2010 The New York Times, January 29, 2010Art News, Still Life & Stilled Lives, Oct 2005Daily Freeman, Thinking Inside the Box, February 2005 The New York Times, Photography Review, July 30, 2004 The New Yorker, Photography Review, July 2, 2004Time Out, Art Reviews, August 12,2004Albany Times Union, Life in the Back Lane, June 2002The Independent, Photographers Explore the Limits, January 2002Fortune Magazine, Art Collecting for Amateurs, February 2001The Independent, Five Photographers, November 2000The Independent, Hudson Valley Artists, May 1999Hudson Valley Newspapers, Review: A Pleasure of Stripes, May 1999 Albany Times Union, Tradition & Beyond, May 1999The Paper, Hudson Valley Art, May 1999The New York Times, Film Maker Benefit, 1993Taconic Newspaper, To Capture A Revealing Moment, February 1993 The Paper, Merchant & Ivory Foundation: Sharing The Wealth, May 1993