Evan Leek is a Boston-based digital artist and educator. His work ranges from utilizing Virtual Environments as platforms for collaboration amongst globally distributed communities, to examining the temporal nature in which we understand space. His media encompasses digital and web-based art, three-dimensional environments, and Alternate Reality Games (ARGs).

Evan has spent the past four years working in three-dimensional interactive environments such as Second Life and Wonderland, and has created his own using the game authoring tool Unity3D. Through his work with the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT) at MIT, he examined the benefits of augmented reality experiences and distance collaboration in a variety of interactive environments. Working with Hub2, a Boston-based organization centered around utilizing interactive environments to foster more meaningful discussions on public spaces, he was able to see first hand the benefits of interactive gaming created around socially conscious topics.

Leek attended Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. He graduated Cum Laude in 2005 with a double major in Studio Art and Art History. He received his Master of Arts in Media Arts from Emerson College in the Fall of 2007. He has been a contract worker in the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT) at MIT, the Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology (CEIT) at the University of Queensland, Australia, and many others. He is currently and Adjunct Professor of New Media at Emerson College.

Leek grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida but has called Boston, Massachusetts his home since 2005.

Clients Include:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Emerson College
Estee Lauder Companies
Hub2, Harvard University
The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound
Going.com
DiningIn.com

Education

Master of Fine Art, Media Arts
Emerson College; Boston, MA.
May, 2011

Master of Arts, Media Arts
Emerson College; Boston, MA
December, 2007

Bachelor of Arts, Art History/Studio Art
Wheaton College; Norton, MA.
May, 2005
Cum Laude