Kleitsch was born and raised in New Jersey but currently lives in NY.
Botanical Mind is an extensive botanical survey begun in 2001 using a new photographic process called scanography (using a digital film scanner as a camera). The first large scale solo exhibition of the essay was in August 2013.
Another essay using the same process of scanography is called Works on Paper. Capturing images of rare documents housed in the New York Public Library’s special collections as well a private collections around the country.
Chad has been reviewed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, ArtNews Magazine. Albany Times Union, Time Out and Fortune Magazine. His work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Time Magazine, Money Magazine, Chronogram, and The Mountain Record. His work has also been featured in numerous exhibitions in museums 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, and Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art NY.