Leanne Bock (aka Le Riquiqui) is a visual artist, with a parallel career in design and illustration.
b. Theodore, Qld. Australia. Lived in central Qld, north Qld and Melbourne until 2006; London, France, Central America and México 2006–2015; regional Australia and Sydney 2015–2017. Currently based in Melbourne / Naarm.
My artistic practice explores relationships between realities: individual, collective, conscious, unconscious, perceived, concrete, constructed, and natural. Specifically the interplay between human-made constructs—such as politics, society, economy, religion, and language—and organic realities—including the body, senses, the living natural world, consciousness, and connection. How do these realities operate as systems and to what extent do they mould perceptions and experiences?
Through research, writing, and playful, embodied methodologies that engage unconscious processes, I make use of what is on hand – everyday objects and makeshift materials – to create visual and textual "equations." My projects have taken form through various mediums including drawing, ceramics, cutouts, walking, play, photography, video, projection, sculptural assemblage and installation. These processes and materials give way to immersive mental inquiry while activating bodily awareness, allowing a connection to dreamlike, experimental and imaginative possibilities.
My projects analyse the value and absurdity of contemporary conditions by focusing on the cross section of specific realities and then zooming out to gain a deeper understanding of the intersection of those realities, where they are rooted and how they can be mapped within a unified whole. Overall, my work is a process of exploring, clarifying, critiquing and envisioning expanded ways of being, recognising that even seemingly fixed realities are in a constant state of transformation.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 La Casa Móvil, Algodonales, Andalucía, Spain
2023 Le Lendemain, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2022 Proyecto ‘Ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2021 VCA Grad Show, Melbourne
2021 The Last Act (YOHO Collective), Schoolhouse Studios, Collingwood, Melbourne
2019 GCVA, VCA Artspace, Melbourne
2017 An Exhibition of Emerging Australian Artists, Woolloongabba Substation, Brisbane
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Installation, PGB Artspace, Brunswick, Melbourne
2019 Stand Still, EBV, Brunswick East, Melbourne
2017 Le Riquiqui Prints, Something for Jess, Chippendale, Sydney
2017 Le Riquiqui Prints, Batch, Marrickville, Sydney
RESIDENCIES
2024 La Casa Móvil (1 week), Algodonales, Andalucía, Spain
2023 Le Lendemain (1 month), George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Proyecto ‘Ace (1 month), Buenos Aires, Argentina
2020 Hometown Residency, Theodore, Queensland
2020 Quarantine Residency, Bedroom Studio, Melbourne
2018 Linocut Residency, Castelo Studio, A Coruña, Spain
EDUCATION
2021 Master of Contemporary Art
Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
First Class Honours
2019 Graduate Certificate in Visual Art
Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
First Class Honours
2001 Bachelor of Communication Design
James Cook University
First Class Honours
LANGUAGES
Spanish (fluent)
French (intermediate)
Leanne acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung People of the Kulin Nation as sovereign custodians of the land she inhabits and extends respects to all First Nations people.