Leanne Wiggers
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Artist Statement
I search for the connections between the inside and outside space, between the gallery and the urban environment, between the secluded and the open space. For this I question elements of living and being trying to find the sense of human and non-human, of fiction and non-fiction, of life and death. By experimentation and use of biotechnology I create my work with my own hands whereby the labour and repetition of doing becomes part of the process and equally as important as the end. Through this I try to create new spaces of experiences through combining elements or materials, of the inside and the outside, of sense of space, of sense of time. By the use of this I try to create a new language to connect spaces with the viewer, with the place, with its experiences.
Education
2019-2021 | University of Arts London, CSM. MA Contemporary Photography and Philosophies, London, UK
2015-2018 | University of Westminster. BA Photographic Arts, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2022 | 8x12, _Floor Gallery, Seoul. South-Korea
2022 | Auction for Ukraine, Slash Arts at Penny Jane Gallery. United Kingdom
2022 | Medway Open Studios, HL Darkroom, Rochester. United Kingdom
2021 - 2022 | University of Arts London: Central Saint Martins Graduate Showcase, Online.
2021 - 2022 | London Grads Now 2021, Saatchi Gallery, London. United Kingdom
2021 | What is the ground, Slash Arts Gallery Boat, London. United Kingdom
2021 | A Thousand Normals, Tension Fine Art Gallery, London. United Kingdom
2021 | Final Not Over: Session 3, Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, London. United Kingdom
2021 | Homeward Bound, Alexandra Palace, London. United Kingdom.
2020 | Apiary Studios, I Promise you…, MA Interim Exhibition, London, MA. United Kingdom
2020 | Big Space Exhibition, Central Saint Martins, London, MA. United Kingdom
2020 | SALE, Tate Exchange, London, MA. United Kingdom
2019 - 2020 | Travers Smith LPP, CRS Art Awards, London. United Kingdom
2019 | K Book Show, International Photography Symposium, Nida. Lithuania
2019 | Kensington Town Hall, Parallax Art Fair 2019, London. United Kingdom
2018 | Old Truman Brewery, Free Range Show, London, BA. United Kingdom
2017 | University of Westminster, Wall, Page and Screen, London, BA. United Kingdom
2017 | 508 Kings Road Gallery, Creative 508, London. United Kingdom
2016 | University of Westminster, Beyond the Frame, London, BA. United Kingdom
Publications and Media
2021 | Bladderwrack of the Medway, Self - Published
2018 | “Portfolio Issue Featured Artists”. F-Stop Online Magazine
2018 | Grotto Heavens, Self - Published
Awards
2021 | This Earth Maison/O, Shortlisted. Central Saint Martins, London.
2018 | Emerging Talent Awards, Shortlisted. CRS Art Awards, London
Residencies
2022 | Joya Air Residency, Sierra María-Los Vélez Natural Park. Spain
2021 | HL Darkroom, Rochester. United Kingdom
2021 | KE Residency, London. United Kingdom
Collections
2021 | 'Spring Forest' in the Sculpture Garden at Slash Arts Gallery, United Kingdom