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Pierre Le Riche Biography

Pierre le Riche (b.1986, Port Elizabeth) is a conceptual artist living and working in Cape Town, South Africa. He primarily works in sculpture and installation, and does not specialise in any particular medium or art-making skill. He has gained recognition for his dynamic use of string and textile work.

He has participated in many projects and exhibitions in South Africa and abroad, and has worked with the likes of Power Play, Trenery, Cartier and Daimler. He has recently showed adaptations of his Rainbow Room installation in the United States of America and the People's Republic of China; both being part of traveling exhibitions.

Le Riche holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Cape Town's Michaelis School of Fine Art.

Pierre Le Riche
featured artworks

Man-made Comforter II by Pierre Le Riche contemporary artwork sculpture

Pierre Le Riche Man-made Comforter II, 2023 Printed Scope Magazine Spread on Cotton, Found Fabric and Dishcloth, Thread
141 x 203.5 cm SMAC Gallery Request Price & Availability

Man-made Comforter I by Pierre Le Riche contemporary artwork sculpture

Pierre Le Riche Man-made Comforter I, 2023 Printed Scope Magazine Spread on Cotton, Found Fabric and Dishcloth, Thread
136.5 x 203 cm SMAC Gallery Request Price & Availability

Centre fold pin up III by Pierre Le Riche contemporary artwork sculpture

Pierre Le Riche Centre fold pin up III, 2023 Egyptian Cotton on Aïda Cloth
70.5 x 47 cm SMAC Gallery Request Price & Availability

Centre fold pin up I by Pierre Le Riche contemporary artwork sculpture

Pierre Le Riche Centre fold pin up I, 2023 Egyptian Cotton on Aïda Cloth
70.5 x 47 cm SMAC Gallery Request Price & Availability

I gave my new-born baby to my sister by Pierre Le Riche contemporary artwork sculpture

Pierre Le Riche I gave my new-born baby to my sister, 2023 Egyptian Cotton on Aïda Cloth
35.5 x 30.5 cm SMAC Gallery Request Price & Availability

When sex is a real headache - the cure! by Pierre Le Riche contemporary artwork sculpture

Pierre Le Riche When sex is a real headache - the cure!, 2023 Egyptian Cotton on Aïda Cloth
35.5 x 30.5 cm SMAC Gallery Request Price & Availability

Untitled (found Scope centre spread) by Pierre Le Riche contemporary artwork sculpture

Pierre Le Riche Untitled (found Scope centre spread), 2017 Egyptian Cotton on Aïda Cloth
39 x 30 cm SMAC Gallery Request Price & Availability

I started fires as I ran by Pierre Le Riche contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, sculpture

Pierre Le Riche I started fires as I ran, 2020 Belgian Linen, Egyptian Cotton, Found Fabric and Acrylic Yarn
74 x 87 cm SMAC Gallery Request Price & Availability

Pierre Le Riche
recent exhibitions

Contemporary art exhibition, Pierre Le Riche, Soft Sins and Other Evils | ARTIST ROOM at SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Closed 11 March–15 April 2023 Pierre Le Riche Soft Sins and Other Evils | ARTIST ROOM SMAC Gallery, Cape Town

Contemporary art exhibition, Group Show, Within the Fold at SMAC Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Closed 9 April–14 May 2022 Group Show Within the Fold SMAC Gallery, Johannesburg

Pierre Le Riche
represented by

SMAC Gallery contemporary art gallery in Cape Town, South Africa

SMAC Gallery Cape Town, Johannesburg, Stellenbosch

Pierre Le Riche
in Ocula Magazine

Artists Reimagine African Masks for the Pandemic

Ocula News Artists Reimagine African Masks for the Pandemic Cape Town, 30 July 2020 Masks must re-emerge with new spiritual significance to soothe a deeper spiritual unease, argues one critic.

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