About
ABOUT le space
Designed in collaboration with Flack Studio and launched in September 2019, Le Space is a multidisciplinary hub for creation, exhibition, research and heightening understanding of artistic and design practice through critical engagement.
Le Space is home to a gallery and a suite of creative studios inhabited by designers, a public photography book archive, photographers and a showroom displaying and selling works by local and international artists.
Through its residents, visitors and exhibition program, Le Space aims to foster cross-disciplinary collaborations by exploring the intersectionality between art, design, commerce and education through community engagement.
Le Space acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate: the Wurundjeri people and Elders past and present of the Kulin nations.
studio spaces available
Le Space is a place for creation, research and collaboration. We are currently looking for other creatives to inhabit and add to this dynamic space. There is currently one studio with shared desk space available for rent.
We welcome expressions of interest from potential tenants working across various creative fields. Contact us via: email@le-space.com if you would like to submit or have any questions about the studios available.
le gallery
Representing a cross-section of international and local photographers, Le Gallery nurtures and showcases the work of practitioners who have developed their vision and narrative to complexity and nuance, traversing personal and political terrain. The roster of photographers represented will continue to evolve, engaging in established, mid-career artists with promising and exciting futures to watch.
A year-round program of artists-in-residence is a touchstone in the gallery’s functions as a way to actively cultivate a wider community of creatives, by bringing artists of all media to make work at Le Space. The resident obligations include running workshops and talks that are open to the public and to engage in ideas for community outreach.
Le Gallery at Le Space is also a contemporary gallery for hire, comprising a mixture of formal and informal viewing spaces. The formal gallery space inhabits approx. 25m of usable wall space, and informal spaces include Le Space’s showroom area and working studios.
All spaces are imbued with character in a stark departure from the traditional ‘white wall/ blank canvas’ gallery paradigm.
We welcome expressions of interest via: email@le-space.com.
SHOWROOM At Le SPACE
Le Space’s largest studio is the beating heart of its collaborative ethos. It is a place to meet, to present and to break bread. It will also showcase a selection of art and design by Le Space residents, friends and partners.
Our showroom will house a rotating collection of works available for purchase as well as a rolodex of partner brands, international and local artists and designers.
If you are interested in becoming a partner brand and showcase your work in the Le Space showroom contact us via: email@le-space.com
STUDIOS IN RESIDENCE
Le Space houses a select group of creative practitioners across various disciplines in photography, art, design, interiors, architecture, objet d’art and jewellery. Residents include:
Internationally acclaimed documentary photographer and widely-exhibited visual artist, author, educator and curator. Available by Appointment.
Melbourne-based furniture and lighting designer. Available by Appointment.
Asia-Pacific Photobook Archive
The world’s largest collection of photobooks from Asia and the Pacific. Available by Appointment.
Souvenirs of Sleep is a studio creating stories across multiple digital platforms utilizing new technology. Created during lockdown, where methods of content creation were stymied and had to be pushed to new innovative frontiers, SOS explores aspects of VR and AR in virtual production to deliver visual solutions.
Interior designer, stylist, editor and curator of fine furniture, objects, art and lighting.
A presentation of outstanding Australian design through a curated selection of locally sourced objects, ceramics, jewelry and artwork by Irina Rybakov.
Pierce Widera is an upcoming design practice in Melbourne. The studio was established in 2017, the founding partners and directors are Amy Pierce and Nat Widera. Both Nat and Amy share a wealth of architecture and design experience across a variety of scales and sectors, including hospitality, commercial and residential.
Healy Ryan Architects is an emerging practice founded by Dan Ryan and Tom Healy. They have extensive experience in residential, civic and commercial architecture. Their work pursues the poetic within the practicable, with a strong interest in landscape and its intersection with built form.
Launched in 2014 by founder and owner, Alicia Millan, Aletheia & Phos is an independent jewellery label based in Melbourne, Australia. Born in the eclectic suburb of Fitzroy, Alicia’s childhood obsession for crystals together with almost ten years of fashion industry experience as a buyer, designer and product developer, has helped nurture Aletheia & Phos to where it is today.
EXHIBIT AT LE SPACE
Currently accepting exhibition proposals across multi-disciplinary platforms and media. Contact us via email@le-space.com
shoot at lE space
Available for half and full day shoots. For expressions of interest, please email info@yingangphoto.com
Events at lE space
Available for hire. For expressions of interest, please email info@yingangphoto.com