John Bock was born 1965 in Schenefeld, Germany. He studied in Hamburg, Germany and currently lives and works in Berlin. Bock is a multi-media artist known for his performances where he creates environments hand crafted from found materials which function as symbolic settings for his "lectures."

In his "lectures", Bock acts on stages built from tables, cupboards or multi-level wood constructions. The objects are handmade or re-modeled accessories of the lecture, made out of clothing, electrical equipment such as hoovers and mixers, or "plastic diagrams" that illustrate his mathematical explanations. After the lecture, they are left on the stage which thus forms a "theatrical collage". The "lectures" are structured by different scenes in which Bock sometimes works with (non-professional) actors; frequently he plays pop songs or classical pieces from a record player. The lecture is mostly recorded on video. The film is then integrated in the installation, documenting the lecture throughout the exhibition.

Bock has been professor for sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts of Karlsruhe since 2004.