In her works, Cécile Lempert captures psychological states and interpersonal relationships. She explores questions of belonging to places and other people, often referencing her own person and family history. Lempert confronts these personal experiences and memories of the individual with societal observations – in form of archival materials, references to art history and depictions of historically located scenes.

A solo exhibition of Lempert’s work, Who makes the solid tree trunks sound again, took place at BRAUNSFELDER, Cologne in 2024.

Cécile Lempert (b. 1994 in Dortmund, Germany) lives and works in Cologne, Germany.

Education

She studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Stefan Kürten, Siegfried Anzinger and graduated in the class of Peter Piller.

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions include xyz collective, Tokyo; CASTLE, Los Angeles (both 2025 upcoming); Super Super Markt, Berlin (2024); Leo Gallery, Shanghai (2024); BRAUNSFELDER, Cologne (2024); Elsa Meunier, Paris (2023); Efremidis, Berlin (2023); ​​IAH Gallery, Seoul (2022); and AURA Kunstraum, Düsseldorf (2022).

Lempert’s work has been included in group exhibitions at YveYANG Gallery, New York (2024); Akademie Galerie, Düsseldorf (2023); Catherine Zeta, Cologne (2022); BRAUNSFELDER, Cologne (2022); and Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (2021).

Collections

Cécile Lempert's work is part of public collections. These include the Braunsfelder Family Collection, Cologne.

Cécile Lempert: An evening far
Contemporary Art Daily, 2024

Cécile Lempert: Who makes the solid tree trunks sound again
Contemporary Art Daily, 2024

Déjà Vu Diaries: Cécile Lempert at BRAUNSFELDER
The Gen Z Art Critic, Jennifer Braun, 2024

10 unter 10.000: Flüchtige Gesichter
Weltkunst, Jan Kohlhaas, Lisa-Marie Berndt & Clara Zimmermann, 2023

In the studio: Cécile Lempert
Super Super Markt, 2022