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Celia Hempton
Malta, 8th April 2017
Celia Hempton is an English artist currently living and working in London. Through her practice Hempton regularly explores themes of performativity, voyeurism and human interaction. The artist is celebrated for her series Chat Random where the people she encountered in webcam chatrooms became her subjects.
Her work regularly explores the idea of the modern day nude as well as the relationship between photography and painting; the idea of the nude being at the intersection of surveillance and human sexuality is present in many of her works. The artist has also created a series of self portrait nude paintings, exploring the way she sees herself, and how she believes others may see her.
Hempton is the recipient of the 2014 Civitella Ranieri Foundation residency, Umbria, Italy; 2008-10 Sainsbury Scholarship in Painting; The British School at Rome, Italy 2007; Neville Burston Memorial Award, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
Hempton’s solo shows include Solo show, Sultana, Paris, 2020; Breach, Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Roma, 2018; Material Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico, 2017; Tor, Frieze London, with Southard Reid London, 2016; The Magazine Sessions 2016 : Tor, Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London, 2016; Lupa, Galerie Sultana, Paris, France, 2016; Cur, Southard Reid, London, 2013; Celia Hempton, Southard Reid, London, 2011.
Celia Hempton’s work has been included in such group shows as I See You, Victoria Miro, London, 2020; Personal Private Public, Hauser and Wirth, New York, 2019; Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today, (cur. Eva Respini), ICA, Boston, 2018; Desire. An Exhibition about Sex, Love and Lust, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia, 2017; (X) A Fantasy, The David Roberts Art Foundation, London, 2017; No Ordinary Love, Galerie Sultana, Paris, 2016; Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, 2016; Tomorrow: London, South London Gallery, London, 2014; Issues No. I, Issues Gallery, Stockholm, 2014; SV12, Studio Voltaire, London, 2012; This Matter, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, 2010; Atlas: Separated by Intervals, The Crypt Gallery, London, 2009.
Celia is currently represented by Galerie Sultana, Paris, France and Southard Reid Gallery, London, England.
Celia Hempton is an English artist currently living and working in London. Through her practice Hempton regularly explores themes of performativity, voyeurism and human interaction. The artist is celebrated for her series Chat Random where the people she encountered in webcam chatrooms became her subjects.
Her work regularly explores the idea of the modern day nude as well as the relationship between photography and painting; the idea of the nude being at the intersection of surveillance and human sexuality is present in many of her works. The artist has also created a series of self portrait nude paintings, exploring the way she sees herself, and how she believes others may see her.
Hempton is the recipient of the 2014 Civitella Ranieri Foundation residency, Umbria, Italy; 2008-10 Sainsbury Scholarship in Painting; The British School at Rome, Italy 2007; Neville Burston Memorial Award, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
Hempton’s solo shows include Solo show, Sultana, Paris, 2020; Breach, Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Roma, 2018; Material Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico, 2017; Tor, Frieze London, with Southard Reid London, 2016; The Magazine Sessions 2016 : Tor, Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London, 2016; Lupa, Galerie Sultana, Paris, France, 2016; Cur, Southard Reid, London, 2013; Celia Hempton, Southard Reid, London, 2011.
Celia Hempton’s work has been included in such group shows as I See You, Victoria Miro, London, 2020; Personal Private Public, Hauser and Wirth, New York, 2019; Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today, (cur. Eva Respini), ICA, Boston, 2018; Desire. An Exhibition about Sex, Love and Lust, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia, 2017; (X) A Fantasy, The David Roberts Art Foundation, London, 2017; No Ordinary Love, Galerie Sultana, Paris, 2016; Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, 2016; Tomorrow: London, South London Gallery, London, 2014; Issues No. I, Issues Gallery, Stockholm, 2014; SV12, Studio Voltaire, London, 2012; This Matter, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, 2010; Atlas: Separated by Intervals, The Crypt Gallery, London, 2009.
Celia is currently represented by Galerie Sultana, Paris, France and Southard Reid Gallery, London, England.
