Drawn to places of inherent instability and disruption, the work of Celia Hempton is defined by exercises in performative painting, and anchored in an awareness of her own positioning at the time of observing subjects, contending with the ethics of seeing and being seen in an era of hyper-mediation
Celia Hempton (b. 1981 Stroud, UK) lives and works London. Presentations include the upcoming The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970 - 2020, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2024 - 2025), with recent inclusions in British Art Show 9 (touring), Aberdeen Art Gallery and The Box, Plymouth (2021 - 2022) and My Life in the Metaverse, Abu Dhabi Art,Manarat Saadiyat, UAE (2022). Solo presentations include: Transplant, Phillida Reid, London (2024); Celia Hempton, Southard Reid, London (2020); Art Night, ICA London (2016); Gwangju Biennale (2014); Vug, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany (2013) and the performances Tor at Fiorucci Art Trust, Stromboli and Serpentine Galleries, London (2016). Her work has been included in the group exhibitions Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today, ICA Boston (2018); Kathy Acker: Who Wants to Be Human All the Time, Performance Space 122, New York (2018); The Public Body .03, Artspace Sydney (2018) and Electronic Superhighway (2016 - 1966), Whitechapel Gallery, London (2016), amongst others. Hempton's work is held in international private and public collections including The Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellin, Colombia, The British Council and the Government Art Collection, UK.
