Lera Kelemen (b. 1994) is an artist living and working in London. Her practice revolves around soft systems of support, containment & the preservation of frailty. Through sculpting and assembling in a sort of _mal d’archive_, her process is driven by a compulsion to freeze movement, to collect & seal the origin of a moment.
Her works operate through restraint, often calibrating how much is seen & what is withheld. In works like _Backslit_ or _Deadlift_ (2024), corsets and splices become placeholders for supports that evade functionality. Playing with the tension of offering while resisting control, her installations retrieve a body caught mise-en-scène.
More recent pieces lean towards timekeeping, mapping pressure points - seams, joints, tape & hinges. Collected items and fittings are recast as precious objects that record the mundane with a sense of understated ceremony.
Lera Kelemen graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2022. To date, she’s worked on four solo exhibitions & was featured in several shows across institutions.