Lea Embeli

My work is depiction of my experiences and it represents my reaction to the current state of our society, preeminently the relationship between humans and digital media. We live in a time where we cannot deny the influence of technology on the development of science, art and primarily on humans. What fascinates me most is that development of digital technologies and internet culture created the human desire to leave the physical body and in that way achieve complete and unconditional freedom. With the possibilities that digital communication gives us we are now constantly connected to each other and are able to create memories of events that we have not actually experienced, which later on mix with our actual experiences. Recently I have been exploring this way of memory making through digital communication by collaging photos that come from my communication with my family and loved ones which results in merging our experiences into a collective one.

Lea Embeli (b.1994. Pancevo, Serbia) is a painter, illustrator and concept artist. She graduated at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade in the department of applied painting, where she also completed her MA studies. During her studies, she was awarded with multiple scholarships such as the acholarship of Ministry of Education, Science and Technological development, as well as the Foundation for Young Talents. She and is currently a research student at Tokyo University of the Arts in the Oil painting department under the MEXT scholarship. Apart from painting, in 2016 she began to illustrate the books for “Zavod”, “Bigz”, “Kreativni centar” as well as the French publisher “Fleurus”. She has worked at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, as an associate lecturer in the subject of painting techniques. She is currently working as a concept artist and a character designer for ToBlink Studious.