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Celia Liberace (b. 2000) is an East Coast and London-based artist whose practice enmeshes classical representation sourced from atelier traditions and her own passions - music, myth, the unconscious, and nature. She uses herself and loved ones as primary subjects, creating intimate works wherein the subject’s inner world is realised and deeply felt.
As a classically trained artist, she is fascinated by the body as a site of transformation and timeless storytelling—capable of expressing shifting psychological, spiritual, and physical states. With a particular focus on the female form, her work honors the body’s innate wisdom, offering meditations on gesture, sensuality, symmetry, decomposition, memory, and the body’s capacity to hold, endure, and alchemize. These themes often draw from poetry, folklore, and her Irish, Italian, and Czech heritages.
Celia attended The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan, where she studied Fine Arts, history, and French. She spent time at L’École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France and Accademia Vivarium Novum in Frascati, Italy. She holds workshops internationally, sharing her breadth of inherited knowledge of drawing, painting, and storytelling with broader communities.
As a classically trained artist, she is fascinated by the body as a site of transformation and timeless storytelling—capable of expressing shifting psychological, spiritual, and physical states. With a particular focus on the female form, her work honors the body’s innate wisdom, offering meditations on gesture, sensuality, symmetry, decomposition, memory, and the body’s capacity to hold, endure, and alchemize. These themes often draw from poetry, folklore, and her Irish, Italian, and Czech heritages.
Celia attended The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan, where she studied Fine Arts, history, and French. She spent time at L’École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France and Accademia Vivarium Novum in Frascati, Italy. She holds workshops internationally, sharing her breadth of inherited knowledge of drawing, painting, and storytelling with broader communities.
EXHIBITIONS
Small Works Show, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA - December 2019-24
Poetry and Song, The Autumn Salon, New York, NY - November 2024
Hudson River Fellowship Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY - November 2024
Musical Lore Exhibition, Musaics of the Bay, Berkeley, California - August 25, 2024
Runnymede Retreat Exhibition, Musaics of the Bay, Woodside, CA - January 2024
Mimeses, MEAM, Barcelona, Spain — April - July 2023
Sketches of Sound, The Autumn Salon, New York, NY — March 22, 2023
Chopin’s Edges, Napa Valley Festival, Oakland, California — March 30, 2023
I will be your vessel, Cooper Union, New York, NY — November 29-December 3, 2022
Poikile, Frascati, Italy — August 28, 2022
The Hero Art Project: 3rd Edition, Arthouse, USA — May 2022
A Glimpse of the Belle Époque, The Autumn Salon, New York, NY — March 23, 2022
Supra Cosmopolita Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris, France — January 2022
International Women's Day 2021 Exhibition, MEAM, Barcelona, Spain — March 2021
Small Works Show, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA — December 2019-22
“what we expose in our wanting”, Stay-at-Home Symposium, Musaics of the Bay - August 2020
14th International ARC Salon Exhibition, Sotheby’s, New York, NY — July 2020
Lohengrin Exhibition, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain — March 2020
Figuratively Speaking Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY — February 2020
See Music; Hear Art, Cooper Union x Juilliard, New York, NY — February 2020
14th International ARC Salon Exhibition, MEAM, Barcelona, Spain — 2019-2020
Offscreen Art Show, Ground Floor Gallery, New York, NY — May 8-9 2019
Renaissance of Passion: A Figurative Exhibition, Southern Atelier, Sacramento, FL — January 10, 2019
PUBLICATIONS
Words of Wisdom, International Artist’s Magazine - April, May Issue, 2023
A Hyper-Focus on Form, International Artist’s Magazine - December/January Issue, 2022
The Future Generation, International Artist’s Magazine - June/July Issue, 2021
Voice of Artists: Portraits & Figures, Artit - April Issue, 2021
21 Under 31, Southwest Art Magazine - August, September Issue, 2021
Tapering Moments - Identity within Liminal Spaces, Musaics of the Bay Online Journal, August 2020
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine — November/December Issue, 2019
AWARDS
First Place, The Future Generation Competition, Portrait Society of America — 2021
First Place, Winston Art Scholarship, The National Society of Arts and Letters, DC — 2021
Finalist, Lohengrin; International Painting Competition, Wagner Club x MEAM, Barcelona, Spain — 2020
First Place, Da Vinci Initiative, 14th International ARC Salon Competition — 2019
Honorable Mention, Winston Art Scholarship, The National Society of Arts and Letters, DC — 2019