Lily Krempel (b.1998, London) lives and works between Glasgow and London

She graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2022 with a first class BA honours degree in Sculpture and Environmental Art and completed a foundation diploma at Kingston school of art in 2018. She was awarded the Steven Campbell Hunt Medal by Carol Campbell in 2022 and was selected for the Royal Scottish Academy New Contemporaries Exhibition in 2024.

She is also a recipient of the John Kinross Scholarship 2022. Recently, Lily has been working as a prop-maker and assisting land artist Julie Brook. Past exhibitions include 'The Living Room' at the Old Hairdressers, 'Fireflight' at the Hidden Gardens, Tramway and 'Routings' at the Glasgow University Wildlife Garden.

My sculptural practice is intuitively informed by my love of objects and object making. I am interested in the history of both functional and decorative articles; tools, ornaments and mechanisms. I am guided by a perception of all objects existing as artefacts made by humankind; physical remnants of the ephemera of thought, invention, intention and the labour of hands, process and machine. As maker, I like to incorporate measurements of my own body, the number of my age at the time of making and geographical measurements of lived experiences into my sculptures. I am particularly interested in reimagining objects which facilitate an interaction/intervention between human being and the ‘natural’ world.
My work exists in an ambiguous non-era, but speaks to age-old practices of map making, geometry, metalwork and drawing. My sculptures take on ritualistic and performative elements through their function, kinetic nature and movement across sites. My practice is equally led by my intentions for a viewer to experience the artwork; I am interested in the innate essence of the emotional sensation of the ‘Sublime’, of awe and quality for magic.