Lea Lumière is a multi-disciplinary artist & writer. Her work explores themes of grief, the body, the subconscious, with visceral pull toward her Jewish ancestral Czech roots. Her exploration of art has encompassed cinema, photography, dance, and variations of visual work.
She has published six works of poetry/ memoir; “Olive Rain”, “The End of the World Will Be Photographed”, “Salt & the Cinema," "Choreography in Exile", "The Metropolis of My Corpse", and most recently "The Furniture in Babylon". Her poems have appeared in Visions International, and others.
She spent six months in an art residency in NYC, culminating in a solo exhibit in April 2022. The show featured mixed media paintings, experimental cinema, and a small poetry collection, in the theme of "The Disappearing Woman." At the show, she performed segments of her poetry as well.
From 2022, until the present, Lea has exhibited in various exhibitions in New York and on the East coast, with selections of her visual work, cinema, and dance. Some of her future imaginings include writing a historical fiction novel, creating a full length film, and recording music.
Some of Lea's artist statement;
"As a multi-disciplinary artist, my work is pulled through themes of grief, the body, the subconscious and spirituality. I am drawn to expression that is dark, ethereal and enigmatic, often weaving a story that is timeless. I carry through my work the souls of my ancestors, the burden and weight of life itself and the spirit reaching to create beauty, rhythm and godliness through this weight.
My work speaks of the dichotomies between the body and the soul, earth and heaven, the mourning and longing on a microcosmic and macrocosmic level. I’m especially drawn to speak through the voice of womanhood, the feminine spirit that wanders in some sense exiled and whispering for that Venusian space of movement, wind, breath, and ultimately the soul performing through the existence of a body."