Clare Celeste is a collage and installation artist.
Her vibrant artworks are lush with flora and fauna. Her art has been commissioned internationally by clients such as New York Magazine, Crate and Barrel, and Design Sponge.
Her creative studio partners with publishers, design studios, ad agencies, creative departments and art galleries.
Her fine art is represented by Nordic Art Agency.
About the Artist
From hundreds of impressions, one composition.
Clare Celeste has been assimilating to different cultures and environments her entire life – having lived in Brazil, the US, Italy, Honduras, Argentina and Germany. Rich with texture and detail, each composition pays tribute to her capacity to transform her impressions of nature into hallucinogenic ecosystems of their own. She lives in Berlin with her husband and son.
About the Work
Clare Celeste brings thousands of hand cut images of flora and fauna together into lush and intricate compositions. Blooming with color, buzzing with insects, and brimming with foliage, the works are visually arresting and captivating.
The images come from natural history archives and most are pre-1900. Newer images are hand painted, photographed, or sourced from creative commons. For all tactile commissions, Clare Celeste’s images are printed on recycled 300 gram acid-free paper and hand cut.
Clare Celeste’s work is intricate and precise. The otherworldly and ethereal nature of the work is achieved through her attention to detail and craftsmanship.