CLARE CELESTE
Installation Art • Paper Art • Illustration

About

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.

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.

 
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I am an artist and environmentalist.

I work with thousands of hand-cut images of flora and fauna to create immersive installations that are evocative of our planet’s threatened ecosystems.

My work has been featured in the Guardian, Deutsche Welle, Oprah Magazine, This is Colossal, The Jealous Curator, and My Modern Met.

I live and work in Berlin with my husband and son.

Contact:
info@clareceleste.com
+49 176 315 63634

 
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Inspired by nature

Growing up in Brazil, I had the ocean, rivers, and jungles as inspiration. My earliest and most formative memories are of lush, humming tropical ecosystems —and the encroaching industrial landscapes of Brazil’s cities. These impressions deeply influence my artwork.

Artworks that illuminate our connection to the living earth

Nature is my endless muse, but 70% of biodiversity has been destroyed since 1970.

By immersing audiences in the splendor of nature's beauty, I hope to inspire a deeper reverence for the Earth and a commitment to its preservation.

 
 
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Making earth stewardship empowering and approachable

I believe in the power and art and storytelling to reawaken a connection to our planet.

“I've been drawn to your installations as they feel so hopeful, hopeful for what we can preserve if we act thoughtfully. Climate change can be scary and can cause blinders to be put on but you’ve created something that makes it accessible. I hope your art continues to spark conversation in a safe way for so many who would otherwise feel too overwhelmed to engage.” - Workshop Participant

 
 

Biodiversity

Eco-Activism Film and Performance, 2020
“I am endlessly fascinated by the connections between organisms, the intricacies of ecosystems, the complexity of nature and its resilience and beauty. I love to walk into a forest or jungle and observe the bloom of life covering every surface. Be it a mangrove in the Brazilian Amazon that is teeming with biodiversity, or a mossy forest bed here in Germany. I create immersive installations so that others can join me in being moved by the beauty of our planet. 

We are biologically still the same species that fell asleep under starry skies, attuned to the songs of birds, insects and frogs. Our nervous systems are hardwired to connect to nature and biodiversity tells us: there is abundance. 

We have lost our way. But beneath the noise of our modern lives, we know: we are all connected and need the planet more than she could ever need us. We are part of these ecosystems. The loss of connection to our home is the source of so much of our suffering, and the cause of the ecological destruction threatening our very existence.”