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Lea Embeli
Lea Embeli
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Léa Emberi is a painter and interdisciplinary artist who explores the intersection of art history, artificial intelligence, and gender bias.
Her work collages classic art visuals with AI-generated visuals, highlighting the biases that lurk in traditional art forms and contemporary digital culture and media. Emberg's practice asks how technology reproduces and reinforces historical prejudices about the female body, and why new media continue to revert to stereotypical patterns of objectification throughout the ages.
Referencing classic works of art, such as Ingles' elongated odalisque statue, she dismantles the prejudices inherent in art history and explores how AI and historical art attempt to conform to the ideal of beauty in the female body. These aesthetic ideals, she argues, are not only harmful, but also unattainable. Embelli incorporates AI-induced distortions and glitches into her paintings and sculptures, creating fluid and ambiguous forms that transcend traditional gender bias. These deconstructed figures do not have a fixed Identity and become a free canvas for interpretation, promoting a wider space for self-reflection.
By fusing the historical motifs of art with the aesthetics of the artificial body, Embelli invites the viewer to rethink their perceptions of gender, technology, and its future. Her work has been exhibited internationally, with important presentations in Serbia and Japan. In March 2025, he received his master's degree from Tokyo University of the Arts, and he continues to create while trying to keep himself alive in a constantly hostile digital space.
Profile image: Photo by Takehide Niitsuho
Lea Embeli is a pain ter and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersection of art history, artificial intelligence, and gender bias. Through pain ting that collages AI-generated visuals of classical art pieces, she explores the biases embedded in both traditional art forms and contemporary digital culture and media. Her practice investigates how technology replicates and reinforces historically biased depictions of the female body, questioning why new mediums continually return to familiar patterns of objectification.
By referencing classical artworks, such as Ingres’ elongated odalisque, she attempts to deconstruct the inherent biases in art history. She draws a parallel between AI and art history, both of which alter the female body to adhere to beauty ideals, which are not only damaging but impossible to reach. She incorporates AI distortions and glitches into her pain tings and sculptures, creating fluid, ambiguous forms that transcend conventional gender binaries. These deconstructed figures, stripped of fixed identity, serve as open canvases for interpretation, promoting a more inclusive space for self-reflection.
By blending art-historical motifs with the aesthetics of artificial bodies, she invites viewers to reconsider their perceptions of gender, technology, and the future of both. Embeli’s work has been presented internationally, with significant exhibitions in Serbia and Japan. She completed her degree with an MA from the Tokyo University of the Arts in March 2025, and she continues to pursue her artistic practice while navigating the challenges of a persistently hostile digital landscape.
Profile credit：Photo by Shintsubo Kenshu
LeaEmbeli_CV(JP)
LeaEmbeli_CV(EN)
Her work collages classic art visuals with AI-generated visuals, highlighting the biases that lurk in traditional art forms and contemporary digital culture and media. Emberg's practice asks how technology reproduces and reinforces historical prejudices about the female body, and why new media continue to revert to stereotypical patterns of objectification throughout the ages.
Referencing classic works of art, such as Ingles' elongated odalisque statue, she dismantles the prejudices inherent in art history and explores how AI and historical art attempt to conform to the ideal of beauty in the female body. These aesthetic ideals, she argues, are not only harmful, but also unattainable. Embelli incorporates AI-induced distortions and glitches into her paintings and sculptures, creating fluid and ambiguous forms that transcend traditional gender bias. These deconstructed figures do not have a fixed Identity and become a free canvas for interpretation, promoting a wider space for self-reflection.
By fusing the historical motifs of art with the aesthetics of the artificial body, Embelli invites the viewer to rethink their perceptions of gender, technology, and its future. Her work has been exhibited internationally, with important presentations in Serbia and Japan. In March 2025, he received his master's degree from Tokyo University of the Arts, and he continues to create while trying to keep himself alive in a constantly hostile digital space.
Profile image: Photo by Takehide Niitsuho
Lea Embeli is a pain ter and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersection of art history, artificial intelligence, and gender bias. Through pain ting that collages AI-generated visuals of classical art pieces, she explores the biases embedded in both traditional art forms and contemporary digital culture and media. Her practice investigates how technology replicates and reinforces historically biased depictions of the female body, questioning why new mediums continually return to familiar patterns of objectification.
By referencing classical artworks, such as Ingres’ elongated odalisque, she attempts to deconstruct the inherent biases in art history. She draws a parallel between AI and art history, both of which alter the female body to adhere to beauty ideals, which are not only damaging but impossible to reach. She incorporates AI distortions and glitches into her pain tings and sculptures, creating fluid, ambiguous forms that transcend conventional gender binaries. These deconstructed figures, stripped of fixed identity, serve as open canvases for interpretation, promoting a more inclusive space for self-reflection.
By blending art-historical motifs with the aesthetics of artificial bodies, she invites viewers to reconsider their perceptions of gender, technology, and the future of both. Embeli’s work has been presented internationally, with significant exhibitions in Serbia and Japan. She completed her degree with an MA from the Tokyo University of the Arts in March 2025, and she continues to pursue her artistic practice while navigating the challenges of a persistently hostile digital landscape.
Profile credit：Photo by Shintsubo Kenshu
LeaEmbeli_CV(JP)
LeaEmbeli_CV(EN)
