bio</p> — Ariel Lembeck

A jewish woman smiles slightly at the camera. Her blue eyes looking fiercely forward. She has black curly hair styled in a short bob. She is wearing a patterned shirt with small red flowers. Two gold chains hang over the collar of her blouse. — photo by: Chic Le Freek

Ariel Lembeck is an interdisciplinary artist based in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn, NY). Her work is rooted in creating experiential performances through the use of video, dance and installation. Her work has been presented by WaxWorks, JudsonChurch (STUFFED), The Jack Crystal Theater, The Footlight (MerdetheShow), Ruth Page Center for the Arts (Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival), The Floor on Atlantic, and The Wild Project Theater (International Human Rights Arts Festival). She has been awarded artist residencies at The Floor on Atlantic (2019), The Egg (2020), The Field Center (COLLAGE 2022) and MotiVE Brooklyn (2022). She was featured on the “Unsequenced Podcast” for her interactive installation work titled “brilliant you” presented at Triskelion Arts, BK NY. She most recently premiered her first evening-length solo work entitled "TRYHARD" at Kestrels in Gowanus in OCtober 2024. Ariel has worked with artists Meredith Monk, Stefanie Nelson, Ivy Baldwin, Douglas Dunn, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Eva Dean, Mari Meade Montoya, Zena Bibler, Rami Be’er (Gaaton Israel), Anat Vaadia (Tel Aviv - Yasmeen Godder’s Storm End Come), Nattie Torgdon + Hollis Bartlett, Jessica Gaynor, Elisabeth Motley, Joanna Kotze and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Barnett Cohen and Nicole Mannarino. She currently collaborates with Yanira as collaborating artist and creative producer for a canary torsi.