Biography

Léonce Lemmens is a Dutch contemporary abstract painter whose practice focuses on the relationship between art, space and experience.
Her work is rooted in an intuitive painting process, allowing each composition to develop organically through layered applications of color and texture.

From early on, Lemmens developed a strong interest in how art interacts with interior and architecture. Rather than approaching painting as a purely autonomous object, she conceives her work as an active presence within a space. Light, scale and spatial context play an essential role in how her paintings are experienced.

Through abstraction, Lemmens creates room for personal interpretation and emotional engagement. Her work balances movement and stillness, resulting in paintings that bring calm, depth and cohesion to their surrounding. 

Léonce Lemmens participated at international exhibitions in Berlin, Madrid, Paris, Milan New York and Seoul.

Art Connects Spaces

Artist Statement

After a transformative period of travel, I returned painting in 2014, driven by memory, emotion and curiosity. My work evolves through layers of acrylic, oil, ink and mixed media, building and sometimes erasing layers to reveal depth and movement. I view my paintings as active presences that respond to their environment.
They engage with light and atmosphere, enhancing the spaces they inhabit.

Painting for me, is an act of freedom. A great source of inspiration comes from traveling, in particular the South of Europe: the light, the colors, the mediterranean vibes. Occurences in daily life are also an inspiration, as well as cultures, contrasts spotted in nature or cities, architecture, people: their stories, where and how they live.’

Exhibitions & PUBLICATIONS

2025

EXHIBITIONS

ARTBOXY PROJECT 3.0
December 8-19, 2025
Casa del Arte, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

IDENTITY EXHIBITION
at Insa Art Center, Seoul, South Korea

Read about the project https://www.musaartspace.it/identity-project-seoulseptember-3-8th-2025/

 
PUBLICATIONS

The ART GUIDE MASTERS Edition 2025
December 2025

2024

EXHIBITIONS

ART ON LOOP AMSTERDAM  |  digital display
THE HOLY ART GALLERY

EUROPARTFAIR AMSTERDAM | digital display

ART EXPO NEW YORK | digital display

WOMAN’S ESSENCE SHOW BARCELONA 2024 : WAA WOMAN ART AWARD 2024
MUSA INTERNATIONAL
 https://www.musaartspace.it/womans-essence-barcelona-202429-30-31-march/

 
PUBLICATIONS

CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTORS | November 2024 Art Critique
The Pulse of Memory and Emotions: An Exploration of Léonce Lemmens’s Abstract Expressionism
Art Insights:    https://www.contemporary-art-collectors.com/art-insights/leonce-lemmens-review

CIRCLE FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
Participation in 10th issue of Circle Quarterly Art Review | page 102
https://circle-arts.com/circle_quarterly_10/

CONTEMPORARY ART CURATOR MAGAZINE
1st printed edition magazine Issue 1 “Top Contemporary Artists to Watch in 2024” 
https://www.contemporaryartcuratormagazine.com/printedmagazine p.116/117

2023

Represented by GALERIA AZUR BERLIN GERMANY

EXHIBITIONS

GALERIA AZUR BERLIN – Group exhibition SESSION03

BÄRBEL & VAN SPAENDONCK ART GALLERY ZWOLLE
Group exhibition 

PUBLICATIONS

AATONAU Magazine Japan
December 19th, 2023 | Featured artist #521 : Journey through Lemmens’ world of abstract expressionism
Léonce Lemmens: Painting Emotions, Weaving Stories:
https://aatonau.com/leonce-lemmens-painting-emotions-weaving-stories/

Circle Quarterly Art Review Magazine #10  (12-2023)
Selected for publication with my artwork P!nk
https://circle-arts.com/circle_quarterly_10/

CONTEMPORARY ART CURATOR MAGAZINE
Online exhibition “Parallel worlds”
Exhibition period : 20.09.203-20.12.2023
https://www.contemporaryartcuratormagazine.com/online-exhibition-parallel-worlds/leonce-lemmens

ART GUIDE ANTWERP
Participation edition 2023

2022

Represented by MONAT Gallery Madrid Spain

EXHIBITIONS

MONAT Gallery Madrid
Group exhibition RENDEZVOUS

GALERIE 8 Hattem/Netherlands – SUMMER EXPO

CARROUSSEL DU LOUVRE, PARIS – ARTio Gallery Toronto Canada

BUTTERFLY EFFECT Online Exhibition

THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND ME | M.A.D.S. Art Gallery
Milano and Fuerteventura Online exhibition

PARIS INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR Art3f | Represented by MONAT Gallery Madrid

PUBLICATIONS

CIRCLE FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
https://circle-arts.com/?s=L%C3%A9once+Lemmens

WE CONTEMPORARY catalog by MUSA International  |  11-2022 https://www.musaartspace.it/we-contemporary-rome-2022/

International Prize Paris  |  At Art Shopping Carroussel de Louvre  |  October 21-23, 2022

Certificate of Excellence 2022 Circle Foundation for the Arts  |  06-2022

Power of Creativity Art book devised by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine  |  06-2022

Interview Contemporary Art Curator Magazine | 03-2022
read here:   https://www.contemporaryartcuratormagazine.com/home-2/leonce-lemmens

 
ART AWARD

WAA Woman Art Award 2024
by MUSA International | 03-2024

Voices of Tomorrow International Art Award
by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine  |  05-2022

ART GUIDES

2020 The Netherlands | 2021  Amsterdam  | 2021 Artists  | 2023 Antwerp

2020 | Exhibition Colorida Art Gallery Lisbon (cancelled re. Covid)

2018 | Exhibition Gemeentehuis Hattem

2014 | Group exhibition Koetshuizen Elswout Overveen

Links

GALERIA AZUR BERLIN : https://galeriaazur.art/artist/leonce-lemmens/

ARTSY : https://www.artsy.net/artist/leonce-lemmens

CIRCLE-ARTS  :  https://circle-arts.com/leonce-lemmens/

ONLINE GALLERY ART  : https://onlinegallery.art/nl/l%C3%A9once-lemmens/

EXTO  :  https://www.exto.nl/werk/358956414_Sahara.html

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