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Stephanie Lempert is a an artist who uses a wide variety of media including sculpture, photography and video. Regardless of the media, Lempert's work focuses on systems of communication. Using both literal and figurative methods, Ms. Lempert draws the viewer in and allows them to concentrate on small moments and unexpected imagery. Often using humor, Lempert asks the viewer to go beyond what they recognize as reality by immersing them in a created environment.

Stephanie Lempert had her first solo exhibition in New York entitled "Unexpected Perspectives" at the Claire Oliver Gallery in New York. This show uses the written hand and personal memories of ten individuals to push the boundaries of conventional portraiture and to tell each sitter's life story through subtle means.

Ms. Lempert is in the collections of the Sagamore Hotelin Miami, Florida and the Rhode Island School of Design, Woods-Gerry Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island. She is also a recipient of an Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY, an A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship, New York, NY and a Scope Emerging Artist Grant, Scope Art Fair, New York, NY.