Taliah Lempert is a visual artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York.
She studied at the New York Academy of Art and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Lempert’s work combines the two things that she is most passionate about, painting and cycling.
For over twenty five years Lempert has been painting pictures bicycles from observation, often borrowing bikes from friends, colleagues or for a commission.
She has painted notable cyclists over the years including Connie Carpenter’s 1984 Olympic win road bike, Jaquie Phelan’s Championship winning Cunningham,
Andy Hampsten’s 1988 Giro winning Land Shark and Greg LeMond’s 1990 Tour de France winning LeMond road bike.
Lempert’s work excites both the cycling and art communities alike and has been exhibited in galleries and alternative spaces worldwide. Including Apex Art - NY, Elk Gallery - Brooklyn, the City Reliquary - Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Greenway Alliance, Fishes Eddy NYC, Collier West Brooklyn, M. Chase Space - NYC, and Guari Collections - Boston,
In addition to her painting, Lempert uses her original cycling imagery to license and self publish an array of other items such as limited edition prints,
calendars, jigsaw puzzles, postcards, coloring books and more. In 2005 she began selling her work at street fairs and flea markets
in NYC, including the Brooklyn Flea where she is a regular vendor.
Over the years she has worked with such clients as The NYC DOT Urban Arts Program, The Museum of Modern Art Design Store, Paul Smith, Blue Stockings, Legami, Heye and Taking the Lane.