Lilo (Lieselotte) Kemper was born 16 June 1920, in Deutsch Krone, Germany (now Wałcz, Poland), and died 6 December 2014, in Durham, North Carolina. She was an artist, ceramicist, and potter, and a retired pathologist.
Kemper was a 1942 graduate of Lettehaus, Berlin, studying chemistry and biology. Following the post-World War II partition of Germany, she moved from East Germany to Munich, West Germany, then in 1955 immigrated to New York. She worked as a research associate in neuropathology at Duke University from 1961 until her retirement in 1985. In 1994 she became a United States citizen.
Kemper exhibited in multiple venues including: Duke University Museum of Art, Durham Art Guild, Craft Center Gallery at North Carolina State University, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh Fine Arts Society, and Chapel Hill Preservation Society.
