Chantal Powell creates objects and installations that powerfully and intimately explore the universal emotions that connect us.
Responding to objects and spaces as her starting point, Powell interweaves conceptual threads that exploit the inherent vocabulary of her chosen materials. She presents the viewer with a seductive invitation to explore myths and meanings through, "engaging installations . . . and found objects that explore the boundaries between reality and imagination" (Salon Contemporary). The resulting works have a playful duality between things disclosed and things kept hidden, and the viewer is drawn to place their own secrets and stories inside that imaginary realm.
Chantal Powell was born in the West Midlands, UK in 1977 and lives and works in Southampton, Hampshire. A PhD focusing on the psychology of human relationships informs her work as an artist. Chantal's work has been featured on the cover of a-n magazine. She has exhibited throughout the UK and internationally, notably at the 53rd and 54th Venice Biennales..
