Chantal Powell is an artist based in Southampton who creates installations and objects exploring human emotions and relationships. Her work responds to spaces and found objects, combining conceptual ideas with inviting viewers to interpret hidden meanings and stories. She holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Southampton. Powell has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, including at the 53rd Venice Biennale, and is represented by Debut Contemporary Gallery in London. She has upcoming exhibitions in 2011 at venues including Wolverhampton Art Gallery.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Chantal Powell
art@chantalpowell.com www.chantalpowell.com
b.1977 023 80470757 / 0788594987
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 currently 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 front cover of a-n magazine. She has exhibited throughout the UK and interntationally, most
notably at the 53rd Venice Biennale. She is currently represented by Debut Contemporary Gallery, London.
CURRENT & FORTHCOMING EVENTS
March-Aug 2011 DEBUT Debut Contemporary, Notting Hill, London
March-May 2011 Work on display at ARC ARC space, ASPEX Gallery, Portsmouth
May 2011 Afternoon Tea hosted by WW Gallery The Quaffers Pavilion, Campo San Polo, Venice
May 2011 Received Wisdom Arlington Arts, Newbury
Nov 2011 Two man show with Dean Melbourne Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Traces and Testament Westbourne Grove Church Artspace, Notting Hill, London
2009 The Very Thought Of You Windows 204, Bristol
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 MOMAC pop up exhibition Organicstone, Merchants road, Gloucester
2011 Resonance and Psychogeography Bang The Bore, Castle Vault, Southampton
2010 Here Today The Outside World Gallery, RedChurch Street, London
2010 Austerity Xmas WW Gallery, Hackney, London
2010 The National Open Art Competition Minerva Gallery, Chichester
2010 (Un)Veiled with Unchosen Film Festival Colston Hall, Bristol
2010 Adventures in Kensal Green Dissenters Chapel Gallery, Kensal Green Cemetry, London
2010 Time WW Gallery, Hackney, London
2010 Recollection Chapel Gallery, Lancashire
2010 To Be Confirmed The Bristol Gallery, Bristol
2010 Made To Fit. 14th Womens Work Exhibition The Willis Museum, Basingstoke
2010 (Un)Veiled Poole Council Creative Cabin Scheme, Poole
2009 ReOpen The Lighthouse Centre for the Arts & KUBE, Poole
2009 2nd Annual Cork Street Open Exhibition Cork Street Gallery, Mayfair, London
2009 Past in Present The Art Works Gallery, Newcastle
2009 Travelling Light WW Gallery, London and toured to Venice Biennale
2009 Open Show 09 Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2009 Fete Picasso - Small Art Objects 2009 A.I.R. Vallauris, Vallauris, France
2009 Subversive Correspondence Willesden Green Gallery, London
2009 13th Annual Women’s Work Exhibition The Fairground Craft Centre, Andover
2008 The Something Foundation The Churchill Citizens Club, Birmingham

2. COLLECTIONS
Millers Residence, Notting Hill London
COMISSIONS
2011 Site specific installation in grade II listed building. Swaythling Methodist Church, Southampton.
2010 ARC Alternative Christmas Tree, ASPEX Gallery, Portsmouth
2010 Artwork to raise awareness of sex trafficking, (Un)Veiled, Poole
AUCTIONS
2011 Jennie & Jessie Gunhammer Lupus Trust Debut Contemporary, Notting Hill, London. Auctioneer Hugh
Edmeades from Christies
TALKS
2011 Invitation To Wonderland, Debut Contemporary, Notting Hill London
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
2011 Tea Time in Wonderland – La magie de Londres
2011 Creative Boom. Readers Studios
2010 AN magazine (Front Cover) Sep Edition
2010 AXIS promotional material (image use)
2010 Salon Contemporary News Main Gallery Website & First Wednesdays
2010 The Hill July Edition
2010 Country and Townhouse Magazine July Edition
2010 The London Plinth
2010 ArtLicks
2010 The Big Issue. Jan 18th Edition
2010 AN Interface Review by Theo Wood
2009 Cut Click Issue 14
QUALIFICATIONS
2002 PhD. Social Psychlogy University of Southampton
1998 Bsc. Psychology University of Southampton