15th February - 15th May 2011

DEBUT CONTEMPORARY
Salon Contemporary, Notting Hill, London
Official launch evening Wed 2nd March 6 - 9pm (invite upon request)

Debut contemporary is a dynamic and stimulating initiative, "showcasing the best of  British creative talent across all art disciplines". Launched by Samir Ceric, founder of Salon Contemporary, First Wednesdays, and Wolf and Badger, Debut artists' work will be on show in the Salon Contemporary gallery amongst these will be Chantal Powell who we recognize from last year's Traces and Testament in Westbourne Grove Church Artplace. 

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16th April 2011

Wonderland at Debut Gallery

An interactive talk and themed tea party exploring the lure of Alice in Wonderland. Artist Chantal Powell will discuss the long-standing influence of this classic story on our culture as well as in relation to her own artistic practice. 

Highlights include a delicious Mad Hatter Tea Party, Wonderland games (with specially created, original artwork prizes), a hands on looks at some of the artist’s most magical work and all manner of things curious!

Check your stopwatch and don’t be late for this very important date!

rsvp to art@chantalpowell.com to request a free ticket.

Event location:

Debut Contemporary
Gallery 82
Westbourne Grove
Notting Hill
London W2 5RT

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Past Events including the work of Chantal Powell

7 July – 10 August 2010 

Debut London Show by artist Chantal Powell
Traces and Testament
Chantal Powell
Westboune Grove Church Artspace, Notting Hill, London
7 July – 10 August 2010  

Traces and Testament is the first solo exhibition of work by Hampshire based artist Chantal Powell. The exhibition presents a compelling overview of her work to date, revealing its overriding themes of loss and longing, the real and the imagined, childhood and mortality.  

Powell’s work elevates the relationship between found objects and our memories, desires and dreams, paying particular attention to the ways in which time changes objects – “all things are constantly deteriorating and yet at the same time undergoing a process of enrichment by the stories and physical imprint that the environment and our lives places upon them”. Weaving the story of these objects with her own imagined narratives, she creates emotionally charged works that invite intimacy and personal involvement. 

Traces and Testament presents the viewer with connotations of beauty and vulnerability – a fragile nest encased in a glass box, girls white communion gloves, secrets in boxes bound with gold thread. It can be read as a study of nostalgic representations or as an honest exploration of the soul.

Chantal Powell was born in the West Midlands, UK in 1977. She studied psychology at Southampton University and went on to complete a PhD focusing on commitment and sacrifice in romantic relationships. She now works full time as an artist with her doctorate in social psychology reflected in her work’s exploration of the universal emotions that connect us as human beings. Chantal has exhibited throughout the UK, in France and at the Venice Biennale.

For further information please visit www.chantalpowell.com
Contact:
Chantal Powell
art@chantalpowell.com
07885594987

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4 August 2010

Experienc late on 4th August (with an after-party at The Lonsdale).
The Magic Lantern show commences at 8pm. Entry is free and champagne punch complimentary! RSVP art@chantalpowell.com