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Chantal Powell, PhD

@chantalpowell

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Jungian research, symbolic imagination & vegetal alchemy
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🌀⁣ When people ask what I do, I’ve found it increasingly difficult to answer with a label like artist or researcher. Instead, I find it more useful to describe the question guiding my practice.⁣ ⁣ 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦?⁣ ⁣ For a long time, I thought of making in the studio, research, talks and curatorial projects as related but distinct activities. Increasingly, I’ve realised they’re all different vessels for exploring the same enquiry.⁣ ⁣ Essentially, my practice investigates what symbolic images, objects, stories and materials can reveal about human experience, including the relationship between psyche, matter and the living world.⁣ ⁣ The contexts change, but the question remains the same.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Studio photograph by the brilliant @emma_witter_ taken during her residency at @hogchesterarts ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #SymbolicImagination #ContemporaryArt #depthpsychology #archetypalsymbols⁣ ⁣ by @chantalpowell
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✨⁣ There is wonderful alchemical phrase “starry milk” that appears in Thomas Vaughan’s Euphrates, 1655, written under the name Eugenius Philalethes. Vaughan imagines water as a bird that rises into the air, gathers a life-giving milky moisture, and returns with it. He links this to the “milk of birds,” found in water’s “crystal breasts.”⁣ ⁣ Second image: One afternoon in the studio, the light moved through this cast glass piece and I turned round to find it glowing. It seemed to have become a source of light itself.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣Chantal Powell, Milk of Birds, kiln cast glass, 2026 ⁣ #kilncastglass #contemporaryglass #starrymilk #alchemicalart #thomasvaughan⁣ ⁣ by @chantalpowell
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🌱 I’ve been in Oslo this week sharing my research and practice at the symposium at @kunstnerneshus, curated by @martejohnslien.⁣ ⁣ My talk, “Vegetative Alchemy: The Artist as Living Vessel”, introduced vegetal alchemy as a way of thinking, making, and moving through the world. ⁣ ⁣ Drawing on medieval alchemical manuscripts, Egyptian funerary texts, Hildegard of Bingen’s viriditas, and examples from my own work, I presented alchemy as a living symbolic system grounded in embodied and plant-like processes of transformation.⁣ ⁣ These images offer a glimpse of the material that shaped the talk.⁣ It was a privilege to contribute to such a thoughtful programme amongst brilliant scholars, artists, and curators. It was a real vessel of exchange!⁣ ⁣ Thank you to Marte for the invitation and generous hosting and to the many other wonderful people I met on this trip!⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #artistresearch #vegetativealchemy #kunsternushus #medievalmanuscripts #alchemy⁣ taken in Kunstnernes Hus by @chantalpowell
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OPENING TONIGHT!⁣ ⁣ SEEDBED | Chantal Powell⁣ A solo exhibition at @mirror_plymouth, Arts University Plymouth.⁣ ⁣ We’d love you to join us this evening for our opening event:⁣ Thursday 15 October, 5–7pm⁣ MIRROR, Arts University Plymouth⁣ ⁣ ⁣ OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS⁣ ⁣ 🌱 Artist Talk: Friday 30 October, 6–7pm⁣ ⁣ 🌱 Online In Conversation with Ben Tufnell: Monday 16 November, 7.30pm⁣ ⁣ 🌱 Exhibition Closing Tour: Thursday 10 December, 2–4pm⁣ ⁣ Free tickets for events can be booked via the link in my bio.⁣ ⁣ Exhibition runs until 11 December 2026.⁣ ⁣ taken in Arts University Plymouth by @chantalpowell
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✨⁣ Absolutely delighted to share that my work exploring alchemy and the symbolic imagination is included in MAGIC: Beyond the Supernatural in Contemporary Art, a new book by the brilliant Dr Amy Hale, published by Tate this October.⁣ ⁣ Bringing together 45 international contemporary artists, the book explores the enduring presence of magic, alchemy and occult practices in contemporary art, and the many ways these offer alternative ways of understanding and engaging with the world.⁣ ⁣ It’s a real pleasure to be included in such extraordinary company, and huge congratulations to Amy, whose research and writing continue to open up important conversations around art, magic and esoteric knowledge. I can’t wait to see the finished book!⁣ ⁣ Published by @tatepublishing on 22 October, with a special launch event at Tate Modern on Tuesday 20 October, featuring Amy Hale @amyhale93 in conversation with Jamie Sutcliffe @intron_depot ⁣ Featuring artists:⁣ ⁣ Alessandro Keegan⁣ Alice Bucknell⁣ Barry William Hale⁣ Bert Gilbert⁣ Betye Saar⁣ Bianca Bondi⁣ Chantal Powell⁣ Charlotte Rodgers⁣ CrossLucid⁣ Edgar Fabián Frías⁣ Elijah Burgher⁣ Elizabeth Insogna⁣ Emily Hunt⁣ Fredrik Söderberg⁣ Heather Freeman⁣ Hilma’s Ghost⁣ Jesse Bransford⁣ Joey Holder⁣ John Abell⁣ Kamala Ibrahim Ishag⁣ Kate Walters⁣ Lezley Saar⁣ Lucy Stein⁣ Mark Titchner⁣ Mary MacGregor Reid⁣ Max Razdow⁣ Myrlande Constant⁣ Steve Dilworth⁣ Renée Stout⁣ Saya Woolfalk⁣ Tai Shani⁣ Zach Blas⁣ Zadie Xa⁣ Edgar Calel⁣ WhiteFeather Hunter⁣ Tabita Rezaire⁣ Chiara Fumai⁣ Louise Despont⁣ Suzanne Treister⁣ Himali Singh Soin⁣ Bones Tan Jones⁣ Grace Ndiritu⁣ Loni Johnson⁣ Ann McCoy⁣ Natasha Viosna Moody⁣ ⁣ @amyhale93 @tate @tatepublishing⁣ ⁣ by @chantalpowell
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Athanor, 2026⁣ Glazed ceramic, gold lustre and flameworked glass⁣ 62x37x26 cm⁣ ⁣ A new work from my solo exhibition SEEDBED, opening this Thursday at MIRROR @mirror_plymouth ⁣ ⁣ Bringing together sculptural works in ceramic and glass, SEEDBED considers incubation, fragmentation and transformation through the lenses of mythology, alchemy and depth psychology.⁣ ⁣ SEEDBED⁣ 16 October – 11 December 2026⁣ MIRROR, Arts University Plymouth⁣ @artsuniplym ⁣ ⁣ Private View: Thursday 15 October, 5–7pm. All welcome.⁣ ⁣ Full programme of accompanying events via the link in my bio.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Photograph by @robcoombephoto taken in Arts University Plymouth by @chantalpowell
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Happy UK Fungus Day! 🍄⁣ ⁣ Here is another of the works I’m currently showing in LIVING LABYRINTHS: ART AND FUNGI at RAMM, Exeter.⁣ ⁣ Brooding Hen II, 2025⁣ Blown glass, glazed ceramic⁣ 26×25×23cm⁣ ⁣ Living Labyrinths: Art and Fungi runs until 21 February 2027 at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter.⁣ ⁣ @rammuseum @laragoodband taken in Royal Albert Memorial Museum by @chantalpowell
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Living Labyrinths: Art and Fungi is now open at @rammuseum ! ⁣ A few photographs from Friday night’s private view, and a first glimpse of some of the work in the exhibition including the Cy Twombly collages I am in love with. ⁣ ⁣ So pleased to be part of this show, and with how my work has been beautifully installed 🙏🏻. There was too much to take in properly on the opening night, so I’m looking forward to going back and spending more time with the exhibition.⁣ ⁣ Huge thanks to curator Lara @laragoodband and the RAMM team for working their mushroom magic. And an extra treat to be share the evening with my friend @holly__stevenson who is also in the exhibition 👠🍄‍🟫⁣ ⁣ Living Labyrinths: Art and Fungi⁣ Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter⁣ 3 October 2026 – 21 February 2027 taken in Royal Albert Memorial Museum by @chantalpowell
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LIVING LABYRINTHS: ART AND FUNGI at RAMM is now open 🍄⁣ ⁣ This is one of the new works I’m showing in the exhibition:⁣ ⁣ Brooding Hen III, 2025⁣ Blown glass, flameworked glass, glazed ceramic⁣ 40x29x27cm Photo @robcoombephoto ⁣ Living Labyrinths: Art and Fungi runs until 21 February 2027 at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter.⁣ ⁣ @rammuseum @laragoodband taken in Royal Albert Memorial Museum by @chantalpowell
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🍄‍🟫Announcing:⁣ LIVING LABYRINTHS: ART AND FUNGI⁣ RAMM @rammuseum, Exeter⁣ 3 October 2026 – 21 February 2027⁣ ⁣ Very pleased to be part of 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴: 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘪, opening at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery in Exeter in two weeks.⁣ ⁣ Bringing together contemporary art, RAMM’s natural history collections and significant loans by Beatrix Potter and Cy Twombly, Living Labyrinths explores the cultural world of fungi through a lens of scientific enquiry. The exhibition considers themes of symbiosis and biodiversity, and the ways fungi shape both our physical and conceptual worlds.⁣ ⁣ I’ll be showing a number of glass/ ceramic works alongside work by Gemma Anderson-Tempini, Sian Bonnell, Seana Gavin, Andy Harper, Hilde Hauan Johnsen, Lucy Mercer, Jo Pearl, Beatrix Potter, Jason Singh, Holly Stevenson and Cy Twombly.⁣ ⁣Curated by @laragoodband ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Poster Image: Land of the Midnight Mushrooms, Seana Gavin, 2019 © Seana Gavin. ⁣ With thanks to @vamuseum, and @Tate. Supported by @aceagrams taken in Royal Albert Memorial Museum by @chantalpowell
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🔥Final preparations for SEEDBED.⁣ ⁣ Things are heating up. The last ceramic piece has made it through the final kiln firing, and Friday was my last day glassmaking at Arts University Plymouth as part of my Creative Associate period.⁣ ⁣ Just over 3 weeks to go!⁣ ⁣ SEEDBED⁣ 16 October – 11 December 2026⁣ Opening event: Thursday 15 October, 17:00–19:00⁣ MIRROR, @mirror_plymouth, Arts University Plymouth⁣ Plymouth PL4 8AT taken in Arts University Plymouth by @chantalpowell
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💥 MIRROR AUTUMN SEASON EXHIBITION AND EVENTS ANNOUNCEMENT! SEEDBED Chantal Powell 16 October - 11 December 2026 Preview Event: Thursday 15 October, 17:00 - 19:00 Chantal Powell presents SEEDBED, an exhibition exploring cultivation, transformation and renewal through ceramic and glass, drawing on alchemy, ancient rituals and Jungian psychology. Associated Events: 💥 Artist Talk: Chantal Powell Friday 30 October 2026 | 18:00 - 19:00 Plymouth Arts Cinema 💥 Online In Conversation: Chantal Powell & Ben Tufnell Monday 16 November 2026 | 19:30 - 21:00 Online 💥 Film Screening & Artist Talk: To Die into a Bird by Anna Kushnerova Monday 23 November | 18:00 - 19:30 Plymouth Arts Cinema @hilarypearlis @orjana_rudeloff 💥 Closing Exhibition Tour with Chantal Powell: SEEDBED Thursday 10 December 2026 | 14:00 - 16:00 MIRROR 🔗 See link in bio for tickets and more details by @chantalpowell
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