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Chantal Powell, PhD

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Jungian research, symbolic imagination & vegetal alchemy
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Chantal Powell, Votives: Milk and Seed, 2025–26 Artist Chantal Powell’s kiln-cast glass Votives draw on the long tradition of votive offerings, in which parts of the body are shaped, given and entrusted to a larger process of healing or transformation. Here, breast and phallus appear not as explicit sexual symbols, but as sites of belief and generative force. Glass, formed through extreme heat and cooling, carries its own history of transformation. As Chantal puts it, the works “approach love, like alchemy, as an act of giving, in which the generative body is understood as sustaining and sacred.” Chantal also writes a love letter to the goddess Mut in How Do We Find Love?, published by Artworld Books to accompany the Sainsbury Centre’s season. Available for pre-order now - link in bio. @chantalpowell @sainsburycentre @artworld.books Image 1: Chantal Powell, Votives: Milk and Seed, 2025–26. Kiln-cast glass. © Chantal Powell. Image courtesy of the artist. Image 2: Chantal Powell. Photo: Emma Witter (@emma_witter_). #HowDoWeFindLove #ChantalPowell #ArtworldBooks #SainsburyCentre #GlassArt
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✨ Artist Talk: Chantal Powell Next Week! Join MIRROR and Making Futures 2026 International Research Conference to hear artist Chantal Powell discuss her new exhibition, SEEDBED at MIRROR. 🔗 Purchase tickets via link in bio. FREE // All Welcome. Plymouth Arts Cinema Friday 30 October 2026 18:00 - 19:00 🔥 The Gallery opening times will be extended to 6pm on Friday 30 October. Photo credit @emma_witter_
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Massive congratulations to the wonderful Amy Hale for the launch of Magic Beyond the Supernatural in Contemporary Art last night at the Tate Modern ❤️‍🔥 Thank you so much for including me in this beautiful publication. I am so honoured and proud to be part of this stellar line up of artists! @amyhale93 @tatepublishing
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A huge congratulations to the wonderful @amyhale93 on the launch of 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤: 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘈𝘳𝘵, published by @tatepublishing and celebrated last night at Tate Modern with a conversation between Amy and Jamie Sutcliffe @intron_depot ⁣ Amy is such an extraordinary person, scholar and writer, whose work and passion I have admired for many years. Her powerhouse commitment and generosity to every project she undertakes is something to behold! ⁣ ⁣ It’s a real honour to have my work included in this beautiful book alongside so many artists whose practices I admire.⁣ ⁣ Congratulations Amy! What a wonderful achievement. ✨✨✨⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Photos are taken by :⁣ @zori_hatavald (image 1)⁣ 🙏🏻 @john.abell (image 2)⁣ @museum_of_witchcraft_and_magic (image 5)
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Viriditas I, II & III (2026)⁣ Kiln-cast glass⁣ ⁣ New works from SEEDBED, currently showing @mirror_plymouth ⁣ Across time and cultures, vegetation has become a metaphor for change and renewal. In Greek myth, Daphne escapes Apollo’s pursuit by transforming into a laurel tree. She takes root and becomes something other. That’s her salvation. And in the medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde, the lovers are reunited from their graves as two trees that grow and entwine.⁣ ⁣ These kinds of stories show us that transformation often involves surrender and loss alongside the shedding of an old form.⁣ ⁣ These cast glass works speak these narratives of the porous boundary between the human and the botanical and a longing or birthing into a new way of being.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ On view until 11 December 2026.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Created during my Creative Associate period @artsuniplym , with thanks to @amy_whittingham_glass for helping me explore larger-scale glass casting using the university’s facilities 🙏🏻
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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.⁣ ⁣
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Last weekend I had the privilege of chairing a panel discussion with artists @chantalpowell @jonathanmichaelray @clementinekeithroach and @laurenceedwards.bronze to coincide with the brilliantly curated exhibition Flood by @ohsh projects. A beautifully put together exhibition, dramatically and thoughtfully installed in Messums’s Threshing Barn.
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OPENING THIS THURSDAY ⬇️ On Thursday 15 October, don’t miss out on the various exhibition openings happening across Plymouth… 👨🏿‍🚀 Larry Achiampong’s Relic 4 at KARST (6-9pm) Larry Achiampong’s new film, Relic 4 (2026), revisits the cinematic universe of the Relic Traveller series after a six-year hiatus. Exploring themes of fallen empire, class, and displacement, Achiampong interrogates the structures and residues of colonialism. 🌱 Chantal Powell’s SEEDBED at MIRROR (5-7pm) An exhibition exploring cultivation, transformation and renewal through ceramic and glass, drawing on alchemy, ancient rituals and Jungian psychology. 👥 There is Only Ever Now at Cafe Momus (6-8pm) A group show organised by Red Mud Art’s artists’ critique group as part of Plymouth Art Weekender. Including work by @barkobenharris, @gingersnaps100, @hagarbasis_art, @warrenclayburn, @jordan.eastwoods.art, alon.prints, @tommmo.art, @pjejart, @gemmaquickenden, @sheilarileyart, @shelley.saxon21, @ruth.helen.smith and @julessmith62. See you there! 👋 📸 1) Larry Achiampong, Relic 4 (still), 2026, single-channel 4K film with stereo sound. Made with support from the British Council and KARST. Courtesy of the artist, LUX, DACS & Copperfield, London. 2) Athanor (2026) Chantal Powell. Photograph by Rob Coombe. #Plymouth #WhatsOnPlymouth #ContemporaryArt
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SEEDBED⁠ ⁠ Chantal Powell brings SEEDBED to MIRROR from 16 October–11 December 2026.⁠ ⁠ Transforming Arts University Plymouth’s public gallery into a site of cultivation and experiment, the West Dorset artist-researcher presents new works combining ceramic with blown, flameworked and cast glass.⁠ ⁠ Bodily fragments sprout, laboratory forms become organic and symbols fold into one another.⁠ ⁠ The exhibition develops Powell’s framework of 'Vegetal Alchemy', exploring growth, decay, incubation and regeneration as models for psychological and material change. Drawing on alchemical imagery, ancient incubation rites, mythology and Jungian depth psychology, SEEDBED considers relationships between the body, the psyche, materials and the living world.⁠ ⁠ “Making is a way of thinking with matter for me.”⁠ ⁠ The exhibition is accompanied by a free programme of talks, film and events, including:⁠ ⁠ Preview event⁠ 15 October, 5pm–7pm⁠ MIRROR⁠ ⁠ Artist talk with Chantal Powell⁠ 30 October, 6pm–7pm⁠ Plymouth Arts Cinema⁠ ⁠ Online conversation with Chantal Powell and Ben Tufnell⁠ 16 November, 7.30pm–9pm⁠ Online⁠ ⁠ To Die into a Bird: film screening and artist talk⁠ 23 November, 6pm–7.30pm⁠ Plymouth Arts Cinema⁠ ⁠ Closing exhibition tour with Chantal Powell⁠ 10 December, 2pm–4pm⁠ MIRROR⁠ ⁠ All events are free, with booking required.⁠ ⁠ Find exhibition details, opening times and event booking information via the link in our bio!⁠ ⁠ #whatson #plymouth #art #exhibition #chantalpowell
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📕 THE RED BOOK CLUB – GUEST AUTHOR⁣ ⁣ I’m delighted that art historian and curator @jobaringart will be joining us for our November Red Book Club to discuss her new book, Totem: The Untold Story of Sculpture.⁣ ⁣ Jo and I will be talking about some of the subjects and treasures within the book, from spiral journeys to the magic of stone. As always, there will be plenty of time to ask questions and share thoughts.⁣ ⁣ ABOUT THE BOOK⁣ ⁣ For forty thousand years, we have been carving and moulding, shaping and chiselling, feeling our way and sensing our place in the world through sculpture. ⁣ ⁣ In this accessible, story-led journey into the heart of sculpture, renowned art historian and curator Jo Baring explores creativity, memory and why we have been driven to make art in this medium since the very beginning of humanity. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ABOUT THE AUTHOR⁣ ⁣ Jo Baring is an art historian and curator, host of the podcast Sculpting Lives and Director of the Ingram Collection of Modern British and Contemporary Art.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ZOOM MEET UP⁣ ⁣ Thursday 26 November, 7pm UK time.⁣ ⁣ The Zoom link will be emailed to Red Book Club members tomorrow morning.⁣ ⁣ It’s free to join via the link in our bio.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #theredbookclub #onlinebookclub #jobaring #totem #sculpture
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I am delighted to share the beautiful front cover of Becoming a Poet! Written and edited with the late, great Sue Dymoke, @ashinalittletinybox and @bromhallrichard , the book originated from the Foyles’ Young Poets’ Stories project. The book celebrates the life, work, and wisdom of twenty-nine young poets with accompanying commentary on their composing processes - including @ginny.darke @gwen.fr_writes @cyrus_larcombe_moore @karolinarosolafs We would like to thank @chantalpowell for letting us use her stunning artwork, ‘A Sense of Body’ (2024) for our cover. Thank you David Belbin, @thepoetrysociety and @bloomsburypublishing for their support and expertise. Becoming a Poet is available for preorder from 12 Nov 2026. Available from Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and other good bookshops! Link in bio.
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Living Labyrinths: Art and Fungi⁣ Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter⁣ 3 October 2026 – 21 February 2027 Living Labyrinths: Art and Fungi is now open. This unique art exhibition explores the cultural world of fungi through a lens of scientific enquiry. By bringing together the work of leading contemporary artists, Living Labyrinths suggests ways to reimagine our relationship with the earth. It explores themes of symbiosis, and biodiversity, as well as concepts from medical mycology. Through artworks in a range of media including ceramic, glass, photography, painting and textile, Living Labyrinths offers thought-provoking interpretations of mycorrhizal networks. The exhibition considers how fungi shape both our physical and conceptual worlds. Brilliantly curated by @laragoodband the show includes works from Gemma Anderson-Tempini @gemma.anderson.tempini Jason Singh @jasonsinghthing Sian Bonnell @sianbonnell Seana Gavin @seanagavin Andy Harper @andy_harper_artist Hilde Hauan Johnsen @hildehauanjohnsen Lucy Mercer @__l__m___ Jo Pearl @jopearlceramics Chantal Powell @chantalpowell Holly Stevenson @holly__stevenson Cy Twombly @tate #cytowmblyfoundation Beatrix Potter #beatrixpottersociety Photo bomb from the fantastic opening event at which @chantalpowell and I grinned non stop 😀Congratulations to @rammuseum and thank you @humakabakci for loaning my work ❤️
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