My work is reactionary to the environment, whether it is a psychological or physical space. Each individual interacts with space differently, and those reactions trigger a certain sensation. Through the process of printmaking, I use the method and repetition of form to create an almost meditative safe space for myself. I use the layering of forms and structure to navigate between chaos and calm created by our surroundings. Humans are constantly forced to react to each other and spaces to maintain relationships; through printmaking I do the same, navigating issues that present themselves resulting in something more cohesive than before. The lack of color in my work allows me to examine the hidden nuances of the form, creating layers to investigate and get lost in. My work invites others to find their own place and surrounding within a given piece. I create work that could be more exact if made with new technology, but instead shows the artists hand in every element from the creation of the matrix to the inking of the plate and printing, using a method that was originally invented for mass production to create individual unique pieces of art.
In 2013, I graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with my Bachelors in Fine Art with an emphasis in Printmaking. It was during a landscape painting class that I became enthralled with the idea of the way people interact with their surroundings. Each week the class took place in a different part of the city. Being a California native, this class afforded me the opportunity to explore my new surroundings. It also showed me how the people in my class responded to the different places we went. Some people responded more to urban spaces, while others felt more comfortable in rural locations. As someone who grew up in the organic nature of Sacramento, I quickly became intrigued with the specificity and structure required of urban planning and living. Chicago was the first modern US city to implement grid planning. The grid was first introduced in response to the Chicago Fire of 1871; the framework of the gird would allow problems like a large-scale fire to be more easily prevented. Because I was so attracted to its simplicity and form, the grids lack of hierarchy, lack of center and lack of inflection began appearing in my work. To me the grid forms the foundation and beginning to anything, even the most organic forms can be traced back to the grid.
Chanel, originally from Sacramento California, is a Sydney based artist that creates geometric abstract work through the mediums of drawing and printmaking. She graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013 with her Bachelors in Fine Art with an emphasis in Printmaking. In 2012, she studied at Central Saint Martins in London, England. In 2015, she completed a postgraduate printmaking program at The Wroclaw School of Printmaking, in Poland through a program funded by the European Union, where she was lucky enough to participate and organize two group exhibitions and portfolios of other artists in residents work. She has worked for Artists that include the Haas Brothers and Michael Schmidt in Los Angeles, CA learning to work with metal such as silver and copper. After international travel, in 2017 she moved to Brisbane, Australia, and finally found herself a place to make work in Sydney in 2019 at The Workshop Art Centre in Willoughby, NSW Australia.
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