Chantal Westby

'Light and Space ''about the scale of the universe and the relationship between man and the cosmos.
Here or there.
........Chantal Westby creates an intuitive and energetic world of whimsy on her canvases.
In order to understand Chantal Westby’s highly abstract compositions one must begin with an appreciation of her spiritual foundation, which she finds expressed in every aspect of our natural and contrived world. These range from the simplest peaceful and poetic landscapes to the more complex manifestations expressed, for example, in images ranging from those provided by the most powerful electron microscope to the immensity of the cosmos as depicted by the Hubble telescope.
The scale of our potential field of perception, from the infinitesimally small to the unimaginably large, is a source of wonder to her that cannot be easily explained, and which she finds only reinforced when the dimension of time is introduced, especially the highly abstract notion of eternity. As individuals, as nations, indeed even as the entire living population of the earth, we must admit to occupying a very insignificant place in these grand schemes. Her process is very organic, using natural minerals and splashed ink on large scale canvas , gold le...

EDUCATION
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2006-2011
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA 2006-2011
Ecole Superieure de la Haute Couture, Paris, France, 1978-1981 BFA

SMSU Art Museum, Minonsota. Undefined Abstraction . Jan10th-March20th 2017

Present on ARTNET since dec. 2015

L'Officiel lounge; Le 69e Festival International du Cinéma de Cannes au FIVE SEASON HOTEL, France
From May 11 to 22 2016 , Collection AKARI, A l ‘encre de mon âme.

Art Hamptons. Long Island NY, 23-26 June 2016

Ringpfeil Gallery , Haverford PA. USA . Solo Exhibit

Galerie Beau Soleil, Espace Culturel Monaco May 2016, Solo Exhibit.

The Boscolo Palace Hotel , Nice . France . Collection Kaleidoscope Jan/ Apr 2016

The Bazemore Galllery ,Dec 2015- Philadelphia,PA

Expo Art Monaco 2015, Monaco 9-13July

The Bazemore Galllery ,Feb /march 2015- Philadelphia,PA,Solo.

Salon Pierre Cardin, October 2014- Paris, France
Galerie La Véranda, Jan 2015, Beausoleil, Monaco.,Solo.
Emerge Art Fair ,October 2014 Washington DC, USA GRAND OPERA HOUSE, June 2012


GALERIE Loic Vallée, October 2014
Nantes, France, solo exhibit,
Expo Art Osaka July 12-13, 2014
Osaka, Japan

Festival Of Cannes, June 20 2014, The MOON
Cannes, France

Art Expo Toronto April 10-13 2014

SAATCHI GALLERY, 2010-Present
London,

Festival of Cannes, May 2013, Hotel le Majestic , Cannes France.

AGORA GALLERY, M...