Chelle Destefano - Artist CV
Studies
2001 – 2006 Bachelor of Visual Arts and Applied Design – O’Halloran Hill TAFE Campus
2008 – 2009 Cert IV in Screen and Animation – Hamilton College (Adult Education Department)
Awards/Scholarships
2017 Selected as one of the five leading artists for the Berlin Arts Exchange, Berlin, Germany
2016 Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS Website Featured Artist Award, Manhattan, New York
2016 ArtSlant 4th 2016 Showcase Winner Finalist, New York - Wall Street artwork
ArtSlant 5th 2016 Showcase Winner Finalist, New York - Blood Red Moon artwork
ArtSlant 7th 2016 Showcase Winner Finalist, New York - Me & Baby Moon Line Art drawing
2016 Australian Arts Council grant - funding for Paris and London exhibitions
2016 Richard Llewellyn Arts grant – funding for Wait of World Exhibition in Melbourne
2015 Selected to show in a juried art show in Paris
2015 Arts SA Makers and Presenter’s Grant for Blue Ghosts Exhibition in Melbourne, March 2015
2015 Acquired by Art Images Gallery, Norwood for ongoing consignments of my watercolour illustrations
2014 Richard Llewellyn Arts grant – funding to attend Arts Activated Conference, October 2014
2014 Dawn Slade-Faull Award – Painting/illustration
2014 Major Prize Award – Public Exhibition Award by Art Images Gallery; Abandoned Room I, Adelaide Royal Show
2014 First Prize Award in Open Encouragement Special Award, for One Year’s Membership at Adelaide Art Society – Salty Lime Café, Adelaide Royal Show
Solo Exhibitions
2018 November - FernArtz Gallery, Coburg, Melbourne
"Evolution of Grown Up Mind"
2017 October - Berlin Pop Up Exhibition of Enchanted Collection with Arts Access Australia
Berlin, Germany
Workshop teaching, leading tour exhibition, studio work of Enchanted series and solo exhibition
2017 August - Volkys Collection in SALA Festival
Dulwich Bakery, Dulwich, South Australia (matching the coffee cups they were printed on)
2016 October - Blue Ghosts Abroad
Australian Embassy, London, UK
and Severndroogs Castle, UK
Exhibition of Blue Ghost works including new works
2016 September - Chelle's Collections in Paris!
Galerie Metanoia, Paris, France
Exhibition of ranges of collections including the popular Blue Ghost works, volky series, Europe 2015 works, and the Rainbow Abstract collection
2016 August - Wait of World II in SALA Festival
City Library, Rundle Mall, Adelaide South Australia
2016 May - June - Wait of the World
Gasworks, Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
Exhibition of works relating to the world changes and the perceptions within, A1 sized watercolour illustrations
2015 November - Venice Biennale, Italy, Ca' Zanardi Palezzo
Collection of Blue Ghost artworks; 4 pieces
2015 October – November – Volky’s Adventures II
Art Images Gallery, Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia
Solo exhibition featuring all large sized (A2 - A1 size) watercolour illustrations of Taxi and other Volkys on Adventures Series II
2015 June – Inking History - Thebarton
West Torrens Council Gallery
Solo exhibition of illustrations on the heritage buildings of Hindmarsh, Adelaide, South Australia
2015 April – Onkaparinga Celebration Month
Manolis Mezes Café
Solo Exhibition on illustrations of Port Noarlunga’s main street shops
2015 March – April – Roam the Blue Ghosts I
House of Bricks, Collingwood, Melbourne
Solo exhibition on ghosts in abandoned places in watercolour illustrations
2014 September – October - Semaphore Art Walk
Semaphore Road (Semaphore’s main street) in conjunction with Semaphore Street Assoc. exhibiting my artworks in 7 different shops
2014 August - Rainbow World Series 2
Adelaide Convention Centre – SALA Festival
Exhibition of Further Advanced Rainbow Works on Wood 2 (Paintings) for the SALA Festival
2014 May to June - Port Noarlunga My Home Town
Port Noarlunga Arts Centre
Solo exhibition of watercolour drawings of the town Port Noarlunga
2014 April to May - Rainbow World Series 1
SA Writers Centre
Rainbow Works on Wood 1 (Paintings)
2014 Jan to Feb - Thickened Gesso set
Manolis Mezes Café in Port Noarlunga
Group Exhibitions
2018 August - The Other Fair, Melbourne, Australia
2018 August - Chianciano Art Biennale, Italy, Chianciano Art Museum
2018 May - The Skin Gallery show duo with Luke King. Exhibition of two Deaf artists
2018 March - The Other Fair, Sydney, Australia
2018 January to current - ArtSpace Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia
2018 January - Mornington Art Show, Victoria, Australia
Me & Baby Moon portrait
2017 October - Rome Arts Expo
Me & Baby Moon portrait
2017 March - London Biennale
Two Blue Ghost pieces
2016 Dec - Juried Art Show: A Single Grain of Rice, Gallery Metanoia, Paris
Four watercolour illustrations
2016 August - Hill Starters in SALA Festival
Reunion exhibition for students from O'Halloran Hill Arts School at Artisan Framing Gallery
2016 July to September - The Healing Power of ART 2016 Exhibition
Manhattan Arts International
2016 July to September - Venice Architect Biennale, Venice Art House, Venice, Italy
Blood Red Moon artwork
2016 July - Duo with Kathy Smith
Artisan Framing Gallery
2016 April - NOW Exhibition at Artisan Framing Gallery
2015 December - Juried Art Show: A Single Grain of Rice, Gallery Metanoia, Paris, France
Three watercolour illustrations
2015 November - Venice Biennale, Italy, Luca Curci Gallery in Ca' Zanardi Palezzo
Collection of Blue Ghost artworks; 4 pieces
2014 Christmas Exhibition - Art Images, Norwood, SA
Collection of illustrations of Taxi’s Adventures (3 watercolour works)
2014 October – Volky Adventures Collaboration
Adelaide Convention Centre as a second invitation for Artbeat
Volky Adventures I in watercolour by me, and mosaics by new emerging artist Roberta Sassi
Residencies
2018 July - Evolution of Grown Up Mind project, Cairns Studio Space, Cairns, QLD
2017 June - Miniature Artworks project, Wonthaggi, Victoria
Commissions
2016 - Various commissions ordered on themes including Blue Ghosts, Venice collection and Volksy Adventures Collection
2016 - Upcoming - Second deck collaboration of Carnival theme with the same global group that created the tarot deck earlier in 2014, designing one card for the deck
2015 - Second deck collaboration of Nautical theme with the same global group that created the tarot deck earlier in 2014, designing one card for the deck
- Five private commissions for people relating to their favourite things, family and pets, their life stories
- Corporate/Public: big body of work of a historical town for the council of West Torrens
2014 - Typewriter and Camera duo, private commission
- illustrations for a ceramic artist (this is in progress now)
- First and Limited Edition deck collaboration of Fantasy theme with a global group, designing one card for the deck
- The SAHMRI building on corner North Terrace and West Terrace, commissioned by SA NT Datalink within the Uni SA and Health SA boards – large illustration of the building from the outside, view from across the road, almost architectural style illustration
- Rainbow abstracts (private commissions):
August – 1m x 1m Rainbow abstract June – 3 piece large Rainbow abstract work at 500mm x 450mm each piece March – Rainbow abstract work 600mm x 600mm, framed
2013 December – illustration on A1 size paper for a customer, representing their friend’s favourite objects and events
Feburary - Illustration of book cover for Deaf Australian Story Part II by Carol O’Reilly, published by Bilby Publishing
January - Illustration of book cover for Siblings book by Katherine Smyth, published by Ink Publication
Private/Public collections
2015 - Local, national and international collection of the Volky (Vdub) Adventure Series
2015 - Thebarton historical buildings body of work of 10 pieces, public collection by the West Torrens Council
2015 - Local and national collection of 12 Blue Ghost series
2014 - Local collections of five of the Rainbow Abstract series on show at Adelaide Convention. Local collections of 7 artworks from Port Noarlunga exhibition. Local collections of the thickened gesso series (3 of these, acquired from Manolis Mezes)
2012 - France - Red Phone in Hallway from Vintage is Good exhibition)
- Local collections of 7 artworks from Vintage is Good exhibition
2011 - Local collection of the second Dream Series
Experiences
2017 Ask-Me-Anything event about my artworks - see this event publication at this link here AMA.
2015 Teaching at a Workshop under Access2Arts - for artists who want to learn how to market their arts
2014 Attended Arts Activated Conference and was invited by international art bodies to show my art in the UK for 2015 and 2016
2014 Art Teacher at Brighton Primary School, guest role leading to an invitation to do a Christmas special and then ongoing once a term in 2015 pending approval from the principle – October 2014
2014 Guest speaker about my arts at Windsor Gardens Secondary College – July 2014
Publications
2017 Feature article by art packing specialists Pack and Send as one of their customers
https://blog.packsend.com.au/chelle-destefano
2017 My artwork on coffee cup from Dulwich featured in Herald Sun
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/envirofriendly-recyclable-coffee-cup-launches-in-melbourne/news-story/461f3c3b60d2d85a4691c3bc7fc5b3a6
2017 Chelle's artworks on coffee cups at Dulwich bakeries featured in Adelaide's Advertiser 24 May 2017
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/arts/dulwich-bakery-outlets-feature-sala-art-works-on-collectable-coffee-cups/news-story/11f41005c54f93d19bf514711288605f
2017 Critique by International Confederation of Art Critics, UK
http://international-confederation-art-critics.org/chelle-destefano-critique
2016 Newspaper article on my workshop in Bath, UK
https://www.bathecho.co.uk/news/community/deaf-artist-visits-action-hearing-loss-educational-art-workshop-bath-69390/
2016 Chelle as the Winner of the Featured Artist Award in 'The Healing Power of Art Exhibition', Manhattan, New York by Renee Phillips
http://www.healing-power-of-art.org/chelle-destefano-award-winning-featured-artist/
2016 Chelle's upcoming exhibition in Paris - by WideWalls, a Paris Arts magazine
http://www.widewalls.ch/visual-narrative-chelle-destefano-art-galerie-metanoia-paris/
2016 Story on a Deaf Artist by Artsy Shark - http://www.artsyshark.com/2016/06/16/a-deaf-artist-offers-inspiration/
2016 Video interview by Turquoise IAuslan at my Wait of the World art exhibition at Gasworks, Melbourne
https://www.facebook.com/turquoiseaustralia/?fref=ts
2016 The Society Quarterly Magazine
My showcase of the Wheatsheaf artwork and about my winning in the Adelaide Royal
Show in 2014 and 2015
2015 Empty Easel online art magazine: article on my watercolour works, May 2015
http://emptyeasel.com/2015/05/27/chelle-destefano-fantastically-quirky-watercolor-illustrations/
2015 Talking Points quarterly magazine of City of West Torrens, Adelaide, South Australia, Autumn 2015 Edition. One page featuring my artworks on the historical buildings of Thebarton, in the West Torrens area
2015 Crowd Crux on my Kickstarter project about Roam the Blue Ghosts Art project at www.crowdcrux.com/symbiotic-patronage-backers-creators-creators-backers/
2015 The Amazing Australian Artists book – two page spread of my arts and bio
2014 SA Life on the Semaphore Art Walk