Current News
Chelle is currently working on new projects with performance and textiles, and other works with works on paper
Past NEWS:
2021
* Chelle is a finalist in the Footscray Art Award! One of her works on Deaf oppression was selected. A video performance installation on textile work.
* Chelle is exhibiting at the Arts House in April and her exhibition is called 'Listen' and will be showing 5 of her performance video works projected onto her textile works that were used in her performances.
2020
* Chelle was a finalist and became the winner of the Lake Art Award
* Chelle was a finalist in the Fisher's Ghost Art Award
* Chelle was a finalist in the Noel Counihan Art Prize and showed in the Moreland Summer Show
* Chelle was a finalist in the Incinerator Award! More details on this soon! Link to finalists here
* Chelle was recently shown in the Sentinel Times paper!
* Chelle is a finalist in the Footscray Art Award! One of her works on Deaf oppression was selected. A video performance installation on textile work.
* Chelle is exhibiting at the Arts House in April and her exhibition is called 'Listen' and will be showing 5 of her performance video works projected onto her textile works that were used in her performances.
2020
* Chelle was a finalist and became the winner of the Lake Art Award
* Chelle was a finalist in the Fisher's Ghost Art Award
* Chelle was a finalist in the Noel Counihan Art Prize and showed in the Moreland Summer Show
* Chelle was a finalist in the Incinerator Award! More details on this soon! Link to finalists here
* Chelle was recently shown in the Sentinel Times paper!
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Winner of The Lake Art Prize Chelle Destefano has won the inaugural Lake Art Prize for her work Navigating to Safe Space. The textile and video performance work will be acquired permanently into the Museum of Art and Culture collection. See more about the art award and the winning work at this article link here and at the Lake Art Prize website here. Photo left: Council's Visual Arts and Public Programs Leader Joanna Davies with Destefano's winning work. Photo courtesy of Lake Mac News |
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* Chelle began her Masters of Contemporary Art this year and has been exploring new art practices, multi-medium and multi-disciplinary! She is incorporating performance with other artforms that include textiles, sculpture, installation and other ways of informing her work through installation and other art forms.
2019
* Chelle on her Auslan performance for the Fringe is in the newspaper this week on 4th September 2019, in the Herald Sun / Moreland Leader paper! To read the article, click here
* Chelle on her Auslan performance for the Fringe is in the newspaper this week on 4th September 2019, in the Herald Sun / Moreland Leader paper! To read the article, click here
* Chelle is having a performance in the Melbourne Fringe Festival on 12th, 13th and 14th September! She will be creating Auslan sculptures on stage while she shares short stories of growing up Deaf and it will be an interactive performance where the audience will get involved in parts of the show. Her show will be at the Brunswick Mechanics Institute, and each night starts at 6.45 pm for one hour. Tickets are FREE and can be booked at this link: https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/the-auslan-movement/
* Further exciting news!!! Chelle is once again a finalist, in another art prize, the Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize at the Noosa Regional Gallery! The work for this one is the drawing of the Auslan sculptures which you will see under the Deaf Culture project page!
* Exciting news! The Auslan sculptures set Chelle created in April this year as part of the Deaf Culture project has been selected as a finalist for the Banyule Art Prize 2019! Her work will be exhibited alongside other 39 finalists in an exhibition at the Hutch Art Gallery, Ivanhoe, Victoria on 28th August until October. The opening night will be 28th August, 6 pm to 8 pm!
* Chelle is now working on a huge multi artform project about Deaf Culture, check it out at this link
2018 -
* Two exhibitions will be held in November, one featuring the Cot Story in the Flow Festival in Northcote Town hall (more details will come on this soon) and one at FernArtz Gallery, in Coburg North, Melbourne and will feature new illustrative works of Baby Moon
* I'm moving into my new home with a large studio in four weeks time (November) and I'm beginning a mentorship in 2019 which will see my artworks evolve and expand in terms of mixed mediums! I am beginning works in oil paint and sculptures with wire and clay, so a lot to look forward to! Keep eyes on this space
My artworks can now be purchased at Art Lovers Australia! Click here to go to my Art Lovers purchase page
*Follow me on Bluethumb, the renowned Australian art gallery here
* Check out a fabulous article on me written by the wonderful Pack and Send who are art packing specialists. Article link here.
* I did workshops and an exhibition in Berlin in October 2017!
Link to my profile for this is HERE.
* The International Confederation of Art Critics have written a brilliant critique on my artworks! Read it here.
* Read an article on me written by Renee, Artrepreneur Coach, of Manhattan Arts International here on winning the Featured Arist!
* An article on my arts as a Deaf artist written by Carolyn Edlund of Artsy Shark here!
* Further exciting news!!! Chelle is once again a finalist, in another art prize, the Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize at the Noosa Regional Gallery! The work for this one is the drawing of the Auslan sculptures which you will see under the Deaf Culture project page!
* Exciting news! The Auslan sculptures set Chelle created in April this year as part of the Deaf Culture project has been selected as a finalist for the Banyule Art Prize 2019! Her work will be exhibited alongside other 39 finalists in an exhibition at the Hutch Art Gallery, Ivanhoe, Victoria on 28th August until October. The opening night will be 28th August, 6 pm to 8 pm!
* Chelle is now working on a huge multi artform project about Deaf Culture, check it out at this link
2018 -
* Two exhibitions will be held in November, one featuring the Cot Story in the Flow Festival in Northcote Town hall (more details will come on this soon) and one at FernArtz Gallery, in Coburg North, Melbourne and will feature new illustrative works of Baby Moon
* I'm moving into my new home with a large studio in four weeks time (November) and I'm beginning a mentorship in 2019 which will see my artworks evolve and expand in terms of mixed mediums! I am beginning works in oil paint and sculptures with wire and clay, so a lot to look forward to! Keep eyes on this space
My artworks can now be purchased at Art Lovers Australia! Click here to go to my Art Lovers purchase page
*Follow me on Bluethumb, the renowned Australian art gallery here
* Check out a fabulous article on me written by the wonderful Pack and Send who are art packing specialists. Article link here.
* I did workshops and an exhibition in Berlin in October 2017!
Link to my profile for this is HERE.
* The International Confederation of Art Critics have written a brilliant critique on my artworks! Read it here.
* Read an article on me written by Renee, Artrepreneur Coach, of Manhattan Arts International here on winning the Featured Arist!
* An article on my arts as a Deaf artist written by Carolyn Edlund of Artsy Shark here!
Testimonials:
Chelle is an incredibly hard working artist dedicated to her craft. Trying new mediums within her works, such as gold leaf and thickened gesso she makes herself. From pastels, pen, pencil, charcoal to oils. I have many pieces of Chelle's. Original art works, prints, clothing, cushions and bedding items. Chelle's imagination and tireless love of art has her working 7days a week, and up to 14hrs a day.
The lay-by system she has in place has allowed me to purchase paintings that otherwise I would have missed out on.
Chelle is a passionate, gifted and highly respected artist. I am very proud to have her artwork all over my home.
- Harry Grrl
Thank you for doing lovely art to enrich out lives
- Emily Humphrey
Hey Chelle,
I just pledged $30 to your project for a reason that may sound a little odd.... This morning I awoke and logged on to Kickstarter to check my own campaign. Nothing had happened overnight so I went browsing on my iPad, in bed still, for other projects worth funding. This was when I stumbled across your artworks. I'm not exaggerating or joking in any sense- the abandoned gas station illustration rendered me immobile for about two minutes. I was actually haunted so much by the image I couldn't move my hands, arms or legs and was filled with a really odd emotion. Something between terror and nothingness it was. Eventually I pulled myself together but I just wanted to let you know that no artwork has ever had that effect on me before.
Thank you so much Chelle for making me feel an emotion I didn't know existed. I woke up feeling normal but your work made me feel alive.
Yours in awe
- Matthew Godfrey
I really love your line work and one of the few watercolor artists that actually gets it right. I can't wait for my postcards! From an aspiring artist, this is amazing!
- Tyler Clark
Chelle is an incredibly hard working artist dedicated to her craft. Trying new mediums within her works, such as gold leaf and thickened gesso she makes herself. From pastels, pen, pencil, charcoal to oils. I have many pieces of Chelle's. Original art works, prints, clothing, cushions and bedding items. Chelle's imagination and tireless love of art has her working 7days a week, and up to 14hrs a day.
The lay-by system she has in place has allowed me to purchase paintings that otherwise I would have missed out on.
Chelle is a passionate, gifted and highly respected artist. I am very proud to have her artwork all over my home.
- Harry Grrl
Thank you for doing lovely art to enrich out lives
- Emily Humphrey
Hey Chelle,
I just pledged $30 to your project for a reason that may sound a little odd.... This morning I awoke and logged on to Kickstarter to check my own campaign. Nothing had happened overnight so I went browsing on my iPad, in bed still, for other projects worth funding. This was when I stumbled across your artworks. I'm not exaggerating or joking in any sense- the abandoned gas station illustration rendered me immobile for about two minutes. I was actually haunted so much by the image I couldn't move my hands, arms or legs and was filled with a really odd emotion. Something between terror and nothingness it was. Eventually I pulled myself together but I just wanted to let you know that no artwork has ever had that effect on me before.
Thank you so much Chelle for making me feel an emotion I didn't know existed. I woke up feeling normal but your work made me feel alive.
Yours in awe
- Matthew Godfrey
I really love your line work and one of the few watercolor artists that actually gets it right. I can't wait for my postcards! From an aspiring artist, this is amazing!
- Tyler Clark
