Chelsea Jewell (she/her)
Chelsea Jewell is a visual artist living and working on Kombumerri Country (Gold Coast), whose practice reimagines what sculpture in the public realm can become when shaped by participation, care, and material vulnerability. With a background in architecture (QUT, 2007) and further study in contemporary art (BSA, 2022), Chelsea creates delicate, modular structures that reveal the often unseen relationships between body, time, and place.

Guided by feminist materialism and embodied making, her work resists dominant traditions of precision, control, and monumentality — instead embracing slowing, tenderness, and porosity as radical spatial strategies. Her process unfolds through durational practices, tidal modes of display, and acts of tending, inviting participation, dialogue, and sensory engagement.

Recent works include presentations at SWELL Sculpture Festival and the Gold Coast Triennial at HOTA (2024). Chelsea has also completed a residency at Miami One, a mentorship with Lincoln Austin (supported by Arts Queensland), and contributed to socially engaged movement projects with Sprung Dance (Murwillumbah) and Powerhouse Youth Theatre (Sydney).

Her current work is best described as delicate, spatial, and responsive — reflecting an ongoing commitment to creating sculptural experiences that are both ephemeral and expansive. Through this program, Chelsea aims to foster wonder and delight, while evolving a more care-full approach to socially engaged sculpture alongside collaborators and local community.

Her favourite place to reconnect is Lamington National Park — a space for recalibration, reflection, and bearing witness to the enduring resilience of the natural world.