ART & ACCESSORIES
AMEL CHAMANDY
ARTIST, DESIGNER AND BUSINESS WOMAN
About her paintings
Her passion for the arts never ceases, painting and experimenting
with every possible medium she executes her creative on canvas
without boundaries. There is always an intent to provoke her viewer
and challenge they’re perception. She only paints large scale
to deliberately engage the viewer to experience the color as an
overwhelming field with intensity and richness. The pigments draw
the viewer in a hypnotic way and her brush movements on canvas
are lyrical, subtle and delicate creating an imagery with fluid shapes
that create meditative effect.
About her Sculptural work
Amel Chamandy made her sculpture debut a few years ago when
she was commissioned to create a piece (Marie & Jean for a newly
renovated building in Quartier du Musée in the downtown area
of Montreal. Since then she has been commissioned to produce
Amel Chamandy is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer and
accomplished business woman. She began her career at a very
young age as an artist, painting and drawing. Her passion for creative
evolved into photography where she documented urban space –
simple scenes in the city using black and white film digitally altered
images that she exhibited internationally. With her powerful creative
drive and her talent, she began designing Murano Vases as well as
accessories under her own brand, Amel Chamandy® Designs.
large scale sculptures for private collectors in Montreal, U.S. and
the Caribbean. “Hope”, “Flying Flower” and “Bijou” are to name a
few. Her latest installation which is taking her art to a new level is an
urban sculptural installation. “Rock your Art World” river rock street
art project which was created to change the viewers relationship to
urban life, enlighten, inspire and motivate us to approach everyday
mundane landscape in a holistic way, thus allowing all who come
across these to take a seat and transcend, reflect, destress and find
tranquility in chaotic urban setting.
About her photographic work About her design
Her images are poetically transformed from the simple and familiar After completing various major interior design projects, her passion
into a complex and anomalous, almost mysterious underlying
theme, challenging the viewer’s relationship with their surroundings.
The photographic work is an attempt to change the way individuals
connect with the world around them and through her images, she
looks to create the kind of experience that cues investigation.
Combining traditional medium with contemporary technique,
Amel digitally transforms small black and white film negatives to
produce photos of expanded scale of up to four by six feet. These
large images, taken from the essence of the scene, are displayed in
for design objects ignited her next creative. Her passion for Murano
and its rich history of glassmaking and unparalleled craft and art led
her to create her new line of Murano vases under her brand Amel
Chamandy® Designs. Now in its few years of development, the
AC® brand has expanded into jewelry, stemware and home décor
collection.
Amel Chamandy is represented by Galerie Nuedge located in
Montreal’s prestigious Museum Quarter.
sometimes fragmented, sometimes shifting juxtaposition that defines www.galerienuedge.com/amel-chamandy
distorted perception and so reveals and otherwise cloaked message. www.amelchamandydesigns.com
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The Art of Luxury
Issue 39 2019