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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 84 The Art of Luxury Issue 39 2019