Deborah Mitchelson
About The Work in Transept:Traverse
3 PAINTINGS - oil on canvas
Sacred or holy places are found in different cultures all over the world. Such places are frequently marked or embellished by architectural structures and art. Chichester Cathedral is one of those places.
This year in 2008 it is celebrating 900 years since its consecration. The John Piper screen represents the Trinity in symbolic form. The doctrine of the Trinity is important because it brings humanity face to face with the mystery of God. It is the foundation of much Christian worship and liturgy. The full name of the Cathedral is “The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity”.
In the three canvases that I have been painting I have put forward my interpretation of the Trinity. Drawing on the architecture of the Cathedral and the colours of the stained glass and other art works, my intention is to create a sense of place, a place of contemplation and worship.
Biography
Selected Exhibitions
QUALIFICATIONS
2000 BA(Hons) in Fine Art, The Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Farnham
2007 MA in Fine Art, University of Chichester
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000 – 2003 Waterstones Gallery Cafe, West Street, Chichester
2004 Trinity Theatre Main Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2000 Atrium Gallery, Whiteleys, Bayswater, London
~ Artel Annual Summer Exhibition, St Mary’s Church, Chichester
~ Chichester Open Art Exhibition, Edes House, Chichester.
Very Highly Commended (third prize)
2001 Christmas Exhibition, Beatrice Royal, Eastleigh, Hampshire
~ “Perfect View”, Saddlers Row Gallery, Petworth, West Sussex
2002 Local Artists Exhibition, City Museum and Art Gallery, Portsmouth
~ ”You Are Here”, Artel, Phoenix Gallery, 10 - 14 Waterloo Place, Brighton
~ Arundel Art Exhibition, Parish and Priory Church of St Nicholas, Arundel
~ Summer Exhibition I, Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester
~ Christmas 2002 Exhibition, The Old Bakehouse, Fishbourne, Chichester
~ “Face It” – an interpretation of Portraiture, Artel, Bishop Otter Gallery,
University of Chichester, College Road, Chichester
2003 “Land”, Artsway, Contemporary Visual Art in the New Forest, Sway, Hants
~ “Unpacked”, Artel, Chichester District Museum
~ “You Are Here”, Artel, Havant Arts Centre, East Street, Havant, Hants
~ “Visual Voices”, SASS, The Farnham Maltings Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
~ “Moments in Nature”, Alnwick Playhouse Gallery, Alnwick, Northumberland
2004 “Out of the Open”, Art Gallery, Worthing Museum, Worthing, West Sussex
~ Local Artists Exhibition 2004 (Open), City Museum Portsmouth
~ Charity Art Exhibition (Snowdrop Trust), Oxmarket Centre of Art, Chichester
~ Brighton Art Fair, The Corn Exchange, Brighton
2005 “Circle Line”: Student Open Exhibition, The Otter Gallery, University College Chichester
~ “Many Hands”, SASS, Windsor Street Gallery, Chertsey
~ Chichester Open Art Exhibition, Minerva Theatre, Visitors Choice Prize
~ Auction of Paintings by Sussex Artists in aid of Sussex heritage Trust,
The Old Market, Hove
~ “One Way or Another”, Redgate Gallery, Coldharbour Lane, London
~ University of Chichester Art Society, John Rank Gallery, Chichester
Awarded 3rd prize
2006 “Visual Voices”, SASS, Jersey Gallery, Osterley Park, Osterley
~ Summer Exhibition, Broughton Gallery, Broughton, Scotland
~ “Many Hands”, SASS, Havant Art Gallery, Havant, Hants
~ Artel Drawing Exhibition, The Mill Studios, Ford, Arundel
2007 West Stoke House Art Space, West Stoke, Nr. Chichester W Sussex
~ “Drawing on Oxford”, The Gallery, Oxford Town Hall, Oxford
~ Chichester Open Arts Exhibition, Minerva Theatre, Chichester
