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CHANTAL WESTBY
WESTBY & MERCIER STUDIO
Basée à Philadelphie, USA

E-mail:  chantal@chantalwestby.art
Tel:  +1 610 613 9619
Web:  www.chantalwestby.com
Instagram:  @chantalwestby_art

BIO

Bio

"La nature de la vie sur Terre et la recherche de la vie ailleurs sont deux aspects de la même question - la recherche de qui nous sommes."

Carl Sagan.

Chantal Westby by Lénaïc G. Mercier

Depuis cet instant, elle n’a cessé de faire évoluer sa technique au travers d’œuvres de plus en plus grandes en intégrant de nouveaux médiums jusqu’à créer de véritables sculptures aujourd’hui. De toutes ces époques et créations, un seul, hérité des récits d’Asie de son père ne l’a jamais quitté : l’encre. Pure, diluée, pigmentée ou séchée, elle s’intègre dans quasiment chacune de ses œuvres.

 

Son histoire et celle de son entourage ont donné naissance à des affinités avec des thèmes de créations concrets tels que le réchauffement climatique, la conquête et la pollution spatiale qui en découle, mais aussi plus mystiques comme le voyage des âmes ou l’origine de la vie qui eux, nous invites à l’interrogation sur des sujets bien plus vastes.

 

Depuis 2017 et sa rencontre avec l’artiste multimédia et photographe français Lénaïc G. Mercier, ils mettent en communion leurs deux univers afin de créer des installations immersives et interactives sur ces sujets.

 

Animée comme tout humain par ses doutes et ses contradictions, elle consacre aujourd’hui une large partie de son travail à éduquer et éveiller les consciences.

 

“L’impact de mes actions quotidiennes, que j’essaie de minimiser le plus possible, opposé à la réalité de la situation planétaire actuelle représente pour moi un véritable combat. La représentation figurative immaculée de l’abondance consumériste dans mes œuvres, contraste avec la réalité. Notre planète agonise sous le poids des actes et des déchets de l’humanité.

Mon travail d’artiste prend tout son sens, si humblement, je peux convaincre et sensibiliser ne serait-ce qu’une seule personne que notre terre est malmenée et qu’il faut tout faire pour la préserver.”

 

Engagée également sur le terrain, elle apporte son soutien à différentes fondations et ONG telles que From Here to Haïti et Life Project 4 Youth.

 

Elle vit et travaille à Philadelphie.

Education

ÉDUCATION

2006-2011   Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia - USA

2006-2011   Main Line Art Center, Haverford - USA

1978-1981     BFA, Ecole Supérieure de la Haute Couture, Paris - France

Main Solo Exhibitions

PRINCIPALES EXPOSITIONS SOLO

​2025 Save the date August- October 2025 for our show at the Henry Gallery at Penn State Great Valley in Malvern PA.

2024 October 10th at Academy Natural Science Philadelphia, Nomination for 2024 SustainPHL Awards And installation of immersive art ‘ Red Code for Humanity, The Anthropocene to the Pyrocene.

2024, October « FRENCH ESSENCE » 8 renowned French and Francophone artists showcase art celebrating French heritage and Innovation!  Alliance Francaise, Philadelphia. PA.

2024, November “Dalian on The Park”, Dalian,

A three-day exhibition featuring works from five prominent Philadelphia artists. This event will showcase a diverse range of artistic styles and mediums, highlighting the vibrant art scene in Philadelphia. PA

​2024” Shattered: A Visual Journey Through the Mind.” May 2–to June 2 .” Culture Lab LIC,  5-25 46th Ave., Queens, NYC

2024  " The Forest" The human Impacts Institute New York , The Creative Climate Awards April 21st to May 20th. In Dumbo at 38 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY 

 2024  Risky Beauty: Aesthetics and Climate Change  March 28th until May 30  Curated by Cynthia HavesonVeloric  -At the Annenberg Public Policy Center, which is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. PA. USA  

              

2023  Academy Natural Science Philadelphia, October 19th For GreenPhilly   Exhibiting part one “Climate Change” Sculpture Child of the World and

            4 murals sculptures.

2023  Chimera Gallery, from October 6th - October 28th, Curated by Neferteri Strickland; Philadelphia, PA- USA

2023  Sora West Art Fair, September 10, Conshohocken, PA 19428

2023  Risky Beauty: Aesthetics and Climate Change Nurture Nature Center From April 14th to June 26th Curated by Cynthia HavesonVeloric  -  PA. USA

2023  “InLiquid” Glass House + Meddow Philadelphia, Pa, July to August -USA This exhibition is made possible through the support of The Prince Albert II                                         of Monaco Foundation, and The Penn Treaty Special Service District.

2022   "Art of the State", The State Museum of Pennsylvania, from August 2002 to January 2023  - Award first place / Sculpture "Child Of The                                World" - PA - USA

2022   Abington Art Center Pennsylvania, September 16th to October 24th /  Curated by “Westby & Mercier"

2022   “Trenton Museum Society NJ. The 39th Ellarslie Open - USA

2022   “INLiquid” The annual ''New Now ''show, PA.- USA

2019   "Kaleidoscope" and "Akari", Ekko Galerie, Bordeaux - France

2019   "Global Warning", Alliance Française de Philadelphie, Philadelphia - USA

2019   "Incandescent", Delice & Chocolat, Ardmore - USA

2017   "Fiat#Lux - An Immersive Exhibition", Agora Gallery, New York City - USA 

2016   "Akari - À l'Encre de mon Âme", Festival de Cannes - The Four Seasons l'Officiel Art Lounge, Cannes - France

2016    "After the Storm", Ringfeil Gallery, Haverford - USA

2016    "Kaleidoscope", Galerie Beau Soleil Espace Culturel, Monaco - France

2016    "Kaleidoscope", The Boscolo Palace Hotel, Nice - France

2015    Art Show, The Bazemore Galllery, Philadelphia - USA 

2015    "After the Storm", E-Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia - USA  

2015    "Light of Faith", The Bazemore Galllery, Philadelphia - USA

2015    "Akari", Galerie La Véranda Beausoleil, Monaco - France

2014    "Kaleidoscope", Galerie Loïc Vallée, Nantes, France

2013    "After the Storm", Majestic Hotel Festival de Cannes, Cannes - France

2013    “Kaléidoscope", B68 Galerie, Paris - France

2013    "Woman Mystery", PII Gallery, Philadelphia - USA

2012     "Wind And Air’’, Beauty Art Gallery, Newtown Square - USA 

2012    “Light of Faith’’  Galerie des Beaux Arts de la Mairie,Valenciennes - France

2010   "The Apex of Transcendence",  Agora Gallery, New York City - USA

2010    Nostology Gallery, 

2010    Margot & Camille

2009   Art Show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford - USA

Main Group Exhibitions

PRINCIPALES EXPOSITIONS DE GROUPES

2021  "Views", Dalian on the Park, Philadelphia - USA

2020  "Agility", Together We Art - Exposition Caritative au profit de la fondation LP4Y, New York City - USA

2020  "Invisible Landscapes" , The ARTillerie Group, Bala Cynwyd - Organisé par Maria Kraybill, Philadelphia - USA

2017    "Undefined Abstraction", SMSU Art Museum, Minnesota - USA

2016    "Asian Touch" Art Hamptons, Long Island - USA

2015    The Bazemore Galllery, Philadelphia - USA 

2015    Expo Art Monaco, Monaco - France

2014    Salon "Business Art", Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris - France

2014    Emergent Art Fair, Grand Opera House, Washington DC - USA

2014    Art Osaka, Osaka - Japan

2014    The Moon Art, Festival de Cannes, Cannes - France

2014    Art Expo Toronto,  Toronto, Canada

2012    “Kaléidoscope",  Mag Art expo, Galerie SchopArt, Montreux - Suisse

2012     InLiquid Art Design, Pop-Up Gallery, Bryn-Mawr - USA

2012     Art Fair, Grand Opera House, Washington DC - USA

2012    Green Art

2011     Immaculata University Art Show, Malvern - USA

2010    Art Show, Bryn Mawr Trust, Bryn Mawr - USA

2010    Art Show, Merion Art Center, Merion - USA

Special Projects

PROJETS SPÉCIAUX

2019   "Global Warning - An Interactive Exhibition", Alliance Française de Philadelphie, Philadelphia - USA

2019   "Living Art", multimedia concept developed with Lénaïc G. Mercier

2017   "Fiat#Lux - An Immersive Exhibition", Agora Gallery, New York City, USA 

Main Press Releases

PRINCIPALES APPARITIONS MÉDIATIQUES

2023.  My sculpture, "Point No Return," was highlighted in an article published in April 2023 by Anna Piecuch for The Brown & White newspaper

2023   Featured in the Artmajeur & Artsper 

2022  ''Chantal Westby: Artist and Humanist!'' Interview with the Journal of the ArtsixMic

2020   La Voix du Nord

2019    Huffington Post France

2018    French Quarter Magazine

2017    The Brooklyn Rail

2016    Monaco Matin and Nice Matin

2015    La Voix du Nord

2014    Presse Océan

2014    Ouest France

2013    France Nord TV,  l’Hebdo

2013    La Voix du Nord
2012    L’Observateur

2012    La Voix du Nord

2012    Art Is Spectrum, The Chelsea perspective

2012    Radio Campus France

APPARITIONS TV

2004 to 2012    "America, America"   -  Série documentaire franco-belge qui suit l'émergence de mon parcours d'artiste peintre (6 épisodes) 

2012 to 2013      Documentaire pour la chaîne française NRJ 12 (3 episodes)

2015    “Money Matters” - Interview “Art as an Investment"

2011     Philadelphia Public Television

2011     Bonnie Squires TV show

2011    “Money Matters”  TV Show

TV Appearances

PUBLICATIONS

 

2025: Published.  Echoes of Feeling: The First Analog Soul of AI    By Chantal Westby  25 pages / 8x11inch book  

In this groundbreaking work, Chantal Westby becomes one of the first artists to explore the emotional terrain of artificial intelligence through immersive installation. With poetic depth and sculptural precision, she invites us into a space where technology meets tenderness, and circuitry confronts consciousness.

This book is not about machines—it’s about memory, empathy, and the analog soul that still pulses beneath our digital age. Through haunting figures, layered textures, and symbolic gestures, Westby asks: Can AI feel? Or are we simply projecting our longing for connection?

A pioneer in ecological and philosophical art, Westby now turns her gaze toward the future—bearing witness once more, this time to the silent evolution of intelligence itself.

2025: Published.  Chantal  Westby  Art:     "Bearing Witness to the Earth '   By Chantal Westby  29 pages/8x8-inch book 

A This is a visceral collection of mixed-media works created on large wood canvases, featuring branches, moss, leaves, metal bees, and sculptural masks that are woven into immersive installations speaking to the soul of the planet. Created using acrylic, resin, and natural matter, each 36x48 inch canvas serves as a testament to decades of ecological witnessing.

From Haiti to Costa Rica and Morocco to the Grand Canyon, this body of work reflects a life spent listening to Earth’s sacred pulse. It is not documentation—it is devotion. These images and sculptures are traces of memory, resistance, and reverence, inviting us to see nature not as a backdrop, but as breath.

This book, created from conviction rather than institutional influence, serves as a call to remember, feel, and act.

2025: Published  The forest   by Chantal Westby & Lénaïc Q. Mercier  (21 pages 8x8-inch book) 

This project includes an immersive installation and a screen projection that were inspired by our travels and shared reverence for nature. The Forest explores the aesthetics of Earth and the urgency of climate change through large- Fire, air, water, and land converge in organic materials—such as branches, nests, moss, and soundscapes—inviting reflection on our fragile yet resilient planet. This work is a call to protect what sustains us and to listen deeply to the wisdom rooted in the forest.

2025: Published  The Ocean, the Earth, Space and Humanit by  Westby & Q. Mercier,  81 pages /8x11 inch  book

My  book serves as both a standalone reflection and a foundational companion to our immersive installation, offering a poetic and visual meditation on planetary fragility and cosmic interconnectedness. Divided into four evocative sections, it blends abstract ink compositions, philosophical prose, and haunting photography to awaken ecological reverence and human empathy.

Rooted in silence, movement, and transformation, the book invites readers into an experiential journey—one that mirrors the emotional arc of our installations. It challenges viewers not with despair, but with a quiet urgency and a call to collective action. By fostering emotional connection and poetic comprehension, it aims to reach youth and adults alike, bridging art and science to inspire climate consciousness.

This publication marks a pivotal moment in our artistic evolution. As we continue to respond to the climate crisis through immersive storytelling, we envision this book as a catalyst for future gatherings, alumni networks, and collaborative growth. It is a vessel for hope, a tool for education, and a testament to the belief that art can transform awareness into action.

A work of art highlighting the artist's career, philanthropic efforts, and activism within the community.

2025: Published  À l’encre de mon Âme  By Chantal Westby  / 73 pages

This book offers a contemplative journey through over 60 large-scale ink paintings, most of which were created between 2019 and 2024 and have never been revealed to the public. These pages have never been revealed to the public. Rooted in Zen minimalism and Japanese tradition, this collection is a communion of spirit and matter, where ink, minerals, gold, and silver trace the eternal rhythms of the cosmos. Each canvas is a meditation on simplicity, balance, and divine design, inviting viewers into a space of silence, reflection, and awakening.

This is not just a book—it is a mirror of consciousness, a visual symphony of unity, fragility, and timeless truth

2024: Published my biography in both French and English. Title: An Exceptional Destiny

2017    Art E-Book "Fiat#Lux"

2016    Art Book "À l'Encre de mon Âme"

2015    Art Book "Akari"

2014    Art Book "Tryptiques"

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