Works
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Archimedes - Romy Adair, Reetta Riikonen and Erin Atkinson (Ballet Cymru Rehearsal), 2022 -
Indigo Tarran 4, 2025
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Indigo Tarran 3, 2025
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Indigo Tarran 5, 2025
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Isolated Pulses (Ballet Cymru Rehearsal) , 2022
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Isolated Pulses II (Ballet Cymru Rehearsal) , 2022
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Jill Goh - In Tandem (National Dance Company Wales Rehearsal), 2025
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Riz Golden and Ed Myhill - In Tandem (National Dance Company Wales Rehearsal), 2025
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Mika George Evans, 2025
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Angharad 25, 2024
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Angharad 24, 2024
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Angharad 23, 2024
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Lily 1, 2024
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Aidan Shiels (Lockdown Dancers 67), 2021
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Oliver Robertson (Lockdown Dancers 75), 2021
Biography
Having worked with several dancers, I found myself exploring a crossover between portraiture and a more gestural, dynamic form of figure painting, bringing together several disparate elements of my earlier practice and influences. This work has been my main focus since around 2016, and draws heavily on the collaborative nature of the approaches dancers and I have developed, particularly reflecting the unique discipline and artistic sensibilities that dancers’ training and experience bring to the creative process.
Originally from Dartmoor, Carl Chapple studied painting at St Martin's School of Art, London. After time in Greece, Turkey and Italy, he developed his interest in Classical and Renaissance painting and sculpture. Since the mid-90s he has almost exclusively painted the figure.
He moved to South Wales in 2003, and now works from life in his studio in Barry. In recent years his practice has largely centred around collaborations with dancers, particularly with the international company Ballet Cymru, with whom he is Artist in Residence.
Exhibitions
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Summer Exhibition / Arddangosfa Haf
Mixed show by our gallery artists / Sioe gymysg gan artistiaid yr oriel 19 Jul - 17 Aug 2025Celf is pleased to announce our second annual Summer Show. The constantly changing exhibition will highlight work by our gallery artists, including Shani Rhys James, Mary Lloyd Jones, Kevin Sinnott,...Read more -
Easter Exhibition / Arddangosfa Pasg
Mixed show by all our Artists / Sioe gymysg gan ein holl Artistiaid 11 Apr - 4 May 2025Celf Gallery is pleased to announce our annual Easter Show. The exhibition will highlight work by our gallery artists, including; Shani Rhys James MBE, Kevin Sinnott, Mary Lloyd Jones, John...Read more -
Winter Exhibition / Arddangosfa Gaeaf
Celebrating the gallery's first anniversary / Dathlu pen-blwydd cyntaf yr oriel 23 Nov 2024 - 26 Jan 2025This is our first of what will become an annual Winter Exhibition at Celf Gallery. The constantly changing show highlights the work of our gallery artists, including; Philip Archer OBE,...Read more -
Summer Exhibition / Arddangosfa Haf
Mixed show by all our Artists / Sioe Gymysg gan ein holl Artistiaid 19 Jul - 18 Aug 2024Eleri Mills lives and works in rural Mid Wales, where she was born and raised. She has exhibited worldwide, and her work is in numerous national collections including the National...Read more -
Easter Exhibition / Arddangosfa Pasg
A mixed show of new work by our gallery artists 20 Mar - 7 Apr 2024Celf Gallery is pleased to announce what will become our annual Easter Show. The exhibition highlights work by our gallery artists, including; Shani Rhys James MBE, Kevin Sinnott, Mary Lloyd...Read more -
Opening Exhibition
A mixed exhibition by some of Wales' foremost artists 18 Nov - 23 Dec 2023Thrilled to be presenting our first exhibition at Celf Gallery.Read more
