ARTEL is a group of professional artists who collaborate to exhibit their work whilst establishing a dynamic community. Working in the South Downs area, each artist has developed a unique and informed practice. The artwork from this covers a rich and diverse range of subjects and media shared through an annual show in Chichester at the Oxmarket Contemporary gallery.
2026 - (No Theme)
Oxmarket Contemporary
13-25 October 2026
Opening times: 10am-4.30pm Tues-Sat; 12-4pm Sun;
(closed Mon).
St Andrews Court, off East Street, Chichester, PO19 1YH
Each artist will present work from their ongoing practice. We also feature two new guest artists, Christine Forbes (painter) and Terry Merritt (sculptor). The exhibtion spans across both galleries, artists will be available to meet you there throughout the show. Images and information will be posted here in October, you can see more on socials (instagram: @chigroupartel; facebook: artelgroup).
2025 - THE SPACE BETWEEN
Oxmarket Contemporary Gallery
30 Sept - 12 October 2025
New work was created within the context of the artists ongoing practice that also considered this theme. Research resulted in final pieces that were provocative, playful, and profound, in drawing, sculpture, and painting.THE SPACE BETWEEN - 2025
Maureen Brigden B.A Hons, Fine Art
mixed-media
35cm x 35cm
Title “Borderline”
For Artel’s latest exhibition ‘The Space Between’, Maureen explores the boundaries, divisions and ownership that we as temporary inhabitants on earth impose on ourselves and others.
Maureen has a passion for clay and a fascination with the material remains of our human history, the chosen themes for her work reflect local history and wider political and cultural events.
She works instinctively using different clays and sometimes other medium to endeavour to release the narrative suggested with the material.
The process of hand-building and firing her sculptures renders the work vulnerable, capable of sagging, or at worst, collapsing. This then becomes part of the work. Often the work has imperfections, drawing parallels with the human condition.
Maureen’s work was recently selected for the Royal Academy Summer exhibition and she was a previous winner of the Sculpture prize for the National Society of Printers, Painters and Sculptors.
www.maureenbrigden.co.uk
Insta: @mauree52