About

CHALET COMELLAS

b. 1971, Florida, US
lives and works in Nashville, TN

Comellas views the studio as a space for structured indeterminacy, where intuitive gestures and systematic frameworks coexist to create a host of conceptual projects. Her work is interdisciplinary and at times collaborative, working across installation, sculpture, painting, video, and sound.

Within her practice she explores methods of computational abstraction and ways that technology can intersect with a range of psychological, cultural, and healing practices, creating works that reflect futurist ideas about shared experience and the collective unconscious. Employing elements of chance, randomness, and generative processes, her multimedia and text-based works evoke conversations on the importance of “human-in-the-loop” systems and the ever-growing presence of non-human intelligences in our daily lives. In addition to her studio practice, Comellas is an educator and co-founder of Unrequited Leisure, a collaborative curatorial project focused on new media art and visual culture.

Comellas’ work has been exhibited and screened in museums, academic institutions, and galleries including, Albany Museum of Art, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Doral Museum of Art with a forthcoming exhibition at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, TN. Select academic institutions and galleries include, Vanderbilt University, TN, University of Arizona, AZ, Colorado College, CO, Florida A&M University, FL, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, OK, Facility for Arts Research at Florida State University, FL, Ferman Center for the Arts at the University of Tampa, FL, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, NY, Modfellows, TN, Zeitgeist,TN, Terrain Exhibitions in IL, Laundromat Art Gallery, FL, Flashpoint Gallery, in Washington D.C., Grace Exhibition Space, in Brooklyn, NY, and Acadiana Center for the Arts, LA, for P.S. Satellites: A Project of Prospect 4 New Orleans.

Her experimental video work has been shown at national and international screening events including, the Miami New Media Festival, Kindling Arts + Defy Film Festival, Artfields, InLight Richmond, and Fountain Art Fair Miami.

Professional awards and invited residencies include Visiting Artist-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University, Arts Letters and Numbers in NY with a forthcoming residency in 2027 at Estudio Chapulín in Mexico City, MX.

Comellas’ artwork is in public and private collections including, Soho House Nashville, TN; Vanderbilt University Library, TN; Colorado College Special Collections Library, CO; and the TGH Foundation, curated by Marilyn Mars, FL.

Comellas’ work has been reviewed or featured in Art Spiel, BURNAWAY, Number Inc. Magazine, The Program, Art in America’s Art & Tech Newsletter, Chronogram, Nashville Scene, Style Weekly, The Tennessean, Orlando Sentinel, and the Tampa Bay Times.


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