​​Pownall’s practice explores the lived experience of inhabiting a nonconforming body, navigating the nuanced landscapes of visibility, vulnerability, and difference. As an artist living with disability and chronic illness, her work is rooted in acts of healing, an attentive return to thoughts and emotions often silenced or suppressed.

Informed by her background in counselling, her process becomes a form of gentle excavation, revealing the subtle interconnections between mind, body, and soul. The influence of her upbringing by the sea, surrounded by the quiet rhythms of the countryside, infuses her work with a sense of stillness and reflection, echoing the restorative possibilities of the natural world. Through this practice, Pownall seeks to hold space for what is often unseen, cultivating community, empathy, and a deeper understanding of these intimate, hidden realities.

 

Education

2018 BA Hons Fine Art Painting, University of Brighton

 

 

Exhibitions

2022 Cross Pollination @Bridport Arts Centre , Dorset

2020 PAUSE @anothapage, Instagram

2020 New Narratives @LSi Literary & Scientific Institute, Dorset

2019 I Think We're Alone Now @Coachwerks, Brighton

2018 Graduate show, Collage of Arts and Humanities @University of Brighton

2018 Reverie, College of Arts and Humanities @University of Brighton

2017 In Between, College of Arts and Humanities @University of Brighton

2016 Corridor show, College of Arts and Humanities @University of Brighton

2015 Graduate show, Foundation Diploma @Yeovil College

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Residencies

2024 Cyprus College of Art

2022 Bridport Art Centre

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