Chrisél Attewell is a multidisciplinary artist born in 1994 in South Africa. She received her BAFA (Fine Arts, Cum Laude) from the University of Pretoria in 2016. Her work has been represented locally and internationally in numerous exhibitions, residencies and art fairs. Attewell was selected as a Sasol New Signatures finalist (2016, 2017) and a Top 100 finalist for the ABSA L’Atelier (2018). She was chosen to participate in the RMB Talent Unlocked Peer Mentoring program and exhibition at the Turbine Art Fair (2017). Hereafter she continued to showcase her work in multiple group shows around South Africa where her work has become part of various national and international collections. She had three solo exhibitions: “Architectus Konstruksie” at the Klein Karoo Nationale Kunstefees (KKNK), “Under Construction” at Assemblage in Braamfontein, and “Substratum” at Lizamore & Associates in Rosebank. Attewell was selected as a 2018 recipient of the Young Female Residency Award with The Project Space, founded by Benon Lutaaya. She had been invited for SAFFCA residencies in Knysna (2019) and Saint-Emilion (2020). Her work was showcased at the 2019 Contemporary Istanbul as part of a two-woman showcase with Berman Contemporary.