Biography
Chelsea Revelle is a Boston-based fine artist exploring assemblage and embroidery art. Her work examines themes of the home, childhood play and the psychological impact of domesticity. Chelsea received her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and later achieved her Masters in Nonprofit Leadership from Wheelock College. The fine art that Chelsea creates has been featured in museums and galleries such as Fuller Craft Museum, Robert Mann Gallery, Nichols House Museum and Fountain Street Gallery. Magazines such as Creative Quarterly, Create! and The Hand have featured her work and generous reviews have appeared in the Jealous Curator, ArtScope Magazine and Boston Hassle. Chelsea's embroidery work was published in Dream House, a collaborative publication in honor of the 50th anniversary of Womenhouse.
Life in the city inspired Chelsea to invest her time in community arts-based education and works to advance access and opportunities for emerging and under-represented artists. Chelsea is currently the Senior Manager of Studio Art Classes at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and former core member of Fountain Street Gallery in Boston’s SOWA district.
In her spare time you can find Chelsea cutting up dollhouses in her Jamaica Plain studio, riding her bike, searching for beach treasures and spoiling her pet ferret Nova.
Experience
PROFESSIONAL
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Marble Collection, Inc.
Children’s Art Centre & United South End Settlements
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Arts in Action, MissionSAFE
AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIP
Fountain Street Gallery Alumni
APPRENTICESHIPS
Polly Becker
Richard Tuschmen
Society of Arts & Crafts
Attleboro Art Museum
CLIENTS
Second Language Acquisition Lab (SLAL)
Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society (RISLUS)
Multilingual Literacy Diagnostic (MLD)
Multilingual Mentors
CUNY Graduate Center
The Marble Collection
Bruce’s Pantry
United South End Settlements
MIT Cell Journal
Piano and Scene
Half Price Books
Education
Masters of Science, Nonprofit Leadership, Wheelock College, 2014
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Illustration, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, 2007
Press & Publications
The Hand Magazine, Issue 35, January 2022
Dream House Zine, January 2022
Read Between the Lines Press Release, December 2019
The Jealous Curator, August 2018
Boston Voyager Magazine, August 2018
Creative Quarterly, Issue 50, May 2018
Boston Hassle, March 2018
ArtScope Magazine, March 2018
Surfacing: Beyond the Narrative Press Release, March 2018
Create! Magazine, Issue III, March 2017
Fresh Paint Magazine, International Issue 15, October 2016
Always Home, Special Edition Book, Fresh Paint Magazine, 2015
Contact
Contact me about embroidered personal photograph commissions!