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

Society for Embroidered Work

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!

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