CHANTAL E.Y. BETHEL CURRICULUM VITAE
VISITING ARTIST PRESENTATIONS
2019 LEVEL — Haitian American Museum of Chicago — at Newberry Library, Chicago, USA
2007 Colours of Paradise — Caribbean Conference, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
2005 Heritage Caribbean Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2010 Artists United — Embassy of Haiti, Washington DC,USA. Catalogue
2008 NE4 — 4th National Exhibition — National Art Gallery of The Bahamas. Catalogue
2006 NE3 — 3rd National Exhibition — National Art Gallery of The Bahamas. Catalogue
2004 NE2 — 2nd National Exhibition — National Art Gallery of The Bahamas. Catalogue
2003 Inaugural National Exhibition (INE) — National Art Gallery of the Bahamas. Catalogue
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Beyond the Surface —Hillside House Gallery, Nassau, The Bahamas
2016. Holey Space — The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas. Catalogue
2014 A Tear and A Smile — Hillside House Gallery, Nassau, The Bahamas
2013 In The Spirit — Hillside House Gallery, Nassau, The Bahamas. Catalogue
2012 Poto Mitan — The D’Aguilar Art Foundation, Nassau, The Bahamas. Catalogue
2008 Paradise — Freeport Art Centre, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas
1997 Bahamas Wonderland — Central Bank Gallery, Nassau, The Bahamas
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 ARTLUCAYA: The Grand Bahama Arts Festival
2024 HARMONY UNEARTHED The Gallery & Wine Bar, Nassau, Bahamas
2023 ARTLUCAYA: The Grand Bahama Arts Festival
2023 One Goat and Three Birds — THE CURRENT, Bahamas Gallery & Art Center, Nassau. Bahamas · Rand Nature Centre, Grand Bahama Island
2021 Bahamas Pavillion DUBAI 2020 EXPO, Dubai
2021 “Priyè pou ayiti | Prayers for Haiti“ curated by Waterloo Center for the Arts at Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC), Chicago, USA
2020 Bahamas Haus — Art, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. USA
2020 Nou Sonjé — Waterloo Centre for the Arts museum, Iowa, USA
2018 Instinct II — From Darkness to Light _TS2018, The Current at Bahamar, Nassau, The Bahamas
2017 Hooked — TS2017,Transforming Spaces, Hillside House gallery, Nassau, The Bahamas
2017 BahamArt En Seine — French Arts Factory, Paris, France
2016 Harlem Fine Art Show —The Historic Riverside Church, New York, USA
2015 Guanahani — Maroussia Show Room, Brussels, Belgium
2015 Finding Joy — The Grand Gallery, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island
2015 From Christopher Columbus to Junkanoo — Centro de Arte, Santiago de Cuba
2014 Instinct — a womens exhibition — Central Bank of The Bahamas Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2012 Salon d’été — The Artway Studios,Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2012 FIBER — Transforming Spaces, Doongalik Studios and Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas. Catalogue
2008 Sugar — PoPops Studios and Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2007 Freedom Call — Glory Banks Gallery, Freeport, Bahamas. Catalogue
2005 Timeline — A Two Woman Traveling Show in collaboration with artist Claudette Dean, Freeport and Nassau. Catalogue
2003 Caribbean Art Festival New York — The Hamptons, Martha’s Vineyard, USA
2002 We Dream a World — Central Bank Gallery, Nassau, The Bahamas
2001 Spirit of The Bahamas — Central Bank Gallery, Nassau, The Bahamas. Catalogue
2000 Historical Building of the Bahamas –- Millennium Calendar, Central Bank Gallery
1999 Passage: Travel & Migration in Contemporary Bahamian Art — Central Bank Gallery, Nassau, The Bahamas. Catalogue
1999 Between Friends — A Two Woman Travelling Show, Freeport and Nassau, The Bahamas
1996 Hear Me Roar — Central Bank Gallery, Nassau, The Bahamas.
AWARDS / HONORS / GRANTS
2016 Honored as Cultural Legend for the 43rd Independence Anniversary of The Bahamas
2016 Commemorative postage stamp of The Bahamas: Bethel’s winning artwork — “Blessed”
2015 Selected artist for the World Day of Prayer for her painting “Blessed”
2010 Award of Excellence from the Haitian Embassy in Washington D.C., USA
2008 Outstanding Achievement award presented by the Bureau of Women’s Affairs of The Bahamas, Freeport
2001 Honored by Miami Children’s Hospital for her support of Children’s Issues through Art.
ART BOOKS
2019 Beyond the Surface: Art, Discovery, Healing and Transformation by Chantal Bethel
2012 Poto Mitan: My Journey of Prayer for the Healing of Haiti by Chantal Bethel
ART PROJECTS
2000-2009: A Question of Faith: The Journey of Freetown. Collaborative work with artist Laurie Tuchel. An historical perspective and multi-faceted project to preserve and showcase the historical and cultural heritage of Freetown community (the first freed slave settlement on the island of Grand Bahama island)
2012-2013: Beneath the Hat. Collaborative work with artist Laurie Tuchel and photographer Lyndah Wells.An exploration of Bahamian culture through photographs and interviews of Bahamian women, through the metaphor of hats.
2000: All Things Bright and Beautiful. In collaboration with artist Claudette Dean, the project facilitated an art workshop for Lavender Roberts students of early childhood department at Sunland Lutheran School, ending with an exhibition at Miami Children’s Hospital in Miami, Florida. USA.
PUBLIC ART
2010 A Grand Bahama Vision — Mural at Bolam House / Love My Bahamas, Nassau Bahamas in collaboration with artist Claudette Dean
2009 Memorial bench at Centerville House — Antiquities, Monuments & Museum Corporation of The Bahamas, Nassau
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / PUBLICATIONS
including art books, anthologies, magazines, newspapers:
2020 The Nassau Guardian: Bahamas Haus at Art Ft. Lauderdale by Jodi Minnis
2018 The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas: “Yin Calls Forth A New World Of Feminine Transformation: Conjuring Resistance, Hope And Peace” essay by Ilene Sova, Ada Slaight Chair of Contemporary Drawing and Painting, Ontario College of Art and Design
2013 Featured Artist in Love and Responsibility: The Dawn Davies Collection. Book edited by Dr. Erica James
2012 Cry the Beloved Country, Sing its Resilient Soul by Patricia Glinton Meicholas. Featured in Yinna 3 — published by The Bahamas Association for Cultural Studies.
2012–2010 Feature article The Caribbean Journal: In The Bahamas, Chantal Bethel Prays for Haiti through Art by Alexander Britell,
2010 Featured artist in A Time, A Season—A Visual Tribute to Oprah Winfrey by Janelle Dowell, co-founder of Black Art in America.
2007 Bahamian Artist attracts Attention in Art World, The Washington Times international reports by David Paulin
2003 The islands of shallow water by Dr. Krista Thompson. Marginal Migrations: The Circulation of Cultures with the Caribbean—An Anthology / Warwick University
2002 Power Magazine. Featured artist in essay: Art that Speaks from Within by Karen Wallace Armbrister
1999–2012–2018 Cover—WomanSpeak Vol. 9, Vol. 6, and Vol.12. This anthology is a collection of poetry, fiction, fairytales, essays and art by nineteen Caribbean women writers
PERMANENT / PUBLIC / CORPORATE COLLECTION
Waterloo Center for the Arts Museum, Iowa, USA
The Benetton Foundation, Italy
The D’Aguilar Art Foundation, Nassau, The Bahamas
The Dawn Davies Collection, Nassau, The Bahamas
The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
Solo Myriad Agencies, Atlanta, USA
Miami Children’s Hospital, Florida, USA
Emerald Bay Resort, Exuma, The Bahamas
The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Freeport, The Bahamas
The Embassy of Haiti, Washington D.C.,
Emerald Bay Resort, Exuma, The Bahamas
Ernst and Young, Nassau, The Bahamas.
PROFESSIONAL / COMMUNITY SERVICE
2013–2017 The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Deputy Chair of the Board.
2004–2012 Co-founder and Co-chair of The Grand Bahama Heritage Foundation – a non-profit organization exploring the island’s cultural history through community and personal art projects
ART EDUCATION
Visual Art foundation — Haliburton School of the Arts, Ontario, Canada
Studied under:
Selina Trieff — Fine Art Work Center, Provincetown, Ma. USA
Denna Erickson — The Artway Studios, Vancouver, Canada
Jeanne Dobie — Leuven, Belgium
