RESUME
Born in Haiti, educated in Belgium, Chantal Bethel calls Grand Bahama Island Home. A noted Bahamian painter, she studied at Haliburton school of the arts in Canada. Since 2006 Bethel has extended her artistic vision to sculpture, transforming the crown shaft of the royal palm into a sculptural medium.
Award
2008 Outstanding achievement award for fine art, presented by the Commonwealth of the Bahamas Bureau of women affairs in Grand Bahama.
2007 Bahamar art competition, honorable mention
2001 She was honored by Miami Children Hospital for her support of children issues though art.
One Woman Shows
2008 Paradise? A one woman Show, Freeport Art Center, Freeport. Catalogue
2007 Color of Paradise, Princeton University, USA
2005 Heritage, University of Pennsylvania, USA
1997 Bahamas Wonderland, Central Bank Gallery, Nassau
Group shows
2009 Yellow bird/ Choucoune, The Hub, Nassau, Bahamas
2008 Sugar, Popops studios and Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2007 Freedom Call, Glory Banks Gallery, Freeport, Bahamas. Catalogue
2007 “Grand” - Transforming Spaces at Post House Studio & Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2006 3rd National Exhibition“NE3” Juried Show, National Art Gallery of the Bahamas. Catalogue
2006 Steel Magnolias, Regency Theatre, Freeport.
2005 Timeline, A two woman traveling show, Freeport and Nassau. Catalog.
2004 2nd National Exhibition “NE2” Juried Show, National Art Gallery of the Bahamas. Catalogue
2003 Inaugural National Exhibition -Juried Show, National Art Gallery of the Bahamas. Catalogue
2003 Spring Art Collection, Lyford Cay, Nassau
2002 We Dream a World, Central Bank Gallery, Nassau
2001 Spirit of the Bahamas, Central Bank Gallery, Nassau. Catalogue
2001 Four Corners, Sir Charles Hayward Yacht Club, Freeport
2000 An evening of Bahamian Art and Culture’ Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, FLa.
2000 Historical Building of the Bahamas – Millennium Calendar, Central Bank Gallery,
1999 Passage: travel & migration in contemporary Bahamian art, Central Bank. Catalogue
1999 Expressions, Sir Charles Hayward Yacht Club, Freeport, Bahamas
1999 Between Friends, a two woman travelling show, Freeport and Nassau, Bahamas
1997 Bridging the Gap, National Women’s week, College of the Bahamas Art Gallery
1996 Hear Me Roar, Central Bank Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
1996 Celebrating Bahamian art, Bahamian Tings Art Gallery, Freeport
1994 Moods of Freeport, Regency Theatre, Freeport, Bahamas
Public Forum/Artist Talk
2008 “NE4” critic National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau
2008 Carifesta X, National Art Gallery of Guyana, George Town
2008 Colors of Paradise, College of the Bahamas, Freeport
2007 Moods of Paradise, Caribbean Connection, Princeton University, USA
2005 Heritage, Caribbean Conference, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Selected Bibliography
The Washington Times international reports – Bahamian artist attracts attention in art world - by David Paulin (July 22, 2007)
Power Magazine - Art that speaks from within – by Karen Wallace Armbrister (2002)
Marginal Migrations: The Circulation of Cultures within the Caribbean – an anthology/Warwick University – “The islands of shallow water” by Dr. Krista Thompson
Book Covers Guanahami my Love, author: Marion Bethel
The travelling tree, author Nicole Fair Bahti
Selected Corporate Collection
Solo Myriad art Consulting , Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Bahamar, Sheraton hotel, Nassau, Bahamas
Four Seasons Emerald Bay Resort, Exuma, Bahamas
Insurance Management
Montaque Securities International, Nassau, Bahamas
Miami, Children’s Hospita, Miami, Fla.
Ernst & Young, Nassau, Bahamas
Grand Bahama Port Authority Group of Companies, Freeport, Grand Bahama
Philanthropy
She is Co-founder of the Grand Bahama Heritage Foundation, a non profit organization.
For the past decade she has supported the Grand Bahama Aids Foundation with her art & continues to do so.
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