CHELLE
BARBOUR
visual artist
 

Chelle Barbour is an interdisciplinary visual artist, cultural producer, and independent curator. While her initial foray into the arts began in theatre, Chelle's art has expanded into a fully engaged practice of curating, writing, photography, digital video, collage, and painting,  Chelle's artwork has been presented in solo, gallery and museum group art exhibitions. Her collage and photographic works are in the permanent collections of the California African American Museum, the Photographic Archive at the          J. Paul Getty Museum, The Wende Museum, Bank of America Collection, The Seavest Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and other private art collections.

As an arts institution collaborator, Chelle has participated in international panel discussions at The Wende Museum  exhibition for The Medea Insurrection: Radical Women Artists Behind the Iron Curtain, she was a symposium moderator for We Wanted A Revolution: Black Radical Women 1960-1985 at CAAM, and a discussant on the lively panel, How Will Feminist Culture Engage the Future?", in affiliation with the College Art Association conference. Developing creative alliances is critical to Chelle's growing art practice. For art sales, art commissions, or institutional collaborations, etc., please email to chellebarbourstudio@gmail.com.

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