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Chanel Thervil is a Haitian-American artist and educator who uses varying combinations of abstraction and portraiture to convene communal dialogue around culture, social issues, and existential questions. At the core of her practice lies a desire to empower and inspire tenderness and healing among communities of color through the arts.

Chanel has been making a splash in New England via her educational collaborations, public art, and residencies with institutions such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Children’s Museum, MASS MoCA, DeCordova Museum, the Surf Point Foundation, and Google. Her work has been featured by PBS Kids, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Bay State Banner, WBUR’s ARTery, WGBH, and Hyperallergic. Chanel holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Pace University and a Master’s Degree in Art Education from Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

At MassArt, Chanel Thervil teaches Thinking Making Writing in the Humanities program.