Chris Revelle is an interdisciplinary artist focused on civically-engaged work and a professor of contemporary art practices and theories. Through the examination of history, language, and visual culture, Revelle’s work confronts the failures and abuses of social, political, and economic systems. The goal of his practice is to challenge public memory/engagement while inspiring discourse and empathy. Revelle has exhibited in the United States, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Europe, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, and India, and has created artwork for United Nations organizations. His solo exhibition Swing Low was named Best Virtual Exhibit for 2020 by Phoenix New Times. In 2018, Revelle was the recipient of the Idea Capital Grant and a finalist for the 2017 Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize. As an educator, Revelle is passionate about his students’ success – emphasizing research, dialogue, and persistence – while balancing technical and conceptual development. He is the Director of Community Engagement at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, and was formerly the Chair of Fine Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design Hong Kong, and a Faculty Lecturer of Painting and Drawing at Arizona State University. Revelle earned his Master of Fine Arts from the School of Art at CalArts (California Institute of the Arts) in Valencia, CA.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021                 
Swing Low, Kresge Gallery, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
2020
Swing Low, Grant Street Studios and Virtual, Phoenix, AZ
2018
Our Word, shedspace at Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2017
Equivalent, Ko Shing Gallery, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
2015
A part, 805 Peachtree Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2011
Epilogue, The Archetype Gallery, Atlanta, GA (catalogue)
2008
The Spread of Democracy, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2007
Let Them Eat Cake, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2006
2 Artists, 1 Stone, Poetter Hall, Savannah, GA, Two-Person Exhibition
Absolute: A Tribute to the Empire, Starland Center for Contemporary Arts, Savannah, GA
2005
Lost and Found, Gallery Art Felt, New Delhi, India, Two-Person Exhibition 
Fresh Produce, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India, Two-Person Exhibition (catalogue)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021                
The State of Contemporary Drawing, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Black Art Matters, Golding-Yang Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Freedom & Captivity: Art on Abolition, Colby College and Virtual, Waterville, ME
Healing From Within, Create! Magazine, Virtual
Words Matter, The Art Center-Highland Park, Highland Park, IL
The Point of Oversight, Tavan PIKa, Rijeka, Croatia
Unapologetically Human, Worth Project, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Double Vision, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Decolonizing, The Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, Virtual, Tucson, AZ
Privilege, Power and Everyday Life, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Dreaming of Equality, Reynolds Gallery at the University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
2020                
Global Conversation, United Nations' UN75, F.99 and IKONOSPACE, Washington DC
Recording History, Gormley Gallery at Notre Dame of Maryland University and Virtual, Baltimore, MD
Justice, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA Justice, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Bie-Modernism: Current Challenges And The Future, Georgia Southwestern State University, Virtual, Americus, GA and Shanghai, China
Us: What divides us and what unites us?, Touchstone Gallery, Virtual, Washington, DC
Out of Order, MAP and Virtual, Baltimore, MD
Book as Art, Decatur Arts Alliance at Dekalb County Public Library, Decatur, GA
ArtFields 2020, Lake City Library, Lake City, SC
Conversations 2020, Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, NJ
The Atlanta Children's Memorial Portrait Project, Atlanta City Hall, Atlanta, GA
2019
Blurred Expectations, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
Collective (In)Action, Memorial Union Gallery, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Unfinished Business, VAE, Raleigh, NC
UNBOUND, artistree Arts Center, South Pomfret, VT
BCA Ball 2019, Boston Center of the Arts, Boston, MA
Bound and Unbound V, University Libraries, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
Social Justice in the Misinformation Age, Freedman Gallery at Albright College, Reading, PA
noun./ verb./ ad·jec·tive./, El Sótano Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Fake News, Spiva Gallery, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO
EngageMINT, Hathaway Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Quietly Powerful, Sense Gallery, Washington, DC
State of the Union, Pool Art Center Gallery at Drury University, Springfield, MO
The BOMB, Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL
Bianco, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2018
Reinvention, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Shook: Comics, Hip-Hop, and the Black Gothic Image, A3C Hip Hop Festival and Conference, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta, GA
Passion for Freedom, Royal Opera Arcade (ROA) Gallery, London, England 
Peace + Justice, Delaware State University Arts Center, Dover, DE
Art of Armistice, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
Creative Climate Awards, Williamsburg Public Library and Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, New York, NY
OFF THE WALL, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
Ritual & Identity, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
BCA Ball 2018, Boston Center of the Arts, Boston, MA
Video Wall, Van Every/Smith Galleries, E. Craig Wall Jr. Academic Center, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Spoken Word, Todd Art Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
The Sixties Revisited, Playhouse Gallery, Overture Center, Madison, WI
Sanctuary, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL 
Artivism, Pollak Gallery, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
Speaking Out: Art In A Time of Upheaval, Gallarus Arts, Katonah, NY
Cityscape, CICA Museum (Czong Institute for Contemporary Art), Gimpo-si, South Korea (catalogue)
2017
Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
Printed Matter, Murmur Gallery, Atlanta, GA
EngageMINT, Blue Mark Studios, Atlanta, GA
The Gig Economy, Boston Center of the Arts, Boston, MA (Curated by Robert Moeller)
2012
Organized Noise, Southwest Art Center, Atlanta, GA
2010
SanctionedArray, White Box, New York, NY
2009
Welcome to Fake Iraq, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2008
JUST HOW DOES A PATRIOT ACT, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Conventions & Attitudes, Remy’s on Temple, Los Angeles, CA (Curated by Karen Atkinson)
We Want a New Object, Chinatown Galleries, Los Angeles, CA (Curated by Malik Gaines and Christine Kim)
2007
A Not So Simple Case for Torture, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2006
New Artists 2006, The Whitney Gallery, Savannah, GA
Spring 2006 Open Studio (Invited Alumni), Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA
Icarus, Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA
This Gift is a Problem For You to Solve, Red Gallery, Savannah, GA
2005
Small Works, Red Gallery, Savannah, GA and The Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Four Walls Project, John C. Rowland House, Savannah, GA
Mix Bag, Gallery Art Felt, New Delhi, India
2004
For the Good of Mankind, 302 Gallery, Savannah, GA

EDUCATION
2008
MFA, School of Art, CalArts (California Institute of the Arts), Valencia, CA
2004
BFA (Cum Laude), Painting, Drawing, and Art History Minors, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
2019
The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences
2018
Idea Capital Grant
2017
Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize, Finalist
2004
Sanskriti Kendra Residency. New Delhi, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021 –               
Director of Community Engagement, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR
2019 – 2020
Faculty Lecturer, Painting and Drawing, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
2019
Teaching Artist, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2015 – 2017
Chair, School of Fine Arts and Foundations, Savannah College of Art and Design, Hong Kong
2010 – 2015
Professor of Foundations & Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA 
2010 – 2013
Director of the School of Fine Arts Visiting Artist Program, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2008 – 2010
Adjunct Professor of Foundations, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA 
2008
Teacher Assistant, Nancy Buchanan, Sam Durant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2007
Teacher Assistant, Anoka Faruqee, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2006
Assistant Exhibition Registrar at Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2005 – 2006
Assistant Curator at Starland Center for Contemporary Arts, Savannah, GA

PUBLISHED ARTICLES
2017
“Portrait of the Artist as Sole Proprietor: How to Set Up Your Business”, BURNAWAY, September 24,
2011
“Clean: Looking at War”, DRAIN, Issue 14, Fall, 2011.
2008
“The Social Responsibility of Starbucks.” Special Topics in Art and Politics: A Not So Simple Case for Torture, Nancy Buchanan, Sam Durant And Martha Rosler eds., Onestar Press, 2008.

SELECTED ARTIST TALKS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS
2020
Interview, “Sound Occupations”, ChatterBox on Radio Roža, Rijeka, Croatia
Artist Talk, “Living Monuments and the Book as Art”, Dekalb Arts Alliance, Decatur, GA
Artist Talk, “Tea Money (茶錢)”, Bie-modernism: Current Challenges and the Future, Virtual, Georgia Southwestern State University, Virtual, Americus, GA, and Shanghai, China
2018
Artist Talk moderated by Louis Corrigan and Brandon Sheats, “A Few Words About Our Word”, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Artist Talk, Presentation, and Discussion, “Our Word”, ROOTS Week, Asheville, NC
Artist Talk, “Artist as Activist”, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2016
Moderator, Ji Zhou at Christian Louboutin, Art Basel, Hong Kong
2015
Moderator, with Miya Ando, Savannah College of Art and Design, Hong Kong
2013
Panel, “Critique as a Foundation for Development”, Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, 34th Biennial Conference, Savannah, GA

COLLECTIONS
Atlanta Zine Library 
CICA Museum (Czong Institute for Contemporary Art)
Human Impacts Institute
Passion for Freedom UK
Savannah College of Art and Design
Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

COMMISSIONS
2017
Balance, Performance for The Gig Economy: Depictions of Life and Responses to Work in the Digital Bazaar, Boston Center of the Arts, Boston, MA
2016
Tea Money, Work for Art Central x SCAD Cocktail Party, Hong Kong 
2005 – 2006
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) of South Asia. 
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Josh Lamb, “NDSU show depicts gripping 'Unrest' around the world,” Forum, November 12, 2020.
“Megalopolitan Life: Best of Phoenix 2020,” Phoenix New Times, September 24, 2020.
Lynn Trimble, “Chris Revelle Drives a Pickaxe through History’s Myths”, Visual Art Source, August 1, 2020.
“A Letter for Sonia Sanchez”, Work Book: Volume 3, Tool Book Project, October 24, 2019.
Alexandra Chaves, “Witness of the World: Photographers Capture History and Society in Vantage Point Sharjah 7”, The National, August 18, 2019.
“Chris Revelle”, Studio Visit, vol. 39, February 2018.
Alexander, Andrew. “Idea Capital awards $15,000 in grants to Atlanta artists for projects in 2018.” ArtsATL. January 9th, 2018.
Heckscher, Melissa. “Fake Iraq: War as Art.” Daily Breeze. September 8th, 2009. 
“Scenes of the South,” The South Magazine, April/May 2007.

FELLOWSHIPS AND REGISTRIES
Art in Embassies Registry, U.S. Department of State
The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences
Fulton County’s Arts and Culture Public Art Registry

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Amnesty International
Hambidge Center for the Arts
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)