Chantell Van Erbé
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Chantell Van Erbé is a contemporary mixed-media artist whose work examines memory, transformation, and spiritual perception through a sustained, decades-long practice. Her work has been exhibited in solo, juried, institutional, national, and international exhibitions across the United States and abroad, including the Butler Institute of American Art.
Selected Highlights
• 2026 — Allied Artists of America 113th Online Annual Exhibition
• 2026 — Featured in New Jersey Masters: A New Legacy of Visual Arts by Tova Navarra and Yolanda Navarra Fleming
• 2026 — NAWA Summer Small Works Show – Online Exhibition
• 2026 — Featured Artist Interview, The Symbolism of the Unseen, Art HERStory Magazine, Issue 7 (Summer 2026)
• 2026 — National Association of Women Artists (NAWA), The Signature Touch: 137th Annual Members Exhibition, Leonovich Gallery, New York, NY
• 2026 — Women in Louvre II, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
• 2026 — Pacific Influence, National Association of Women Artists, Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA
• 2025–2026 — Women Beyond Borders II, Art Queens Gallery, Times Square, New York, NY & Metaverse
• 2025 — NAWA 136th Annual Members Exhibition, Leonovich Gallery, New York, NY
• 2025 — Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories, National Association of Women Artists, Vanda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
• 2024 — Expanding Horizons, American Women Artists, Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO
• 2022 — Allied Artists of America 109th Annual Juried Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
• 2022 — Genes and Genius, Two-Person Exhibition, Clifton Arts Center, Clifton, NJ
• 2019 — Work acquired for the Permanent Collection, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (Uprooting)
• 2019 — Solo Exhibition, Transcendence (Retrospective), Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Permanent Collections
• 2019: Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (Uprooting)
Solo Exhibitions
• 2019: Transcendence (A Retrospective Exhibit) – Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (catalogue: Chantell Van Erbé: Transcendence, Butler Institute of American Art, 2019; ISBN 978-1-882790-76-0)
Two-Person Exhibitions
• 2022: Genes and Genius – with Gary T. Erbe at the Clifton Arts Center, Clifton, NJ
Museum, Gallery, Invitational & Group Exhibitions
1980s
• 1981 — Outdoor Art Show – Donnelly Memorial Park, West New York, NJ (First Show, Age 12)
• 1983 — Volunteered with Allied Artists of America and Audubon Artists at age 14, assisting with annual exhibition installations
• 1987 — Teen Arts Festival – Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ (Self-Portrait and The Politician, sculpture; The Politician won Most Creative Artist)
1990s
• 1995 — Allied Artists of America 82nd Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York, NY (Self-Portrait)
• 1996 — Allied Artists of America 83rd Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York, NY (Featherscape)
• 1997 — Audubon Artists 56th Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York, NY (Sea Keepers)
• 1995–2003 — Exhibited at the National Arts Club and Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (Various Group Exhibitions)
2000s
• 2001 — Allied Artists of America Members Show – Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (The Complexity of Emotion, formerly Invertevac)
• 2001 — Allied Artists of America 88th Annual Exhibition – National Arts Club, New York, NY (Stairs)
• 2003–2005 — Allied Artists of America Invitational Traveling Exhibition (The Complexity of Emotion, formerly titled Invertevac). Nine venues listed below:
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2003 — J. Wayne Stark Galleries, College Station, TX
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2004 — Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
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2004 — Huntsville Museum of Art, AL
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2004 — Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI
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2004 — Danville Museum of Fine Arts, VA
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2004 — International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX
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2005 — Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA
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2005 — Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
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2005 — Woodbury Gallery, Orem, UT
• 2004 — Pen and Brush Galleries – New York, NY (Nature’s Fury)
• 2004 — Broome Street Gallery – SoHo, New York, NY, CLWAC Group Exhibition (Parish in Winter)
• 2004 — Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA) Regional Juried Show – Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH (Island & Stairs)
• 2006 — Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA) Juried Exhibit – McIninch Art Gallery, NH (A Homecoming)
• 2007 — Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA) Regional Juried Show – Gallery 297, Bristol, RI (Premonition)
• 2007 — Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA) 16th Annual International Juried Exhibition – Seattle, WA (A Homecoming)
2010s
• 2018 — Allied Artists of America 105th Annual Exhibition – Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (Premonition)
• 2018 — CLWAC Annual Members Show – Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (A Homecoming, Nature’s Fury)
• 2019 — CLWAC Members Online Juried Exhibition (Signal Graces)
• 2019 — Allied Artists of America 106th Annual Exhibition – Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (Exhibition Assistance and Coordination)
2020s
• 2020 — Allied Artists of America 107th Annual Online Exhibition (Signal Graces)
• 2021 — Allied Artists of America 108th Annual Exhibition – Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (Portals: Departure)
• 2021 — NAWA 132nd Annual Members Exhibition – One Art Space, New York, NY (Afterglow)
• 2021 (October 14–28) — CLWAC Annual Member Show – Van Vleck House & Gardens, Montclair, NJ (Study of Valor)
• 2022 — Allied Artists of America 109th Annual Juried Exhibition – Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (Kim in Chroma)
• 2022 — CLWAC Annual Juried Show – Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ (The Complexity of Emotion)
• 2023 — CLWAC 126th Annual Exhibition – Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (Escape from Samsara)
• 2024 — NAWA Petites Joies Online Exhibition) (The Gates)
• 2024 — NAWA Stories in Frames (Online Exhibition) (Red Descent/Descenso Rojo #10)
• 2024 — AWA Expanding Horizons – Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO (Signal Graces)
• 2025 — NAWA Winter Small Works Show Online Exhibition (Exit Neon)
• 2025 — NAWA Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories – Vanda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY (Escape from Samsara)
• 2025 — NAWA 136th Annual Members Exhibition – Leonovich Gallery, New York, NY (Under the Umbrella)
• 2025–2026 — Women Beyond Borders II – Art Queens Gallery, Times Square, New York, NY & Metaverse (Enlightenment & Signal Graces)
• 2026 — Pacific Influence – National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) Museum Exhibition – Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA (Featherscape)
• 2026 — Women in Louvre II – Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France, presented by Art Queens Gallery (Escape From Samsara)
• 2026 — National Association of Women Artists (NAWA), The Signature Touch: 137th Annual Members Exhibition, Leonovich Gallery, New York, NY (Three Graces Before Entheon)
• 2026 — NAWA Summer Small Works Show – Online Exhibition (The Window That Held the Night No. 1)
• 2026 — Allied Artists of America 113th Online Annual Exhibition (Fate)
Awards & Recognitions
• 2025 — Women Beyond Borders II Award – Women Beyond Borders II, Art Queens Gallery, Times Square, New York, NY & Metaverse
• 2024 — Honorable Mention – NAWA Stories in Frames (Red Descent/Descenso Rojo #10)
• 2007 — Second Place – CPSA Regional Juried Show, Gallery 297, Bristol, RI (Premonition)
• 2004 — Second Place – CPSA Regional Juried Show, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH (Stairs)
• 2001 — Salmagundi Award for Graphics – Allied Artists of America 88th Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (Stairs)
• 2000 — American Biographical Award (Outstanding Work in Colored Pencil)
• 1996 — Strathmore Paper Company Award – Allied Artists of America 83rd Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York, NY (Featherscape)
• 1987 — Creative Art Award, Most Creative Artist – Teen Arts Festival, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ (The Politician, sculpture)
Research & Contributions
• 1997 — The Pennsylvania Impressionists by Thomas C. Folk (Lender/Contributor)
• 2004 — Loaned a painting by Robert Spencer to the James A. Michener Art Museum
• 2004 — Cities, Towns, and Crowds: The Urban Paintings of Robert Spencer by Brian H. Peterson (Research and Contributor); acknowledged in the book’s acknowledgments section
• 2022 — Authored the exhibition title Fred Staloff: Origins of a Modernist – Clifton Arts Center, Clifton, NJ
• 2023 — Authored the exhibition title Fred Staloff: Origins of a Modernist – Noyes Museum, Kramer Hall, Stockton University, Hammonton, NJ
• 2025 — Authored the exhibition title Fred Staloff: Origins of a Modernist – Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
• 2025 — Authored the exhibition title Fred Staloff: Origins of a Modernist – Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Professional Service
• 2026 — Juror, HerStory250 Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists (NAWA), Monroe Township Public Library Fine Arts Gallery, Monroe Township, NJ
Professional Affiliations
• Allied Artists of America, Inc. — Exhibition Assistant since 1983, beginning at age 14; Elected Member since 2000; Former Board Member, Executive Secretary, and Catalogue Editor; Vice President, 2021–2023
• American Women Artists (AWA) — Associate Member since 2023, Associate Member with Distinction since 2024
• Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club (CLWAC) — Elected Member since 2003
• National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) – Signature Member since 2021. Certified Peer Juror since 2026