Visual and performing arts have always been a part of Chantal’s life. A native of Montreal, she graduated from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), with a bachelor’s degree in Art History (minors in theater and visual arts) in 1997. Chantal earned a Masters degree in Art Conservation from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario in 2000. She interned at the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal and the Costume Institute at the Metropolitain Museum of Art in NY. She held post graduate positions with Judith Eisenberg Textile Conservation( N.Y.), the Centre de Conservation du Quebec (Quebec City, QC), the Williamstown Art Conservation Center (Williamstown, MA), the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), and the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, PA). She worked at the Carnegie Museum of Art as a paintings conservator from 2007-2018. She founded Fine Art Conservation Services LLC. in 2007 with her husband Michael and together they have worked on an extensive variety of objects and collections.

Chantal is an Associate member of the American Institute for Conservation, a member of Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC) and the Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh (YPA)