Rooted in textiles, sound, and installation, Chloe Bensahel’s work presents alternative cultural narratives inspired by her own experience as a Franco-Sephardic immigrant in the United States.

She is the last of four generations of immigrants, a journey that has taken her family from Algeria all the way to the U.S via Morocco and France. Bensahel’s work represents her way of mending her relationship to place, creating her own individual cultural narrative by exposing herself to traditions, plants, and stories linked to materials. An alumni of the prestigious Parsons the New School for Design, Bensahel has worked with artisans in the South of France, Japan, and Nepal collaborating on contemporary art projects and installations, including at the Design Week in San Francisco and Galerie Odile Ouizeman in Paris. She is currently a fellow at the Halcyon Arts Lab in Washington DC.