Chloé Menous
"Sculptures and installations have a way to exist in the real world, spatially—they can reside in it, parasite it, you can meet with them on a corporal level, and this really interested me.”
— EXCERPT FROM INTERVIEW (07.02.25)
Chloé Menous is a Paris-based artist whose work spans sculpture, drawing, and installations to explore the intersections of intimacy, the human body, and the natural world. Her practice is rooted in an evolving fascination with plants and the built environment, examining how urban spaces shape our relationships with nature.
Menous uses materials like clay, metal, and silicone to create works that evoke the tension between control and surrender, beauty and repression. Her sculptures, often inspired by Art Nouveau and the symbolic treatment of plants, explore themes of restraint, care, and transformation.
Through her work, Menous invites us to reflect on how we navigate the spaces between the organic and the constructed, the personal and the public. Her art offers a space for emotional connection, blurring boundaries between the physical and the imagined. Drawing from personal experiences and environmental influences, Menous’ pieces speak to both the fragility and resilience of life and memory.