Chloé Quenum

Chloé Quenum’s work addresses questions of visibility, mixed-race, and transmission through anthropological and historical research.

Born to French and Beninese parents, she approaches identity as fluid rather than fixed—a constant flow demanding endless energy.

By moving, transforming, and reshaping forms and mundane objects, she explores displacement and belonging, investigating how shifts in context alter perception and meaning.

Quenum extracts graphic, linguistic, and movable elements from various cultures, schematising them into abstract signs to highlight how displacement affects their evocative power and ability to inspire new narratives.

Chloé Quenum has represented Benin at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024 alongside artists Ishola Akpo, Moufouli Bello et Romuald Hazoumè, curated by Azu Nwagbogu.

Recent solo and group presentations of Quenum’s work at institutions include: Musée d’Art et de Culture Soufis, Chatou (2024), Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (2024), Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pau (2023), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2021, 2014), Fondation Pernod-Ricard (2021, 2014, 2013), Fondation Kadist, Paris (2021, 2018), Centre Pompidou, Paris (2019), Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2015), Collège des Bernardins, Paris (2014), Le Plateau, FRAC Île-de-France, Paris (2012).

Her works have joined the collections of Le Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Pompidou, Paris; Frac Alsace, Frac Ile de France, Frac Grand Large, Frac Nouvelle Aquitaine, Crédit municipal of Paris, Fondation Kadist, Fondation Lafayette Anticipations.