Chloe Bensahel

View from below of Seams and Cicatrices. Up until August 21! #show #oakland #thecompoundgallery #collaboration #installation #installationart #paper #embroidery #handspun #silk #rips #suspended #floating #contemporaryart #industrial #space #bayareaart (at The Compound Gallery)

About last night's #girlpower #sffam #friends #polaroid #selfie (at San Francisco, California)

Shout-out to everyone who came out last night! I'm so grateful. It was a superb evening. #show #opening #grateful #support #community #care #paper #textiles #duo #collaboration #people #framed #oakland #oaklandart #thecompoundgallery

Alright people here it is! I hope to see many of you tonight at @thecompoundgallery for the opening reception of my show with @annamcneary excited to celebrate! #opening #show #oakland #bayarea #art #oaklandart #final #installation #nervous #excited #overwhelmed #joy #celebrate #paper

Repost from @annamcneary super fun day setting up for our new show this saturday at the #compoundgallery #studioday #art #installationart #show #process #paper #textile #newwork #exhibition #bayarea #artist #oakland #oaklandart #excited (at The Compound Gallery)

My first 4th of July celebration! Feeling a bit nostalgic - 18 years ago we moved here from France and felt so welcome. I now sound like an American, have all the same cultural references, and have lived here for the majority of my life. I am French, and American. I can't help but feel for all those who are in the same position but have felt unwelcomed in this country. There is no 'preferable' type of immigrant, I am still an immigrant, and everyone here is an immigrant. Don't let xenophobia define this century, we can do better than this. #america #freedom #fightxenophobia #chooselove #iamanimmigrant #immigrant #foreigner #French #American

Meditation on netting #saturdayz #workday #process #sketchbook #progress #netting #makeknots #tangle #messy #letitbe #acceptance #imperfect #space #makeroomforyourself #oakland #oaklandartist

Frames frames frames. Show opening at @thecompoundgallery on Saturday July 9!! #show #opening #framing #newwork #oakland #oaklandart #art #exhibition #gallery #white #whiteonwhite #textile #awagami #japanese #washi #paper (at The Compound Gallery)

It's really not a big deal. #sketchbook #sketch #weekendwork #process #wip #text #embroidery #textile #intimacy #nobigdeal #underthesurface #oakland #oaklandart #artist #make #writeitdown

Embroidering some silk and in a bit of a trance. #newshow #process #embroidery #handspun #silk #studio #paper #collaborative #art #oaklandart #oakland #gallery (at The Compound Gallery)

"Yeah, no worries." Embroidery on paper. #studioday #wip #workingfromhome #sketchbook #progress #process #embroidery #text #stitching #casual #oaklandart #oaklandartist #art #intimate

Sunday chillin with @ryanelisabethreid #sweetness #sundays #relax #takeiteasy #view #bayarea #peace #stunning #coolesthouse #movieafternoon #lifediscussions (at Berkeley Hills, Berkeley)

Back of the house. #thebackisnicetoo #weekendsketchbooking #relax #oakland #oaklandartist #process #wip #writing #art #embroidery #indigo #unconscious

Scribbles in the studio. #studioday #oaklandart #oaklandartist #test #watercolor #embroidery #play #studiotime #present (at The Compound Gallery)

All souls are connected. #prayfororlando #prayforallsuffering #indigo #silk #textileart #oaklandart #oakland #artist #peace #chooselove

Checking out some trees. #yosemite #weekendtrip #getaway #play (at Yosemite National Park, Lower Yosemite Falls)

Getting somewhere! But phone camera is broken so bear with me! #technicaldifficulties #studio #wip #stateofthestudio #process #littlebylittle #gettingthere #weaving #textile #washi #tableweaving #hand #oakland #oaklandartist (at The Compound Gallery)