Painting

Boo Boo Bunny

This piece approaches vulnerability through a quieter and more literal softness. Knees emerging from beneath a dress, marked by a bruise. An intimate site of impact, where the body yields and changes. Within the bruise, two rabbits rest side by... More

Painting

Rest

This piece draws from the natural architecture of the female body. Bone, muscle, and the quiet crevices in between, where small rabbits are found nestled within. Their presence does not disrupt, but rather settles into what already exists,... More

Painting

Softer Spoken

“Softer Spoken” lingers in the tension between tenderness and control, tracing cultural associations with femininity through gesture and form. A braid moves with deliberate weight acting as an emblem of care and discipline, where innocence feels... More

Painting

The Slope

Continuing the exploration of bodily crevices, “The Slope” shifts into a more compressed and uneasy space where comfort can bring tension. The curve of the spine, often idealized and sexualized within the female form, becomes central as a site of... More

Painting

There’s a Hare in my Eye

This piece considers emotional vulnerability through the language of softness. Suggesting a hybrid between woman and prey, the form occupies a space that is both intimate and unsettled. The presence of fur becoming something that exists just beyond... More

Painting

Tummy Ache

Tummy Ache lingers in this space of unease, not defined by movement but sensation by the quiet tension of inhabiting a body and noticing the shapes it naturally forms. Returning to familiar associations of femininity and reproduction, the work... More

Work by

Chloe Franchi

Drawing & Paintings

“Historically, women and animals have been bound together through metaphor in ways that flatten both. My work examines the animalization of women and the humanization of animals as shaped through...” [More]