Chantal Lesley (she/her) is an Austin-based artist. The daughter of Peruvian and German immigrants and a first-generation American raised on the U.S./Mexico border, her work examines identity, memory, and belonging while increasingly exploring the intangible—dreams, the unconscious, and the retelling of autobiographical stories. Lesley earned her BFA in Fine Art Photography from Texas State University in 2021, and her work has been shown nationally at institutions such as Houston Center for Photography, Touchstone Gallery, and Humble Arts Foundation. She has participated in residencies such as LATITUDE (Chicago, IL), Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), Château d'Orquevaux (France), KUNSTRAUM (Brooklyn, NY), and Kala Art Institute (Berkeley, CA).

She is currently a member of ICOSA, an artist-run collective gallery in Austin, TX.

For inquiries, contact: chantallesley@gmail.com

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