Chantal Lesley (she/her) is an artist based in Austin, TX. A first-generation American raised on the U.S./Mexico border and the daughter of Peruvian and German immigrants, 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 exhibited nationally at venues including Houston Center for Photography, Craighead Green Gallery, 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). Solo exhibitions include the Dougherty Arts Center (Austin, TX), LHUCA (Lubbock, TX), shedshows (Austin, TX), Bradbury Art Museum (Jonesboro, AR), and Oak Cliff Cultural Center (Dallas, TX). She is currently a member of ICOSA, an artist-run collective gallery in Austin, where she will debut new work in December.