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Chloé is a self-taught tattoo artist based in Denver, CO and is the owner of MADÉ Tattoo & Mercantile.

With a background in fine art, Chloé spent 8 years as a working artist, bouncing between freelance, photography, mural, and illustration projects. Chloé’s illustrations led her to the tradition of tattooing in which she is prioritizes bringing safety, comfort, and inclusivity to the industry.

Growing up with a French father and an American mother, Chloé Besson was born in France and grew up travelling between there and Chicago for the first 18 years of her life. After finishing high school in Evanston, IL, she moved to Boulder, CO in 2010 to pursue her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in printmaking with a sub-focus in photography from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Chloé began tattooing in 2019, spending over six months conducting research, tattooing artificial skin, and trying to form an apprenticeship. After being met with a lot of closed doors, she told herself she would not wait for somebody else to get her start — MADÉ and the vision for Chloé's practice was born the day she decided to fully step into the tattoo industry. She not only hoped to bridge the gap between fine art and tattooing, but also sought to address the lack of client care she saw within the industry. From there, safety, inclusivity, and comfort became the pillars on which her business stood. As a heart-driven creative and female tattooer, her goal is to make both the artist and client feel seen, heard, and celebrated.

Specializing in fine-line tattooing, the work she does is centered around what she is aesthetically drawn to and has roots in practicing mindful tattooing.

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[  E D U C A T I O N  ]

2015

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking, sub-focus in Photography & Art History

University of Colorado, Boulder ​

 

[  S O L O  E X H I B I T I O N S  ]

2020

Your Body, Your Skin, Your Presence

Modern Nomad Gallery, Denver | November 2018

2018

The Untitled One, Too

Modern Nomad Gallery, Denver | November 2018

The Untitled One (Many Faces)

Boulder Creative Collective, Boulder | September 15 - October 7, 2018

The Faces

Wonder, Boulder, CO | June 1 - September 1, 2018

 

2016

Through the Pine

Amante Coffee, Boulder, CO, December 2015

 

Skinned, Month of Print 2016

Black Box Gallery at Madelife, Boulder, CO, March 2016

 

Skinned, Month of Print 2016

Boulder Creative Collective, Boulder, CO, April 2016

 

2015

Luck of Print

University of Colorado, Boulder, April 2015

 

2014 

Desensitizing Landscape

University of Colorado, Boulder, October 2014

 

Somewhere In Between

University of Colorado, Boulder, November 2014

 

2013

Humble Assassin

University of Colorado, Boulder, October 2013

 

See It Be

University of Colorado, Boulder, November 2013

 

[  G R O U P  E X H I B I T I O N S  ]

2020

Resident Exhibition 

The AKA Gallery, Boulder | February 2020

2017 

A Women’s Show of Photography, Month of Photography 2017

Boulder Creative Collective, Boulder, CO March-April 2017

 

Something That Means Something: An Art Happening

Madelife Gallery, Boulder, CO, May 2017

 

2016 

Spring Grand Salon Show

Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, March 2016

 

2015

Must Be Continued 

Bachelor of Fine Arts show, University of Colorado, Boulder, April 2015

 

Hand Made Images 

University of Colorado, Boulder, November 2015

 

Something in September 

Carol Ann Wachter Gallery, Boulder, CO, September 2015

 

Perspective on Israel and Palestine 

Galeija, Bosnia, November-December 2015

 

2014

69 Visions of Love

Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO, July 2014

 

2013

Mythologies

University of Colorado, Boulder, November 2013

 

Icebreaker Exhibition

IceCube Gallery, Denver CO, December 2013

 

 

[  C U R A T E D ]

2018

The Pop-Up

Art Sale and Exhibition, Noyes Art Designs, August 2018 

#NEVERAGAIN: The Conversation Continued, May 2018

ATC | DEN, Denver, CO

 

#NEVERAGAIN: The Conversation Continued 2, October 2018

Boulder Creative Collective, Boulder, CO

 

[  P U B L I C A T I O N S  ]

2018

FLAURA FAUNA Zine, Featured Artist Spread, July 2018

Denver, CO 

 

WESTWORDMagazine, #NEVERAGAIN Art Exhibition Spread, May 2018

Denver, CO 

 

Dirt Zine Magazine, Fine Arts Spread, 2018

 

2017

Dirt Zine Magazine, Fine Arts Spread, February 2017

 

2016 

Black and White is Worth the Fight, Digital Magazine, Photography Spread March 2016

 

WESTWORDMagazine, Month of Print, Print Show Spread, March 2016

Denver, CO

 

2015

INTERKORS Magazine, Photography Spread, May 2015

Denver, CO

 

2014

Honors Journal 

University of Colorado, Boulder

 

[  P E R M A N E N T  C O L L E C T I O N S  ]

Hyatt Place

Boulder, CO

Since 2017

Gippsland Centre for Art and Design

Monah University, Gippsland, Australia 

Since 2013

 

[ G R O U P   P O R T F O L I O S  ]

Mythologies, Print Exchange 

Spring 2013

 

69 Visions of Love, Print Exchange

Spring 2013

 

[  R E S I D E N C I E S  ]

Boulder Creative Collective Residency, Boulder, CO November 1st, 2019 through November 1st, 2020

Tabet Letl Print Symposium, Norfolk Island, South Pacific, December 2015

 

[ A R T I S T  P R E S E N T A T I O N  ]

2018 48 Hours Summit and Exhibitions 

2018 Artist’s Talk at the #NeverAgain Student Show

2017 Artist’s Talk at the Boulder Creative Collective 

2015 Artist’s Presentation at the Carol Ann Wachter Gallery, Boulder CO

2015 Artist’s Presentation at the Tabet Letl Print Symposium Art Center, Norfolk Island, South Pacific 

[  R E L A T E D   E X P E R I E N C E  ]

2014 - 2015 

Printmaker’s Collective at the University of Colorado, Boulder 

Co-Chair 

 

Fine Art Demos taught at the University of Colorado, Boulder

2016-2017 Assistant Teaching in Print 

2015 Screen Printing 

2015 Monotype 3 Color Reduction

2015 Tusche Wash Lithography 

2014 Monotype 3 Color Reduction

 

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