Wise chloe

paradise lost and paradise regained

portrait by REBEKAH CAMPBELL
interview by JEROME SANS

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JÉRÔME SANS — In less than three years, you skyrocketed in the contemporary art scene. How do you feel about this?

CHLOE WISE — Actually, I think it’s maybe four years now.

JÉRÔME SANS — Why do you focus so much on portraits?

CHLOE WISE — I grew up always drawing portraits, on my school papers, on napkins, all the time. I don’t know why, it was just always my primary interest. My mom and I used to sit and draw each other’s portrait in crayon on the paper tablecloth at Pizza Hut when I was really little. In school, I also focused on portraiture and was enamored with the…