Artist Biography

Chloe Le Pichon makes both functional and sculptural ceramic work. Of French and Chinese heritage and born in London she draws from diverse cultural traditions. Often referring to organic form and retaining an earthly quality, her work remains delicate. Graduating from Swarthmore College, Phi Beta Kappa, she studied under Syd Carpenter who is a talented sculptor and a very active member of the Philadelphia art community. Every piece in Chloe's Solo Senior Thesis Exhibit was sold and many commissions resulted from the first viewing of her work. She was singled out by William Daley, the world renowned ceramicist, who visited her show and was impressed with her skills and potential. She worked with ceramicist Doug Herren and Syd Carpenter, assisting in the Art department at Swarthmore College the year following graduation. She then went to work for the non-profit called the “Clay Studio” in Philadelphia, volunteering in their gallery. She became the studio technician for their outreach program called “The Claymobile”. She currently teaches clay work with The Claymobile progam in many of the inner city schools of Philadelphia and New Jersey, but also in disabled adult centers, senior centers and shelters.
She is now an emerging artist in the Philadelphia art scene. She exhibited work at the Sandy Webster Gallery in Rittenhouse Square this summer. Chloe won the Main Line Art Center’s Franklin and Shirley Poul Award for Art Pottery at the 69th Annual Member’s Exhibition. She recently began working out of her own space and her work is presently for sale at Earthworks contemporary crafts gallery in Narberth, PA and Grove Aurora in Aurora NY.