Meet Chloë Flores | Curator, Cultural Producer, Writer, and Director of homeLA

We had the good fortune of connecting with Chloë Flores and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Chloë, what role has risk played in your life or career?
I think about risk differently depending upon how and when it’s applied. For instance, I don’t think of myself as a risk taker when it comes to finances, but when it comes to my curatorial practice, the artist I support, and the choices I make career-wise, I am all in. My decision to maintain an independent curator practice for years felt risky, but it was also done from a privileged place of a dual income household and profitable side hustle. That aside, I have always leaned into challenges, championed alternative forms of cultural production, resisted traditional paths, and been brazen with my choices. Is that risky? Or a product of being othered?

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I love curating. The worldbuilding exhibitions and programs I curate reflect back the inclusive and equitable future I want my child to thrive in. They invite people into unlearning and rethinking and are created for audiences enriched by deeper cultural engagement and to evoke a deeper social consciousness that inspires social change. I couldn’t do it any other way.

I think there are always challenges to overcome in any field and any point of a career. My challenge today is being a present mother while negotiating the social, event-based, evening-hour realties of art and performance. I want to be there for dinner and bedtime routines, for the sweetness and love, for the guidance and teachings that are so important to raising a kind-hearted and conscientious human. That’s where my FOMO lives. Fear of missing out on those fleeting moments because of performance or opening or benefit. There’s always something. The challenge right now is staying in.
What do I want people to know about my work? It’s all about creating experiences that resonate. I’m here to shake up the scene, to invite everyone to the table. I want people to feel something when they step into an exhibition or program I’ve put together. That’s what keeps me going–creating meaningful connections through transformative and paradigm-shifting art that has the potential to leave you on your knees.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
It would revolve around food, as do all things among us. Lots of hosting, cooking together, intimate gatherings by the pool or fire, depending on the season. Of course there would be a visit to Bacetti. I recently went to Camelia with friends and it so so good, so maybe here too. Karaoke at a friend’s place. The beach, probably Ventura or down south. There would be art. Commonwealth and Council and The Box are a must. A performance at MOCA Geffen or REDCAT. Weirdo night at Zebulon. Walks around Mount Washington and Elysian park. And a leisurely brunch to round out the week.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
My family and chosen family

Website: https://www.chloeflores.com

Instagram: not public. I’m on Bluesky though. @chloeflores.bsky.social

Facebook: its not me. Its a curatorial project. https://www.facebook.com/itsallbeendonebefore/

Other: www.homela.org
www.guesthausresidency.com

Image Credits
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Dorian Wood, Carry us, nourish them (prayer), 2024. Performance for homeLA at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, curated by Chloë Flores. Photo by Leah Rom courtesy of homeLA

Lara Salmon,  sURGE, 2024. Performance for homeLA at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, curated by Chloë Flores. Photo by Leah Rom courtesy of homeLA

Jobel Medina, well come, 2023. Performance for homeLA in Venice, curated by Chloë Flores. Photo by Andrew Mandinach courtesy of homeLA.

Flora Wiegmann, Swimming Laps: under construction/re-construction, 2023. Performance for homeLA at Lefevre Residence, curated by Chloë Flores. Photo by Andrew Mandinach courtesy of homeLA.

jas lin 林思穎, Schindler House Haunting, 2022. Performance for homeLA at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, curated by Chloë Flores. Photo by Tiffany Chung courtesy of homeLA.

Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener, Time Being, 2022. Performance for homeLA at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena, curated by Chloë Flores. Photo by Andrew Mandinach courtesy of homeLA.

Mariah Garnett, Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Roberto Sifuentes, Mexercize, 2013. Performance video installation and conceptual exercise program included in Within, a group exhibition curated by Chloë Flores. Photo by Matt Lipps.

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