About the Artist
Ash Haglund is an analog collagist living in Seattle, WA whose work displays personal resonance with counter-culture narratives, feminism and US politics with emphasis on challenging patriarchal structures.
Much of her work explores lived experiences of women and memories of her own former career in the fashion industry.
Artist Statement
I approach collage as a meditative practice exploring reconciliation and healing. Much of my work is a reflection of woman’s existence and a reimagination of that reality in a post-patriarchal world.
I aim to connect personal relationships and activated stories at the center of my subject matter through visualization of lived experience. My former career in commercial fashion lends me a unique perspective in how women and femininity have been portrayed in media. The female centerpieces applied to my work are sourced from both vintage and contemporary fashion magazines and Playboy. I often reform the image’s narrative from its original intent in order to redirect the oppression and objectification of women in mass media to confront patriarchal attitudes and structures of today’s society.
Men Deciding for Women, 2022
Upcoming Exhibitions:
Past Exhibitions:
Createur Magazine’s 2nd Annual Gallery Affair @ River in Belltown, April 1st 2023
Putting the Pieces Back Together @ Bristol Art Museum of Rhode Island, March 2022
Base Camp Studios, November 2022
