Shyla Hazen Artist

My work is exploring home and memory. While home is thought of as a place of comfort and refuge some think of home as simply a resting place. We can have many homes. I have my own home and I call my mothers’ house home. Others are nomadic and don’t have a set home. Memory plays a role in our ideas of home and what that perception is. Not all memories in my work are mine, they are narratives that have been woven into my understanding of self.

            These pieces have become a personal journey, yet at the same time people can find their own connections and memories. The content of my work is universal, and centers around home and the objects within, as well as memories that connect to home.

            My intention is for people to look at my work and become immersed, to discover their own memories and feelings. My imagery comes from my own emotions, memories and social convictions. I’d like those memories to be what drives and inspires both myself and my viewer.

Screen Print

prints of a paper plants that I have constructed

Inaglio series of three

Inaglio series of three

Intagio series of three

Paper plants

Paper plants

Paper plants

Paper plants

Lithography

Good boy.

Lithography

Fan

Lithography

the Loo

Lithography

Laundry day

monoprint wall piece starting

monoprint wall piece with lighting

monoprint wall piece

monoprint wall piece in the gallery

my plants with monoprint in background

monoprint wall piece

monoprint of pain

Paper Rubber tree plant


paint study

In process 

Painting series 

In process

Painting series

In process

Painting series

She/Her mannequin piece at Kimball Jenkins on view now

2023 work

Back view of She/Her mannequin at Kimball Jenkins

2023 work

Imagery from Kimball Jenkins - She/Her and a Disorganized History

2023 work

A disorganized History spanning from 2020-to now Origami houses with journaling and recycled elements

She/Her with oversized Poppy and Crysanthemum

Oversized Poppy made from Italian and German crepe papers 

pvc and concrete

Oversized Crysanthemum made from Tyvek and Concrete

Detail work at the base of the oversized flowes. Snake plants made from tyvek and recycled elements

She/Her

This piece is a 6 foot mannequin which has been created by using beads and trinkets for her hair. Her body is covered crepe paper petals made from German Crepe paper. SHe is then adorned with paper flowers that I have made using Italian and German crepe paper, as well as text weight specialty papers.

She is 6 feet tall, and on display at Kimball Jenkins in Concord, NH until Mid June for the "All MY Friends Are In This Show" show.

She will remain on loan with Kimball Jenkins until October.

The flowers are also on display with her.

You will also find my "Disorganized History" hanging from above. This Piece is representative of my thouhgts and emotions as we have navigated a pandemic and a time of tumultous politics. I began this project in January 2020 as a way to breathrough a creative block and I have kept going and adding to it as I go along.