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.