Hanna Washburn 'Precipice'
Precipice, 2021 Recycled clothing and textiles, thread, batting, modeling paste, acrylic paint, wood panel 10 x 12 x 4".
Artist Statement
My work is constructed from clothing, furniture, household items, and other materials that have former utilities and associations. I sew by hand and work intuitively, allowing the forms to grow organically into aggregates of color, pattern, and texture. I know my materials from their previous lives and functions, and this memory and intimacy dictates my visual language. The resulting sculptures look and behave like bodies or body parts: they droop, gesture, and hold space. The undulating forms and application of paint suggest these bodily forms are growing and changing, adding layers and expanding out.
Artist Bio
Hanna Washburn was born in Boston, MA, and currently lives and works in Beacon, NY. She received her MFA in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts in 2018, and her BA in Fine Art and English Literature from Kenyon College in 2014. Washburn has exhibited with Sotheby’s (New York, NY), The Affordable Art Fair (New York, NY), Rice University (Houston, TX), Chashama (New York, NY), Russell Sage College (Albany, NY) and the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute (Utica, NY). She has held residences at Monson Arts (2020), Vermont Studio Center (2019), and the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Colony (2018).
Precipice, 2021 Recycled clothing and textiles, thread, batting, modeling paste, acrylic paint, wood panel 10 x 12 x 4".
Artist Statement
My work is constructed from clothing, furniture, household items, and other materials that have former utilities and associations. I sew by hand and work intuitively, allowing the forms to grow organically into aggregates of color, pattern, and texture. I know my materials from their previous lives and functions, and this memory and intimacy dictates my visual language. The resulting sculptures look and behave like bodies or body parts: they droop, gesture, and hold space. The undulating forms and application of paint suggest these bodily forms are growing and changing, adding layers and expanding out.
Artist Bio
Hanna Washburn was born in Boston, MA, and currently lives and works in Beacon, NY. She received her MFA in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts in 2018, and her BA in Fine Art and English Literature from Kenyon College in 2014. Washburn has exhibited with Sotheby’s (New York, NY), The Affordable Art Fair (New York, NY), Rice University (Houston, TX), Chashama (New York, NY), Russell Sage College (Albany, NY) and the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute (Utica, NY). She has held residences at Monson Arts (2020), Vermont Studio Center (2019), and the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Colony (2018).
Precipice, 2021 Recycled clothing and textiles, thread, batting, modeling paste, acrylic paint, wood panel 10 x 12 x 4".
Artist Statement
My work is constructed from clothing, furniture, household items, and other materials that have former utilities and associations. I sew by hand and work intuitively, allowing the forms to grow organically into aggregates of color, pattern, and texture. I know my materials from their previous lives and functions, and this memory and intimacy dictates my visual language. The resulting sculptures look and behave like bodies or body parts: they droop, gesture, and hold space. The undulating forms and application of paint suggest these bodily forms are growing and changing, adding layers and expanding out.
Artist Bio
Hanna Washburn was born in Boston, MA, and currently lives and works in Beacon, NY. She received her MFA in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts in 2018, and her BA in Fine Art and English Literature from Kenyon College in 2014. Washburn has exhibited with Sotheby’s (New York, NY), The Affordable Art Fair (New York, NY), Rice University (Houston, TX), Chashama (New York, NY), Russell Sage College (Albany, NY) and the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute (Utica, NY). She has held residences at Monson Arts (2020), Vermont Studio Center (2019), and the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Colony (2018).