Artist Statement:
I am an interdisciplinary artist creating drawings and collages that emphasize sequence and texture. I am intrigued by the vulnerable correspondences between memory, and relationships that form our identity. Particularly, I am interested in how our past experiences shape our loves, fears, and passions. My own significant loss of adolescent memories has left me with an obsessive demand to remember, a compulsion to understand and communicate with what I cannot reach. My materials are all reappropriated archival ephemera, so that each work carries with it its own provenance alongside mine.
Bio:
Hazel grew up in Murphysboro, IL. They are a queer, cross-pollinating artist looking for a moment’s peace. They now live in rural New York with their companion and dog.
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Solo Exhibitions
2023
Ultra Organic Woman Orchard, Ultra Flat Black Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2022
Tender, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Pillow Talk, Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY
Pittsburgh Art Book Fair, Pittsburgh, PA
Ithaca Zine and Book Fair, Ithaca, NY
2022
The Art Show, Heller Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
2021
Who Are You, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
Volunteer Work
2024 - 2025
Art Instructor: Zine Workshop Series, Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY
2022
Artist Assistant to Lauren Rosenthal McManus | GOCA Downtown, Colorado Springs, CO
2021 - 2022
Student Art Club Counsel Member, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Education
2019 - 2022
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Bachelor of Arts: Anthropology
Magna Cum Laude, 3.87 GPA
Outstanding Student in Cultural Anthropology
2017 - 2019
Pikes Peak Community College, Associate of Arts, Art History
4.0 GPA
Research Experience
2021
Undergraduate Research Academy Award Recipient, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
The Privilege of Home
Building Storymaps for Inclusive Colorado Histories
2020
Museum Intern: Heller Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO