SUSAN HAGEN
Artist
SUSAN HAGEN: ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My process as a sculptor, as I have established it for myself, is a hybrid of traditions of wood carving, painting and mixed media construction-- informed by science and observation. My inspiration comes from contemporary life, and the birds, animals and people around me. I work in series, creating small-scale carved-wood sculptures, and explore themes that arise from looking closely and respectfully at ordinary people in a wide range of circumstances. I also focus on biodiversity and various animal species, threatened and thriving, wild and domesticated.
SUSAN HAGEN: BIO
Susan Hagen is a Philadelphia artist, writer and educator engaged in social and environmental issues.
Over the years, Ms. Hagen’s distinctive carved-wood sculptures and drawings have been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries throughout the United States. Her work has been featured at the Boulder Museum of Art, Miami Basel, Adventureland Gallery in Chicago, The Tweed Museum in Duluth, MN, and Del Mano in Los Angeles; as well as the Art Alliance, the Drawing Room, the InLiquid Gallery, the Center for Art in Wood the Schmidt-Dean Gallery and Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. Ms. Hagen is a fellow of the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland, where she has been in residence five times. She has also been an artist-in-residence at the Ragdale Foundation, Chicago, and the McColl Center for the Arts in Charlotte, NC. Other honors include artist’s grants from the George Sugarman Foundation, the Leeway Foundation, and the Independence Fellowships in the Arts.
Ms. Hagen is a Professor Emerita of Visual Art at the Bucks County Community College in Newtown, PA, and has taught workshops at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Anderson Ranch in Colorado, and Penland in North Carolina. She has also lectured widely and published hundreds of articles about craft and art for journals and blogs, including the Philadelphia City Paper, Woodwork magazine, and the Artblog.
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