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Bio
Fine artist Hagar Vardimon is known for her threads and paper works. She earned her B.F.A degree in art.
Her work has been seen both nationally and internationally, including: Robert Mann Gallery in New York, USA; Scope Art Miami, USA; Bedford Gallery in California, USA;The Schneider Museum of Art in Oregon, USA; Fresh, Hong Kong; Photo Biennial, Ireland; MK gallery, UK; Museum of Musée de Sant Cugat in Catalogne, Spain; Fresh stART in Los Angeles, USA; and many others in Europe and Worldwide.
Her work has been reviewed in local and national publications including the Village Voice, Needle Work: Stitched illustration, Monsa publication, Stitch Illustration”, encyclopedia of inspiration, Uppercase , The Textile Art Magazine, Frankie Magazine, Uppercase Magazine, Art Maze Mag, Musee Magazine, A5 Magazine and more. In 2012, an artist book about her art “Coutures” was published by the French publisher Edition Marguerite Waknine.
In 2019, she won the D & AD, for The New York Times Magazine Special Issue Covers
In 2018, she made the cover and the double-spread illustration for The New York Times Magazine.
In 2017, her work was chosen to be “Artist in the spotlight” on the “Fresh” exhibition in Hong Kong.
In 2015, she won the Aesthetica long list Art prize.
Hagar lives and works in the center of Amsterdam in the Netherlands with her husband Sjoerd and their two kids.
Exhibitions
2023
Photo Fair New York, NY, USA, (Robert Mann Gallery)
Cut the Crab, Helsinki, Finland
2022
Robert Mann Gallery, NYC, USA
Gallery 201at105, NYC, USA
2020
Katie and Gunner Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
2019
Midnight Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018
Fresh stART, Los Angeles, USA
2017
Affordable art fair, Stockholm, Sweden, (Retrospect galleries)
Acquisitions of the X th Triennial, Musées d’Angers, France
Art Fair, “Fresh” exhibition, Hong Kong
AAF, London Hampstead, UK , (Retrospect galleries)
AAF, New York, USA, (Retrospect galleries)
Affordable art fair, London Battersea, UK, (Retrospect galleries)
AAF Brussels, Belgium, (Retrospect galleries)
2016
Scope-Art, Miami, USA
Affordable art fair, Hamburg, Germany, (Retrospect galleries)
Affordable art fair, Stockholm, Sweden, (Retrospect galleries)
Good Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Art House LA, Los Angeles, USA
Fresh stART, Los Angeles, USA
Galerie XS, Delft , The Netherlands
2015
“Metamorphosis”, Belfast Photo Festival, QSS Gallery, N. Ireland
“Trop de toile ou pas”, Museum of Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain
“Aesthetica Art Prize”, Yorkshire Museum, York, UK
“The Artist Corner”, The Thinking Hut, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014
“The Embroidered Image”, Robert Mann Gallery , New York, NY, USA
“Too web or not to web”, Musée de Sant Cugat , Catalogne, Spain
10e triennale international des mini-textiles, musée du Feutre de Mouzo, France
“Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art”, The Schneider Museum of Art, OR, USA
2013
“Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art”, Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts, California, USA
Capsule show, New York Womens, , NYC, USA
10e triennale international des mini-textiles, Chateau de Felletin, Aubusson, France
“Down to sleep”, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA
2012
“Hemmed In”, MK gallery, UK
Xème Triennale internationale des mini-textiles, Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Anger, Angers- France
Group exhibition, kunstkerk, Amsterdam
2011
5X5, Atelier- Oosterbosch, Amsterdam
Open Atelier, Oranjekerk, Amsterdam
2010
Sketchbook , Brooklyn public library, NYC
2009
Group exhibition, Diamantslijperij Asscher , Amsterdam
Solo exhibitions:
2019 “Castle in the sky”, Midnight Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 “The Artist Corner”, The Thinking Hut, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013 “Present Perfect”, Atelier Oosterbosch, Amsterdam The Netherlands
Awards:
2019, D & AD, for The New York Times Magazine Special Issue Cover
2015, Aesthetica Art Prize Longlist
Artist Statement:
I have been working with paper and threads for over ten years now. I see my artwork as storytelling. Behind every found photograph I’m choosing to work on I see a new story that can be told.
Working with thread allows me to create a new physical, tactile layer on top of existing photos. A layer that was not there before. Adding a new dimension to the surface, a new view, and with that a new meaning.
I’m drawn to images of houses, especially lonely houses. I start by separating the houses from their original surrounding, and in the process, the details around the house are been removed, leaving only the house itself. In this way, the house becomes the main character. The next step is to create a new space for this character, connecting lines as anchors to the space around it.
The starting point of my projects is never a blank canvas. Working with selected found photographs allows me to reveal my own personal memories.
With thread and collage in contrast to painting, I feel free to experiment and create my own method and path. I put a lot of thought into trying to understand the relationship between the objects in the images. Finding the story inside the picture itself, I then work on connecting the objects. It becomes a story within a story.