
Spotlight Artist
Patricia Hagen
Pacific Coast
Artist Statement
My current body of work continues my exploration of interrelated
systems that are evident in nature at a molecular, bodily, and
galactic scale. In my art, I search for a visual language with which
to explore the questions of order and chaos, life and death, by
looking at cancer cells, bacteria, viruses, bodily organs, plant
forms, and, most recently, geologic formations and bodies
of water. I am interested in looking at the structure of these
organisms and considering their place in our existence on earth.
The conglomeration of these forms represents the amalgam
of life on earth in its ever-evolving set of systems. My current
work looks at the present imbalance of the elements necessary
to preserve those systems evident in climate change and its
impending consequences.
Artist's Additional works
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