Bio
Emma Hixson is a fiber artist who combines multiple surface design processes such as hand-dyeing, dye painting, free motion machine stitching, hand embroidery, and beading to create representational works for the wall. Her work explores female archetypes as they appear in art history, mythology, and film, examining how those depictions represent the actual experiences of womanhood. Her practice is heavily research-based, often featuring imagery, symbolism, and text from historical sources that become recontextualized within the composition.
Symbol studies | 2022 | clay-resisted indigo-dyed cotton | 8x8 each
Symbol studies, continued | 2022 | painted clay-resisted indigo dye, pomegranate, lac, weld, and madder on cotton | 8x8 each
ART SCHOOL FINAL GIRL | 2023 | quilted cotton, fake blood, acrylic paint, projected film clips | 60x60
Dad at the aquarium | 2021 | gouache | 11x17
The Laugh of the Medusa | 2022 | hand-dyed, MX dye painted, machine-stitched, embroidered, and beaded cotton; recreation of Caravaggio’s Medusa | 18x24
bedroom mirror | 2021 | installation featuring quilted flannel cotton, found objects, punch-needle, embroidery, watercolor, and gouache
Procne + Philomela | 2023 | clay-resisted indigo-dyed, embroidered, and beaded cotton, hand-dyed canvas | 9x12
Flesh and Bone (after Praxiteles’ Aphrodite of Knidos) | 2023 | clay-resisted indigo dyed, MX dye painted, and machine quilted cotton | 18x27
Medusa gives birth to Pegasus, son of Poseidon | 2022 | hand-dyed, MX dye painted, machine-stitched, embroidered, and beaded linen and silk organza | 22x30
Mother Moon diptych | 2022 | hand-dyed, MX dye painted, machine-stitched, embroidered, and beaded cotton, silk, and velvet | 12x16 each
Demeter + Persephone series | 2022 | hand-dyed, MX dye painted, machine-stitched, embroidered, and beaded linen | 18x24 each
Demeter + Persephone I | 2022 | hand-dyed, MX dye painted, machine-stitched, embroidered, and beaded linen | 18x24
Demeter + Persephone II | 2022 | hand-dyed, MX dye painted, machine-stitched, embroidered, and beaded linen | 18x24
Demeter + Persephone III | 2022 | hand-dyed, MX dye painted, machine-stitched, embroidered, and beaded linen | 18x24
Demeter + Persephone IV | 2022 | hand-dyed, MX dye painted, machine-stitched, embroidered, and beaded linen | 18x24
Medea and her sons, part one of The House of Jason diptych | 2023 | watercolor | 10x12
Jason and his sons, part two of The House of Jason diptych | 2023 | watercolor | 10x12