Aly Barohn is a fiber artist currently residing in New York City. She attended Chicago's Columbia College, where she received a BFA in Fine Art and Fashion Design. In Chicago and New York, she spent six years working as a costume designer in the film and television industry before leaving Brooklyn in 2011. Seeking a little quiet, Aly relocated to rural Arkansas where she found the time to begin exploring embroidery and other textile arts. Her body of work developed through her isolation and residency in the wilderness.
Her work consists primarily of embroidery techniques with all hand-dyed fibers. She strives to employ experimental techniques and applications of the traditional craft, while evoking personal nostalgia and modern influence through abstract forms, shapes, and motifs. Dimensional and textural, the work encourages viewers to experience through touch as well as sight.
PRESS: Koel Stories, Art & Article, Curatorial + Co., Little Paper Planes
For inquiries, commissions, or collaborations: abarohn@gmail.com