Biography
Brooks Hagan is a textile designer, artist and researcher. He works with numerous industry leaders including KnollTextiles, Maharam, S.Harris and Mulberry Silk. A recent project, in collaboration with computer scientists at Cornell University, investigates advanced computational environments for the design of constructed textiles.
Brooks has collaborated with numerous fine artists, and maintains a studio practice centered on hand-production and digital design. He has twice worked with the Dieu Donne Papermill in Manhattan, exploring the fusion of industrial textiles to custom paper substrates. He is currently working on a collection of essays about contemporary tapestry, the architecture of repeating pattern, and the role of memory and surface design.
Brooks received his BA from UNC-Chapel Hill, and his MFA in Textile Design from RISD. He has taught at RISD since 2006 where he has served as Graduate Program Director and is currently Acting Head of the Textile Department.
Brooks Hagan
Assistant Professor
bhagan@risd.edu
401-427-6916
- BA, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
Courses
- GRAD-059G
ART & DESIGN: INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
- TEXT-4840
INTERIOR FABRICS
- TEXT-4821
JACQUARD FOR PATTERN
- TEXT-4898
TEXTILE DEGREE PROJECT
- TEXT-W498
TEXTILE DEGREE PROJECT
- TEXT-484G
TEXTILE SEMINAR
- TEXT-483G
THESIS PROJECT
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