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. Her work consists primarily of textile manipulation and hand-dyed fibers. She employs both traditional craft and experimental technique, to evoke a meld of historical and contemporary aesthetics with a focus on color composition through hand-mixed palettes. Dimensional and textural, the work encourages viewers to experience through touch as well as sight.

Since 2009, she has owned and ran a vintage store, Vaux, which is now located in Brooklyn, NY. In Chicago and New York, she spent six years working as a costume designer in the film and television industry before leaving in 2011. Seeking a little quiet, Aly relocated to rural Arkansas where she found the time to begin exploring embroidery and other fiber arts, often using found textiles and materials. Her body of work developed through her isolation and residency in the wilderness. To this day her work seeks to retain the sensation of slow living and minimal distraction.  

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For inquiries, commissions, or collaborations: abarohn@gmail.com