drawings
ongoing

ink on paper
variable dimensions

In my drawings I largely depict female forms and natural motifs, incorporating text and diagrams. The ‘nature series’ shown here is a synthesis of mathematic and natural elements, presenting the female human body as a sometimes-functioning machine, a geometry yet to be proven.

I am inspired by a variety of illustration and graphic practices, including but not limited to those of Dorothy Iannone, Toulouse Lautrec, Aubrey Beardsley, the ancient artist of the Sigiriya Apsaras (commissioned by King Kassapa, 477-495 AD), Arabic calligraphy, and the many uncredited prehistoric artists of the human epoch. I work to incorporate architectural motifs, especially those in which I can trace patterns of migration/colonial theft, as well as text elements from print-based ephemera. As in my practice at large, I am intrigued by lettering from non-Latin alphabets, inspired by the change in comprehension I experienced—a move from a visual appreciation to a lexical comprehension—when learning the Arabic alphabet. Digital communication practices, modern typographies of non-Latin alphabets, and phenomena in their wake, such as ‘character amnesia,’ and ‘Gestaltzerfall’ continue to provide avenues of theoretical inquiry.



Hasadri Freeman © 2025