In her new body of work, Hagar Fletcher turns once more toward the light. While still suffering from fear and anger at the horror of October 7, 2023, her pain shares space with color, curiosity, and imagination.

This is Hagar's second exhibition at the Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro. Originally from Jerusalem and now based in San Miguel, her work blends textile, sculpture, and story into vivid, emotionally resonant forms.

Her fantastical figures, stitched from plaster, wood, steel wool, old clothes, and all kinds of found objects, become companions in a journey toward healing.

"I can spend days and nights in my studio," she says, "forgetting everything but the material in my hands. Something new is coming to life, and it is mine."

But her journey includes the viewer. Indeed, ultimately it is for the viewer as much as for herself.

"I try to bring a smile, a feeling of gentle warmth to the viewer, and to do this first I must make myself smile. This is what I seek in my art: a smile, a sense of whimsy, of wonder."

Hagar's work can be seen in museums in Israel and private collections in Europe and America. Her "I'm in Heaven" installation was the lead exhibit in the Israel pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and has featured in galleries in Milan, Tel Aviv and New York.

Studies and Schools:

1976–1979, Trent Polytechnic School of Visual Photography, UK
1980–1982, École des Arts Appliqués, Paris, France (Sculpture)
1980–1982, École des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France (Silk Screen)
2007–2010, "Basis" School of Sculpture, Israel
2011, New York, The Art Students League, Drawing Live Model
2016–2018, MFA, New York Studio School, Sculpture and Painting

Shows and Exhibitions:

2010, Group Exhibition for 12 Finalists in Bronze Sculpture, Tel Aviv, Israel
2010, Group Exhibition in Jaffa (Tel Aviv), Israel
2010, Group Exhibition in Ranana, Israel
2010, Group Exhibition, MOCA, Washington, DC
2011, Three-Person Exhibition in a Private Gallery, Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv
2011, Group Exhibition in Jaffa, Israel
2012, Solo Exhibition in the Synagogue of West Hampton, USA
2012, Venice, Italy – Finalist in Arte Laguna
2012, Six-Month Show in the Flagship Shop of Zara, Milan, Italy
2012, Collaboration with Petach Tikva Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel, and 30 Schools of the City, on Creating 300 sq. meters of Plastic Carpet
2015, Group Exhibition (Representing Israel) in Milan Expo, Italy
2017, Group Exhibition in DUMBO, Brooklyn, USA
2017, Three-Person Exhibition in New York Studio School
2017, Group Exhibition in Longmont, Colorado, USA
2018, Group Exhibition in New York Studio School, NYC
2019, Group Exhibition in Ceres Gallery, New York
2020, Group Exhibition in New York Studio School, NYC
2021, Group Exhibition in Museum of Recycling, Israel
2022, Group Exhibition in Ceres Gallery, NYC
2022, Solo Exhibition in Ceres Gallery, NYC
2023, Part of Group Exhibition in El Museo de Querétaro
2024, Group Exhibition in Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC
2025, Solo Exhibition in Ceres Gallery, NYC

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