Biography
"Nothing is not nothing… It’s about absence, I think, and speaking about absence by speaking into the absence."
Æmen Ededéen (also known as Joshua Hagler) (b. 1979, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho) earned his BFA from The University of Arizona, he is a first-generation graduate. A 2018 grant recipient of the Roswell Artist in Residence Program, Ededéen has since made New Mexico his permanent home. Currently, he lives with his wife and daughter in the high desert village of Placitas at the foot of the Sandia Mountains.
2018 saw two museum shows at the Brand Library and Art Center in Los Angeles and the Roswell Museum and Art Center in New Mexico entitled “The River Lethe” and...
Works
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Æmen EdedéenMother (Beyond Good and Evil), 2015-25Mixed media with glass beads on canvas193 x 167.6 cm
76 x 66 in -
Æmen EdedéenUnder the Skin, 2025mixed media with glass beads on canvas and burlap193 x 167.6 cm
76 x 66 in -
Æmen EdedéenWhat the Dancing Seer Sees from the Crotch of Indra’s Web (88 Eyes Stare Back), 2013-2025mixed media with glass beads on canvas, acrylic on 88 microcrystalline wax eyes193 x 167.6 cm
76 x 66 in -
Æmen EdedéenThere is a Werewolf in the Psyche Ward, 2015-25mixed media with glass beads on canvas193 x 167.6 cm
76 x 66 in -
Æmen EdedéenThe Academy of Forbidden Thoughts, 2024mixed media with glass beads on canvasDiptych: each painting : 193 x 167.6 cm | 76 x 66 in
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Æmen EdedéenThe Noise of Fear is Drifting Down the River (You Cannot Die), 2025mixed media with glass beads and wax castings on canvas and burlap342.9 x 575.3 cm
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Æmen EdedéenThe Garden is Trembling but the Dreamer is Still, 2025mixed media with glass beads on canvasDiptych: each painting : 193 x 167.6 cm | 76 x 66 in
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Æmen EdedéenThe Fountain, 2014-25Mixed media with glass beads on canvas, pinewood with bones335 x 193 cm
132 x 76 in -
Æmen EdedéenSeventh Trigram: Nosebleed, Sink, Telephone (from Heaven’s Revolution 29 Mandalas), 20251. 12.7 x 12.7 cm | 5 x 5 in
2. 28 x 35.5 cm | 11 x 14 in
3. 12.7 x 12.7 cm | 5 x 5 in -
Æmen EdedéenSixth Trigram: Bat, Glove, Canyon (from Heaven’s Revolution 29 Mandalas), 20251. oil on wood panel - 10 x 15 cm | 4 x 6 in
2. oil on canvas - 25 x 35.5 cm | 10 x 14 in
3. mixed media with glass beads on canvas - 35.5 x 25 cm | 14 x 10 in -
Æmen EdedéenFourth Trigram: Lightning, Little Smiling Man, Hands (from Heaven’s Revolution 29 Mandalas), 20251. oil on wood panel - 13 x 13 cm | 5 x 5 in
2. mixed media with glass beads on wood panel - 41 x 30.5 cm | 16 x 12 in
3. oil on wood panel - 41 x 51 cm | 16 x 20 in -
Æmen EdedéenFirst Trigram: Moon, Parade, Queen of Night (from Heaven’s Revolution 29 Mandalas), 20251. oil and glass beads on wood panel - 10 x 10 cm | 4 x 4 in
2. oil on wood panel - 12.7 x 12.7 cm | 5 x 5 in
3. oil on linen - 61 x 46 cm | 24 x 18 in -
Æmen EdedéenFifth Trigram: Eye, Phone Booth, Cassette (from Heaven’s Revolution 29 Mandalas), 20251. oil on wood block - 6 x 9 cm | 2.5 x 3.5 in
2. mixed media with glass beads on wood panel - 41 x 30.5 cm | 16 x 12 in
3. mixed media with glass beads on wood panel - 10 x 15 cm | 4 x 6 in -
Æmen EdedéenThird Trigram: Taffrail, Fruit Beverage, Ocean (from Heaven’s Revolution 29 Mandalas), 20251. oil, wax, glass beads on found tabacco tin - 9 x 14 cm | 3.5 x 5.5 in
2. oil on wood panel - 41 x 30.5 cm | 16 x 12 in
3. oil on wood panel - 46 x 61 cm | 18 x 24 in -
Æmen EdedéenHeaven (from Heaven’s Revolution 29 Mandalas), 2025mixed media on wood panel25.4 x 20.3 cm | 10 x 8 in
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Æmen EdedéenEarth (from Heaven’s Revolution 29 Mandalas), 2025oil and wax on wood panel15.2 x 10.2 cm | 6 x 4 in
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Æmen EdedéenFuture Children Portraits, 2024oil on collage and wood panel9 paintings, each : 51.4 x 46.4 cm | 20 1/4 x 18 1/4 in
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Æmen EdedéenThe Clear Water is Mirroring the Clear Sky, 2024mixed media with glass beads on canvas and burlap228.6 x 179 cm
90 x 70 1/2 in -
Æmen EdedéenStare into Dark Until Your Vision Clears, 2024oil, wax, glass beads on pages from the novel "The Glass Bead Game" collaged on canvas193 x 167.6 cm | 76 x 66 in
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Æmen EdedéenA Prayer for a Place Where Brokenness Rests, 2024-25mixed media with glass beads on carpet193 x 167.6 cm | 76 x 66 in
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Æmen EdedéenIn the Shell is the Seed for the Tree Without End, 2025mixed media with glass beads on canvas and burlap193 x 167.6 cm
76 x 66 in -
Æmen EdedéenFather Bear, 2024mixed media with glass beads on canvas and burlap193 x 167.6 cm | 76 x 66 in
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Æmen EdedéenThe Three-Legged Jackal Dreamed of Four But Grew Seven Arms and Opened Seven Doors Up Through the Floor and Under the Sun Seven Shining Jackals From Just that One, 2024-25mixed media with glass beads on burlap and canvas193 x 167.6 cm
76 x 66 in -
Æmen EdedéenThe Empty House is Standing Still, 2025mixed media with glass beads on canvas and burlap193 x 167.6 cm
76 x 66 in -
Æmen EdedéenThe Koan is in the Stomach, the Demand is Inconvenient, 2024-25mixed media with glass beads on canvas193 x 167.6 cm
76 x 66 in -
Æmen EdedéenAcausal Decoupling in Midnight's Jalopy (after Dubuffet), 2025mixed media with glass beads on canvas and burlap167.6 x 193 cm
66 x 76 in -
Æmen EdedéenThe Gates (Already Paradise), 2024mixed media on linen203.2 x 152.4 cm
80 x 60 in -
Æmen EdedéenThe Unknown Collaborator (Pari Intervallo), 2023mixed media on linen186.7 x 124.5 cm
73 1/2 x 49 in
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Exhibitions
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The Glass Dream Game
Æmen Ededéen 15.1 - 28.2.2026 Gallery | BrusselsPUBLIC OPENING January 15, 2026, 4 – 7 pm Avenue Louise 430, Brussels 1050 In the presence of the artist ARTIST TALK January 17, 2026, 2 - 3 pm Avenue...Read more -
30 Years 2 - 31.8.2025 Gallery | Knokke KustlaanPUBLIC OPENING August 9, 2025, 11 am – 7 pm Kustlaan 90, Knokke 8300 Thirty years ago, MARUANI MERCIER opened its doors at rue de la Régence with a a...Read more
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Selections from The Glass Dream Game
Æmen Ededéen 24 - 27.4.2025 Gallery | BrusselsIn his solo booth and first presentation with the gallery, Æmen Ededéen (Joshua Hagler) stages an ongoing artistic project titled the ‘Glass Dream Game’. Fusing references from every subject, ranging...Read more
News
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The Glass Dream Game featured on Artplugged
15.1.2026 Read more -
7 Artists to Follow If You Like Gerhard Richter: Æmen Ededéen
By Maxwell Rabb for Artsy 31.10.2025 Read more -
Publication "Nihil: Joshua Hagler in New Mexico" out now
30.10.2025 Read more -
Artsy featuring official representation of Æmen Ededéen
23.7.2025 Read more -
In the Dream Logic of Joshua Hagler, Now Æmen Ededéen, and the Meaning of Meaning
By Len Gordon for Art Plugged 4.6.2025 Read more -
Æmen Ededéen: The Work’s Pathos should Come from Its Worn-out-ness IV
By Veronica Sai for Corridor Foundation 20.5.2025 Read more -
Æmen Ededéen: The Work’s Pathos should Come from Its Worn-out-ness III
By Veronica Sai for Corridor Foundation 20.5.2025 Read more -
Æmen Ededéen: The Work’s Pathos should Come from Its Worn-out-ness II
By Veronica Sai for Corridor Foundation 20.5.2025 Read more -
Æmen Ededéen: The Work’s Pathos should Come from Its Worn-out-ness I
By Veronica Sai for Corridor Foundation 20.5.2025 Read more -
Æmen Ededéen and the Glass Dream Game
For Artplugged 14.5.2025 Read more -
Æmen Ededéen featured in Monopol Magazine
By Elke Buhr for Monopol Magazine 26.3.2025 Read more -
Nor the Moon in its Water at Old Jail Art Center
Patrick Kelly in conversation with Joshua Hagler 5.12.2024 Read more -
ARTIST DECODED Podcast: Æmen Ededéen
Yoshino in conversation with Æmen Ededéen 11.11.2024 Read more
Art Fairs
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Art Brussels 2026
23 - 26.4.2026Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach 2025
3 - 7.12.2025We are delighted to announce our participation in Art Basel Miami Beach 2025, where we will present a thoughtfully curated selection of paintings, sculptures, and...Read more -
Art Brussels 2025
24 - 27.4.2025We look forward to returning to the 41st edition of Art Brussels with a group exhibition highlighting an eclectic range of works by artists including...Read more