Mimi Haddon Print 4

Mimi Haddon and Cody Potter

22 in.  

Matte print on black panel

2021

As part of her Artist Residency at Cardboard City and in addition to her ongoing collaboration with performer Cody Potter, together they have created a series of evocative images that are at once primal, iconic, and anamorphic. These photographs document a performance that occurred spontaneously in the basement of Cardboard City at the conclusion of Haddon's residency.

Mimi Haddon uses costume as a tool to explore the themes of archetypes and excess. Through her use of color, light and awkward body references, she infuses a sense of surrealism into her creature-like sculptures. She attributes her fascination with combining humor and post-apocalyptic themes to the many thousands of hours watching I Love Lucy and Twilight Zone reruns as a child. Haddon’s clients include The New Yorker, Rodarte and Westfield Century City. In 2018 she graduated with an MFA in Fiber Art from CSULB where she expanded her knowledge of sculpture, textiles and costume. She is a professor of photography and design at FIDM and teaches Conceptual Clothing at New Roads School.