Razielle Aigen is a writer and visual artist. She is author of the chapbook, “Light Waves The Leaves” (above/ground press 2020). Her second chapbook, "Dreamlands" is forthcoming with Broken Sleep Press (2021). She has published poems, essays and interviews in both print and online publications across Canada, the US and the UK; and continues to show her text-based installation and visual art on an ongoing basis.
Razielle has been in writing residencies at several international art centres, including the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity; and gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts to conduct creative research on the topics of the epistolary form, the epic poem, identity, landscape, and eco-poetics. An alumna of The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University, Razielle holds a BA in Contemporary Studies and History from the University of King’s College & Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; and is currently pursuing an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies in XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement at New York University, New York, NY. Inspired by dreamlife and the beauty of natural organisms, her aesthetic is an eco-poetics through which she explores themes of structure and formlessness, alongside the complexity of personal vs. interpersonal identity (de)formation in the advent of infinite access to unlimited information. In a convergence of multiple mediums, she seeks to create with an all-inclusive, expansive poetics in mind. ☮ |