Hailee Pinedo-Ochoa
Hailee is a Minnesota based Fiber Artist with a focus in punch needling and rug tufting. She has a B.A. in Studio Art from The University of Northwestern, St. Paul. Her creative background holds history in acrylics, multi-media sculpture, and wheel thrown ceramics. Hailee started punch needling in Spring of 2019. From there, she expanded her practice and began creating with other fiber mediums including weaving, sewing, and rug tufting.
Inspired by texture and by story told through shape and color, Hailee aims to create art work that carries peace, inspires play, and evokes a sense of wonder.
She currently works out of her studio space in the A3 Studios of the Midway Triangle Building in Saint Paul, MN.
Every fiber is chosen with another story, texture, experience, or dream in mind. I find inspiration from light, shadow, color, ocean grasses, deep woods, and other beautiful things I encounter along the way. I take that inspiration and bring it into existence through a variety of fiber forms …