Megan Aujla
Megan Aujla is a multidisciplinary artist creating material-driven works that explore texture, structure, and abstraction through fiber and mixed media.
Selected Fiber Works (2017-2024)
Composition - 2023 - Wool, cotton, acrylic, wood, backlighting - 44"H x 75"L - AVAILABLE
This piece is a compilation of many different fiber art techniques brought together through a restrained, neutral palette. I wanted to create something deeply textural and immersive — a work that relies less on color and more on form, material, shadow, and movement to evoke feeling.
The composition reveals itself slowly. The longer you look, the more details emerge: woven structures, soft forms, layered fibers, suspended lines, and subtle shifts in texture. I wanted the piece to feel tactile, calming, and warm — something that invites both visual exploration and an emotional response.
LED lighting installed behind the piece allows the mood of the work to shift with changing color and light, subtly transforming the atmosphere and the way the textures are experienced.
Big Ideas, Real Impact
Field, Marrakech - 2021 - Wool, cotton, acrylic, mixed fiber, paint, canvas - 30"H x 40"L - AVAILABLE
Field, Marrakech was created from layered textile materials sewn onto a canvas painted in the iconic Majorelle blue inspired by the Yves Saint Laurent Museum and Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech, Morocco. During a trip there, I became captivated by the city’s color, energy, and incredible use of textiles. The blue especially stayed with me — bold, saturated, and impossible to ignore.
Morocco’s rich textile traditions and handwoven rugs heavily influenced this piece, though it is interpreted through my own visual language and material approach. I wanted the work to feel vibrant, tactile, and alive — like a collected memory of Marrakech itself, with its layered patterns, movement, warmth, and intensity.
Open System - 2021 - Cotton, wool, acrylic, up-cycled fabric, copper - 83"H x 53"L - AVAILABLE
This large-scale textile piece explores the tension between chaos and harmony, structure and spontaneity. Built through an interwoven grid of fibers, rope, and woven forms, the composition appears tangled and difficult to follow at first, yet it ultimately functions as its own connected system.
I wanted the work to feel both grounded and alive — largely neutral and textural, with small moments of color woven throughout to hint at a more unruly energy beneath the surface. The piece reflects the idea that even within disorder, there can be rhythm, balance, and an underlying sense of cohesion.
Drift - 2021 - Cotton, wool, metalic string, gold leaf, brass sequins, paint, wood - 54"H x 36L" - SOLD / PRIVATE COLLECTION
This woven piece was inspired by the feeling of open landscape — rolling hills, shifting terrain, waterfalls, and wide expanses of space. I wanted the composition to feel fluid and atmospheric, as though it is slowly drifting or unfolding organically.
Through layered textures, suspended fibers, and subtle shifts in color and density, the piece offers complexity without becoming overwhelming. There is movement throughout, but also restraint and quiet. I was interested in creating something that feels both grounded and airy — a soft interpretation of landscape translated through fiber and weave.
Material Memory - 2018 - Cotton, upcycled saris, metal - 23"Diameter - AVAILABLE
Material Memory was created primarily from repurposed Indian saris gathered in India by my mother-in-law from friends and family during a visit to her home country. My husband is Indian and our children are half-Indian, so I feel a personal connection to the culture and to the richness of its color, textiles, food, and traditions.
I tore the saris into strips and wove them into a circular form, giving new life to materials that had already lived full lives of their own. I was drawn to the idea that fabric can carry memory — traces of people, places, celebrations, routines, and histories embedded within it. The piece became a way of honoring both material and heritage through repetition, texture, and color.
In-Circle - 2023 - Naturally dyed fabric, cotton, beading - 21'L x 21H' Framed - AVAILABLE
This piece is deeply personal to me and began during a life-changing trip to Laos. While there, I experienced Boun Lai Heua Fai, the Festival of Lights, which marks the end of Buddhist Lent. Throughout Luang Prabang, hundreds of monks moved quietly through the streets accepting offerings of rice and money, while temples glowed with candlelight late into the night. Elaborate processions of flowers, dragons, and illuminated floats traveled through the city before being released into the Mekong River.
During my time there, I hand-dyed the fabric using sappan wood native to the region and used iron and soy paste to sketch the monks directly onto the cloth. I then hand-embroidered the piece, incorporating silk sourced from silkworms in Laos. I wanted the work to carry not only the imagery of the experience, but also the physical presence of the place itself through its materials, process, and craftsmanship.
The finished piece is presented in a contemporary gold frame atop white matting, creating a contrast between traditional handwork and a more modern presentation.
Segmented Field II - 2025 - Wool, cotton, acrylic, silk, felt - 19.5"H x 21"L - AVAILABLE
This contemporary tufted piece explores balance through color, texture, and form. I was drawn to the softness of the palette - pale pinks, muted blues, lavender, and deep green - while allowing moments of vibrant chartreuse to energize the composition and interrupt the calm.
The varying textures and sculptural shapes create a sense of movement and connection between each section of the piece. I especially love the delicate mohair pink element, which acts almost like a soft structural line weaving through the composition and quietly holding everything together.
Though abstract, the piece feels playful, tactile, and architectural at the same time - balancing softness with structure and boldness with restraint.
Obit, Interrupted - 2017 - Cotton, wool, mixed fibers, metal - 23" Diameter - SOLD / PRIVATE COLLECTION
This circular textile piece was created using upcycled fabric and a mix of yarns layered within a restrained, sculptural composition. I’m drawn to the idea of giving overlooked materials a new presence and purpose, allowing texture, form, and color to shape the piece naturally.
The composition feels both structured and organic — almost like a fragmented orbit or shifting landscape viewed from above. Soft neutrals are interrupted by moments of vivid color, creating movement and tension within the circular form. I wanted the piece to feel tactile and evolving, encouraging the viewer to slow down and notice the subtle relationships between the materials, shapes, and negative space.
The exposed radial structure around the edge references both construction and delicacy, revealing part of the process while giving the piece a light, architectural quality.
